Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-01-18
THE F|FIY:F|F|H CONGRESS.
Important Business Being Transact
ed in Washington by Our
Y National Lawmakers.
SUMMARY OF THE DAILY PROCEEDINGS.
Senator Hoar Speaks Against Expan-
sion and Senator Plat in Favor OF
It-HOuse Passes the Legislative
Appropriation Bill and Transacta
Other important Business.


Appropriation Bill and Transacta
Other Important Business.
Washington, Jan. 6.-Little business
except that of routine character was
transacted in the senate yesterday.
Senator Berry (dem., Ark.) presented
protest against the payment of pen
sions to confederate soldiers.
Washington, Jan. IA resolution
was adopted in the senate yesterday
calling on the president for copies OF
all instructions given by him to the
commissioners for negotiating the
treaty with Spain SO far as not incon-
sistent with the public interests. Sen.
ator Caffrey (La.) spoke in opposition
to expansion.
Washington, Jan. "a resolution
| was introduced in the senate Saturday
providing that the government of the
United States will not attempt to gov.
ern the people of ony other country
without the consent of the people, or
subject them by force to our dominion
against their will. A bill was intro
duced to provide for submarine cable
between the United States and Hawaii.
the Philippines, Japan, China and Aus
tralia. The District of Columbia ap.
priation bill ($7, 900, ooo) was passed.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Hoar
(Mass.) spoke in the senate yesterday
that the constitution does not allow
forceful conquest, and that annexation
in such way would be criminal. Sen
ator Plat Conn., in reply denied that
it was ever the purpose of those who
favored taking the Philippine islands
to legislate for that territory in oppo-
sition to the principle of the declaration
of independence, and to the spirit of the
constitution. That issue was false
cry. He also said that the literal appl-
cation of Senator Hoar's doctrine would
have turned back the Mayflower from
the coast and would have prevented
the country's expansion westward tc
the Pacific ocean.
Washington, Jan. lin the senate
yesterday Senator Mason (Ill.) spoke
against expansion. The Nicaragua
canal bill was discussed. The nomina
tions of Charlemagne Tower, of Penn.
sylvania, to be ambassador to Russia
and Addison C. Harris, OF Indiana, tc
be minister to AustriaHungary. were
received from the president.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator For
aker CO., spoke in the senate yester.
day in favor of expansion and main.
tanned that the right to acquire terri.
tory was an inherent right of nation.
atty. The nomination of Joseph II.
Choate, of New York, to be ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary to
president. The peace treaty was ia.
vorably reported.
The House.
Washington, Jan. 6.-The time was
occupied in the hotse yesterday in con!
sidering the bill to codify the laws of
Alaska.
Washington. Jan. I'm the house
yesterday, in committee of the whole
the Legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill was taken up for
consideration. and when the appro.
priation for the civil service was
reached motion to strike it out was
carried by vote of 81 to 81.
Washington, Jan. 9.-The time was
occupied in the house Saturday in the
consideration of the executive appro.
priation bill and it was completed sub.
stantially as reported, except the items
for the civil service commission, which
went over until to-day.
Washington, Jan. 1o.-In the house
yesterday the bill making an appropri.
alton of $1,705,533 for the diplomatic
and consular service for the year end
ing June 30, 1900, was reported. The
legislative appropriation bill was
passed, the decision OF the committee
of the whole to strike from it the para
graph containing the appropriation for
the support of the civil service commits
sion being reversed by vote of 11s
to 95.
Washington, Jan. 1.-The house de.
voted its undivided attention yester.
day to the bill for the codifcation of the
criminal laws of Alaska.
Washington, Jan. 12.-The bill for
the codifcation of the criminal laws OF
Alaska was passed in the house YES
| terday with an amendment providing
a high license system in the territory
with a specie of local option. A ia
vorable report on the Hawaiian bill was
made