The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-02-24
CONGRESSIONAL.

priation bill, to which it had devoted
over week. The speakers ruling
upon the motion to recommit the bill
with instructions to incorporate in it
the Nicaragua canal amendment was
sustained, 1856 to o. The naval appro-
priation bill was taken up, and over
half the bill was completed during the
remainder of the day. There was no
general opposition to the measure, al
though it carries $i4, 000,0 being
$4,000, 900 more than the largest naval
appropriation bill ever passed by Con-
gress, An attempt to defeat the pro-
vision for joint arrangement between
the government and the Fitchburg
railroad company at the Boston naval
yards failed
The naval personnel bill, for which
the navy department has been con-
tending for SO many years, was passed
by the Senate.
The remainder of the days session
was devoted to the passage of bills on
the private pension calendar, seventy
four in number.
WASHINGTON, Feb l5-The House
has settled the fate of the Mica
ragua canal bill in this Congress by re-
fusing to override the decision of the
chair in committee of the whole when
the chair held that the bill offer ed as
an amendment to the sundry civil bill
by Mr.. Hepburn was out of order. Tho
friends of the Nicaragua bill were
very confident that they would tri-
umph, but after four hours of debate
the chair was sustained-127 to 100.
Mr.. Bailey, the Democratic leader,
made an argument in favor of the
view that the amendment was in order.
Mr.. Grosvenor, Republican, of Ohio,
bore the brunt of the argument in
behalf of this contention. Messrs.
Moody, Republican, of Massachusetts,;
Doclkery, Democrat, of Missouri, and
Fleming, Democrat of Georgia, were
pitted against him. The debate
throughout the day was exceedingly
spirited, and in the end majority of
the members refused to override the
House rules. No record is made of the
vote in committee of the whole. Party
lines were not adhered to, the division
in favor and in opposition to sustain
ing the chairs decision being about
equal on both sides of the political
aisles
After the defeat of the amendment
Mr.. Grosvenor presented resolution
fixing February 20 and 81 for the con-
sideration of the Hepburn bill, with a
vote February 81 at p. m.
WASHINGTON, Feb 14-The Mem
cry resolution, declaring it the inten-
ton of the United States to prepare
the Philippines for self.government,
was carried-26 to 92-in the Senate.
The resolution is as follows:
"That by the ratification of
the treaty of peace with Spain
it is not intended to incorpo-
rate the inhabitants of the Phil
ippines into citizenship of the United
States, nor is it intended to per-
manently annex said islands as
an integral part of the territory
of the United States. But it is the
intention of the United States to
eSJdDllSl On tue lSlduuS ID RONcTAmeHb
suitable to the wants and conditions
of the inhabitants of said ISL
ands, to prepare them for local self
government and in due time to make
such disposition of said islands as will
best promote the interests of the citi-
zens of the United States and the in
habitants of said islands
Following is the vote in detail on
the McEnery resolution:
Yeas-Allison, Burrows, Chandler,
Deboe, Fairbanks, Faulkner, Frye,
Gear, Gray, Hale, Hanna, Harris,
Kyle, Lodge, McEnery, McLaurin, Nc
Millin, Mantle, Mason, Nelson, Per-
kins, Pettus, Platt of New York,
Quay, Sullivan, Teller-26.
Nays-Bacon, Bate, Gallery, Carter,
Clay Cockrell, Hawlcy, Hoar, Lind
say, Mcbride, Martin, Money, Morgan,
Murphy, Pettigrew, Platt of Connecti-
cut, Rawlins, Ross, Simon, Smith,
Stewart, Warren-22.