Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-02-09
NEWS FROM Washington
Work Being Done BY Our National
4 Lawmakers in the Fifty
Fifth Congress
SUMMARY OF THE DAILY PROCEEDINGS.
The Peace treaty oocup,es .aaostxof
= the Tins In the seaate-A1nre-
dirsatis.s Bills. PaseeA-I the atorss
Important Measures Are Passed
and Othersf Discussed.

sent to the senate yesterday corre-
spondence on file in the state depart
ment bearing upon the peace treaty, and
it was read in executive session, after
which the treaty was discussed.
Washington, Feb. The senate yes
terday further discussed the policy Of
this country to be pursued in the PHIL
ippine islands. Abill was passed grant
ing extra pay to officers and men Of the
temporary force of the army. In exec
utive session the peace treaty was con-
sidered.
Washington, Feb. 2.-The army reor-
ganization bill passed by the house was
received by the senate yesterday and
referred to the committee on military
affairs. In executive session Senator
Teller made speech in support OF the
peace treaty and Senator Hoar replied.
A joint resolution reviving the rank OF
admiral in the interest Of Rear Admiral
Dewey and extending the time OF his
retirement ten years was reported
favorably.
Washington, Feb. 3.-senator Spoon
er (Wis.) made a notable speech in the
senate yesterday in favor Of the peace
treaty. and in executive session the
status of the Filipinos with reference
to citizenship was discussed.
Washington, Feb. 4.-For more than
five hours yesterday the senate lis
tened to arguments in opposition to ex-
pansion and in opposition to the rati-
fcation of the treaty Of peace. The
speakers were Mr.. Money (Miss.) and
Mr.. Daniel (Va.). A joint resolution
was passed appropriating $4,000 for
monument in the Colon cemetery in
Havana for the sailors and marines who
lost their lives by the explosion Of the
Maine.
Washington. Feb. 6.-1n the senate
Saturday Senator Chiffon (Tex.) spoke
against expansion and Senator Wolcott
(Col.) in favor of it.
Washington, Jan. 31.-The house yes
terday put in hard days work on the
army bill and when 1t adjourned 10 OF
the 20 pages had been completed.
Washington, Feb. 1.-The bill to re-
organize and increase the standing
army to about 100000 men, but giving
the president authority to reduce the
size of infantry companies and cavalry
troops to 60 men each, thus fixing q
minimum of about $4,000 enlisted men,
passed the house yesterday by vote Of
1853 to 125.
Washington, Feb. 2.-The house en-
tered upon the consideration of the
river and harbor bill yesterday and dis
posed of so Of the SO pages.
Washington, Feb. 3.-The river and
harbor bill, carrying slightly more than
$50, 000, 900 was passed in the house yes
terday by vote Of 100 to Z. A reso-
luton was introduced providing that
on February IS of each year the United
States flag on all government build
ings be displayed at half mast in COM
memoration of the destruction Of the
battleship Maine and the loss Of 266
lives in the harbor of Havana. A bill
was introduced to repeal the law which
prevents an ex-confederate soldier from
sitting on a federal petit jury.
Washington, Feb. Most of the
time of the house yesterday was con-
sumed in flibustering against relief
bills on the private calendar. The con-
ference report on the diplomatic APP
preparation bill was adopted. The COM
mittee on judiciary has decided that
Messrs. Wheeler, Robbins, Colson and
Campbell, the members of the house
who accepted commissions in the army,
vacated their seats.
Washington, Feb. 6.-In the house on
Saturday the military academy appro-
priation bill, carrying about $6o0,ooo,
was passed and the bill providing for
corps of army nurses was fayorably
reported, us was also the senate bill
pensioning Gen. John NJ. Palmer, OF
Illinois, the amount being reduced from
500 to $50 per month. A joint resolu-
ton was introduced authorizing the
secretary of war to pay the different
states the amounts expended by them
in equipping and maintaining soldiers
on account of the late war with Spain.
Flag Over Southern schools.
Montgomery, Ala, Feb 4.-The house
Of Representatives, without dissenting
vote, adopted a resolution that the ma
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