Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-03-09
CONGRESSIONAL DoINGs.
The Closing Session Of tho Memorable
Fifty-Fifth at Work ON Legislation
Affecting tho Nation.

THE senate on the 21th passed tue army r0or-
Ranizution bill by n vote Of b 10 IL The nota-
bic speech Of the day against tho measure was
delivered by Senator Vest MOI who declared
his belief that the war In the Philippines was
not being conducted with the idea OF giving the
natives solf- government Senator White (Cal }
also spoke against the bill Tho 'sundry civil
appropriation bill was then considered, nlarly
all the committee amendments having been
agreed TO when the bill was laid aside, The
house passed the army appropriation bill and
the Notifications appropriation bill, tho former
carrying 49, 900 900 and the latter about 4, 7OO,
200 The conference report on the Indian APP
preparation bill Was adopted A bill was also
passed nppr0prlating ib,JOO for the invGStlgn-
tion Of leprosy In this country under board IA
be selected by the surgeon general The death
OF Representative Hurley IN " was then an
nounced the usual resolution adopted, com-
mittee appointed TO attend the funeral and an
| adjournment taken out OF respect
A FRENZY Of bin passing was on In the senate
on the gSth and senators stood In front OF the
presijing officers stand, waving their meas
ures IN the endeavor TO obtain recognition from
the chair The unusual proceeding called out
protest from Senator Plat tConnO who de-
manded that senators take their seats and Or
der be restored Most OF tao bills that were
passed were public building measures Tho
sundry civil bin and the bill Of Representative
Peters Ginnl providing for reduced postal
rates on writing by the blind were also passed.
go. The house passed 81 public building bills,
among them being one providing for the erec-
ton Of u pudding at Kansas City, Kan, to cost
$3.50, 90 and another at Topeka, Kan, to cost
u.s., 00O The conference report on the post office
appropriation bill was also adopted, including
the item for fast mail service between Kansas
City, No, and Newton, Kan The general de-
ficiency appropriation was then reported
THE naval appropriation bill was passed in
the senate on the lst after q short debate, II
was amended by reducing the price TO be paid
by the government for armor plate to f3OO
The house had fixed the price AT 445, Senator
Allen (Neb.) called up the Vest resolution in
relation TO the acquisition OF foreign territory
and delivered upon II his valedictory, ReSolu-
lions were adopted upon the death OF Lord
Herschell, one OF the British members OF the
Joint high commission to adjust tho differences
between the United States and Canada The
bill TO pay Spain 500 100000 for the Philippines
was passed, The days session was concluded
by pronouncng culogies upon the late Repre-
sentative Dingley The house passed the
senate army reorganization bill by vote OF
203 to 49, thus doing away with the possibility
Of an extra sess on The general deficiency
appropriation bill, carrying 2lO8l 600 was
passed uhuer suspension OF inc rules without
q word Of criticism The senate amendments
to the river and harbor bill were non -concurred
in and the bill was sent to conference The
conference reports on the omnibus Gains bill
the naval personnel and several other less ina
portant measures were agreed TO and the sem
ate bill making Dewey u full admiral was
passed
OVER three score OF minor bills were passed
by the senate on the I'd, the calendar being
cleared entirely Of pension bills The fortih-
cations appropriation bill and the bill provid-
ing code Of criminal laws for Alaska we're
also passed and the conference reports on the
census and naval personnel bills were agreed
to .... Half million dollars cash was appro-
priuted by the house for the Pam american
exposition at Buffalo. N Y. and the Ohio cen
tennial at Toledo The senate bill carrying
40 OOOO for new building at Washington for