The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-01-19
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
VIVA. is Being Done In The Fifty-sixtb
General Assembly.
JANUARY NINTH.


JANUARY NINTH.
Senator Coclrell presented u resolution:
"That so fur as II may be consistent with tho
full liberty OF trade congress Is hereby request
| ed TO use IT'S powers to prevent such combina-
tions." The resolution came from st. Louis
and is really u petition.
| Senator Allen offered n resolution calling on
| the secretary OF war for minute Information
| concerning the transport service.
Senator Beverldge then delivered his speech
Us per notice given. on his resolution which de-
clares that the Philippine Islands are territory
belon ging to the United States; that II Is tho
intention OF the United States to retain them as
such and to establish and maintain such gov
Ornamental control throughout the archipelago
as the situation may demand There was u
large audience and the speech was very long.
1t commanded close attention OF the senate
and auditors both on the floor and In the gull
lerles Senator Hoar followed Senator Bever-
idge and said he could prove from Otis and
Dewey that there was Filipino government.
Mr.. Stephens CTex.) introduced bill which
is intended to open mineral lands In the terri.
tories to mineral land claims; OF course the bill
is aimed at the Wichita mountain district
JANUARY TENTH.
The Senate paid respect to the memory OF
Vice President Hobart In several speeches by
senator's Report OF the secretary OF the treas
ury Us to deposits OF internal revenue funds was
laid before the senate and referred. Senator
Butler IN c. offered u long resolution on
trusts and gave notice OF q speech later.
In the ways and means committee Of the
house. under q resolution by Mr.. Newlands
(Nev.) which asked for committee to report
the authorities and law as to whether the term
United States In that provision OF the constlCu,
tion which declares that all duties, imports ana
excuses shall be uniform In oil parts OF tne
United States, covers all territory belonging to
the United States. Chairman Payne appointed
Messrs. Dalzell. Grosvenor, Hopkins, Richard
son and Newlands.
JANUARY TWELFTH
Much routine business was done in the Senate.
Among the bills introduced was one by Spooner
(Wis.) providing for the Presidents continuance
Of control OF the government in tho Philippines
until congress shall formulate a government.
The senate debated two resolutions on the same
subject presented by Senators IIoar and Petit
grew, in which the latter attacked the presi-
dent charging that he concealed facts from the
country and that his polio was instigated by
England. Senator Lodge offered amendments
to the resolutions, covering information regard
ing nnti-American utterances which had been
pablished and scattered among the Insurgents
and our soldiers there, urging them not to re-
enlist. This Senator Hoar favored. The SEN
ato committee on Indian affairs reported favor
ably on Pettigrew's bill for free homes on
lands coded by Indians Debate was resumed
on the currency bill by q speech from Senator
Stewart. Senator Aldrich, when asked If there
were to be no speeches from the republican
side said he thought that side was ready 70
vote; that the bill had been up three weeks ana
II was time to take action.
The house. it would seem did nothing but
routine business, as there is no report publish
ed.
JANUARY THIRTEENTH.
Senator Jones (Ark) introduced bill to au-
thorlze RAILROAD companies in Indian territory
to buy one rond another. or that different roads
may consolidate.
Mr.. Sulzer IN. " presented resolution to
create committee OF nine to investigate the
relations of the secretary Of the treasury with
certain banks. ID Delegate Flynn used the half
hour given him in presenting to the house the
reasons why Oklahoma should become state
He compared population and number Of votes
poled OF several states with Oklahoma's popu
lation and votes 49,.
He then showed that the territory is practl
cally out Of debt, grandly prosperous and FULLY
able to maintain the burdens OF state; her H.
nancial condition being better than has been
the condition Of other territories that are now
states.