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enacted were: Prohibiting the killing OF
seals in the North Pacific and Importation
of seal skins into this country; appioprla-
ting $i79, Isl to settle the Bering Sea arbi-
tration; relieving suffering miners in Yu-
kon; establishment of industrial commits
sion.
The total appropriation of the second,
or war session, footed almost $WO@,WN,
of which upward $350oo0,000 was for pure
ly war purposes,
THE r,uJRD SESSION
,r, -. -, it, 80 ,,,, ssth
nc present or VIZ, 80, W ,n,,i,,a
congress-, uealt WIN .lo'u .''i No., ne
icSul'" sioWi's out Vi ..o W. II. c
III 'ellt Vi 'iVso "u. tit ~ ~. m, 80.
,le peace .lualy III nv s soia.e' a." - 49,.
was ,ru.ls,,ii'' az, 70 tt,e a mon
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t',o tl'io %. ~ wv no Wv ~
oi 'he treaty were certain Oh ON! 90 Oh t"'
30 No'e9 NECESSARY ~ Hisult 'l'c a'op''Vi'
OF liie Iesoiu.loh Vi r"tillcat t oooit al
'ei M'iuo tii's ~ ~ oii'i9, Itoi',
'i,, VI 90, A,u Az, "
i,o''iS'oih' anu Wien the We wa '"hoii
we iceult SOU 81 "s eS " 81 Ia ., y. Wv
vote more IMAM was necessary ulluel t"V
ieIulrtn,eht Oh t"o-t'irus iiiaJIiity
me the treaty was eNciuSNeiS pel"'e
inc otHate inc liouse Ha' Soiie nun ~
i'l tiO'Pht loii VIZ" ~ ~ - NON.iOu ~
inc treaty AS tle pra'Ich uIIslna'lhS an
revenue measures aSa lr IL proVluinb an applo-
prldtioi VI S-o'"''VD ~ pay oi'liI , 'c'ol"
Ing 10 the terms Oh the treaty ms W'9
llrst proposed as an amehdmeht 10 the
Sunury .lVh Dill puI was ruleu out o.l
lechihcal RFoutluS' bdtoI IL pasSeu 10 "u
lhuelehueiit measure r'lloit were iha"S
TO add to IL declaration Oh une pohcE Oh
me government as 10 the fhllipplnes' nut
ms was defeated ny the oNerWnelIlhS
vote OF KS 10 "a Inc resolution vi semi
tor Mchnery, declaring the polcE TOWARD
the PhlllpplncS, came 10 the House ana
was referred 10 the committee on foreign
AFFAIRS, but no inal action Is probable.
AEother important measure resulting
from the war Is that known as the Hun
Dill or the liulIlfiaWIey OIL ior he IN
crease and reorganization OF the regular
army. folIoW1ng the new CONDITIONS arlS-
ing Two plans or army increase were
presented to Congress Inc House NM
tary committee hrst LOOK up inc ou"Jtc',
and after elaborate hearings presented
through chairman nun piIl haNIis tHe
| approval or the war department. ~ ~ ~
creased the army 10 appIoNiih"Iqy lVV,v Ky
crada Of ueutonant-penera1 was struck
ont discretion was given the President to
reduce tho size Of companies 80 that the
total force vould he about 60 coo mon and
some other amendments were made but
the bill subst antially as presented was
naesed In the Senate. the committee on
military Affairs divided eouollv on the
biu Ger UawIev the chairman. and four
others renortinr a blll similar 10 that
naseed in tho Houee while five other som
a+ors made a minority ranort opposing
the nronoeed increase and suggestinc a
Milan of temnorarv continuance of the
military establishment at go OCI with an
additional force Of az 600 To he used i'm cut-
wing insuIar nosseesions Thesn several
nronositions have aroused wide 1ifferen-
ces and If will not he until the last days
of the session. if at all. that the final
form of the measure can be determin ed.
D The latest phase of the subject is pre-
scented i'm a comnromise planned bv the
Marty lenders in the Senate after confer
| ring with the executiva authorities The
| comnromise nronoees onIv a slight nerma-
nent Increase of the regular army. as Civ
en- in detail and authorizes the President
| until .Iulv 1 1qo IN maintain the regular
| army. at * 900 ana 70 raise a force Of not
more than "a OOO volunteer infantry organ
| led az thirty rarimente T,ia Man &c nov
| nendinp hofora Tho senate
| MN Ntc>p>CI-A cAEA1
|
inc Nicaragua canal question also has
! taken prominent place IN the work OIL
inns session. AT the outset MI Morgan
had the SUBJECT mace the uhiiilShed pusi-
ness or the senate, ana with ms right OF
way II was kept constantly pelore the
| senate, Wneh not III executive session uh-
II! ilhally passed. ne essentiaI ieh'uie
OF the morgan OH Is III proNiuiiS 'lat lhe
! thl'ed states shail pafticlpate III the CON
Istructon or the canal SUBSCRIBING ior
SZ9'tp shareS at NUo each OUT oi .ot!i
OF looo'"p ana thit 'he WORK OF me Nail-
time Canal company oil Nicaragua IN eN-
ecuting the work shal! ne practl'alIy
under the direction OF the Cnlted STATES
When this Dill reached the House COM
mittee on commerce, all after thc enact
ing clause was struck out anu VIM IL
known as the hepburn pi'i1, urai'cu ny
Representative Hepburn OF Iowa. thalr-
man of the House committee ON inter
state and foreign commerce, SUBSTITUTED.
The essential feature OF the hepburn SUP
stitute is in making the canal eNcluslFcly
a government Undertaking. 1t authorizes
the President to acquire by purchase from
Nicaragua and Costa Rica the territory
necessary ITO eXecaVate, construct, CON
troll and defend a canal, etc. ouch sum
as is necessary for purchasing the rlght
or way Is approprlateo' w he'' me !C'.e
Is thus secured the ffeSl"eilI u au'ho'
lied to have the secretary OF war eXca-
waite ana construct me canal from polh'