The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-02-16
FIFrY-sIxrH CONGRESS.
EPisoms OF ths E0rk EIo1T Being Doas .
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As nobody was prepared TO proceed
with a discussion Of the finance measure
in the senate on the 9th, only routine
business was transacted and an early
adjournment was taken to enable mem
bers 10 attend the obsequies OF Gen Law
ton Senator DepeW On. y introduced
a bill granting 70 the public land states
a percentage OF the proceeds OF the sales
Of public lands Tor the enCoura cement
Of the mining fnterests....Very little bus
iness was done in the day meeting Of
the house Mr. Suizer On. y introduced
a resolution for enacdng the Nicaragua
canal bill into Law regardless OF the
Hsy-PaunCeforte treaty, because the lat
ter cOntravened the Monroe doctrine.
There was a scene at the night session
Mr.. Talbert Is c. rushed down the
aisle brandishing his arms and shouting
Tor recognition When he was recog-
nized he explained Why he insisted on
quorum being present when passing pen
sion bills and suggested setting apart a
day each month and disseminating the
night sessions. Thtrty-fve pension bills
were favOrably acted upon
The financial debate in the senate was
continued on the 10Th by Senator Chandler
On. h, who opposed the gold standard
and strongly urged the double standard
Senator Chiffon Tex and Senator Money
(AIiss-) also spoke Senator Allen (fVeb-)
offered a resolution expressing sympa-
thy with the Beers In their struggle
against Great Britain and urging medi-
1t was adopted. Senator Allen Afterwards
agreed to let the vote be reconsidered
and the resolution went over. Little
business Of importance was done in the
house A bill was introduced to amend
the mileage law for members OF con-
gress, making the rate ten cents q mile
each way instead Of % cents.
Speeches were made on the financial
bill in the senate on the 18th by Senator's
EIlins Wa-). Wolcott CCoL) and Butler
n
passage and Senator Wolcott spoke
against il, and for many republicans
who adhere to bimetalHsm- Senator But
Ter closed the debate for the day BY
advocating his amendment providing Tor
an issue Of paper currency by the gov
eminent. The house passed the private
pension bills favOrably acted upon last
week The bill was also passed which
makes universally applicable the law
that now permits the transit OF goods
in bond through certain ports Of the UNI
ted States Some District OF Columbia
business was then disposed Of Mr. Van
diver MOI introduced a bill prohibiting
corporations. trusts. etc, from contrfbu-
ting to campaign funds OF for Influencing
or iutimidating employees
In the senate on the 18th two speeches
were made on the financial bill The
first was delivered BY Senator Allison
Ua-) in favor Of the measure and the
second By Senator Jones CrSev.) against
it. The latter declared that the bin con-
ferred too great power on national banks
and fastened the country to a gold stan
dard----A joint resolution increasing the
limit Of cost OF the new government print
ing ONCE SO. 0O0 on account Of increased
cost OF building material was adopted
by the house Nj. Ball CTex-) introduced
a resolution for a special committee to
look after bills and resolutions relating
to trusts. Mr. Levy q. " introduced a
bill TO construct a canal connecting the
nd T.
bert CFIy.) introduced a bill for a national
military park at PerryviIIe, Ky.