The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22
CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
washington, Feb.12-Allison to day delivered
In the course of his argument he presented his
answers to the points raised against the bill
Jones Of Nevada declared the bill was vicious.
comforting too great power on national banks
and fastening the country to gold currency.
HOUSE.
Resolutions on the death Of Congressman
Chickering Of New York were adopted, and as
o further mark Of respect the house adjourned
SENATE.
Washington, Feb IA test vote was had on
the financial bill to-day. Chandler proposed an
amendment to the committee amendment
which authorized the president to appoint ccm-
called BY the United States or any other coun.
try to arrange bimetallic Increment. The
amendment was defeated, 45 to rs
HOUSE
and judicial appropriation bill in committee OF
the whole. Hemenway, OF Indiana, In charge,
explained the bill. Payne, Of New York, floor
leader leader Of the majority gave notice that he
SENATE.
Washington, Feb. l5.-The senate committee
on military affairs to-day reported favorably
end unan mously on Representative Huns bill
action Of the oo@9sisee assures the eary pas
sage of the bill In the senate and the favorable
attitude Of the war department indicates that it
senate substitute for the house currency bill
was passed to-day by o vote OF 40 to %. Prior
to the final passage of the bill. amendments
were considered under the ten minute rule.
Only two Of these amendments were adopted,
one offered by the finance committee keeping
the door open to international bimetallism and
national banks with s25. coo capital In towns OF
not more than 1000 inhabitants.
HOUSE.
The house completed e6 of the l24 pages Of the
legislative, executive and judicial appropriation
q
introduced O resolution asking that the secre-
tary Of state be directed to inform the house II
government at Pretoria informed the state dc.
partment that his official mail had been opened
and read by the British censor at Durham; also
United States and Great Britain. The resoIu.
ton was referred to the foreign relations COM
mittee-
SENATE
Washington. Feb, la..McEnery, Of Louisiana
should bo. relinquished. Stewart advo
9aed the Of the PEodne,s Of any
OF duty. Bill permitting government for the
territory OF Hawaii was read.
HOUSE.
Legislative appropriation bill was again I'm
der consideration in committee OF the whole
The civil service law was under discussion FOL
| some time and by n vote of Is to 81 the appro
| prtation for the civil service commission was
HOUSE
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE house passed with
| out division the legislative. executive and ju
| dictal appropriation bill, after having 1t unde
| consider consideration four days. Chairman
! Hepburn, of the house committee on interstate
| and foreign commerce, submitted the report o
| the committee In favor OF the Hepburn bill TO
| constructing the Nicaragua canal.
SENATE.
| Washington, Feb. l9.-The senate spent a,
hour or more in debating the question G
| whether congress had power to extend the con
| stitution over acquired territory. No con
cluston was reached. The bill providing for
| government for the territory OF Hawaii wa
| under consideration at the time.
HOUSE.
| The debate upon the Porto Rioan tariff bill
| which is to continue throughout the week an
| possibly longer, opened to-day. On all hands
Is agreed that this bill, althouph 1t applies onl
| to Porto Rico, involving as 1t does the question
| OF the power to govern our new possession
| outside the limitations of the constitution,
! the most important which will come before thi
| congress IN to-day's debate Payne oIene
| with general argument in support OF the bill
going LARGELY into the material Side Of the situa
ton, which the bill is designed to relieve
| Rjchald Son, the democratic leader joined issu
| upon the power CT cCngress to enact the pre-
posed legislation, and Dalzell, Of Pennsylvania
backed up Payne with constitutional On
| legal or gument