Iron County register., 1900-06-07
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
FieTY-slxTH coNeREss.

In the senate on the 2sth, Mr.. welling-
ton (Md), referring to secret under
States and Great Britain, Mr.. Lodge
(Mass) challenged him to the proof. MIR.
Wellington said he believed the proof
could be found in the secret archives of
the state department. Mr.. Lodge replied
that the secretary of state had emphati-
cally denied that such an agreement ex-
ment. The reading of the Sundry civil
appropriation bill was completed. but not
all of the committees amendments were
disposed Of The proposition to continue
the life of the industrial commission until
October 81, 1901, was, after debate, agreed
In the house the Alaskan civil gov
ernment bill was passed, and some odds
and ends of legislation were cleaned up.
In the senate. on the 10Th, the most i'm
ton of an amendment to the sundry civil
bill appropriating s., 600 for the Louisi-
Louis in 1908. A motion to reconsider sub
seQuently offered by Mr.. Gallinger On. H.)
was debated without reaching conclu-
sion. The Teller resolution expressing
sympathy for the Beers was sent to the
committee on foreign relations, 40 to &c..
In the house the senate amendment to
the naval appropriation bill was rejected
and a moditied proposition giving the
secretary of the navy discretion in the
erection of a government plant substituted
therefor. The conference report on the
post Office bill was finally agreed to snd
the measure, as amended, was passed.
SOth. having adjourned over in Difference
to Decoration day In the house, the
regular order being withdrawn, the mo-
ton to strike out the enacting clause of
the Chinese commission bill was defeated,
and the bill was again placed upon the
calendar. After passing 100 pension bills
the house adjourneu in honor OF Decora-
tion day.
In the senate, on the 31St, the sundrY
f1yii CIV A approximation bill carrying 90 oCoe3O
be held in st. Louis in 1903, was passed.
This leaves only the military academy and
the general deficiency appropriation bills
to be acted upon by the senate, and these
2d......In the house consideration of the
resolution reported from the judiciary
committee proposing constitutional
amendment to lodge in congress the po~'-
dissolve trusts, monopolies or combina-
uonS, was entered upon under a special
order. which fixed 5 p. m. of the 1St, for
taking the vote, without opportunity 10
amend. A constitutional amendment re-
quires a two-thirds vote to adopt.
In the senate, on the 1st, caustic debate
of political nature occurred upon SUI
jectS not themselves political. A memo
rial was presented from the people OF
California asking the government to pro
of India. Mr.. Hale reported a further dis
agreement on the naval appropriation bill.
Seventy-nine private pension bills were
passed, was also, the military aca1e-
my appropriation bill Consideration CO
the general deficiency appropriation bill
was begun. In the house, the joint res
olution proposing constitutional amend
ment empowering congress to regulate
trusts was defeated-154 to 131-less than
the necessary two-thirds majority. The
vote was almost exclusively on party
lines, republicans favoring and democrats
and populists opposing the resolution.