Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-04-05
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WORK OF CONGRESS.
Wednesday. March 20.

Wednesday. March 2S.
Senate-Agreed to vote on the Porto
Rico government and tariff bill Tuesday.
Devoted the rest of the day to debate on
the Alaskan civil code bill.
House-Minor amendments to army
bill adopted. briggs charged reckless ex-
travagance in fitting up of transport Sum
ner. Passed senate bill. settling tie diff
culties between Otoe and Missouri Indians
of Oklahoma and settlers in Gage county,
Nebraska
Thursday, March 80.
Senate--A greed to the conference report
on the diplomatic and consular appro-
priaticn bill. Heard an extended speech
by Beveridge in support of free trade with
Porto Rico. BY vote of 16 yeas to 33
for duty Of 10 per cent of the Dingley
law rates ON products of Porto Rico i'm
ported into the United States.
House-Passed the army appropriation
bill in form only slightly modified from
that in which it came from the committee.
One of the amendments adopted opens the
soldiers hotle to the officers and men of
the volunteer and regular armies incapac-
1tated by service during or since the Span
1sh war An incident of the day was q
defense of the war department against the
charge of reckless extravaganza in the
fitting up of the transport Sumner.
Parker On. j prhuced the itemized ex-
penses furnished by the war department
to show there had been no extravaganza.
Vincent behring's right to his seat from
the Eleventh Kentucky district was con-
firmed.
Friday, March 80.
Senate-Heard Proctor in support of
free trade with Porto Rico and Pettus on
the constitutional phases of the problem.
During the latter's speech he convulsed
his colleagues with humorous salles at
the expense of Senators Gallinger and
Beveridge. Devoted the rest of the day to
consideration of the Porto Rican subject
House-Dcvoted the day to war claims,
| taking no action of Importance thereon.
Adopted the conference report on the
diplomatic and consularappropriation bill.
Saturday, March 81.
Senate-Completed consideration of the
Porto Rican bill with the exception of
two amendments, which lie over till Mon
day, final vote to be taken Tuesday SEN
ator Fairbanks made lengthy speech de-
| Tending the 10 per cent tariff. Bills were
passed granting lands to the state of Ala
bama for the education of fcolored students,
Browns Point, Puget Sound.
House-Passed the Notifications appro-
priation bill as it came from the commit
tee. 1t carries 81 ,093, ASS. A three hours
political debate was precipitated by u gen
eral political speech made by Shattuc 60. J,
many members on both sides being drawn
into it, A resolution was adopted to re-
elect the present board of managers of the
| rational soldiers home
Monday, April 2.
Senate-Bate opened the Porto Rico dis
cussion with speech in opposition to the
bill. He was followed by Cullom, Depew,
J Spooner and Perkins in support of the
measure. The closing speech vas deliy-.
cred by Simon who, in criticising the
measure, entered into brief discussion
of the political effects of its passage.
House-A possible reduction of the war
taxes was foreshadowed by the adoption
of resolution calling upon the secretary
of the treasury for information as to the
probable surplus existing revenue laws
would create during the coming fiscal
year Bills We're passed to open to settle
ment 4lSO00 acres in the Fort Hall Indian
reservation and 2,5OO,00O acres in Okla
homa, by ratifying agreements with tie
Indians and to appropriate 100000 for
military post 1T sheridan, Wyo..
Tuesday, April 3.
Senate-Passed the Porto Rican tariff
bin by Il vote of 10 to 81.
House-Devoted the day to consideration
Of the substitute for the senate Hawaiian
/ bill