The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-04-28
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In the senate, on the 10th, considerauosS
OF the Alaskan code bill occupied aiinos
the entire session. The amenument p ~,
vidlng for the mining OF goid alohs .aS
beach in the Cape Nome district .',
LerIeeted after diseu ssse Decentralization
Of the naval appropriation Dill ". Was go ~
tered upon. The bill carries Si5VVV,vv
more than any previous naval Dill ane
is likely TO precipitate severe suuSS1I n.
building In government yards, anu NV
provision for the coast and geonellc ~,
vey. Mr.. Foss. acting chairman ana M, =,
Cummings, ranking minority memiper VI
the committee, championed the Dill
IL the senate on the 18th, the feature
of the session was speech by MI ilUai
(Nlass.) Occupying more than three hours
in its delivery In opposition 10 the polcy
OF imperialism, upon Whlch, he
clared THIS government had embarkeu'
/. was a laboriously prepared argument
and was delivered with force ana Vlgor;. :,
In the house the second days DEBATE
on the naval appropriation Dill was coi
fined closely to the subject matter OF inc
bill, and was, as rule, devoid OF inter-
esting features. The general debate on
the bill was brought to a close.
In the senate, on the 18th, almost tne
entire session was devoted to consiuera
tior OF the Alaskan civil code plli, M
Stewart New delivering three-nouts
speech on the mining laws OF the UmteG
States and their relation to the proposed
amendment of Mr.. Hansbrough as 10 sht
rights of alien locators Of claims. Othet
senators vigorously denounced the penu'
ing amendment. lin the house, the de-
bate on the naval appropriation phi uI,
der the minute rule, occupied Amos.
the entire session, and afforded occasion
for a sharp tilt between Messrs. eros
Vcnor (O.) and Williams (Miss.).. Some
was made with the bill, pu,
most of the controverted points wen
over.
Ir the senate, on the 10Th, a joint resoo'
luton was passed providing for the ad-
of civil affairs in Puerto
Rice pending the appointment OF ON,
GERS under the Puerto Rican government
law. The Alaskan civil code bill was
again under consideration, the debate CON
tinuing on the Hansbrough amendment
In the house practically the whole DAY
was spent in debating proposition In the
naval bill designed to turn over TO the
navy the survey and charting of the wa
ters of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Phil,
Ippines, which was finally defeated, and
ali amendment appropriating $lO,OOO toI
these surveys by the coast and geooetlt
survey was passed.
In the senate, on the 20th the confer
ance report on the Hawaiian civil govern
c1ent bill occupied most of the session.
The report was subjected to sharp criti-
,ism, and final action was not reached,
The Alaskan civil code bill was consid-
cred briefly. Senator Foraker pronounced
A. eulogy on the late Lorenzo Danford,
from Ohio, and the senate
adopted appropriate resolutions. In the
house two amendments to modify the pro.
yision of the naval appropriation bill for
he increase of the navy, one proposing to
i'd six gunboats and the other to strike
tut the provision for the battle ships
were defeated. A prOtracted struggle over
he armor plate provision resulted in stri.S-
ng out the words "at cost not to exceed
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