Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-22
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS,
what IL Being Done In Tho Fifty'slIth
General Assembly.

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rOo soOo rN nn.sSS ap pTEIE Of 100000
for enlargement OF public building In Portland
Oregon, Tho session was mostly taken up In
discussion OF the ilnunce bill,
A bill was introduced providing for govern
ment "able line 10 the Philippines, II provide
thnt the line shall start from Washington
lstnte) and run along the Alaskan coast, :,
independent CnblO from san Fran ,lscO
Hawaii Ia provided for In the bill,
the currency bill IL 10 be voted on this week.
Tho Senate has passed the bill 70 pay tho
OF Inc Free State hotel property at Lawrence
Kansas,
The mining measure which has been favora,
bly acted upon by u house committee would
establish mining experiment stations, slmlla
20 those provided for agriculture with d gov
nh oso "nmmitteo nm military ahaIrs com.
Natal tho Srmv annroprIntion bill which
rnrTIes ali I'D MN Of which 81 $4,000 IL for teel
graph ana cables 10 connect military posts In
Al h r,or,her hos bil IN the house for
SSGo IN stotue Of Abraham Lincoln In WISH,
Ington
FEpnuARY EIGHT.
oniri"% the nresidont 10 detail nnynl vessels Ia
90 In DoIagon nav 10 maintaln our commercial
riphts In Portuguese waters,
ffhe Senate commIttee on Agriculture heard
covspn op"p nradv Of AlssltS an iarming oppor,
tunIties In TINT territory,
senator Depew IN, W read q letter from
President Schurman OF tho Philippine commits
sIon contynIIeting statements In Senator Petit
grew's speech OF last week, and criti lied
Senators who place the word OF Agunaldd
above TINT OF Schurman and Admiral Dewey.
senator pettlgreW replied, relterating state
ments which he had made. {!
senator Penrose introduced q bill authorizing
the printing OF the proceedings OF the q, A, II.
A aa n 0nVornnnnI dnpumanL md
for thejr dIstrIbution among the q, A. Il, posts!
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The house received majority and minority
reports on the tnrin Dill Tor puerto tlco
Mr. Mcclellan w ~ lntrouuSed plli psoi
yiding for the purchase by inc United stnVeS
from New York, OF the Eric canal, una ior NV
| conversion into ship canal, NJ cost OF so'
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ppnnuApy rounTppN
~ WY 1yaso a ano III, a'
siVor ",,on ~ Sr W. naa nj. nnried ynte ia dmS
frbursdnv 'NV ''FF'
Senator Money introduced Joint resoluliog
requiring that the English LANGUAGE Hhhll .,
used, TO exclusion OF foreign Worus ahu phruseT
In all public documents
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In the house Mr., HemlnWay una mhue
general explanation OF the ieglslntlVe sppro-
| prlntlon elll' no uBreomoht was roachou us W
debate on the bill: ,,, Tin.
Mr. VanolyeT MOI lpttouueeu Oli' p IVniip-
itlng corporations, trusts, ETC., from oontrlD-
utlng TO campaign tunds OF illuminating
oh,PioSesnA I'M, \ ,uo.on,od an omondment %
~, wi t, ,i',ay oson io mn al i've the com
wy inse'a 'soos rnn'nss M. Nnrman GilA
nrsnS oSSn,Sar rrohibi,jns Tho trnnsnortation
onercu nnosne, pIonHpspn , 'nU nn atnte ~
OF eoh'io'-""ue Boo's' 'o'i' on' ''"'' W ""7
o'hon .oeo,,,,to, Inorsosir, tho limit NJ the
S Soss ,, OF guy new so'e'"nion' PRUNING UNIV
wv "dS auopVuu' ~, ,,,u,,v,,,,
FEpHoAh' rir
| Senator Teller took most OF the session 10 q
speech on the finance 0ili, MOI mueh Out
| partisan politics Bes lnto tnlS ueohte' ..,-
Senator Harris (kans) onered resolution
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