The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-21
WHAT CONGRESS Is DOING.

mittee, favorably reported a bill Great
ing an Admiral of the Navy, which
was passed The bill reads.
THAT the President is hereby au
thorized to appoint, by selection and
promotion, an Admiral Of the Navy,
who shall not be placed upon the re-
tilted list except upon his Own applica
ton; and whent yer such offc9 shall be
vacated by death Or otherwise the
office shall cease to exist"
The bill, it is well undeTs 5ood, is
made to fit Rear Admiral Dewey and
it is expected that wnen the bill be
comes a law, he will be nominated by
the President for the eff e.
The Agricultural Appropriation bill
was then taken up. Toe approprla
ton for vegetable pathological iDVesti
cations was Increased from &22 500 TO
$32 500, provided that SIS 600 snOuld De
used for the Investigation of the dis
ease known as Little Peach"
Mr.. Tillman offered an amendment
appropriating 81 500 for ''Inves5Iga
ton and experimentation with fertl
llzers and fungicides, On the causes OF
blight in sea island cotton and in water
melons and the remedies for the same "
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Tilman also offered the follow
ing amendment, which was agreed to:
To enable the Secretary of AgrIcul
ture to investigate and report on the
cost of making tea and the best meth
DDS of cultivatIng and preparing the
same for market, 50 as TO demonstrate
whether il is practicable to introduce
lis culture in the Southern States as a
profitable industry, S. 00O."
Tee bill was then passed.
The Senate Tuesday took up the Ba
con am ndmens to the McEnery reso
luton, which is as follows:
That the Uaited States hereby dis
claim any dep 0sItlOn or intention TO
exercise permanent sovereIgn,y, jurls
dlc5Ion or control over SAID islands.
and assert their determination, when
a stable and independent government
shall have been erected therein emil
Jled IN the judgment Of the govern
ment of the UnIUed S5a,es TO Tec0gnI.
as slca, 60 transfer 60 SAID gov
eminent, upon terms which snail OF
reasonable and just, all rights secured
under the cession by Spain, aud 10
Chereupon leave the government enG
control of the islands 20 their psOple s"
The vote was % 20 ga tie. Wee
Hobart then voted nay,
the Amendment, Senator But
Ter did not vote. Prirchard voted
nay. Immediately alter the NICE ery
resolution was adopted by a vote OF
60 %. 1t reads as follows:
That by the ratification of the
Of peace with Spain iE is not
intended TO coerce the inhabitants t
the Philippines into clCIzensnIp Of the
United States, nor Is 1t intended 60
Drematurely annex SAID lslan1s as an
integral part OF the territory Of the
United States; but &c Is the intention
Of the United States TO e%sGabnsn on
SAID islands a government suitable to
prepare them for local seIt-governmenE
and IN due Time to make sucn Ispusi
JIon of said islands as Will besG pro
mote the interests of che IUzsns of
5ne United states and the Inhabitants
Of said islands" ,
The Progressive Farmer a few weeks
ago referred 60 the good work done by
one Of T~ennessee's Democratic repre-
In having Tne House OIL RIP
resentaGIves sGrIke out OF the posGLhce
b,lI the section apprC-
prIatlng Sl71. 600 for spec.aI mail taclI-
tiles between New YORK and Nav
Orleans, knJw n as me fast maII suD-
POsJyh3e authorities say that
Is virtually a gut TO the railroads
Rs IL has never Dee OF any benefit what
ever In the way Of securI < faster
mails. tuG the bill went Co the Senate,
and there this Item was rC-inserGed by
a vote of AZ 60 10 IG now goes back
TO the House, where we hope 1t Will be
Among the names of the ten
who had the courage 60 oppose this
outrageous measure, we fud that of
Senator Butler. The others were:
Bate, Berry, Hoar, Jones of Arzan.
5Rs, Lodge, PettIgreW, PIRtt of Con.