The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-18
CONGRESSIONAL.

March 1.-THE bill to pay the Bowman
act claims, aggregating $1,000 900, for
| stores and supplies furnished the Union
| army during the war. was before the house
| rntil o'clock, but beyond completing the
general Sebate little progress was made.
OF the 800 odd claims in the bill, all but
few come from the South and dilatory tao
tics were resorted to to prevent progress
with the bill. During the tililustcring the
house was in an uproar. After an evening
session for the consideration OF pension
bills the House adjourned to Monday.
March 10. After a debate in the House
which lasted more than FIVE hours tile sem
ate amendment to the Indian appropriation
bill providing for the free entry of coded
Indian lands was non-concurrcd by vote
of 80 to 1856. The friends OF the free homes
clause made gallant struggle but they
met the opposition of some OF the PROM
nent leaders on the Republican side Messrs
Dingley Grosvenor, Dalzell and Payne. and
they were further weakened by the fact
that many of the friends of the proposition
were alenated by the belief thai. as drawn,
the amendment would work injury to the
agricultural colleges of the country.
No business of real impor lance was
transacted by the Senate in open session
The session lasted only an hour, the time
being largely consumed in dispoSing of
routine business. few bills OF minor i'm
pOrtdnCc were passed.
March 9-The House devoted itself to
the consideration OF the Senate amend
mcnts 20 the Indian appropriation bill
The substitute for the Senate provis-
ion regarding the opening of the Uncorn-
pahgre reservation was knocked out on
point OF order and the amendment goes
back to conference. The desire of the con-
ferecs to non-coIcur in the senate free
homestead clause encountered bitter oppo-
nd nm N n yV1
whereby four hours are to 6c devoted to
debate proposition to concur, submitted
by Mr.. Eddy OF Minnesota. NJ. Sherman,
chairman of the the Indian committee, dc.
clared that the free homestead provision
would cost the government $50, 600, 600. He
desires to eliminate Il from the bill, and
has the support of the secretary of the in
terror. House adjourned without action.
March s.-,rhe galleries Of the House we're
packed to the doo:s Pablo interest II, the
debate on the bill approp-lating 10000
900 for national defensl was reflected In
the large attendance On the floor almost
every member was III his seat AS soon as
the speaker raped for order Chairman
Cannon arose and presented as q def
nciency bill the measure appropriating
$50 100000 Cor national defense. Three
hours were given Tor debate on
the bill Chairman Cannon, Mcssrs
Sayers of Texas, livingston of Georgia Al
len and McRae OF mississippi. Bell of Colo
RADIO. Boutelle OF Maine, Grosyencr Of Ohio
and many others made short patriotic
speeches. Great enthusiasm was manifest
in the speeches of the members and the
action of the galleries The debate cloSec
at4.2O O'Clock. The bill vas passed by
unanimous vote. Three hundred and eleven
votes were cast for the bill
The session OF the Senate Vas largely de-
voted to the consideration Of the District OF
Columbia appropri alton bill. After an ex-
tended discussion. the bill, containing a
provision for the reduction OF about one
half of the present rates of telephone
charges in the district was passed Thu
bill for the relief o! the Methodist Episco-
pal church, South. of Tennessee, appro-
priating $29S, 900, was then passed after
brief debate At $50 message was re-
ceved from the House conveying to the Sen
ate the bill approprlating $50, 1884, 600 for
national de tense just passed by the House.
The b II was referred to the committee on
appropriations Mr.. Allen of Nebraska
presented aud see ured the adoption OF
resolution calling upon the attorney gen.
eral to in iorm the Senate how many writs
of I'M unc ton were granted during 1S37-o5
by the United States courts against labor
leaders and labor organizations
March Representative Cannon, of ILL.,
nols chairman of the appropriations conf
mittee. introduced a bill! entitled making
appropriations for the national defense.
tits as follows: THAT there is hereby ap-
propriated, out of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated for the
national defense and for each and
every other purpose connected herewith,
to be expended at the discretion
of the President and to remain available
until June 80, 1899, S50,000,001. 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on appropriations
BY almost an unanimous vote the lIawlc7
bill providing for two additional regiments
of artillery was passed under suspension OF
the rules. No effort was made to obstruct
action, but Mr. Bailey the Democratic
leader, pleaded for more time than the
forty minutes allowed under the rule and
vas refused.