The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 138, Ed. 1, Monday, December 25, 1893 Page: 1 of 8
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GENERAL NEWS.
Summary of Passing Evonts of In-
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In the senate on Monday the unex-
pected happened and the expected
failed to materialize. The expected
political debate on the federal elections
law repeal was averted by Senator Hill
ncquioscing in the suggestion of Sena
tor Hoar that the bill be referred to
the committee on privileges and elec-
tions. On the other hand no one expected
debate on the Hawaiin questisn until
the resolution calling for information
agreed to by the senate last week ii
complied with by the executive. On
Monday however Senator Hoar sub-
mitted another resolution calling- upon
the president for specific answers to
questions which literally complied
with would lay before the senate and
country the history of thu actions of
the present administration on the lla
waiian matter. After a lively debato
between the author of the resolution
and .Senator (5 ray of Delaware the reso-
lution went over to another day.
The house joint resolution for protec-
tion to parties heretofore allpwed to
make entries for land within the form-
er Mille Lacs reservation passed.
The senate confirmations are: Jo-
soph 11. Doe Wisconsin assistant sec-
retary of war ; Colonel F. S. Otis 20th
infantry brigadier general ; Colonel
G. D. Kuggles assistant adjutant gen-
eral to be adjutant general with the
rank of brigadier general and a num-
ber of other army promotions.
The Hawaiian question was again
the biibject of animated discussion in
the senate on Wednesday the 13th inst.
Mr. Hlount's report was characterized
as containing "not one line of unvar-
nished truth" by Senator Frye while
senator Vest of Missouri declared that
he opposed the annexation of those is-
lands still the restoration of the queen
by force -would be an "act of war."
The resolution offeied by Senator
Hoar calling upon the president for
further information on the Hawaiian
matter was finally referred to the com-
mittee on foreign allairs.
The senate also listened with the at-
tention always accorded to the venera-
ble senator to a tariff speech from Mr.
Morrill of Vermont.
Senator Coke on the 1.1th inst.. intro-
duced in the senate a bill to appropri-
ate an additional .'10000 for construc-
tion of the government building at
Fort Worth.
In the senate on Thursday the 14th
much business of a miscellaneous char-
acter was transacted. Among bills in-
troduced the most important was by
Senator Voorhees chairman of the com-
mittee on finance providing for the
coinage of the silver seignorage in the
treasury at the rate of ?-J000000 pel-
month and when that is exhausted for
the purchase and coinage of a similar
amount of silver monthly.
The house bill providing for two ad-
ditional justices of the supreme court
of Oklahoma territory was passed.
conclusion of an important debate the
only amendments of importance incor-
poiated in the enabling act being one
by Mr. I'ow-crs of Vermont piohtblt-
ing polygamy forever and another by
Mr. Wheeler of Alabama reducing to
one-half the land granted the state for
common school purposes.
The Ilitt resolution calling on the
administration lor information in re-
gard to Hawaii passed the house on
the Uftli inst. The amendment put on
the resolution by which are included
instructions and communications from
Maine as secretary of state to Minister
Stevens is liable to lead to sensational
developments. In lact it is stated that
there is not a letter of instruction or
communication from Mr. lilaine to
Stevens in the state department. That
letters requests for instructions passed
between the minister and the then sec-
retary of state is shown in the state-
ments made by the former.
The house was dead-locked two hours
on Thursday by the refusal of lepubli-
cans to vote on a motion to go into
committee of the whole for considera-
tion of the Arizona statehood bill.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal Mr. Doekery called up tha
bill to improve methods of accounting
in the postollice department The bill
abolishes postal notes and i educes the
the schedule of rates for money orders
approximately to the. scale of fees
charged by express companies. Tho
postmaster goueral is given authority
to designate otlices for the issue of
money orders up to S5 and all money
orders unpaid for one year are con-
verted into the treasury. The bill was
passed.
Mr. Catehings presented a report
from the committee on rules making
the bills for the admission of Arizona
and Ki'w Mexico the special order af-
ter the morning hour until disposed of.
The report was adopted.
Several minor bills were passed.
Ilou.o ot KcprrRenlutlveii.
The bill to revive claims arising out
of the captured and abandoned propor-
try act aroused the partisan opposition
of the republicans in the house on
Monday and notice was served on tho
democratic side by Mr. Heed that thu
bill could only be considered under the
stress of a special order from the com-
mittee on rules. The remainder of the
session after expiration of tho morn-
ing hour was devoted to District of
Columbia matters. Adjourned.
In the house on Tuesday the ques-
tion of adding another star on the
American Hag was generally discusbed.
Consideration of the bill for the admis-
sion of Utah as a state was begun. The
principal point at issue was whether
the enabling act should contain a pro-
viso imposing pains and penalties for
polygamous marriages the contention
on the one hand being that the stato
should come in on an equal footing
with other states unhandienpped by
Mich provisions. On the other side it
was argued that as polygamy had been
stamped out by federal statute and as
the admission of the territory would
repeal that statute congress should
make it practically part of the enab-
ling act.
