The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-03-04
PROCEEDINGS Of CONGRESS
DISCUSS NATIONAL AFFAIRS


PRESIDENT hau telesfapheu the IaLs PeaSe
commissioners to take nothing less than
/ 1.-THE island OF LuEon. Is Puerto Rico was
worth only s4OUUU,UUO and woOld not he
sufficient war indemnity.
! II Was decided 10 antagoniLe the house
increase for the navy anu the committee
will recommend only siN new war vessels
instead OF II, provided ion IN the house
/ dill.
/ The president today sent the following
nominations ot postmasters to the senate
| " ashington--IiowaId NJ. Spauldlng,
Goldendale; George Sinclair, Ritlvlllei Ii.
j. Nicely, Wilbur.
- men the senate convened Tuesday
senator Frye, chairman OF the committee
on commerce, reported the sniPplng sub
sidy ball with good many restrictive
/ amendment" IL took the place On the
| calendar OF the bill OF the same title pre-
Siously reported.
} MIR. Morgan secured adoption Of the res
/ olution continuing the select eouimittee ol
| the Nicaragua canal and authorizing 1t to
hold sessions during the recsss oI congress
| bills were passed As follows: E,tanh b
ing a branch home vi the national home
| Tor disabled volunteer soldiers and Aill
| ors in Charleston, South Carolina; Tegu'
lating postage ON letters of the blind IN
! point or raised characters, making them
| third class matter; authorizing the pres'
dent TO appoint to the naval academy act
ing naval cadets who served during the
| war with spain.
! One OF the first acts OF the sssion Of
| the senate Wednesday MAS the eonsldera
ton Of the bill carrying S20,OUOUOO With
which TO pay Spain for relin4ulshing the
! Philippines Senator Allison reported the
measure iron the committee gu appIv-
Priations and the bill was passed without
word OF debate
| Senator Cullom delivered a speech on
| the work OF the HaW allan commlA,ion ami
Senator Allen delivered his yalcdietOry
after which consideration VI the naval
appropriation bill began.
| The conference report ON the bill au-
thorizing governors Of states TO be REIN,
btTsed tor expenses incurred In raising nj
equIpping the volunteer army ~a, agreed
to thursday.
The conference report ON the naval per
sonnet bill Mas agreed u. The bill re-
ported by senator HAw ley, oil the military
Affairs committee, amending the act, aus
pending the operation ol certain prOyi.,
ions Of Law relating 10 the war depart.
nlent, vas passed..
The senate passed the Alaska cuIe bill.
The Indications from the conference on
the river and harbor bill are that a com.
promise on the Nicaragua canal amend
ment viii be agreed to.
1t seems to have been determined thai
some canal legislation will he passed.
The commission Of George Dewey TO be
admiral Ot the navy has been made out
at ,ne navy department aud sent To the
White House, 10 be in readiness wh..u the
bill creating the office ot admiral !. signed
by the president
An the uOaas.
The senate bill, granting a right Of way
through the Neg Perce Indian reservation
to the Clearwater Short Line railroad WA
passed; also the Spnate bill TO compenSats
certain persons for private property IN the
Yellowstone park.
The conference report on the bill ior a
uniform practice in granting rights Of way
across Indian reservations, Was agreed TO.
The house passed the army appropria-
ton bill.
Chairman Burton stated, after a meeting
Of the river and harbor committee, that
the sentiment Of the country ordered the
Nicaragua canal amendment ana favored
government construction Of both the Pan
anna and Nicaragua routes.
The joint resolution vas passed by the
house Tuesday to authorize .oreigu gov.
ernments desiring TO make EXHIBITS at the
commercial exposition to be held at Phi.
Adelphia in lSY9, to bring into this eoun.
try foreign laborers under contract to pre-
pare the exhibitA
The house military committee has
agreed to accept the senate army bill
without amendment wednesday.
The conference report on the omnibus
claims bill was agreed to. The confer
ence report on the census bill wa also
adopted.
There was a great ~rTambls for unani
nous consent when the house met Thur
- " VS. Na4V eAN ~ tbHkTeNA - hours
OIL, almost every member had Some loeaIl
scheme he vas trying to save from death
on the calendar, and they stood in the
area IN front Of the speakers ro~trum ten
deep 'lam"ring for recognition. Bill.
we're passed az fyll0gs
10 authorize the secretary Of the treas.
ury TO donate life .Iyiug apparatus To
the imperial Jipanese society for saving
life from -hipHrsck, and series Of bills
authorizing various officers Of the gov
eminent to accept decorations from for
eign governments
The resolutions 10 declare General
Wheeler and other representatives hold
ing army commissions to have vacated
their seats in the house was called I'D To-
day by Mr Henderson Of Iowa. By vote
Of " to 81 the hOuse refused TO consider
the matter.
Mr. Southland trep.l Of Ohio movod the
passage Of the Ohio centennial bill car
rying S2,5O0OOO, and il wa passed 100
TO 10.
Over 100 miles OF telegraph wires run