Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-04-06

The Senate on Friday agreed to send
the diplomatic md consular bill to con-
ference. Passed the Porto Rico ST.
| 100000 appropriation bill as amended in
conference by a vote of 81 to Is. III
House passed the bill. introduced at the
request of northwestern lumbermen, au-
thorizins the Secretary of Wan to make
regulations permitting the running of
loose logs, RATS and lumber on streams
in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Passed liz
private pension bills. Agreed to vote on
he conference report of the Porto Ri
can appropriation bill at l O'Clock Satur-
day afternoon, March "a.
On Saturday the Senate rccommittcd
the bill providing for a civil government
for Porto Rico. Accepted IL statue of
Oliver T.. Morton from the State of In
diana to he placed in Statuary Hall.
Passed bills to equaliZe the duties of dis
trict federal judges in Alabama: TO pay
James Drake, marshal of Washington.
Sl,529 expended by him. and appropriate
ing SIo.O0O to pay the expenses of IL
commission to study commercial condi-
tions in the Orient. The House agreed
to the conference rcpOrt OH the Porto
Rico relief bill by a vote of 1870 to 81.
Passed the bill appropriating $4,000 for
plans for Il Grant memorial to be erected
in Washington.
MIR. Foraker. in charge of the Porto
Isican bill in the Senate, on Monday an
nounced that, beginning with that scs-
sion, lie would press the measure to IL
vote as soon as possible. The Alaska
civil code bill was under consideration
during the greater part of the session.
An amendment was agreed to fixing IL
license upon almost every kind of trade
and i'll the district of Alaska,
the licenses ranging from $40 to $500 per
ann,lm. The measure had not been dis
posed of at the conclusion of the session.
The House entered upon the considera-
ton of the army appropriation bill. MIR.
Jctt Qll) criticised the policy of rushing
officers through the high grades of the
army just prior to retirement. MIR. Cox
CIenn.) and MIR. uidsely QNan.) opposed
generally Il permanent increase of the
army as prejudicial to the best interests
of the country, and Mr.. Meyer U.a.) dis
cnsscd the Philippine policy, opposing the
retention of the islands.
On Tuesday the Senate agreed to the
conference report OH the pension appro-
priation bill. Devoted the rest of the day
to debate on the Alaskan civil code bill
and the Porto Rico problem. In the
House there was lively debate during the
consideration of the army appropriation
bill. The charge that the Porto Ilican
tariff bill was the result of a deal for
raising a Republican campaign fund was
again referred to by Mr.. Pierce Crenn,l.
but Mr.. Hull declared the anonymous
author of the charge would never dare
L to nvnw himSo1f Or1 hn brn.lzl So.
falsitier. Mr.. Sulzer On. " made an ap-
peal for the extension of official SYM
pathy to the Beers in their struggle for
independence, and Mr.. Lentz of Ohio de-
livered a scathing denunciation of mill
tarism. and the war in the Philippines,
This attack aroused the Indignation of
MIR. Marsh ull.l, who declared MIR.
lentz's speech was Il disgrace to Con-
gress.
The Senate III Wednesday agreed to
vote on the Porto Rico bill Tuesday af-
%ternoon, April 3. Listened to a speech
by MIR. Davis in support of free trade.
Amended the Alaskan civil code bill by
declaring void all permits heretofore Civ
en- to mine for gold in tide waters under
the Jurisdiction of the United States and
allowing all citizens of the United States
to do such mining under regulations i'm
posed by organized mining districts. De
fcated the Morgan free coinage amend
ment to the Porto Rican' hill by a vote of
ID yeas TO 33 nays. In executive ses-
sion the Democrats broke a quorum and
prevented confirmation of the appoint
ment of William ID. Bynum as a member
of the board of general appraisers at New
York. The House devoted the day to
consideration of the army appropriation
bill. Several minor amendments were
adopted, and about half the bill was con-
sidered. Mr.. briggs On. " created n
diversion by charging reckless extrava-
gance in the fitting up of the transport
Sumner and precipitated a lively tilt upon
the subject. He gave notice that later
he should ask the House to investigate
the subject. Thu conference reports on
the urgent deficiency and the pension ap.
preparation bills were agreed to.
The Senate on Thursday agreed to the
conference report OH the diplomatic and
consular appropriation hill. Heard an
extended speech by Mr.. Beveridge in sup
port of free trade with Porto Rico. BY II
vote of 10 yeas to 81 nays refused to
strike out the committee amendment tn
the Porto Rico bill imposing a duty of
5 cents a pound upon coffee imported
ihlo tue lsilnu. by II vote of lt yeas
to :3 nays refused to strike out the pro-
vision for IL duty of II per cent of the
Dingley law rates on products of Porto
Rico imported into the United States.
Ihe House passed the army appropriation
bill in Il form only slightly modified from
that in Which it came from the commit.
toe. One of the amendments adopted
opens the soldiers homes to the officers
and mel of the volunteer and regular
armies incapacitated by service during
or since the Spanish war. An incident OF
the day was 81 defense of the War DE.
p%artment against the charge of reckless
extravaganza in the fitting ,p of thu
transport Sumner, made by Mr.. Drisg.
of New York the previous day. MIR. Par
ker IN. j. produced the itemizcd OK.
penscs furnished by the War Dcpu:tmcn,
to show there had been no extravaganza
Vincent Behring's right to his seat from
the eleventh kentucky district was con
firmcd without opposition. His sea,
was contested by Mr.. White, anothe,
Ronnhliran