Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-02-23
CONGRESSIONAL DOINGs.
Tho Closing Session OF tho Memorable
Fiity-Fifth Mt Work ON Legislation
Affecting the Nation.

AT no time on the 18th was q quorum OF tho
senate present, q majority OF tho members
being snowbound at their homes; and, for the
! irst time In many years, no invocation was
pronounced at the opening OF the session. no
minister being able TO reach the capitol The
bill TO create Rear Admiral Dewey an admiral
was passed, as was also the agricultural appro-
prlaton bill. The blizzard caused practically
n suspension OF business ut the house. Speaker
Reed did not appear and sent word that he
thought II inadvisable TO hold n session, but
the 90 members who had managed TO get TO the
capitol determined TO hold session and Mr.
! Payne IN, " was elected speaker pro tenn.
The house, then, on motion, went into commits
tee OF the whole, Mr. Hopkins Qll) In the
chair, and resumed consideration OF the sundry
civil bill After completing 30 pages OF the bill
the committee rose and the house adjourned
| THE senate on the 14th debated the McEnery
resolution for 81 hours. Senator Bacon tGa)
offered an amendment, dsclnimlng any inten-
ton Of the United States to exercise perma-
nent sovereignty over the Philippine islands.
The vote on the amendment was to--29 to 20
and Vice President Hobart cast the deciding
vote against the proposition. The McEnery
resolution was then adopted by vote OF 20 TO
% The resolution declares that IL Is not the
Intention to make the Filipinos citizens OF the
United States nor 10 permanently annex the
islands as un Integral part OF the territory OF the
United States, but to establish such n govern
ment as will promote the interests OF the citi-
Gems OF the United States and the inhabitants OF
the islands. -. While the sundry civil appropra-
tlon bill was under consideration by the house
the Nicaragua canal bill was offered as an
| amendment which caused n warm parliament
| tary debate on points Of order which was not
concluded at adjournment
I'M tho epnntn IN thu 18th GaOatnr MpEnppy
(La) denied that his resolution, adopted the
previous day, was introduced in the interest Of
the sugar growers Of his state. A bill was
passed extending the cordial appreciation" OF
congress to Miss Helen Gould for her patriotic
services in the recent war and authorizing the
president to present her with gold medal
The post office appropriation was reported and
q bill was afterwards passed providing for the
admission Of Oscar W. Deignan, one Of the
Merrimao heroes into the naval academy as a
cadet. After four hours OF debate over the
attempt to amend the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill by lacking on the Nicaragua canal bill
at the tail end the chair ruled the amendment
out Of order, and, on an appeal TO the house, the
chair was sustained by u vote Of 1877 to 100
About ten pages OF the sundry civil bill were
disposed Of, Mr. GrosVenor (O) then present.
ed a resolution fixing February 20 and Fl for
the consideration OF the Hepburn Nicaragua
canal bill, with vote February 81 ut four p. IN.
THE army reorganization bill was reported
to the senate on the 10th by Senator Hawley
Comm, chairman OF the military affairs COM
mittee, who gave notice that he would move to
proceed to It's consideration at the earliest pos
sible time Senator Cockrell (Mo.), presented
minority report against the bill The naval
personnel bill was taken up and read, but no
effort was made TO consider It, The military
.G.Nt. H.GII
post office appropriation bill was then con-
sidered but was not disposed Of Senator
CoclSrell MOI succeeded In getting the appro-
priation for the fast mail from Kansas City to
Newton, Kan, reinstated in the bill .... The
house considered the sundry civil bill and the
appropriation OF 40 900, 90 to pay Spain for the
Philippine islands was stricken out under
point Of order made by Mr.. Wheeler Qky.).
After the bill had been completed and reported
to the house, Mr. Hepburn ua.l moved to re-
commit 1t with instructions to report II back
with the Nicaragua canal bill Incorporated In
it. After parliamentary debate an adjourn.
ment was taken leaving the question to be
taken up the next day.
AREsoLUTIoN OF coincidence with the French
republic for the death Of President Faure was
adopted in the senate on the 18th The per-
sonnet 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 sundry civil appropriation
bill The speakers ruling that the motion to
recommit the bill with instructions to incor-
porate In it the Nicaragua canal bill was not in
order was sustained by vote Of 1856 to 90 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
duoed to pay Spain the 500, 900 for the Phil
ippine islands The evening Session was de-
voted to private pension legislation.