Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-12-22
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS-.
Work Of Our National Lawmakers at wash-
inSton During the olOslng Days OF
tho Fifty.FIfth Session.

/ an INV huHhbo On INC I'm, W. soon uA bnS
| morning routine business had been disposed OF
Senator Vest (Mo) called up his resolution dc.
clarlng II TO be unconstitutional for the United
States government to acquire foreign territory
except for coaling stations or some other like
| purpose unless It's intention was TO confer
| statehood upon the territory. The senator con-
tended that the principle had been sustained
| by the supreme court and spoke for over an
hour against territorial expansion Senator
Plat Comm took issue with Senator Vest
and gave notice OF speech on the subject In
the near failure Senator Morgan tAla) then
opened the debate on the Nicarauga canal bill
with three-hour appeal for action ut this ses-
sion Senator Pettlgrew Is. d. introduced q
bill for raising the battleship Name and Sena-
tor Honr (MasS) introduced reso-
luton looking to the mastering out
Of volunteers who had families depending
on them or whose business Afialrs would be
seriously nterfered with by longer contlnu-
ance In the service 80. The house spent most Of
the day on District OF Columbia affairs Mr.
Mcclellan IN. ~ introduced bill for the re-
organization OF the army and Mr. Hepburn Qal
bill authorizing the president 10 acquire by
purchase land in Costa RIca and Nicaragua
necessary for canal nnd nppropriating Si40, =
OOO'OOO for the purpose Mr. Hepburn also In
PRODUCED u joint resolution proposing an amend
hAohb w bhN NNNobltublOn bnhL no lGTTllOTy nOb
under the jurisdiction OF the United States on
January |, 1903, should be admitted into the
union unless three-fourths OF the members Of
both houses OF congress voted Rfirmatlvely for
such admission.
THE session OF the senate on the 18th was
largely consumed In discussing the Nicaragua
canal bill Senator Turpie Qnd) made the
principal speech In opposition TO the interest
OF the Maritime Canal company which he char
m NAN snA
Morgan (Ala) defended the bill and the Mari
time company. Senator Morrill, (Vt) made an
address In support OF the bill authorizing the
purchase OF site for u supreme court building
and the bill was passed A bill was also passed
providing that In cases In which pensioners de-
sert their wives or children one-half the PEN
sion shall be paid TO them The house passed
the District OF Columbia appropriation bill. II
carries $3.50 $50 A bill amending laws relat-
ing TO seOmen was also passed. A resolution
was adopted calling upon the secretary OF war
for information concerning the RarrisOning OF
towns In our new territorial acquisitions and
also one calling upon the secretary OF state for
information about the alleged outrages In
Chinn on Bishop Earl Cranston.
SPEECHES were made In the senate on tho
18th on the Nicaragua canal bill. Senator
Money tMiss) urged postponement OF the
question In order to have the Clayton Bulwer
treaty modified by Great Britain, but Senator
Morgan (Ala) antagonized the proposition
Senator Gallinger IN, H) made o protest
against senators introducing pension bills In
cases pending In the pension ONCE and SEN
ator Vest MOI protested against pension
bills being passed without due consideration.
.... In the house Mr.. Danforth 10 }, chairman
OF the immigration committee, tried TO get tho
Lodge immigration bill up for consideration.
I.,,A a., L. III. a A..
of 100 to l03 Mr. DeArmond MO- then made
a speech on the decadenoe of the privilege OF
debate in the house and held Speaker Reed re-
sponsible for 1t. To which Mr. Reed replied by
saying that the same complaint was made In
the time OF John Randolph. The pension bill
was then reported 1t carries &l45, 1888 $780, the
total number OF pensioners on the rolls being
993 ia
IN the senate on the 18th the urgent deficiency
appropriation bills making provision for the
army and navy for the next six months, dis
placed the Nicaragua canal bill The bill was
passed after spirited discussion turning prin-
cipally on the point OF keeping the volunteer
soldiers In the service At the instance OF Sem
ator Harris KAN q resolution was adopted
calling upon the president for confirmation as
to the status OF the report Of the Nicaragua
commission. The senate then went into exec
utive session and afterwards adjourned until
the 10Th. 90. In the house Mr. Barney wis
called up the pension Appropriation bill and
made general explanatory statement Of Its
provisions The bill was read through without
word Of criticism and passed, the whole time
occupied in It's consideration being less than
20 minutes The house then entered upon the
consideration Of the bill to incorporate tho In
ternational American bank
THE senate was not In session on the 10TH.
The house, after the passage OF some minor
private bills, debated the bill to incorporate
the International American bank It was
finally defeated by vote Of il3 to l48 The
bill to extend the customs and revenue laws OF
the United States over the Hawaiian islands
was passed without opposition The bill re-
lating to second-clasS mail matter, known as
the Loud BILL was reintroduced with an amend
ment allowing the mailing Of sample copies Of
newspapers at one-half cent for every two
ounces, stamps being attached In advance Mr.
Rixey (Va.) introduced bill to admit confed-
crate as we'll as union soldiers to all soldiers
homes by the government.