The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-03-30
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Proceedings of Our National Lawmakers
from Day to Day In Condemned Form
-Resolutfons aud Bills.

Senator Turner CWasfo made a state
hrent in the senate on the 2lst that he
had heard that concessions for gold min
ing in the bed of the sea near Nome,
Alaska. had been granted by the secre-
tary of war and he moved q resolution OF
inquiry into the matter which was agreed
to. The additional urgent deficiency bill
was then passed %. The house debated the
Loud bill relating to second-class matter
in the mails. Mr.. Lane Ua.), introduced
a bill providing for an exposition at st.
Louis In 1908 to celebrate the Tooth ami
versary of the purchase of the Louisiana
territory. Mr.. DinsmOre (ArkD intro
duced n resolution requesting information
from the secretary of state concerning
the alleged British opening of correspond
ence addressed to Charles Macrum, late
United States consul in South Africa.
Almost the entire session Of the senate
on the ed was spent in the discussion
of the conference report upon the Puerto
Rican appropriation bill. Senator Cock
rell (Mo.) introduced n bill for an expo
sition at st. Louis in 1903 to commemorate
the Louisiana purchase. 1t appropriates
100000 to the exposition. The house
recommitted the Loud bill relating to sec
.ond-class mail matter by n vote of 14S
to 96, with 16 present and not voting. 1t
is unlikely that the bill will appear again
this session. Mr.. Fitzgerald (Mass) in
troduced a bill allowing $50 10 the family
representatives of a soldier dying in
the service and 800 to the family of an
officer dying under similar circumstances
to cover the funeral expenses of the de-
ceased.
The senate on the ed adopted the con-
ference report on the Puerto Ricsn relief
bill by a vote of % TO Is. practically
strict party expression. The time of dis
cuSsinn was consumed principally by
Senator Tillman Is. c., who made a
fierce attack upon the measure. A num-
Der of private pension bills and q meas
IN Vic
from RATS on the Pacific ocean were
afterwards passed. 49, The house passed
f4o pension bills. The conference report
on the Puerto Rican appropriation bill
was then presented by Mr.. Cannon. He
asked for immediate action. but it was
finally arranged to take vote the next
day.
measure was passed in the senate on
the 9th providing for the appointment
by the president of a commission to in
vestiSatc the trade and commerce of the
orient with a view to the extension of
American commerce. Senator Fairbanks
Und.) presented resolution accepting
4 statue Of Oliver p. Morton from the
state of Indiana. and providing that it
be placed in statuary hall. 1t was agreed
to....After a spirited debate the house
took the last congressional step in COM
bletinS the Puerto RiCan relief bill. agree
ing to the conference report by vote of
i37 to ST. The bin turns over to the pres
-, 900. coo of the customs receipts collected
on Puerto Rican goods. bill was
passed appropriating $4,000 for designs
for suitable memorial in Washington
to .Ulyssus S. Grant.
Senator Foraker CO., announced in the
senate on the 26th that he would press
the Puerto Rican bill to a vote as soon as
possible. Senator Hanna denounced as
4 malicious lie the published statement
that he had said that the passage Of the
ut II l~<, t..
suance of n deal which would bring in
big contributions to the republican cam
paign fund. The Alaskan civil code was
then taken up....The house considered
the army appropriation bill. but the de-
bate was without any notable Incidents
Mr.. Ridgely (KanO opposed a permanent
Increase of the army as prejudicial to
the country's best interests. Mr. AL
drich (Ala.) introduced bill for estab-
fishing a diplomatic and civil service. coll
lege near Washington. Pension bills to
The number of 146. were favorably acted
upon.