Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-08
WEEK IN CONGRESS.


was resuIneu ana IN progress When
| the Senate adjourned
February 27
House The debate on the Porto
Rican bill was closed by Deliver for
Republicans and Baily for the Demo-
| Gratis
Senate-The amendment to the Ha-
waiian bill providing for postal saw
| ings bank was withdrawn, and an
amendment adopted providing for the
payment by the United States of all
sums now on deposit in the Hawaiian
postal savings bank.
February ss.
House-The Porto Rican tariff bill
passed the house, IT'S to 16t. A strong
effort TO get out the full vote was made.
Six men were brought from beds of
sickness and two from hospitals. Six
Republicans, Messrs. Crumpacker of
Indiana, Fletcher of Minnesota, Little
| field of Maine. L.orimer Of Illinois and
| Mccall of Massachusetts, voted with
the opposition against the bill, and four
Democrats, Messrs. Davey and Meyer
of Louisiana, Devries of California and
Sibley of Pennsylvania, voted with the
Republicans for the bill. An effort to
| fix date for consideration OF the MIC
araguan canal bill was objected 20,
owing to the tendency of the Hay
,,,t
Senate-The final vote on the Ha-
waiian bill, which was to have been
taken at o'clock, was postponed day.
March L.
House-An attempt to take up the
contested election case from Alabama
was defeated by the votes of two Re-
publicans, Mondell of Wyoming and
Smith of Michigan. Consideration Of
the Loud postal bill was fixed for
March 20. American registry was
granted the ship Windward, in which
Lieutenant Peary will attempt to reach
the north pole.
Senate-The Hawaiian bill passed
the Senate without division, party
lines not having been drawn. The
Porto Ricau bill was made unfinished
business and a vote ordered on the
conference report of the finance com
mittee for Tuesday, March g.
March 2.
House-Wthin two hours of the re-
ceipt of message from the president
recommending the placing of all the
money collected in revenues from Porto
Rico since that island became United
States territory, and all that in future
may be collected, in the hands of the
president to relieve distress in the
island, bill was framed and passed by
the house by party vote. The i'm
mediate sum involved is 81, 095, 455, and
was collected in fourteen and a half
months. Discussion was limited to
twenty minutes on each side The
money, it is said, is to be used to relieve
the sufferers from the disastrous storm
which swept the island last fall.
Senate-Consideratio of the Porto
Rican tariff bill was begun. A mes
sage from the president recommending
the appropriation of monies collected
on Porto Rican products for the relief
of the islanders was received and re-
ferred. resolution was adopted
asking the president for information
concerning the number of saloons in
Manila since American occupation
March 3.
House-A bin was passed for the
acquisition of certain reservations of
giant trees in California The death of
Representative Eppes of Virginia was
announced and the house adjourned out
of respect.
Senate-Thirty-seven private pension
bills were passed, when the death of
Eppes was announced
and the senate adjourned.
March ..
House-District of Columbia bust
ness largely occupied the attention of
the House. A bill to incorporate the
Frederick Douglas Memorial associa-
ton, which is intended to collect his
tory of the anti-slavery movement, was
from passing by fllibuster-
ing of Representative Bailey of Texas.
Senate-Senator Carter of Montana
spoke in favor of seating Mr.. Quay on |
appointment of the governor of Penn
sylvania. Senator Foraker gave notice
Of an amendment to the Porto Rico /
dill to impose duty of five cents
pound on coffee, chieory roots and
,hlcory imported into Porto Rico, and
% prevent the importation from Porto
Rico to the United States of goods or
products not actually of Porto Rican
'rigiu.
PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Talk of Recommending the Body-Peru win
he Represented.
FL Commerce., commenting editor
alp upon dispatch from Washington
the probable RECOMMENDATION