The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-19
WHAT CONGRESS is DOING.

was fully explained in The Progressive
| Farmer of December 5 5h. All Repu0ll
cans support the bill. All Populists
and all Democrats, except twelve, OPP
pose it. It's passage is certain.
Senator Mason, of Illinois has pre-
sented an appeal for expression OF
| sympathy with the Transvaal repub,
lie. in its var with Great BrikaiD. Mr..
! Mason, in his speech, maintained that
under Uhe Monroe doctrine and preoe-
dents previously established, the
United States had the same right to
extend it's sympathy and hopes for
success TO the Beers IN their struggle
for liberty as il had TO interfere with
Spain in its conduct OF eff airs in Cuba.
He urged that the interest OF the
United S ja5es was aroused By the fact
that the South African war was g sErug
! gle oat ween democracy aud royalty
between the divine right Of kings aad
the divine righ5 OF IA Tao raao!u.
tion was referred to the Foreign Rsia
lions COMMITTEES, and will probably
die there.
Senator Butler ia active. He has in
troduoed 8 bill 60 establish postal say
ings banks Tor she p8ople on which the
government will pay interest; als0 a
bill to authoriz3 tho govern men5 to
advertise for railway mail cars; also 8
bill to establish a posta! telegrap h and
telephone system; also a bill applying
the eight hour law to policemen and
f1remea in the District of Columbia;
also q bill appropriating $4,000 for tie
erection Of monuments 60 the memory
Of Generals Francis Nash and VIII
liam Lee Davidson.
Senator CuIlum has put before the
Senate a comprehensive bill for the
amendment Of the law creating the
Inter Safe Commerce Commission.
The dill is in most respects similar to
the Cullum bill of the las5 Congress,
8 ate for the same purpose. 1t conters
upon the commission power to TX rates.
But the feature of the week to North
Carolinians was the introduction Of the
folio wing resolution by Senator Pritch
ard. It reads:
"Whereas, Tue legislature Of the
State OF North Carolina, at its session
of 1899 submitted to the people of that
for ratification or rejection a proposed
amendment to the Constitution of said
State as follows: (reciting the proposed
amendment and whereas, section 5 Of
the proposed amendment undertakes
to confer the right Of suffrage on one
class of ci5iz ons Of that State, and to
exclude another class OF citfz 3ns from
the enj )yment Of said privileges:
R 3solved, That section 5 Of the
propose1 amendmant is in contraven
GiUu VI the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments of the Constitution Of
the UniEed States, and that any State
that adopts said provision as a part Of
its organic law does not possess a re-
publican form Of government, as 0
templated by the Constitution OF the
United States"
Senator Pritchard will call up bis
resolution in January and make a
speech in it's favor. Sspasor Morgan
of Alabama, will lend his voice to up
hold the c0ns5ituti0nality of the
amendment.
Senator Sullivan (Mlss.) has a bill
for the publication of the dention list.
On Thursday two joint resolutions
were introduced in the House Of Rep
r~esentatives by representative Viii
liams, OF Mississippi, che result Of con-
sultation among q number of D3mo.
cratic leaders in the House and are un-
derstood to be expressive Of their gen.
eral position on the Philippines.
The first resolution bagins as fol .
Whereas, the hope has been held /
out that the FIlipinos now waging war
the forces Of the = lited States
in the Island Of Luz)n would lay down
their arms if auGhoritatively assured
that it was the intention Of the G1y-
ernment and the people of the Uaited
States ultimately to grant to the peo-
pie of that island their independence
and the absolute control of their de-
IF Ajrs and,
"Whereassu such is the intention Of the
and Of the American pes
pie who do nos believe in wars of cor
quest or criminal aggression against
other peoples and have frequently de-
their horror thereof, " etc etc.
The bill goes on to declare that the
. United States will Withdraw troops
upon establishment Of peace and repay