Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-07
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
from Day TO Day in Condensed Form
RESOLUTIONS and Bulls.

"A few minutes before adjournment on
the 18th the senate added to the sunClry
civil appropriation bill an amendment an
| propriating $5,000,0O0 for the Louisiana
Purchase exposition to be held in ST
Louis in 1903. Tt was adopted, but after
wards a motion was made to reconsider
Wflich Went over Senator Bacon (Ga-J
spoke on the Teller resolution expressing
sympathy for the Beers, after which the
resolution was referred to the commit
zee on foreign relations by vote of 10
10 70. -The house refused to accept the
senate amendment to the naval appro-
priation bill relating to armor plate and
adopted modified proposition. The post
office appropriation bill was concurred in.
MI circuit (Vt) introduced a blank rule
Tor the consideration of his oIeornarear-
inc bill. No date was mentioned in tba
rule 1t was referred to the COMMITTEES
on rules.
the senate was not in session on the
Goth. 1.-THE house passed 100 nension
DIS. Mr. King (Utah) introduced Joint
resolution directing the president to is
sue a proclamation for a constitutional
convention to be held at Havana in july
next Tor the formation of an organic act.
after which the resolution provides for
the entire withdrawal of the United
States military forces and the termina-
ton of the authority of the United States
in Cuba
At the conclusion of a session lasting
elSht hours the senate on the 31st
passed the sundry civil approprfa-
ton bill, which had been under consid-
Grafton for nearly a week. The amend
nent providing for an appropriation of
S5,O0OOG0 for the Louisiana purchase ex-
position, to be held in ST. Louis in 1903.
was continued in the bill. An effort was
made to reduce the amount to be ap-
propriated, but it was unsuccessful
The house considered the resolution re-
ported from the judiciary committee, pro-
posing constitutional amendment to
lodge IN congress the power to define
regulate, control, prohibit or dissolve
trusts monopolies or combinations
In the senate on the 1st a memorial was
presented from the people of California
asking that the government provide some
relief for the starving people of India
Senator Hale (de.), with this as text
severely arraigned Great Britain for ex-
pending hundreds of millions of dollars
in crushing liberty in South Africa in
stead of caring for the helpless and dy-
ing people of her chief colony. A fur
ther disagreement was reported on the
naval appropriation bill and an exciting
discussion arose over the armor plate
question. The bill was finally returned
to conference Seventy-nine private pen
sion bills were passed and also the mill
tary academy appropriation bill 1.-The
Joint resolution proposing a constitution
al amendment empowering congress to
regulate trusts was defeated in the
mouse. 1t requires two-thirdS vote I'M
der the constitution to adopt amend
ment to the constitution. The vote
stood, ayes, 154, hayes, 131 The affirma-
tive vote, therefore, was SO short of the
requisite two-thirds, 1872. At the night
session the bills to ratify the treaties
made by the Dawes commission with the
Cherokee and Creek Indians were passed
The senate on the I'd passed the bill
providing for the eXtraditiOn of persons
who have committed certain crimes in
Cuba from the United States to that is
land. The general deficiency bill and
the emergency river and harbor bill
were also passed. A concurrent resoIu-
ton was adopted to print $1,000 sets of
messages of the presidents. Resolutions
in memory of the late William L. Greene. !
representative from Nebraska, were af-
forwards presented and an adjournment |
taken out of respect. an overWheIn1-
ing majority of 273 to 1 the house adopted |
bill extending the privisions of the |
Sherman antitrust law, which is far |
reaching in it's effect. Tt provides that |
every contract combination in the form |
of trusts or otherwise in the restraint |
of trade or commerce is illegal and that |
no article of commerce produced or man |
ufactured by any corporation organized |
in ~Nstraint Of trade shall be trans |
ported or carried out of the state or |
territory in which it is produced or |
manufactured. Mr.. Mann Gl.) was the |
only one that voted against the meause. |