Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-02-08
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Proceedings of Our National Lawmakers
from Day TO Day ia Condemned Form
-ResOIutiOnr and Bills.

For more than three hours on the Goth
the senate listened to an argument on
the Philippine question by Senator Bacon
(1a.) He maintained that the United
States owed as much to the F'ilipinos
as to the Cubans and self-government
should be promised to the islands. The
pension calendar was then taken up. a
resolution was afterwards adopted that
Senator Foraker (O.) should read Wash
ingtOn'S farewell address in the senate OH
February 2. Senator Warren Wyo.) in
troduced a joint resolution that the
rights of a citizen of the United States
shan not be abridged by the United
States or by any state on account OF
over an hour and only business of minor
Importance was transacted.
In the sena C On the 31st Senator Pet
tigrew Is. ID sought to have read a
resolution embodying document writ
ten by Aguinaldo upon the Filipino in
surrection and containing his version of
the alleged recognition of the Filipino re-
public by Admiral Dewey. This stirred
up considerable acriInony among the
senator's Senator Hawley Comm de-
nounced the action of Senator Pettigrew
as treason AMI Senators Spooner CWis),
Sewel On. j. and Gallinger IN. H also
severely arraigned the senator from
South Dakota At the conclusion of the
exciting scene the financial bill was dis
cussed by Senators Berry (Ark.) and Tel
Ter (Col.). Senator Penrose (Pa.) intro
duced a bill to make the proceedings of
the Grand Army a part of the public
records of the United States, the COM
mander-in-chief to make a report to the
interior secretary. The Indian appro-
priation bill was taken up in the house,
it's discussion being made the occasion
for speeches on a wide range of public
questions.
Senator Allen (Neb.) spoke against the
recent transactions of Secretary Gage
with the City national bank of New York
in the senate on the 31st. The discussion
of the matter took up the entire morn
ing hour. Senator Allen then yielded
the floor to Senator Daniel CVa.), who
spoke on the pending financial bill. He
declared it practically excluded silver
from circulation and struck possibly
fatal blow at it. Senator Stewart (Nev.)
followed in a speech also directed against
the bill. In the house Mr.. Sibley (Pa.)
assailed his democratic colleagues for
their opposition to expansion in a speech
which brought applause from the gall
leries. Not much progress was made with
the Indian appropriation bill, which was
under consideration, and the debate gen
orally was uninterestIng.
Senator Allen (Neb.) concluded his
speech in the senate on the I'd in ar
raignment of Secretary Gage because of
his transactions with the City national
bank, of New York. a resolution offered
by Senator Harris (Zan.) calling upon the
secretary of the interior for all papers
relating to the management of the Usage
Indian agency was passed. The f1nan-
cial bill was then laid before the senate,
but no senator was prepared to speak
upon it. Senator Pettigrew IS. d. Of
fered the Mason resolution of sympathy
for the Beers and gave notice that he
would speak upon it the 5th. The
senate then went into executive session
and afterwards adjourned until the 5th.. -.
The house devoted its attention mainly
to the Indian appropriation bill. In the
discussion over the bill giving the most
favored nation treatment in American
ports to Cuban vessels Mr.. Clayton (AIa.)
declared it was a part of the piecemeaI
legislation which congress was extending
to Cuba and the time ripe for
the American government to recognize
the independent sovereignty of the is
land. There was an evening session on
pension legislation, but Mr.. Talbert Is.
CO blocked work by making the point of
no quorum.
The senate was not in session on the
3D.. The house passed the Indian appro-
priatiOn bill. It carries in the neighbor-
hood of $7000,000. Congressman Curtis
(Kan.) secured the passage of an amend
ment for the establishment of schools in
the Cherokee, Greek, Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations, the expense to be paid out
of the funds of those nations. The lat
ter part of the session was devoted to
the eulogies upon the life and public ser
vice of the late Representative Ermen-
trout (Pa)