The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-02-25

personnel DILL was taEcn up ana read but no
effort was made to consider IT, The military
academy appropriation bill was passed The
post ONCE appropriation bill was then con-
sidered but was not disposed Of Senator
cockreli (Afo) succeeded In getting the appro-
priation for the fast mail from Kansas City TO
Newton. Kan. relnstatod In the bill. The
house considered the suadry civil bill and the
appropriation OF sel Goa 90 to pay Spain for the
Philippine islands was stricken out undsr
point OF order made By Mr Wheeler uky.)
After the bill had bssn completed and reported
TO the house, Mr.. Hepburn tIal moved TO re-
commit II with Instructions 10 report II back
with tho Nicaragua canal bill Incorporated Ia
f. After parliamentary debate au adjourn
ment was taken. leaving the question 10 be
taken up ths next day.
ARxsoLurIos Of coincidence with the French
republic for the death OF President Faure was
adopted In the senate on the nth The psr-
sonnel bill was passed and about "a private
pension bills also The Alaska code bill was
then read and an adjournment taken. The
house passed the suadry civil appropriation
bill The speakers ruling that the motion TO
recommit the bill with Instructions to incor-
porate In II the Nicaragus canal bill was not In
| order was sustained by uste Of i55 to % The
naval appropriation bill was then taken up and
half the bill was completed The census bill
was sent TO conference Two bills were intro
duced to pay Spain the go 1000 for the Phil
| ippine islands The evening" session was de-
| voted TO private pension legislation.
! THE senate spent most of the session Of the
| 18th on the post once appropriation bill but
| failed TO pass It At four o'clock tributes 10
| the memory OF the late Representative Simp-
| klns (Mass) were pronounced Several minor
bills were passed early in the day. among them
being two providing for an extension OF time "a
the Arkansas & Northwestern railway and the
| Gainesville, McAlester & St Louis railway "a
construct railways through the indian territory
\ and one providing for the sale Of the surplus
lands on the Pottawatomie and Kickapoo In
dian reservationsin In Kansas. The house spent
two hours upon the naval appropriation bill
without making any progress and devoted thu
remainder OF the session to euloeies upon the
life and dpubllc services OF the late Represents.
| Northway tO)
THE post once appropriation bill was dis.
oussed for six hours in the senate on the 2otl
and finally sn agreement was made TO take
vote on the bill at two o'clock the next day
Senator Hawley (Connl. chairman OF the mill
tary affairs committee, got the army reorgan'
ization bill made the unfinished business BY
vote OF a to % This action displaces the anti
scalping bill and dlsposes OF that measure TO
the present session Senator Cockrell (Mo
secured the passage OF a resolution calling up
on the wa secretary for Information as 70 tn
cost OF the army under tho proposed Hull bill
....A separate bill was passed under suspen
sion Of rules In the house appropriating $50,
100000 10 pay Spain for the Philippine ISLANDS
The vote on the measure stood ais for 70
against The senate bill to reimburse govern
ors Of states for expenses incurred In organic
ing volunteers for the war with Spain was ais