Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-02-02
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.
Work of Our National Lawmakers at wash
lngtOn During the CIOalnG Days OF
the Fifty-FIfth session.

IN tho senate on the ESD Senator White CALI
made an address In support OF the Vest anti
expansion resolution and the Bacon resolution,
declaring that the Philippines ought TO be free
and independent A bill was passed authoriz-
ing Oklahoma TO use certain buildings NJ Fort
Supply rs an insane asylum and one to grant
pension OF 100 month 10 ex-senator Palmer
for his services In the civil war The executive
session was tnlen up In discussion over the
promotion of Admirals Sampson and Schley
and others over the heads OF officers who were
their superi0rs In rank The controversy was
afterwards postponed for 20 days.. Most OF
the time OF the house was occupied with Dis
trict OF Columbia business A bill was passed
to extend the navigation laws OF the United
States TO the Hawaiian ISLANDS Mr. Clark
ln.) introduced bill providing that no polyg-
amist shall be Il senator or representative
Two notable speeches were made In the sem
ate on the 24th, one by Senator Lodge MASS
ard the other by Senator Clay (Ga), Senator
Lodge appealed for the ratification OF the peace
treaty and TO trust the American congress und
people TO deal Justly with the Philippines
afterwards Senator Clay, while favoring rati-
fication, strongly opposed expansion. The
senate In executive session refused TO consider
the peace treaty with open doors by very
large vote . The house began the consider
alton OF the army reorganization bill The de-
bate was not exciting. At the night session on
the bill there were only IS members present
The principal speech was made by Mr. Simp-
son KAN }, who spoke In opposition TO the bill
ONLY brief time was occupied by the SEN
ate on the 25th In open session Senator Cock
rell MOI introduced resolution asking for
information about claim OF the old settler
Cherokees on account OF interest Tho bill pro-
vidlnR for the erection OF building In WASH
ington for the department Of justice ut q cost
| OF n, 900 900 was carried. An agreement was
made TO take vote ON the peace treaty on Feb
ruary 0, and TO go into executive session on the
treaty each day up to that time at two o'clock
80. The house listened to two stirring speeches
by Mr., Johnson Qnd) and Mr.. Dolliver (Ia-)
The army bill was under debate, but the ques-
tiOn OF expansion came to the front Mr.. john
son spoke for almost two hours and denounced
the proposition TO annex the Philippines
When he finished Mr. Dolliver replied 10 him
and defended the administration. Both MEM
bers were repeatedly cheered by the galleries
and their friends on the floor.
! THE senate on the goth passed the house bill
authorizing the Little River Valley Railway
company TO construct a railroad through the
| Choctaw and ChiclSasaw nations In the Indian
territory Senator Mallory (Fla) then made q
speech against the annexation OF the Philip
| pine islands After an executive session the
| appropriation bill was taken up II carries
| &146, 293, $50. Senator Sullivan (Miss) offered
an amendment that no person should be paid q
| pension who had an income Of 100 q year 1t
was ruled out as being new legislation. Sena-
| tor Butler IN. c. then spoke on his amend
ment to pension ex-confederate soldiers, main
tanning that the great fratricidal conflict was
forced upon the south and that the confederates
simply defended their constitutional rights.
AT the conclusion OF his speech he withdrew
| the amendment. -. The third day OF the debate
the bill for the reorganization OF the army in
the house passed without notable incident Its
feature was an hours speech by Mr. Grosvenor
| (O), who declared that the present situation
| In the Philippines was due to the opposition In
| this country to the ratification OF the peace
treaty Several other members also spoke for
and against the bill
IN the senate on the 9th Senator Plat IN.
| Y } spoke on the general subject Of expansion.
| Aiterward the pension bill was considered,
| Senator German Md calling attention TO the
large amount carried 145, U0J, 0O0--and stating
that the war with Spain will swell the pension
roll by at least $1,000 names After some brief
remarks from other senator's the bill was
| passed and an executive session taken to con-
! slider the pence treaty. Strong opposition
was manifested in the house to the bill for In
| creasing the army. The debate caused several
speeches for and against expansion to be de-
livered The bill was afterwards read fol
amendment under the 1ve-minute rule The
evening session was devoted TO private pension
| LEGISLATION