Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-06-07

The senate agreed to further confer
ence and Senators Hale, Perkins, and
Tillman were named as conferees
Consideration of the commission
amendment being resumed, Senators
Jones (Ark.) made a vigorous attack
upon the administration of the Paris
exposition commission by Commits
sioner General Ferdinand W. Peck
He pointed out that the law creating
the commission made it manda tory
upon the commissioner general to
make a detailed report of the expendi-
lures to congress. Up to January l
Peck had accounted for less than
$4,000 of the s1400000 appropriated
for exposition purposes.
Washington, May 31.-The house I'M
der special order, after an exceedingly
hot debate in which the leaders on
both sides charged each other with
playing into the political galleries en-
tered upon consideration Of the reso-
luton reported from the judiciary
committee proposing a constitutional
power to define, regulate, control,
prohibit or dissolve trusts, monopolies,
or combinations" The democrats
charged that the proposed amendment
was Objectionable in every way; that
it was mere political pretext; that it
was unnecessary, and was proposed at
the end Of the session for election pur-
poses in the coming campaign. The
republicans repudiated the charge of
bad faith. A constitutional amend
ment requires a two-thirds vote to
adopt, or 236 votes with present mem
bership of the house. The republi-
cans have only 1856 votes, so less than
the requisite two-thirds.
Washington, June Soon after the
senate convened a memorial was pre-
sented from the people of California
asking that the government provide
some relief for the starving people of
India. Senator Hale (Maine) with
this as his text, severely arraigned
Great Britain for expanding hundreds
of millions of dollars in crushing the
liberty and freedom of south Africa
instead of caring for the helpless and
dying people of England's chief colony.
Senator Aldrich Or. IL charged Sena-
tor Hale with making political
speeches on irrelevant matters and a
little later when Senator Hale re-
ported further disagreement on the
naval appropriation bill an exciting
discussion arose over the armOr plate
question. A sharp political twist was
given to the debate by the speech
which Senator Hanna (Ohio) delivered
for leaving the whole matter in the
hands of the senate cOnferees and of
comforting discretionary power upon
the secretary of the navy in accord
ance with the house proposition. He
became involved in controversy
with Senators Tillman IS. CO. and
Allen (Neb) over the governments
ability to manufacture armOr salts
ractoriIy, in course of which sparks
flew to the intense interest of the
auditors, The military academy ap-
preparation bill was passed. 1t car
ried an amendment making Gen.
Miles and all future commanders of
the army lieutenant generals, and
Gen. COrbn major general.
Washington, June 1.-The house
after lively debate extending over
two days defeated the joint resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment
empowering congress to regulate
trusts. 1t requires a two-thirds vote
under the constitution to adopt an
amendment to the constitution. The
vote stood ayes 154, nays 1871, IS short
Of the required two-thirds, 1872. The
features were the closing speeches by
Messrs. Dearmond CMoD and Little
field Me- for the respective sides and
a short speech of Mr.. Mccall (Mass)
against the resolution. Mr.. Mccall
has distinguished himself before dur
ing the session by opposing the action
of his colleagues on the Porto RiCan
bill. Five democrats, Campbell
(Mont.), Naphen Ul), Scudder a.
", Sibley (Pa.), and Thayer (Mass),
and one silverite, Newlands (NevD,
voted with the republicans for the res
olution, while two republicans, Loud
(Cal) and Mccall (Mass) were with
the democrats against it. These were
the only breaks from party lines.
The populists voted against the reso-
luton.