Show I 1 senator cafes resolution betease of AND BUTCHERY were subjects of yesterday before the senate call claimed he had good authority for the statement mat bovin was not killed in battle the loud postal bill f asses tho house jan G the cuban question was under consideration in the senate today in the form ot two reeola tiona offered yesterday by mr call dem florida the one a simple resolution calling on the secretary of state for copies of the correspondence in the mutter of julio an american citizen condemned by the spanish authora ties in cuba to perpetual imprisonment mc heins and the other a joint resola tion the president to demand San euillye immediate release the first was agreed to and the second was referred to the committee on foreign relations in ft loce speech on the subject of these resolutions the case of charles got m was discussed as much as that of the statements of the ieh officials that goeloe death resulted from wounds received in battle was discredited and the wae repeated on the authority of a person whom mr call did not name bat who he eaid wee to be a member of the next congress that govin had been tied to a tree and cut to pieces with machetes by a squad of cavalry ridlie past the two cases mr call eaid were types 0 what were occur rio to hundreds of american citizens in cuba and it only needed in by the senate to take the cover off the scene ot butchery to a combination ot european powers against the united states mr call declared there waa no danger ot euca a thing in view of the effect which it would have on the messes ot the people in european counties and that the sympathies of mankind would be with the american public in euch a senate bill to amend the act repealing the timber culture law was passed also the bouse bill for the appointment by brevet ot active or retired officers of the army the senate joint resolution requesting the government of great britain to pardon mrs florence maybrick which was reported adversely last eee sion was taken from the calendar and indefinitely i postponed house bill providing for free home eneada on the public lands in oklahoma territory Terii tory amended eo as to apply to all lands obtained from indian tribes was taken up as the unfinished business and was discussed for nearly two hours and went over till tomorrow without action and then at 4 p m the semite adjourned until tomorrow SESSION washington jan 6 there were cot more than a dozen in the chamber today when ahe chaplain of j hie opening prayer and the gal F leriel were almost deserted the report of tho secretary of the navy g in relation to the cost of construction ot armor plate was presented and referred to the committee on naval an adverse report from the committee on relations on the claim of john 8 waller united states consul at madagascar da gascar for damages by reason of bis aneal and imprisonment was presented find indefinitely postponed A resolution wae offered by mr clale hep maine and agreed to calling on the secretary of elate for a statement concerning the action of the president or secretary ot state the recognition ot any foreign people or power as an independent government and the corresponding actton of other branches of the united stacee govern ment the resolution offered yesterday by mr call dam florida in relation to the condemnation of jullo an i Amer irac citizen by the spanish author aties in cuba to perpetual imprisonment in and wae op and mr call addressed the senate his opening lein aika were directed however to the case of charles govin and to the report thereon of consul general lee which wae presented to the senate yesterday mr call discredited die credited the statements of the spanish officers as to govin bavine died of wounds received in battle and on the authority of a person whose name be declined to rive but ho was person of character that covin a citizen of tho united states and cuba as a newspaper reporter hail been arrested tied to a tree and cat in pieces with machete by a quad of cavalry as it rode past reverting to tho cabe of mr call read from a statement to the effect that also an american citizen had been guilty of no offence whatever that bad been or could be croven against him at the close of mr calls epic ch which occupied over an hour the resolution calling for correspondence ix the case of San guilly was agreed to and bis resolution demanding immediate release was referred to the committee on foreign relations the benato then at 1 p m went into executive session after a short executive session the doors were again opened and legislative business waa resumed senate bill to amend the act repealing the timber laws was taken up and passed mr pettigrew rep S D who reported it from the committee on public lands its provisions provi siona and stating that it applied only to the lands of the garat sioux reservation ahouee bill to provide for the appoint ment by brevet or active or retired officers of the united states army was taken from the calendar amended in some elijht and passed senate joint resolution requesting the great britain to pardon mrs florence E maybrick as an act nf magnanimity which was reported adversely last was taken from the calendar and indefinitely postponed at 2 pm the unfinished business was taen up being the house bill providing for free homesteads on the public lands in oklahoma territory the senate bill aa it pasted the house referred only to public lands in oklahoma As reported back by alie committee on indian affairs it applies to all country lands acquired from the indian tribes the committee amendment provides that all sums of money released which if not released would belong to any indian tribe shall be paid to such indian tribe by alie united states mr pettigrew explained the bill at much length arguing that it waa in line with the public policy of developing deve lopine the settlement of new western states in alie course of the discussion lettera were re d from the interior department and from the