The Washington weekly post., 1900-04-17

| for just such a privilege as this bin be-
| slowed, because some OF the banks d.
| rectors had contributed financially to ths
election of Mr. Mckinley in Isl. The Ma
| tional City Bank. he said. was owned ny
the Standard oil Company.
| Mr. Fitzgerald. of Massachusetts,. offer
&c an amendment requiring designated
repositories to pay ? per cent. per annum
| on deposits. Mr.. Gaines. Of Tennessee.
| and Mr.. De Almond, OF Missouri. opposed
| the bill. The latter said there was neither
propriety nor excuse fer designating de.
positories in Cuba. Mr.. Cooper. in closing
| the debate. deprecated the constant aSi-
tatiOn OF politics, whether IL was pertinent
| 10 the bin under consideration or not. He
said there was practically no money for
the banks in being designated as a gov
ernment depository. because the moneys
csposited would remain but short time
| Mr.. Jones amendment was lost, III TO I;i5
| Af. FItzseralds amendment also was lost.
Mr. Levy, OF New York. offered an
amendment. which was ruled out on a
point Of order, TO deduct > per cent. of
! the customs revenues of Cuba for the Gre
alton of a fund TO repay TO the United
states the money spent on behalf of Cuba
Then the bill vas passed lSs to I20.
NJ. Loudenslager, of New Jersey. from
| the Committee on Pensions, called up the
Senate bill 10 repeal section 47ls OF the
Revised Statutes so far as il relates %
the dependent parents of soldiers ana
sailors Of the Spanish war The purpose
was to permit the dependent mothers Of
soldiers of the Spanish war to be pension
ca, even If their husbands had been Con-
federate soldiers
Hhy not repeal section 4716?' asked
MI. Gibson, of Tennessee. "and let Com
federate soldiers who afterward served in
the Union army be pensionedg'
no, nc, called out Mr. Williams Of
Mississippi. I'VE do not want to rlI5sif., ~,
deseCters from the Confederate soldiers"
Ihe Dill was passed
From the Committee on Election of
President. Vice President. and Represent
atives in Congress, Mr.. Corliss NJ ,IIcbi-
gan, called Up the joint resolution pro-
viding for d constitutional amendment
for the election or United States Senator's
by direct vote of the DeopIe. where tbe
legislatures of the States so elect
Mr.. Clark, of Missouri. offered as a suh-
stitute a resolution proposing a constitu-
tional amendment providing for the elec-
ton OF Senators by direct vote in all the
States.
Mr.. Ccrliss said the legislatures of thir
ty-three States had declared for the cleo
tion OF Senators directly by popular vote.
tie thought there should be some change
IN the method Of electing Senators. The
House had twice passed resolution SINH
lar to that offered by the minority. bur
in each instance the Senate had failed TO
take action. He thought the citizens of
every State should determine how and
oy what method their Senators should be
elected
During the course of his remarks Mr..
Corliss displayed a cartoon on the subject,
which attracted a large group of mem
bers about it.
Mr.. Brosius, o. Pennsylvania, called for
order. After the group had been dispers-
ed. Mr.. Corliss said: why does the gem
tleman from Pennsylvania object? Does
he think it reflects upon his State?"
Q-aughter)
NO. no." replied Mr.. Brosius.
Mr.. Corliss said that il was time vast
ed to discuss the resolution. Its object
was undertOOd by all, and was indorsed
by the people of the country, irrespective
of party.
Mr.. Powers. of Vermont, favored the
election of Senators directly by the peo-
pie, but he opposed that portion of Mr..
Clarks bill which proposed to change
the Constitution in respect to the control
OF the elections so as to place them com
pletely within the control of the legisIa-
lures of the States. The purpose of elect
ing Senator'S by the people was to get rid
of the scandals that had attended so many
Senatorial elections. The States therefore
should have no option. The law should
be uniform. All the States should elect
by popular vote.
After some further remarks by Mr.
Zeigier, of Pennsylvania: Mr.. Small of
North Carolina; Mr.. Lloyd, of Missouri:
Mr.. Ridgey, of Kansas; Mr.. SuIzer, of
New York: Mr.. Mcdowell, OF Ohio; Mr.
Jones, of Virginia, and Mr. Ryan, sof
Pennsylvania, In favor of the substitute
resolution, the House. at so p. m, ad-
Journed.
Representative Heatwole, of Minnesota,
Thursday introduced a bill to repeal the
tariff on paper and wood pulp, and to
add to the free list the following:
Mechanically ground wood pulp chemisaI wood
pulp bleached and unbleached; printing paper In
sized. sized. glued suitable for books and news
papers
This bill is important, in that it is the
first step taken by Republican to break
up the paper trust by admitting paper
free of duty. The bill has been referred
TO the Ways and Means Committee. upon
which now rests the responsibility of
either reporting the measure to the House
or allowing it to be smothered
The Democrats have been engaged for
some time in presenting bills aimed at
the paper trust, Representative Richard
known.