The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-02-17
PROCEEDINGS II CONGRESS
SUMMARY OF THEIR WORK
several Resolutions InsFoAaeeA-1hs
Clark observation-disclosures
mana saFe 90 Pass-senasor Tssnes
IN INSTRUMENTATION %
ehe House.
In she senate.

In the senate.
More than usual interest was manifest
I'd Monday in the senate debate ON III,
financial bill II was known that III.
Opening day Of the last week Of the inan
eial discussion Was 70 be marked by tn
delivery Of at least three speeches by Sen
ator Woleoit Of Colombo. Butler Of NORTH
Carolina and Elkins Of West Virginia
and in addition to large attendance o.
senatOn the public galleries were viii
filled Il.
senator AlIen's resolution introduced
last Saturday expressing sympathy with
the Beers went over without Losing III
place.
The financial bin xas then called up
and Elkins addressed the senate. HIS
opening sentences were in reference to q
speech delivered on Saturday by Chand-
ler. He said that Was a speech which
would be distributed by hundreds Of
Thousands, not by his own political 1850
ci1tes, but by his political enemies"
When Ekins had concluded, the bills
on the general calendar were taken up
and a number passed. including the fol-
owing:
Appropriating $4,000 for the essAb
lishment OF joint lighthouses and fog sig
nal stations ON the Alaskan coas.: appro-
riiAting $4,000 to provide for The con.
stFuetiOn Of an additional lghtShip for
use on the coast Of cAlifOrnis, Oregon,
Washington and Alaska, as exigeneies
may determine; appropriating $1,000 for
the purchase or construction OF a launch
for customs service Al and in the vicinity
Of Astoria, Ore
Al 2 O'Clock the consideration Of tie
currency bill was resumed and wolcOtt
addressed the senate.
ThiTty-five private pension bills. which
acre fAvorably acted upon by the con-
mittee Of the whole at last Friday night.
session, were passed
AT the opening Of the Clark case Sen
ator Chandler again brought up the ques-
ton Of the whereabouts Of sSwede' Muir
ply. who is wanted az a witness. CAsnd.
Ter also wanted TO know the whereabouts
Of Z. p. Woods and d. G. Wcrner. lie
desired them all 10 be summoned.
Hartman said he understood that Muir.
ply returned 10 Butte and the other two
men were in California.
A bill was introduced in the senate by
Senator Foster Of Washington providing
for the construction OF a government cable
line from the United States In the Phil.
ippines. The distinguishing feature Of the
bill is that it requinss the nahle TO Ne laid
from some point on the coast Of Wash
ing IN and that IL shall run via Alaska
and north Of the AleutiAa islands 10 the
island Of Attna, and thence 10 the bound.
airy between Russia and Japan, thence,
with several stops, to the Philippines
An independent cable from San Francisco
to Hawaii is provided for.
Only a delay win result Is the opinion
Of leaders Of the senate on the canal treaty,
bat 1t win finally pass. Opposition comes
from Observation-Disclosures, headed by
Mason. Senator Morgan says there are
men in the senate who would offer amend
ments TO the ten commandments
The president today sent to the senate
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postmaster At PAyette, Idaho.
In the senate Tuesday the bill apPrO-
priating $4,000 for the enlargement Of
the public building at Portland, Ore,
was passed.
The financial hill Was then laid before
the senate and Senator Allison, the rank.
ing republican member 81 the finance com.
mittee, addressed the senate.
When the senate committee on elections
resumed its consideration Of the Clark
case, Neill Of Helena, who was on the
stand when the committee adjourned yes
terday, was recalled. He was questioned
closely by Edmunds concerning the i'm
preston ledger book from which he had
cut copy Of his letter 10 T. J. Johns Of
Lewis,own.
Senator Teller Iceland that the pending
hill was TO be enacted into law because
the gold standard advocates were afraid
the American people would put some man
in the White house who would not favor
the gold standard, the purpose being to
enabody the gold standard into the stat.
utes 80 that il could not be disturbed with.
out great difficulty.
Immediately after routine business was
concluded the financial b.l wss presented
by the chair. II was agreed that after
2 o'clock today the pending measure and
amendments should be considered under
the l0-minute rule.
Senator Teller was recognized to reply
to the speech Of Senator Allison delivered
yesterday. .,-
Senator Teller took strong issue with
Senator Allison, who claimed that the
United States was not on the gold stand.
ard. He Saids
I'VE are not on the gold standard, ex-
cept BY the Unauthorized action Of the
treasury. We are on what is sometimes
called limping silver standard and some
times a limping gold standard.7
The republican caucus Of the senate
"Wednesday authorised Chairman Allison
to appoint a committee to arrange the
order Of business for the remainder Of the
session. but the selection was not an.
Tho senate committee on foreign rela-
tions resumed its regular weekly meet.
ing. but did not take up the Hay Paunce-
fOte treaty. This failure was due to the
fact that the sab-eommittee having the
treaty under especial consideration was
not prepared to submit lie report,
Before Mr.. Hemenway, who was In
charge Of the bill. called il up. a report
In the contested election case Of AldricA-
Robbins from the Fourth Alabema district