Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-01-25
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Proceedings of Our national Lawmakers
from Day to Day In Condensed Form
Resolutions and Hnls.


At the conclusion of routine business
in the senate on the 18th the resolutions
calling for information regarding the
Philippine inSurrection were debated and
the one offered by Senator Hoar (AIass)
was adopted. The resolution offered by
Senator Hale (Me.) as to the seizure of
flour by the British authorities was
adopted after a spirited debate The res
oIution of Senator Pettigrew Is. ID call
ing for information from the secretary
of war to the fiscal operations in Cuba
was also passed. Senator Teller (Col1
then made an address on the financial
bill, it having been decided to take the
final vote on the measure on February Ia
THE house had another inning over
the sale of the New York custom house
by Secretary Gage. Mr.. Sulzer IN. W
charging that his resolution to investi-
gate the transaction was to be sup
pressed. This precipitated debate last
ing for three hours. The urgent deficiency
bill was afterwards passed.
In the senate on the 18th Senator We'll
hngton (Md) continued his debate on
the Philippine question, declaring that
the United States, after subduing the
instruction should confer upon the Fill
ipinos the right to govern themselves af-
fordfng them such projection as they
might need. Senator Teller (Col.) after
wards spoke on the financial bill, CRITICS.
ing 1t because the government surren-
dered its power to make money and gave
banks the opportunity to issue paper mon
ne dISO QScldTSQ THIS was not a safe
time to effect change in our monetary
system, there having recently been a Sc
rlous money panic IN New York. The
house passed the senate bill to extend
the powers of the director of the census
AFTER striking out the committee amend
ment to contract for extra printing with
private firms. Mr.. DeArmond (Mo0 in
troduced a bill to repeal the bankruptcy
law and Mr.. Fitzgerald (Mass.) a resolu-
ton that soldiers and sailors should have
CnaD131nS TAR PTiP3h1R of their
own faith.
In the senate on the 18th Senator Hale
(Me.) made an imprisoned speech in
which he declared that the American peo-
pie sympathized with the Beers in their
struggle for liberty against Great Brit
ain. The occasion Of the speech was
caused by resolution by Senator Allen
(Neb0 calling for information as to
whether a representative of the Trans
vaal had applied to the United States
government for recognition The resoIu-
ton was adopted. Senator Morgan (Ala)
then spoke on the financial bill and an
adjournment was soon afterwards taken
until the 22nd. The pension appropri-
alton bill carrying $145, 245, $50, was passed
by the house. 1t was made the vehicle
for an attack upon the commissioner of
pensions by Messrs- Curtis (E<an.), Lentz
ana Norton co., and several others. The
commissioner was defended by a score of
members from both sides of the house
A rider was put on the bill empowering
the commissioner to withhold the fees
| of attorneys where he was satisfied they
had not prepared the cases under their
personal supervision.
The senate was not in session on the
goth. The reports of the special commit
tee in the Roberts case were presented
to the house. A bill was passed to grant
the Rock Island railway a right of way
through the Fort Sill and Fort Reno
military reservations in Oklahoma Mr.
White IN. CO presented a petition signed
by 2,413 persons for national legislation
against 1ynching and mob violence and
eulogies were pronounced on the late Rep
resentative Danford eO0.