The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-02-09
WHAT CONGRESS Is DOING.
Proceedings of Our National Lawmakers
from Day TO Day in Condensed Form
-Resolutions and Bills.

For more than three hours on the 3Ott
i the senate listened to an argument or
/ the Philippine question by Senator Bacon
! lTa). He maintained that the United
/ States owed as much to the FiHpinos
4 "a 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 lOD should read Wash
| ingtOn's farewell address in the senate OH
/ February -. Senator Warren (WyoD 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
| sex--..The house was in session a little
over an hour and only business of minor
| Importance was transacted.
/ In the sena e on the 3lst Senator Pet
| tigrew Is. ID sought to have read a
resolution emhodying a 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 acrimOny among the
senators. Senator Hawley Comm de-
nounced the action Of Senator PettigTew
as treason ami Senators SpOoner CWis.).
Sewell (N. j. and Gallinger IN. H.) also
severely arTaigned the senator from
South Dakota. At the conclusion of the
exciting scene the financial bill was dis
cussed by Senators Berry tArk.) and Tel
Ter tCoLl. Senator Penrose CPaD intro
duccd a bill 10 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,
its discussion being made the occasion
for speeches or a wide range of public
questions.
Senator Allen CNebD spoke against the
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 CNaD. who
spoke on the pending financial bill. He
declared il practically excluded silver
from circulation and struck a 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 gal
leries. Not much progress was made with
the Indian appropriation bill, which was
under consideration, and the debate gen.
orally was uninteresupg.
Senator Allen CNebD concluded his
speech in the senate on the 2d in ar
raignment of Secretary Gage because of
his transactions with the City national
bank, of New York. A resolution offered
by Senator Harris (Kan.) calling upon the
secretary of the interior for all papers
relating to the management of the Usage
Indian agency was passed. The finan-
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 ii on the 5th. This
senate then went into executive session
and afterwards adjourned until the 5th....
The house devoted It's attention mainly
10 the Indian appropriation bill. In the
discussion over the bill giving the most
favored nation treatment in American
ports to Cuban vessels Mr. Clayton (Ala.)
declared IL was a part of the pieCemeal
legislation which congress was extending
to Cuba and the time was now ripe for
the American government to recognize
the Independent sovereignty of the is
land. There was an evening session
pension legislation. but Mr.. Talbert Is.
c. blocked work by making the point OF
no quorum.