Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-12-16

EssFWAShington, Dec. lA In the senate to-
day Senators Hour and Hale presented ~.
''monstrances Of citizens Of their states
against taking the philippines or any other
territory without the consent Of the people
OF such territory. Pettigrew offered 4
bill authorizing "a. "a: sRartle lett to raise the
battles a. Maine v ans rsnsport y r e The
tioY, offered last week, declaring the con-
stitution confers no power on the govern
ment to acquire territory to be held
permanently as colonies, and addressed the
senate thereon Morgan called up the
Nicaragua canal bill, and the remainder Of
the session was devoted to its considers
ton. 4. I. .5s
49, HOUSE. 81
The house spent the larger Fart of the
day on District Of Columbia affairs. The
bill to relieve the condition of American
seamen was taken up, but nothing was
accomplished. ss4s US
E 81 lf Y lIs SENATE {4sS s5.,it * ID
, Washington, Dec. 13..-The session was
largely consumed in discussion of the Nj
caragua canal bill! Turpie made the prin.
5cipal speech, in opposition to the BILL re-
5newing his pleas for a postponement of
question until after the commission had
reported anG closing with motion to
postpone till January TO- Morgan antagon-
lied the motion.
HOUSE. s+
The house passed the District of Column
bia bill without a single amendment. The
bill carries sc, 359, $50, which is s176 600 less
than that carried by the last bill and
s2,574, S57 less than the estimates. The
house also passed the senate bill which
was under consideration yesterday to a.
mend the laws relating to seaman. All the
amendments were rejected. McRae, Of
Arkansas, introduced . bill extendlng.the
public land laws to the Island Of Hawaii,
subject to such regulation as may be made
by the secret airy Of the interior.
SENATE. sl FL
\ Washington, Dec 1.-THE Nicaragua
canal bill held its place Us the principal
subject before the senate again to-day.
Speeches were made by Harris, Money,
Stewart and Morgan. Money urged post
ponement Of the question in order. to per-
NIT an opportunity for negotiations with
Great Britain for modification of the
onized the proposition. An agreement was
reached to take vote on the Turpie post
ponement motion tomorrow. Vest again
called attention to private pension bliss and
entered protest against stheir passage
without due consideration, as he said the
senate was falling into the habit of doing.
'E HOUSE.
\ The house to-day for the second time
turing this congress refused to consider
The Lodge immigration bill. Danforth, Of
Ohio, chairman Of the immigration com
nittee, to-day moved to take up the bill,
out the house-1O0 to 163-declined.
HOUSE
Barney rep, Wis.) called up Il pension
appropriation bill. Allen (dem., Missy, Of
the appropriations committee, said when
ne first came to congress fourteen years
ago pension bill always precipitated a
'sbloody shirt" debate. He congratulated
tho country on the fact that there would
be no acrimonious discussion on this bill,
and on the fact that while tone of the most
gallant and desperate soldiers Of the con-
federacy (himself) helped to report this
bill, the president down in Dixie was doing
honor to the confederate dead" There
was no further debate on the bill, It was
just read and passed, the whole time occu-
pied being less than twenty minutes, the
shortest time on record for a pension bill.
1t carries sl45, 2s3, $50. The bill to incor-
porate the international American Bank
was taken up and debated without action.
" SENATE. &t 3.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE urgent de-
26ciency appropriation bill, making provis-5
ion for the army and navy for the next six
months. displaced the Nicaragua canal
bill and was passed "a resolution was
:adopted calling upon the president Tor ~
formation as 70 the status OF he report o1s
the Nicaragua commission. III