government land office stating that the bill if restricted to oklahoma would deealt in a loss to the of over 15 COO and it applied to all lands acquired from indians would result ina loss of over an argument iu support ot the bill was made by mr carter rep montana who urged that the free homo stead policy of the government debould not be changed as to those indian lande to the disadvantage of the people seeking homes there the lands be said would either have to be opened to homestead settlers or be given over to the dominion ot the bailla cailla kings ho bill went over without action remaining as the unfinished business and at 4 p m the senate adjourned until tomorrow the house washington jan 6 after two days debate the honee this afternoon atter noon by a vote of to passed the bill introduced by mr loud chairman of the committee on post offices and post roads to amend the laws relating to clang mail matter the principle features of the bill were those denying to the mails second class matter ampi copies of newspapers and cerii novel publications and withdrawing irom agents the lego of returning to their principals at the pound rate amold copies of periodicals the general debate was closed by mr loud in a hull hours speech in favor of tho bill preceding which milliken rep missouri rep pennsylvania grecay rep missouri moree rep bingham rep pennsylvania addressed the bouse in opposition to the bill the two hours devoted to ft consideration of the bill under the five minute rule was productive of no in the text as referred to the committee of the whole and at 4 it was reported to the house for final action immediately alter the reading of the journal mr grosvenor rep ohio ald dresek the boue on a question of personal privilege he called attention to the fact that a resolution introduced by him and adopted by the house juneith last calling upon the beads of the sv eral departments for certain information to the operation of the civil service law had as yet received no res ponee from any one of the cabinet officers he felt justified he said in raising the question whether or not congress had been properly treated in this regard ex preb sine the opinion that this silence showed that the heads of the several departments as well as the executive himself bad begun to ignore the demands of congress aekins each cabinet officer to inform the bouce why no response had been made to the original revolution reao lution was agreed to without division CESSION washington jan 8 rising to a question of personal privilege mr grosvenor Uros venor rep ohio offered resolutions calling upon the beads 0 departments to explain why they had not responded to resolution introduced by huelf in the ahouee on the of may lest and adopted june jtb asking certain information regarding the operation of the civil service law the resolution was adopted choat division the honse went into committee ot the whole mr payne rep new york in the chair to further discuss the loud bill to amend the postal laws by excluding from second chaee matter sample copies and serial novel publications mr milliken rep maine and mr rp pennsylvania opposed the bill the bill was further opposed by meders tracey rep missouri and moree rep massachusetts mr bingham rep pennsylvania ON ath FROM friet PAGE closed tb general debate asa inet the bill lie did believe that the poet office department should be maintained as a money institution thi support ot tha service std aul de ficat was a part 0 tits policy of legislation which had appropriated for educational and benevolent objects millions of dollath than could now readily be rompu ed mr loud rep the author ol 01 the bill wae the laet speaker ep eaker a paiement tai ement by mr bineham eliat the gentleman dared not infringe upon ahe of dallies and weeklies of the coultry and the periodicals of transmission at second chaee rates despite beeer tion in the report abo bill that it ie the duty of the government to not alone treat all its citizens in theory alike but to do 0 o in tact mr loud eaid the speaker bad not done him justice for he knew said mr loud that his loude position was that if he could he would require every publication of whatever nature to pay the government for its transmission through the mails what it coat but in securing legislation as the gentleman from pennsylvania knew ate well as any one it was necessary to concede conditions and often to do that which waa right it was necessary to compromise with the devil the committee had prevented the bill for the consideration of the house be leevina it to be diee and just if the members believed with lie committee they would vote for it and take the consequences if they did not they would vote referring to the assertion that the passage of the bill would cause the suspension of the publication of many worthy and desirable productions mr Loud eald that abu fell effect of its operations would not be felt for four years working eo gradually as not to produce injurious effects without due mr tracey rep missouri moved to amend the arst section of the bill which amendment mr loud said would totally destroy the effect of the section mr hepburn rep iowa criticized criticised the attitude atti dude of the opponents of the bill who he said bid themselves behind an damage proposed by the bill to the interests of legitimate magazines and other publications mr simpkins rep massachusetts asked mr loud if the bill in any way tended to interfere with or injure news capere and was told that the law relating to them was absolutely untouched the amendment was withdrawn the further discuE Bion of the bill was carried on by general consent with no amendment pending ite passage was advocated by hall of missouri dem moody of rep blue ot kansas rep of ohio reo and others 4 bavine arrived the bill was reported to the house without amendment and the question of put A yea and nay vote was taken resulting yeas nays thereupon the bill was based 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