The bill admitting Utah as a stato
was passed without division by the
house on Wednesday the 13th at the
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When the morning hour in the houso
expired on Friday the Iflth General
Wheeler moved a committee of tho
whole on the Arizona statehood bill.
Very few amendments were adopted.
Motions to consolidate the judicial
districts of Utah and Arizona and re-
duce the salary of the federal judgo
were defeated.
The bill for tho admission of Arizona
was passed by u vote of 165 to (SO.
As soon as the vote was announced
Mr. Wheeler moved that the house go
into committee of the whole on the bill
for the admission of New Mexico. Tho
motion was carried and tho debate
that followed took a wide range. It
was participated in by Hatch Simpson
Dunn Springer Washington and Clark
of Missouri. At the conclusion of Mr.
Clark's speech the committee arose and
the house adjourned.
In the house on Saturday tho lfith
inst. the senate amendments to the bill
providing for two additional associate
judges for tho district of Oklahoma
were ageed upon.
The house then went into committee
of tho whole on the uigent deficiency
bill.
Touching the appropriation of 5'200-
00(1 for special pension examiners. Mr.
Cannon thought it time for congress to
examine into tho manner in which the
pension olllee was being conducted
lie reviewed tho action of tho depart-
ment in cutting off thousands of pen-
sioners. There had been much allega-
tion of fraud he said but little had
materialized on cross examinations.
The 51st congress appropriated S1S0-
000000 for pensions. Tho 5Sd with 1 10
democratic majority.appropriated 8108-
000000 to meet payments on account of
pensions. Order No. liil was responsi-
ble for much of this magnanimity. Vet
the secretary of the interim and head
of the pension department undertake
after this construction has stood four
years and been acquiesced in by a dem
ocratic house of representatives to re
verse that construction. " It was an
act" said he sliaking his fist ominous-
ly "akin to crime." The effect of tho
infamous ruling of this administration
wa that men were receiving pensions
whose cases had been proven were
stricken from tho rolls. Look at the
Bennett case known from one end of
tho country to the other. If such a
ruling were made by u republican ad-
I ministration by Kaum or liussey after
tho construction of the law had stood
I three years ami been ratified by con-
gress he would attack it as ho had at-
tacked now.
SLEEPER
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& DUKE.
The Committer Kooinii.
The house committee on foreign re-
lations on Tuusduy agreed to favorably
report the resolution of Mr. Ilitt call-
ing on the president to furnish all in-
structions otc. given to Willis -and
Blount. The resolution was amended
so as to include such instructions as
may have been given to Stevens minis-
ter to Hawaii by Mr lilaine or other
oilleta-s during the days of tho last ad-
ministiation It is understood that
this step was taken upon the advocacy
of it by Speaker Crisp w ho represented
that tho failure to report tho Ilitt reso-
lution might be construed as a smoth-
ering of a matter by the domocratio
house which it wan afraid to confront.
The ways anil means committee of
tho house have increased tho duty on
malt fiom Uf to !I0 per cent ad valorem.
The ways and iue.itB committee of
the house have increased the elgarelto
schedule for the purj use ol allowing
an increase of internal revenue tax on
cigarettes.
On Thursday the houso ways and
means committee rccehod a statement
from the treasury department in( re-
gard to the probable loss of income by
tho passage of the present tariff bill
and us a result the ways and moans
committee is again confused.
On Thursday the senate committoo
on judiciary considered tile Hornblowor
nomination without taking action.
The house committee on interstato
and foreign commerce after listening
to arguments by Morgan of Alabama
and Frye of Maine on Friday the 15th
loported favorably the joint resolution
of Itepresentative Doolittlo of Wash-
ington for the appointment of a joint
commission of three senators and six
members to investigate the present
status of tho Nicaiagua canal project.
Senator Morgan recited at length thu
past history of the enterprise and itn
struggle to obtain government recog-
nition. He thought the time had como
when it should be decided whether tho
United States would aid the project or
abandon it altogether. He said tho
world was determined to huve a canal
and If the United States should not
build it some other nation would. Ho
pointed out the advantages of control
of the canal by the United States and
earnestly hoped the resolution would
be adopted.
Senator Frye also spoko in favor of
the resolution. He stated that tho
government which controls the Nicara-
gua canal would also control tho Ha-
waiian islands and it would bo useless
for this country to annex those islands
unless control of the canal Is assumed.
Meimtor Miirau In Lint.
The impression which prevailed in
Washington some time ago that Sena-
tor Morgan of Alabama chairman of
tho committee on foreign relations in
the senate would take grounds against
tho administration bcenis to huve been
without foundation. Senator Morgan
says it would be extremely improper
for him as such chairman and besides
before all the facts in the matter aro
known to declaro what position ho
would take. A democratic senator was
asked whether he thought Mr. Morgan
would align himsolf with tho anti-administration
people and remarked that
Mr. Morgan would not.
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Christopher, R. The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 138, Ed. 1, Monday, December 25, 1893, newspaper, December 25, 1893; Waco, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth115068/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .