The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1900-01-19
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Proceeding Of Our National Law mRken
from DAY 10 bay In Condensed Form
RESOLUTION. and nils.

' 1890 s'f't NV W oltI IJtNlI
ton between Great Britain and Africs
Senator Morgan tAla.J discussed the rae
: question in the south. basing his remark
on a Resolution offered by Senator Pritch
ard On. c.. A bill with two amend
ments to the dependent act Of June g
l&D-one that widows who have an In
come of $3.50 In excess of daily wage
I should be pensioned and authorizing tn
/, commissioner OF pensions to aggrexat
the disabilities Of an applicant in fixin,
his ~pensionable status-was pa ssed at
ter being slightly altered. A bill wa,
also passed providing that a widows pen
sion shall mmence with the applica
I ton and not at the date of the soldier,
death....The house ordered an investi
Ratl"n INTO the charge as to two fedora
appotntees of the president beirg under
Indictment as ~p0lygamists and whether
atldsVits to that effect were On file al
the time Of their appointment. An inves.
tgation of the military committee, into
tn" conduct Of Gen. Merriam during tbs
Wardnor, Ida, riots was also ordered
Mr.. Curtis tkanD introduced a resolution
for a committee to investigate pension
bureau methods. 1t was referred. The
house then adjourned until the 10th.
Senator Beveridge (lnd.) on the 9Th adj
dressed the senate on his resolution
offered last week in favor of the United
states holding forever the Philippine is
lands. 1t was the maiden speech of the
Junior senator from Indiana and was re-
plete with str.ning sentences ana well
arranged information, 1t created a pro-
found IMPRESSION an oil Who hoard -
an, M It's cor, lnsinr ,,raetr,i,ad ~
plause swrpt over tho oauerjae cara,nr
Hoar Mass ren,ie1 hriafv 70 senator
Reveridge. He ridicuIed senator pay-
| erjGpe's eta+omnnt thot tho Eiii,inas uara
not Gamble of alf-eovcrnment and n,,o-
ted Gen. Otis reports to show that tbav
were. When the debate was onaad the
senate odio,,rnod hocnnsa ,bara noe aat
a quorum Ia tranart business The
house was not in session
Impressive trjhIItos we're maid IN tho
senate on the ION to the mamorv nf me
late Vice President Hobart addresses
being made hy Senators SawelI m II
Kaane * II DanioI ", Donow N
". Cnckrell Mol CuIIom nu Davis
CTfuul Murr,n ala Chandler N ~
Lodge Mass, ca Tarv Iat and AIlan
lNcbn. Senator RutIer ~ * intrnd,,ned
a resolution IN control trusts A bin was
Introduce NV Senator Allen (Neh grant
Ing a rrr . Of $40 n month IN everv col
dirr and ,r pybo sar,,od In Tho oi,i,
war fer tire. months or moro BUSINESS
of minor imurrtgnra ocrrniad IN, atom
ton Of the p,pea uptu ono o'cIanL aftnr
which an hour was davotad to en,ogioa
the life and nrbIjc SERVICES of tbe
late CONGRESSMAN Green lNeh The
house then adjourned until tbe 1otb
At the conclusion Of routine husineee
in the senate on rho mn tho r.soIr+io,
of Senator Pettigrev rs. d. together
with the substitute nv senator Lodge
asking the administration for
all information in regard to the insur-
rection in the Philippine islands. wer,
aiken up and debated Senator Iodga
suggested that both be withdrawn and
he resolution Offered bv Senator Hoar
,Mass.) be adopted. which was nor
weeping In its call FOR inflammation TO
his Senator pettfgrew ohierted and then
into nm attack unon the ad-
ministration. The debate was finally
,It off by the eynjration Of tho mornir,
lour and the currencv bin was taken ,n
senator Steward (Nsvl tainted the re-
party for bringing in a measure
80 utterly cnntradictory TO the st. Louis
,onad unit, the ,sth w "ramy posi-.
senator Aldrich (R. r.. The measure
'onferring additional authority on the
,eiSus nsrtcsor was men discussed and
an adiorrnm., q aran " V
5th,., The house was not in session.
The senate was not in session on the
ha hor 7u.1er ~ - introduced IN s
nent of a speciaI ~,ommittne ~ nino ,
to investigate the relations ;
the secretary OF the treasury with ,
"a ntaa - g",io'al oanhs. ne e
oalzell Pa.D objected. Mr. Richardson s
Tenn called attention to what he +
ihllned Ia an intraction of the house
n tbe shinninr hin aftor mso'n a,n G
It was decided that the bin should !!
e reprinted without the argument. Mr.. \
,'oSn W. introduced a OIL 10 change t.
nv. making him swear that be- ni,i nnt 7
ractice hazing. Mr.. Lacey Mo.) brought '
'r"ard a bill to set aside a preserve A
,i,o III Mn ntne,rcan bison several other
ne house then damned 70 rho ,5,h g
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