The Yale expositor., 1899-03-10
DOIN0s OF CONGRESS.


the United States navy to accept med
ais presented to them by the Russian
government; creating the Mount Ran
Ter national park in the state of Wash
ington; the navy personnel bill; also
bills authorizing the construction of
public buildings at Norwich, Conn;
st. Cloud, Mimi; Salem, Ore; Annis-
ton, Ala: Annapolis, Md; GAINESVILLE,
Wis; Eau Claire, Wis. Oskaloosa, Ia;
Creston, Ia; Streator, Ill; Columbus,
Ga; Rome, n. Y; Leadvillc, Colo;
Newport, VT; New Iberia, La; Car
rollton, Ky; Freeport, H.; Winston,
n. c., and enlarging public building at
Macon, Ga. For taking the twelfth
census; the Buffalo exposition bill; to
reimburse governors of states and ter
ritories for expenses incurred in the
Spanish war; providing new build
ing for the department of justice in
Washington; making appropriations
for Notifications and other works OF
defense; for bridge across the Mis-
souri, river at Yankton, s. d.; for the
relief of the international cotton press
company, New Orleans; to unable the
city of Albuquerque, N. NJ, to create
Indebtedness; providing for the allow
ance of certain claims reported by the
accounting officers of the treasury; for
public buildings, additions, etc, as fol-
lows: Cleveland, o.; Baltimore, Md
custom house; New Brighton, Pa;
Lockport, Pa; Stockton, Cal; Los An
geles, Cal, and also those authorizing
First Lieut.. Jno. Il. Williams, Sd artil-
lery; Col. Victor Vifquain. Sd Nebraska
volunteers, and Lieut.. Il. A. Bates,
L. s. volunteers, to accept certain dee
orations and honors from foreign po-
tentates.
The President has approved the fol-
lowing bills: For the investigation of
lcprosy in the United States: for the
purchase of sites for public building ut
Hastings and Norfork, Neb., Butte
City, Mont, Joplin, Mo, Seattle,
Wash, Oakland, Cal. Beaumont. Tex,
Abilene, Tex, Salt Lake City, Utah,
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Blair, Neb., FL
gin, H., Jackson, Miss. Menominec,
Mich; increase cost at Omaha, Neb.;
addition to building at Canton. o.,
Dubuque, Ia. Hot Springs, Ark, Kan
sas City, Kas., Monmouth, ILL.,. Joliet,
ILL.,, Minneapolis, Mimi; additional
property for use of postoflicc ut Clin-
ton, Ia; also an appropriation of S20,-
600, 900 to carry out provision of peace
treaty with Spain.
In the senate three or more of minor
| l,n
cleared entirely of private pension bills
! and of measures correcting military
and naval records. Two measures of
national Importance were passed, the
| Notifications appropriation bill and
the bill providing a code of criminal
laws for the district of Alaska. A
| provision for the high licensing of IL
quor traffic in the latter measure was
defeated by decisive vote. The con-
| ference reports on the census and naval
personnel bills were agreed to. The
bill appropriating 100000 for the Buf-
| falo exposition, which passed the
house, was also passed, and all these
measures now go to the President.
The senate is rapidly clearing its
naval appropriation bill, which ordin-
arily consumes the time of the senate
! for several days, was passed after less
| than five hours debate One impor-
| tant amendment was made to the bill
making reduction of the amount
| agreed upon by the house TO be paid
for armor plate $500 per ton, or 81 a.
/ less than the amount fixed by the
| house, and in the event armor plate
manufacturers refused to sell at that
| figure, to proceed to the construction
| of an armor factory at cost of 81, $780,
| 600, and placing in the secretary's con-
! troll So, O0o.O 900 with which to operate
the government plant.
In the house the senate bill, carrying
| for the department of justice, was
passed and two public building bills
attached by the senate to bills for pub
| lie buildings in other cities were agreed
to, one appropriating S250,0OO for a
building at Los Angeles, Cal, and the
other $4,000 for n building at New
| Brighton, Pa. The senate bill appro-
priating sl4s,o00 to purchase 10000
acres of land, in accordance with the
provisions of the treaty with the Lower
Brule Indians, was passed.
The amendment which Senator Hans
brough offered to the army reorganiza-
ton bill and which became part of
that measure, prohibiting officers or
soldiers from selling Intoxicating
drinks, in any post or exchange, was
more far reaching than first appeared.
1t goes further and prohibits any other
person from selling such liquors in any
encampment or any place used for mil
itary purposes. This will exclude Ii
quors from all military reservations.
The closing day of the 55th congress
was characterized by excitement. con-
fusion and dsagreements in both tie
house and senate. However, the army
appropriation bill was agreed to and
passed, and this and the rivers and
harbors bill have gone to the Presi-
dent, but the armor plate amendment