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In House And Senate

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18
Month
February
Year
1898
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Public Domain
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Washington, Feb.15. - Payne, Rep., of New York, chairman of the committee on merchant marine, called up the senate bill to amend the navigation laws ol the United States. Payne explained that the bill had been prepared by the treasury department and was designed to protect our seacoast trade along the Pacific coast with Alaska. Terry, Dem., of Arkansas, said the bill had a much broader scope than appeared at first blush. lt related to the entire eoastwise trade of the United States. He believed that this trade belonged to the United States. Our shipping laws were all antiquated but there should be a general revisión, not special laws. Special laws, in his opinión, sitnply fostered the shipping trust. As long as American o wners were unable to place the American flag over a foreign-built vessel he was opposed to such bilis as the pending measure. Dingley said the pending bill was designed to carry out the traditional policy of the government of restricting our coastwise carrying trade to American vessels. The bill was passed without división. ïwo Other liills Pamed. The committees were then called. Updegraff, Rep., of Iowa, from the committee on .iudiciary. called up a bill to amend the act of 1887 relating to the fees of United States officers so as to correct some existing abuses, and it was passed. Cox, Dem., of Tennessee, from the committee on banking and currency, called up a bill "to better control and to promote the safety of national banks." The bill provided that no national bank shall make a loan to the president or any officer or employé of the bank until such officer or employé has submitted the propositiori for the loan in writing to the directors and it has been approved by a majority of them, and in no case shall the loan exceed the amount permitted by law. The report of the comptroller, Cox said, showed that 90 per cent. of the failuresof national banks were due to the appropriation or absorption of the bank's funds by its oflicers. A similar bill had twice passed the house and had once passed the senate with an amendment. The bill was passed. In the Senate. Pettus of Alabama offered and secured the passage of a resolution requesting the president, if not incompatible with the public interest, to inform the senate what action has been taken in reference to the murder of Segundo N. López, a citizen of the United States, on the llth of April, 1896, in the district of San Diego del Valla Magueralla, Cuba, by armed soldiers of Spain, commanded by Colonel Estrueh. . The resolution introduced by Harris of Kansas directing the attorney general to furnish the senate information as to the agreement reached by the government with the reorganization committee of the Union Pacific railway concerning the Kansas Pacific branch, was passed.

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