The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
70 BECOME A TERRITORY.
Senate Passes a Measure Providing
for a Form of Government in
Island of Hawaii.
AGREES TO REPORT ON FINANCIAL BILL.
The House Passes an Amended Porto
Rico Tariff Bill, Limiting Its Life
to Two Years; Also an Aid Meas
ure-DaiIy Summary of Congress
siOnal Proceedings.

Washington, March THE con-
| ference report on the financial bill
| was considered in the senate yester-
day and Senator McLaurin (dem., 5.
c. spoke in favor of expansion. The
| vote on the Hawaiian government bill
| was postponed one day.
Washington, March 2.-The bill pro-
vidng a form of government for the
| territory of Hawaii was passed by the
senate yesterday. The bill creates
| the territory of Hawaii, with legis-
lature supreme and minor courts
| governor and other officials; extends
! to the islands the internal revenue,
customs and navigation laws, and
| provides for the election of a dele
gate to represent the islands in con-
| gress.
Washington, March BIN the senate
yesterday bill providing a territorial
government for Porto Rico was con-
sidered and Senator Hoar spoke in
| favor of seating Mr.. Quay, of Pennsyl-
vana.
Washington, March 5.-The pension
appropriation bill ($144,o Oo,OOO) was
| read in the senate on Saturday, Sen
ator Teller criticised the currency bill
| and 80 private pension bills were
| passed.
Washington, March 6.--The pension
appropriation bill ($145, ,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 off e. 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 and naval forces of the Unit
| 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 % 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 $25o,o0O
| to Liliukalani
Washington, March 1.-The Porto
| Rican tariff pill, amended so as to
| reduce the tariff from 25 to Is per
| cent of the American tariff, and linn
| ting its life to two years, was passed
in the house yesterday by vote of
| 172 yeas to 161 nays.
| Washington. March "A favorable
report was made in the house yester-
| day on a bill to reorganiZe the con-
! sular service and an agreement was
made to consider the bill relating to
| second class mail matter March 20.
Washington, March 3.-Upon the
| presidents recommendation a bill was
passed in the house yesterday to eX-
pend the 50, 100000 custom duty collect
| ed on imports from Porto Rico since the
| Spanish evacuation for the relief OF
| Porto Ricans.
| 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 resolution was introduced
| to deduct from the monthly receipts
| of Cuba % 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 the bill
for a Pacific cable connecting this
country with Hawaii, the Philippines
and Japan.