The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-30

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The House.
Washington, March 81. - The house
yesterday entered upon the considera-
ton Of the Loud bill to restrict the
character of publications entitled to
pound rates as second-class mail mat
ter. The bill has been before congress
for several years. Mr.. Loud defended
the bill In long speech. The other
speakers were II. G. Smith of Michi-
gan, in favor of the bill, and Messrs.
Little of Arkansas. Bell of Colorado,
Henry Of Mississippi, Stokes of South
Carolina and Mr.. Brown of Ohio, in
opposition to it. Before the bill was
taken up Mr.. Sulzer of New York de-
livered denunciation of the admins
tration in connection with his resolu-
ton of inquiry calling upon the war
department for information as to what
fort ffcations Great Britain was erect
ing on the Canadian border. The
committee on military affairs sub
mitted q reply Of Adjt. Gen. Corbin,
saying such information was secret,
but that Great Britain was erecting no
works which threatened our rights.
The committee recommended laying
the resolution upon the table. The
house sustained the committees rec
ommendation by vote of 10 to 81.
The Senate.
Discussion Of the Porto Rico gov
eminent and tariff bill was resumed in
the senate yesterday, Mr.. Morgan Of
Alabama presenting q speech dealing
with some of the constitutional phases
of the matter. He maintained that as
the treaty Of Paris was the supreme
law of the land, 1t was impossible for
the United States to abandon either
Porto Rico or the Philippines. He
held also that the constitution extend
ed to certain extent at least over the
acquired territory, and that the inhab-
itants of Porto Rico were citizens of
the United States. @t@4
Washington, March 22.-D During the
debate in the house yesterday upon the
Loud bill relating to second-class mail
matter there was sharp exchange be-
tween Mr.. Mcpherson of Iowa and Mr..
Lentz Of Ohio over a charge made by
the former that the latter was the at
torney of the lobby which is fighting
the bill, otherwise the debate was
without incident. Both the friends
and opponents of the measure express
the belief that the vote will be close.
Mr.. Loud has agreed to accept two
amendments, one to increase the num-
Der of sample copies which newspapers
can send out ut second-class rates from
500 to 1000, and the other to limit the
provision requiring newspapers to sep
arate their mail in addition to those al
ready in existence to over 5000 circula-
ton. These are all the concessions he
will make. He says the debate has
strengthened the bill and he believes
1t will pass. The speakers yesterday
were Mr.. Bromwell of Ohio. Griggs Of
Georgia, Mcpherson Of Iowa, Burke of
Texas, Bingham Of Pennsylvania,
Heatwole of Minnesota and Latimer of
South Carolina, In favor of the bill,
and Messrs Moon Of Tennessee, Lentz
of Ohio, Vandiver of Missouri, Snod-
grass Of Tennessee, Cochren of Mis-
souri, and Neville Of Nebraska, against
the measure.
The Senate. All; =
Upon the authority of the governor
Of Alaska Mr.. Turner of Washington
made the statement in the senate yes
terday that concessions for gold min
ing in the bed Of the sea near Cape
Nome, Alaska, had been granted by
the secretary Of war, and upon that
statement he based a resolution Of in
quiry. Senator Turner said II such a
grant had been made it was "a shame,
a reproach and a scandal" The reso-
tuition, was agreed to. In few MIN
utes, and without discussion, the addi-
floral urgent deficiency bill was passed
with one or two other measures of im-ll
portance. Mr. Allison gave notice that
he would call UP to-day the conference
report on the Porto Rican appropria-
ton bill.
The SENATE. N II 81
Washington, March % Almost the,
entire session OF the senate yesterday