Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-01-11
CONGRESS.
SENATE


washington; Jan. 3-Chandier Of New
Hampshire ofei ed an amendment to the
financial bill, declaring IL 1.-THE existing
polly OF the United states to continue the
money, to coin bo-h god and silver into
money of equal intrinsic and exchangeah e
value: such equality to be secured through
international agreement, or by such safe
guards of lie gil q ion as will insure a MAIN
tainance of pa ~ in the valre of the coins
OF the two meta.s, and eqral power of every
dollar at ali times in the markets and for
payment of debts" A..en presented a res
olution sim lar to that OF Sulzer in the
resolution asking the war department ior
information as to how hostllities began
between the Unftei States and Fl fpinos at
Mania. Console alton objected to. Hoar
protested against what he tie med an at
temrt to throttle senator's In their efforts to
obtain Information concerning the de plor-
able conditions" which have existed in the
Philippines. Ad. ourned.
Sulzer, dem. of New York, offered reso-
luton calling on the secretary of the treas
ury for detailed statement concerningt1e
relations of the department with the
National City Bank and Hanover National
Bank of New York in the matter of deposit
ing public fun Is therein or other relations
or business transactions between them and
the government Immediate consideration
was objected to and the resolution was sent
10 the committee on ways and means. Nc
Riesof Arkansas introduced a resolut on
TO the effect that the United States declare
its purpose in the ma tier of the Philip nes
is to secure to the inhabtants thereof as
soon as practical able after the suppression of
the existing re bel ion a free and independ.
emit government. re ublican in form, and
that tle Unite states guarantee the inhab-
itants rejection against foreign invasion.
Adjourned.
SENATE
washington, Jan.4-Beveridge of Indiana,
presented the following re solutions: That
the Philippine island are a territory be-
longing to the Unit d States and that 1t Is
the inte 1tlon of the Unite States to reta n
as such and est7b ish and m intain Oh
governmental control throughout the a; CHI
ipe ago as the situation NAV demand" MIR.
Feveridge will speak upon It next Tuesday.
The commit ee on foreig relations eport-
ed form of government for Hawaii. A
message was received ron the president
transmitting the testimony taken by the
comm ssion APP Nointed t. iuve igate the
conduit n, OF the wa a.. dera tment Aliens m
treasury relat onS WI tn the Ma ional City
and the Ia over Natio al banks was mod
flied ami pas ed. Fe.ti rev pre- sented a
re o'ution as Sing the Sc re AIRY of the navv
for the rerort of Dewey of April g, 1898, n
which ne said he colld take Manilt at any
tine It It. went nt eve tlitiGh opened the
in p an alton of the senate substitute or
tie house bin. The speech was care lully
prepare and was read from manuscript.
Adjourned until Monday.
The committee on ways and means re-
ported the resolution presen ell yesterday
by Sulze calling on the secretary TO full
inform ion relative to the de artments
relati, n with the Ma iOnal City and Han
over Nat onal BANS of New Yor <. wi h
amendmen extending the 81 ope of the in.
quiry. Mr.. Levy, DEM, of New 70 k offered
a further amen men asking the secre-
tarv's e1sons for delaying deposits in
national banks until the p1nic occurred
order and the resolution was passed as re-
ported. Adjoul ned TIL Monday.