The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-03-16
CONTROL Of PHILIPPINES.
Favorable Report Made on Meas
ure introduced in the Senate
by Senator Spooner.
PRESIDENTS PORTO RICO POLICY UPHELD
Resolution in the House to Pay the
War Debt from Cuban Receipts
Pacific Cable to Hawaii, the Phil
ippines and Japan FavOred-Other
Congressional Proceedings.


Pacific Cable to Hawaii, the Phil
ippines and Japan Favored-Other
Congressional Proceedings.
Washington, March 5.-The pension
appropriation bill ($144,OOO,Ooo) was.
read in the senate on Saturday, SEN
ator Teller criticised the currency bill
and 3S private pension bills were
passed
Washington, March 6.-The pension
appropriation bill ($145, 245 ,230) was,
passed in the senate yesterday, and
bills were introduced for control OF
the Philippines and for free trade be-
! tween the United States and Porto
Rico. Thomas r. Bard, the recently
elected senator from California, took
| the oath of Office. The bill of Senator
| Spooner (Wis.) for control of the
Philippines was favorably reported,
and is as follows:
THAT when all insurrection against the
| sovereignty and authority of the United
| States in the Philippine islands acquired
/ from Spain by the treaty concluded at
| Paris on the tenth day of December 1898,
| shall have been completely suppressed by
| the military ana naval forces Oh the Ciil-
| ed States, all military, civil and judicial
| powers necessary to govern the said is
| lands shall, until otherwise provided by
| congress, be vested in such person and
| persons, and shall be exercised in such
| manner, as the president of the United
| States shall direct for maintaining and
! protecting the inhabitants of said islands
! in the free enjoyment of their liberty, prop
erty and religion"
| Washington, March by vote of
A to &c the senate yesterday passed
the currency reform bill as agreed
upon in conference. A resolution was
introduced authorizing the president
to govern the Philippines until con-
gress shall otherwise provide. Senator
! Hoar gave notice of an amendment
to the diplomatic appropriation bill
| providing for the payment of $250,000
| to Liliukalani
Washington, March s. = Senator
Lodge (Mass.), chairman of the Philip
| pine committee, in a speech in the SEN
ate yesterday upheld the presidents.
| policy toward the islands, saying it was
"at once courageous, wise and patriot
| ic." A favorable report was made on
the house bill providing that the rev.
enues collected from Porto Rico be eX-
pended on that island.
Washington, March 9.-Formal dis
cussion of the Porto Rico tariff and
government bill was begun in the SEN
ate yesterday, Senator Foraker CO.,
speaking in favor of the measure and
Senator Pettus (Ala.) in opposition.
| Washington, March 10.-The Hay
Pauncefote treaty, amended so as to-
| give the United States control over
the Nicaragua canal, was reported to
the senate yesterday, and Senator
Lindsay (Ky.) spoke in opposition to
the Porto Rican tariff bill
House.
Washington, March Sin the house
on Saturday the death of Representa-
tive Epes. of Virginia, was an
nounced, appropriate resolutions were
adopted and committee appointed
to attend the funeral.
Washington, March Ga bill was
introduced in the house yesterday to
repeal duties on printing paper. Fill
clustering prevented the passage of
| a bill to incorporate the Frederick
Douglass Memorial and Historical as
| ISOLATION.
| Washington, March TN the house
Yesterday a resolution was introduced
| to deduct from the monthly receipts
| of Cuba 25 per cent. of the total amount
collected until the sum expended by
the United States on behalf of Cuba
during the war with Spain is paid. A
| favorable report was made on rse bill
| for a Pacific cable connecting This
country with Hawaii, the Philippines
| and Japan.
Washington, March s. The confer
| ence report on the currency bill was
| presented to the house yesterday. The
death of Mr.. Harmer, of Pennsylvania,
| was announced, and an adjournment
| taken as mark of respect.
Washington, March 9.-In the house
Yesterday it was decided to vote on
the financial bill next Friday. William
f. Aldrich (rep) was given the seat
occupied by G. A. Robbins (dem.) from
the Fourth district of Alabama.
Washington, March 1O-Mr. Hep
burn Qa.) introduced bill in the
house yesterday providing that no
picture or description of any prize
fight or pugilistic encounter or any
proposal for betting on fight shall
be transmitted in the mails or by any
common carrier engaged in interstate
commerce, whether in newspaper or
periodical, or in any other form. The
penalty is to be Imprisonment not ex-
ceeding one year. or fine not exceed
ing 81, 1000 Ninety-seven pension bills
were passed.