The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-03-29
The House.

! washington, March y. - The house
yesterday entered upon the cons.Gcra-
= ton of the Loud bill to restrict the
! character of publications entitled 10
| pound rates as secOnd-claS mail mat
| ter. The bill has been before congress
for several years. Mr. Loud defended
the bill in long speech. The other
speakers were III. G. Smith If Michi-
gan, In favor of the bill, and Messrs.
Little Of Arkansas, Bell OF Colorado,
Henry OF Mississippi, Stokes of South
Carolina and Mr.. Brown of Ohio, in
opposition to ii. Before the bill was
taken up Mr. SulZer of New York de-
ivered denunciation of the admins
ration IA connection with his reSolu.
ZION OF inquiry calling upon the war
department for information as to what
:ort ications Great Britain was erect
Ing on the Canadian border. Tie
committee on military affairs sub
mitted reply of Adjt. Cen. Corbin,
saying such information was secret.
out that Great Britain was erecting no
works which threatened our ri:.hts
The committee recommended laylng
the resolution upon the table. The
mousse sustained the committees rec
omnenoation by vote of 10 to o..
The senate
Discussion Of the Porto Rico gov
eminent and tariff bill was resumed in
the senate yesterday, Mr. Morgan Of
Alabama presenting a speech dealing
with some Of the constitutional phases
or the matter. He maintained that as
the treaty Of Paris was the supreme
law or the land, it was impossible for
me United States to abandon either
Porto Rico or the Philippines. He
heid also that the constitution extend.
ed to certain extent at least over the
acquired territory, and that the iuLab.
ltants OF Porto Rico were citizens of
the United States.
washington, March 90. During the
debate ia the house yesterday upon the
Louu Dill relating to second-class mail
matter there was sharp exchange be-
tween Mr.. Mcpherson Of Iowa aud Mr..
Lehts or ONO over n charge made by
the FORMER that the latter was the at
torhey or the lobby which is fighting
the Dili, otherwise the debalo was
Wlthout incident. Both the friends
ana opponents of the measure express
lhe belief that the vote will be close
MT Loud has agreed to acccpt two
amendments, one TO Increase the num-
per Oh sample copies which newspap ers
cah send out at Second-class rates from
ooo TO 1000, and the other to lint the
requiring newspapers 10 sep
irate their mail in addition 10 those nj. |
'eady IN existence to over 5000 circula. (
ION. These are all the concessions no
VIII make. He says the debate has I
strengthened the bill and he believes /
viii pass. The speakers Yesterday |
we're Mr. Cromwell of Ohio, Griggs OF /
ieorgia, Mcpherson of Iowa. Burke of I
Texas, Bingham of PennsyIyanla
deatwole Of Minnesota ard LatiIner of
,outn Carolina, in favor of the hill
md Messrs. Moon of Tennessee, IenTz
II ONO, Nandiver Of Missouri Suud.
,rass of Tennessee, Cochren of Mis-.
ouri and Neville Of Nebraska, against
he measure.
The senate.
Upon the authority OF the governor
4 Alaska Mr.. Turner of Washington
made the statement in the senate yes. 4,
erday that concessions for gold min
ne IN the bed CT the sea near Cana
Some, Alaska. had been granted Inv
he secretary of war, and upon that
tatement he based a resolution of in.
u!ry. Senator Turner said IL such n
rant had been made 1t was "a shame.
reprcach and a scandal" The reso-
ltion was agreed TO. In a few min.
les, and without discussion. the addi-
oral urgent deficiency bill was passed
18th one or two other measures of i'm
ortance. Mr.. Allison gave notice that
e would call mp to-day the conference
eport on the Porto Rican appropria.
on bill.