The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-25
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
DISCUSS NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
News From the Senate and House of
Representatives-Con From the
Latest Press Experimentation and
Neutrality-suspicious.

The senate committee on commerce FRI
day completed consideration OF the river
and harbor bill, the last act of the CON-
mittec being the addition of q provision
for the construction of the Nicara-
qua canal Aside from the Nicaragua ca
nal the committee increased the cash APP
preparations to the extent OF about $1,000
600 over the house cash appropriations,
while the amount of continuing contracts
is increased to the extent of about SlO,-
100000.
When the senate met Saturday a num-
Der of minor bills, mostly dealing with
grants of rights of way to railways
through Indian reservations, were passed.
Consideration of the post office appro-
priation bill was then resumed.
Senator Cullom offered an amendment
appropriating 100000 instead OF $685.
600, as provided by the bill for the ex-
tension OF the pneumatic tube mail service
either by purchase or otherwise.
When the senate convened Tuesday
Senator Chandler entered motion to re-
consider the vote by which the naval per
sonnet bill was passed, and that the meas
ure be recalled from the house in order
that some errors might be corrected. The
order was made.
Consideration of the postofiice appro
priation bill was then resumed, and Sen
ator Butler resumed his argument for q
reduction of $6,000,000 in the amount
paid for railroad mail transportation.
A separate bill appropriating $4,000,
900 for payment to Spain under the pro
visions of the treaty of Paris was passe,
Tuesday by the house, under suspension
of the rules. No amendment was in or
der, and an attempt to secure unanimou
consent to offer an amendment declara
tory of our policy not permanently to an
mex the islands, was objected to.
The senate bill to reimburse the gov
ernors of states for expenses paid by tn
states in organizing volunteers for sci
vice in the war with Spain, before thei
muster into the service of the Unite
States, also was passed under suspensio
, of the rules
The bill appropriating 100000 for tn
pan american exposition to be held j
Buffalo in 1900, was before the nous
{ when the absence OF a quorum compelle
an adjournment.
In the House.
The house Friday by vote of l55 to
sustained the decision OF the chair that til
p motion to recommit the sundry civil bi
with instruction to incorporate the Nj
= aragua canal bill was not in order.
: The chaplain referred feelingly to Il
e illness Of Mr.. Craw ford of Texas, whoi
death is hourly expected from corhpl
: cation of diseases.
I Several railroad right-of-way bills we
i passed. Among those bills was one TO a
}. thOrize the construction of the Clearwat
/ Valley road through the Nez Perez reese
/, walton.
r Eulogies upon the life and public st
e vices of the late Representative NOrthw;
T. of Ohio We're set for o'clock Saturdi
o in the house.
The house then went into committee
the whole and resumed consideatio
the naval appropriation bill.
n A point of order raised by n
Mudd (rep.), Maryland, against the pal
1t graph OF the naval bill providing for
+. commission to consider and report upon
X general plan of Encouragement and recC
re struction of buildings at Annapolis nay
j. academy and suspending until that rep'
is made, the appropriations for n
"a buildings made in the last naval bill, "
" sustained and the paragraph went out
w After consideration of few unimpo
r. ant bills, Mr.. Henderson, republican,
a Iowa, chairman of the committee on
20 dietary, which investigated
l., rights of General Wheeler of Alabar
:. Mr.. Robins of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Col.
-, of Kentucky and Mr.. Campbell of Illin
who held commissions in the army &
members who served commissions TO C
- tinue to hold their seats in the hot
y formally presented the report of the &c
=" mittee, which was in favor OF The vi
h- that the four members who accepted j
VI itary commissions thereby vacated ii
nc seats in the house.
or The report went to the calendar 8
Messrs. Dearmond, democrat, and Parl
no republican, of New Jersey, we're eli
We leave to file minority report.
ior The house then resumed considerlt
OF of the naval appropriation bill.
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ID Trial Trip of the Fast Fox.