Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-05-09
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Proeesdings OF Our National LawmAksei
from Day to Day In Condensed Form
Resolutions and Bills.

Senator Pettigrew SD on the 18th
called up in the senate his resolution OF
sympathy for the Beers In their war
with Great Britain. but on a call for
vote on a motion to refer 1t to the COM
mittee on foreign relations it was found
tnat there was not quorum and an
adjournment was taken. Previous to
that a resolution was adopted providing
that the exercises appropriate to the ac-
ceptance from the G. A. r. of the statue
OF Gen. Grant. to be erected in the cap
itol, be made the special order for Sat-
urday, May 19. at four p. m. The house
passed a number of bills of more or less
Importance. The bill for a commission
to adjudicate the claims of American
citizens against Spain consumed consid-
cradle of the session, but 1t was finally
recommitted.
In the senate on the 30th Senator Pet
tigrew Is. d. tried to get his resolution
of sympathy for the Beers up for con-
sideration, but the motion was defeated
by vote of % to %. The conference re-
port relating to the administration of
civil affairs in Porto Rico was agreed to
and then the Alaskan civil code bill was
taken up. The house passed the Lacey
bill to enlarge the powers OF the depart
ment Of agriculture over game and birds
The bill for a constitutional amendment
to disqualify polygamists for election as
senators and representatives and to pro-
htbit polygamy, was referred to the
committee on judiciary. after meet
ing with opposition from both sides of
the house. The mouse agreed to the
conference report on the Porto Rico bill.
After having been under consideration
more than two months. the Alaskan civil
code bill was passed by the senate on
the 1st. The army appropriation bill
carrying supplies for the military estab-
lishment of more than $114.OO0. .000 was
then taken up. a debate on trusts was
nrAoinitQ "a al hx- Off l,x-
Senator Berry (Ark) providing that the
Quartermaster's department should not
purchase supplies from any recognized
trust. The amendment was defeated.
Senator Harris (Kan.) had passed res
olution calling upon the secretary of the
interior for information as to the flow
of the Arkansas river and as to con-
serving the waters of that stream for
the benefit Of Colorado and Kansas. The
house debated the Nicaraguan canal bill,
holding also a night session on the same
measure.
Senator Gallinger On. H.) presented a me-
mortal from the Union Veterans union
complaining about the governments PEN
sion policy and made the memorial the
text for speech in which he maintained
that the criticisms were unjust Sena-
tor Sewell IN. j. secured the passage of
bill to establish the Fredericksburg
and adjacent national battlefields me-
mortal park in Virginia. The army ap-
preparation bill was then considered
The house at the conclusion of a stormy
debate passed the Nicaragua canal bill
by 225 to 35 All attempts to retain in
the measure the language of the orig
| inal bill for the fortification of the canal
were baked
The army appropriation bill was passed
| by the senate on the Sd, after a rather
| spirited debate, without division. res
l OllItiOn rQnnQStfnR the ctx,f1 aryic
mission to supply information confirm
| ing violations of the civil servics law in
| 1898 was adopted. The day closed with
| the passage of 137 private pension bills
THE house passed the free homes
bill which has been pending before con-
| gress for a number of years. The bill
provides that the government shall issue
patents to actual bona fide settlers on ag-
ricultural lands of Indian reservations
opened to settlement