The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-06-08
NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.
Synopsis of Proceedings in the Senate and
HOuse

House.
Washington, June AT the conclu-
sion OF session lasting eight hours
the senate last evening passed the sun
|. dry civil appropriat ton bill. which has
been under consideration for nearly a
week. The amendment providing fol-
an appropriation of $5,000,000 for the
Louisiana Purchase exposition to be
held III st. Louis in 1903 was con-
tinued in the bill
The house under a special order,
adopted after an exceedingly hot de-
bate, entered upon the consideration
OF the resolution proposing a cOnstitu-
tlOnal amendment to lodge in congress
the power to regulate trusts. The dis
cuss1on took the whole day and a night
session. Today at 5 p. m. the vote is
to be taken without opportunity to
amend. constitutional amendment
requires a tWO-thirds vote to adopt it.
The Republicans have only 1856 votes
fifty too few.
Washington, June I'm the senate
yesterday Hale denounced England for
fighting the Beers and letting the In
dian people starve. Hanna, Tillman,
AAACh' w lOl anu 1cllSI ndid
lively debate over the armor plate
question. The house proposition IN the
naval bill on that subject was dis
agreed to and the bill sent back to
conference. The military academy
bill was passed, making General Miles
and all future commanders of the
army lieutenant generals. Seventy
nine private pension bills were also
passed.
The house defeated the joint resolrl-
ton proposing a constitutional amend
ment empowering congress to regulxe
trusts, the vote being ayes 154, noes
131. But two Republlcans-Loud and
McCall-voted no, and five Democrats
voted aye. At night session certain
Indian treaty bills were passed.
Washington, June 4. - The senate
Saturday passed the bill providing for
the eXtradition of persons who have
committed certain crimes in Cuba
from the United States to the island.
AS amended the bill provides that the
alleged criminal shall be punished I'M
der the laws of Cuba as administered
by Cuban courts, and it 3 a retrOac
tive measure for the special benefit of
Nicely. The last of the appropriation
bills - the general deficiency - was
passed, as also was the emergency
river and harbor bill The session was
concluded with eulogies on the late
Representative Green, of Nebraska.
Only one vote was cast in the house
against the Littlefield antitrust bill to
amend the Sherman act of 1890 to
make 1t more effective. The navy vote
that of Monn Of Illinois Tho To-
Dor unions were excepted from it's
provisions. specifically by an amend
ment against which there were but
eight votcs-Aldrich of Alabama, AL
len and Littlefield of Maine, Bailey.
Long and Calderhead of Kansas, and
Cannon and Hit of Illinois.
Washington, June 5.-The senate
was in session more than ten hours
yesterday, nearly four hours of which
were spent in executive session. The
only features of the day session were
the speech on the Philippine question
by Teller, AMI the effort by Pettigrew
of South Dakota to obtain considera-
ton for the antitrust bill passed by
the house last Saturday. The effort
failed. Last night a session was held
for political speeches and to act on
conference reports. A good deal of
miscellaneous business was done dur
ing the day.
The house agreed to the senate
amendment to the sundry civil bill ap-
propriating So, 100000 for the Louisiana
Purchase exposition at st. Louis. The
day was devoted largely to confer
ence report work, and all indications
point to adjournment for the session
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