The Huntsville star., 1900-01-26
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Proceedings of Our National LawmakerI
from Day to Day In Condensed Form
Resolutions and Bills.

At the conclusion of routine business
in the senate on the nth the resolutions
calling for information regarding the
Philippine insurrection were debated and
the one offered by Senator Hoar (Mass)
was adopted. The resolution offered by
Senator Hale (Me) as to the seizure OF
flour by the British authorities was
adopted after spirited debate. The res
olution of Senator Pettigrew Is. d. call
ing for information from the secretary
of war as to the fiscal operations in Cuba
was also passed. Senator Teller (Col.)
then made an address on the financial
bill. it having been decided to take the
final vote on the measure on February Is.
THE house had another inning over
the sale of the New York custom house
by Secretary Gage, Mr.. Sulzer On. 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 Wei
lington (Md) continued his debate on
the Philippine question, declaring that
the United States, after Subduing the
inSurrection should confer upon the Fill
ipinOs the right to govern themselves, af-
fording them such protection as they
might need. Senator Teller (Col) after
wards spoke on the financial hill CRITICS.
dered it's power to make money and gave
banks the opportunity to issue paper mon
ey. He also declared this was not safe
time to effect a change in our monetary
system, there having recently been Sc
rious 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 (Mo.) in
troduced a bill to repeal the bankruptcy
law and Mr.. Fitzgerald (Mass) a resolu-
ton that soldiers and sailors should have
chaplains as far as practicable of their
own faith.
In the senate on the 18th Senator Hale
(Me.) made an impassioned 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 a resolution by Senator Allen
(Neb) calling for information as to
whether a representative of the Trans
vaal had applied to the United States
government for recognition. The resolu.
tion 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 45245,25O, was passed
by the house. 1t was made the vehicle
lor an dlldck upon the commissioners VI
pensions by Messrs. Curtis (Kan.), LentZ
and Norton (O), and several others. The
commissioner was defended by 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 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. c. presented petition signed
by 2.413 persons for national legislation
against lynching and mob violence and
eulogies were pronounced on the late Rep
resentative Danford (O.).