The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-06-08
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
ffoeecoAn9s OF Our National Lawnakers
nom Day to Day In Condensed Form
RESOLUTIONS and Bills

AT the conclusion Of session lasting
eight hours the senate on the s1st
passed the Sundry civil appropria-
ton BILL which had been under consid-
Grafton for nearly a week. The amend
ment providing for an appropriation Of
>o'oO0OOO for the Louisiana purchase ex-
position. to be held in ST. Louis in 1905.
was continued in the bill. An effort was
made to reduce the amount to be an
Propriated. but 1t was unsuccessful
The house considered the resolution re-
ported from the judiciary committee pro-
posing a constitutional amendment to
lodge In congress the power to define
regulate. control, prohibit or dissolve
trusts. monopolies or combinations"
In the senate on the LIST memorial was
presented from the people of California
ASKING that the government provide some
rehef for the starving people of India
Senator Hale (Me), with this as a text
severely arraigned Great Britain for ex-
pending hundreds of millions of dollars
In crushing liberty in South Africa, in
stead or caring for the helpless and dy-
ing people of her chief colony. A fur
tner disagreement was reported on the
naval appropriation bill and an exciting
discussion arose over the armor plate
question The bill was finally returned
TO conference. Seventy-nine private pen
sion bills were passed and also the mill
tary academy appropriation bill. . The
al amendment empowering congress to
regulate trusts was defeated in the
mouse. 1t requires a two-thirds vote I'M
der the constitution to adopt an amend
ment to the constitution The vote
stood, ayes, 1o4. hayes. 1S1. The affirma-
i've vote, therefore, was 80 short of the
requisite two-thirds. 1872 At the night
session the bills to ratify the treaties
made by the Dawes commission with the
cherokee and Creek Indians were passed
The senate on the I'd passed the bill
providing for the extradition of persons
who have committed certain crimes in
Cuba from the United States to that is
land. The general deficiency bill and
the emergency river and harbor bill
were also passed. A concurrent resoIu-
ton was adopted to print 16. 900 sets of
messages of the presidents. Resolutions
IN memory of the late William l. Greene
a representative from Nebraska, were af-
forwards presented and an adjournment
taken out OF respectfully an overwIrelm-
ing majority of 273 to the house adopted
bill extending the prfvisfons OF the
sherman antitrust law. which is far
reaching In its effect. It provides that
every contract combination fri the form
or trusts or otherwise in the restraint
OF trade or commerce is Illegal and that
no article of commerce produced or man
uIactured by any corporation organized
IN -estralnt OF trade shall be trans
ported or carried out of the state or
territory in which It IS produced or
Mr.. Mann Gill; was the
only one that voted against the meause
The senate was In session more than
ten hours on the 4tlf The only feature
Of the day session was the speech on
the Philippine question by Senator Tel
Ter (Co1) and the effort of Senator Petit
grew (S. d. to obtain consideration for
the antitrust bill passed by the house.
At the night session Senator Pe,tgrew
replied at length to the speech of Sen
ator SpOoner (WfS) on the Philippines
but did not conclude his remarks The
remainder of the session was consumed
m the consideration of conference re-
ports and In passing minor measures on
the calendar. THE house agreed to the
senate amendment to the sundry civil bin
approprfating $5,0O90OO for the Louisiana
Purchase exposition at st. Louis. There
was not a word of debate on concurrence
IN the amendment The opposition con-
tented themselves with demanding a roll
ca1f, which resulted 127 ayes to IS nays
n favor of the appropriat fon. The house
also agreed to the senate ITEM for the
river with an amendment re-
1ucing the appropriation to 81 900 and
adding a provision for the preparation
Of comprehensive report on the levee
system by the Mississippi river COM
mission.