Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-03-23

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days, tho senate passed the Porto Rican relief
appropriation bill AS passed the measure
carries saoo5. oo0. fhe president being anthori.
zed to use that sum .for public education pub
lie works and other governmental and public
purposes in Porto Rico. Allen offered an
amendment 70 the bill declaring that the con-
force but It was lost by the decistvevote Of 80
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HOUSE II VI.
Washington, March II. House adopted res
olution to the memory OF the late Senator Hay
ward OF Nebraska, and as y further mark OF
respect adjourned
washington March 10, The legislative, exc
cutive and judicial appropriation l,ill carrying
more than S25. 600 900 was passed without debate.
The measure providing for the appointment 81
q commission TO adindicate and settle claims OF
the people OF the United States growing out OF
the war with Spain was also passed without
opposition.
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The pension appropriation bill was sent to
conference and the house non-concurred in SEN
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washington March gU.--The feature of the
session was an address by Morgan on the Porto
Rican bill lie said Porto Rico and the Philip.
pines are already a portion OF the United STATES
Were it not so we could not leglslate for them.
Nor could we abandon them without disgrace.
8&gN HOUSE.
Hull, chairman of the Committee on military
affairs. reported back from that committee the
resolution introduced by Sulzer, re luesting the
secretary Of war to inform the house as regards
the Notifications that may be constructed along
the northern frontier Of the United States and
especially contiguous to Alaska. The commit
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Sulzer delivered a scathing denunciaton OF the
ADMINISTRATORS pro-Brit'sh course, charging
that it did nothing without the consent OF
Downing street and that the resent action Of
Secretary Hay was taken upon request of Lore
Salisbury and defeated a concert OF tire Euro
pean powers to intervene in South Africa. AND
charging generally the English with erecting
Notifications along the Canadian boundary that
menaced the peace and welfare OF this country
The resolution was laid on the table, ITO to Y?
The Loud bill to restrict the character or publ
cations entitled to pound rates as second class
mail matter was considered at length, but .
vote was not reached.
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Washington March 21.--Turner OF Washing
ton offered resolution directing the secretary
of war to inform the senate whether any con
cessions to excavate the gold bearing bed OF the
sea in the vicinity of Cape Nome, Alaska, or in
other Alaskan waters, had been made to any
Individual or corporation, and II so upon what
theory OF authority such grant was made. The
resolution was adopted. PettgreW secured the
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OF war to inform the senate what we're the
qualifications OF voters in the approaching
elections in Cuba, who prepared them, the pur
pose OF the election and who will have charge
of 1t. The additional urgent deficiency bill
was passed. --
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Upon motion OF Dalzell, a special committee
of nine was appointed to consider all proposed
legislation relative to the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary OF the purchase of Louis
lana territory at ST. Louis in 1903. During the
debate upon the Loud bill, relating to second
class mail matter, there was sharp exchange
between Mcpherson of Iowa and LentZ Of Ohio
over a charge made by the former that the lat
fighting the bill; otherwise the debate was
without incident ;...
, Washington. March pa resolution by Allen
requesting information as to tariff rates in
force in the Philippines, Guam. Porto Rico and
Cuba, and the amount collected in each instance
since American occupation. was adopted. Pet
-tigrew introduced resolution calling upon the
president for an itemized statement of the ex-
penseS OF the Philippine commission and each
Of its members, but Senator Davis objected to
the present consideration OF the same ana 1t
went over. The conference report on the Porto
Rican appropriation bill was considered, but q
vote was not reaSAed. - ga
( After.a spirited discussion extending over
class m oil matter was re;comm1tted by the
house to-day to the committee on postofices.
The majority in favor Of the motion to recon-
nit was so decisive that 1t Is regarded MS I'm
likely that the measure will appear again dur
ing the present congress.