Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-05-22
FIFTY-SlXTH CONGRESS.
Washington, May %.
SENATE.

Mr.. Piatt, fro the committee on
printing, made a report on Mr.. Chand-
ler's resolution 70 investigate the sale
and disposal OF messages and papers
Of the Presidents, etc." The committee
admit that in the sundry civil appro
oriation bill Representative Richardson,
Il Tennessee, was given power to use
tle plates. He secured copyright.
The committee thinks no government
publication should be copyrighted. 1t
4 true, Trey admit, Mr.. Richardson ex-
jended a great deal OF his own money,
d gave mis- time Tor several years as
.ditor of the publication. He should
nave been paid for this work and not
love t1e authority to have entered into
! business partnership with the Barcus
Company, of Terre Haute. That com
pauy, the committee hold, send out the
4ets as II they were published under
government sanction. This, in the
opinion O. the com mittee, is wrong.
The report was ordered printed aud
20 lie over.
According to the investigation Mr..
Richardson's receipts from the sales OF
ne edition printed and sold by Mr..
Bsrcus amounted to S1l ,320.50. The
,eport says Congress has it's OWE
power to avoid repetition of the false
representations of which it has been
the victim by not again placing govern.
,nent plates at toe disposal of private
persons. A statute forbids the copy
lighting OF government publications.
Mr.. Morgan introduced resolutions
calling upon the Secretrry OF War to fur
ash the amounts paid for transporting
groops aud supplies to San Francisco for
service in the Philippines, and upon the
secretary of the Navy as to the cost OF
laval ships and forces to the Philip
Dimes via the Suez canal. Mr.. Chan.
der objected TO consideration and the
resolutions went oyer.
Mr.. Morgan is said to ts very resent
iul because his canal bill has been side
racked and charges it to railroad indu-
CO.
The resolutions Of Messrs. Allen and
Kenney directing the Secretary OF War
10 furnish 8 atistics as to the number OF
aen in the army killed, wounded or
who have died of disease from the com
oIencement OF the war In the Philip
zines to May l, 1900, were consolidated
,nd passed. The information asked for
,lso includes the number who have be-
C me insane.
Mr.. Thurston then called up the co.,
ereuce report on the Indian appropri-
alton bill.
The resolution of Mr.. Jones, of Ar
Kansas, calling upon the President to
know if it is true, as charged, that the
American Trust Company of Havana
1ad been appointed the fiscal agent oil
ne United States in Cuba, was adopted.
The Indian conference report went
over aud Mr.. Lodge called up the Phil
ippine bill.
Mr.. Pettigrew offered an amendment
striking out all after he ensctinp clause
and inserting NV provision author.
izlng the President TO bring a bout peace
uetween the United States and the FIJI.
ipinOs and to withdraw the troops from
the islands.
Mr.. Spooner was recognized for a
speech on the Philippine bill.
HOUSE.
The Senate resolution was passed
Withdrawing from the public domain
the lands in Oahu, Hawaii, that have
been Dedicated for many years past ss
the burial place of the Hawaiian kings,
and to maintain this historic cemetery.
The Alaska code bill was then taken
up.
Much discussion was caused ON the