Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-06-07

| amendment providing for an appro-
| priation of $1,000 900 for the Louisiana
| purchase exposition to be held in St.
| Louis in 1903 was contained in the bill
| An amendment was incorporated pro-
viding for beginning work on a mem
orial bridge between Washington and
| Arlington cemetery, to be erected in
memory of the dead Of both tAe union
and the confederate armies. While
the bill carries only about 5000 900 for
| the project, it is expected the ulti
mate cost will be about $4,000, 600. The
passage OF the sundTy civil bill leaves
only two general appropriation bills
to be acted upon by the senate, the
military academy and general defic
iency measures Senator Gallinger Of
| fered an amendment appropriating
| $4,000 to pay salaries and expenses Of
the commission of five persons to in
vestigate and report upon the trade OF
China. Japan and other oriental
countries. Disagreement on the armor
plate, naval cadet course, ocean and
| lake-surveys, and other items of the
naval appropriation bill were reported.
The senate agreed to further confer
ence and Senators Hale, Perkins, and
| Tillman were named as conferees.
| Consideration OF the commission
amendment being resumed, Senator'S
Jones (Ark) made a vigorous attack
upon the administration of the Paris
exposition commission by Commits
sioner General Ferdinand w. Peck.
He pointed out that the law creating
the commission made it mandatory
upon the commissioner general to
make a detailed report of the expendi-
| lures to congress. Up to January l
Peck had accounted for less than
s400 600 of the 81 100000 appropriated
| for exposition purposes.
Washington, May 31.-The house I'M
der special order, after an exceedingly
hot debate in which the leaders on
! both sides charged each other with
playing into the political galleries, en-
tered upon consideration Of the reso-
luton reported from the judiciary
committee proposing constitutional
amendment ~ lOuSN III hOuSl go INC
power to define, regulate, control,
prohibit or dissolve trusts, monopolies,
or combinations" The democrats
charged that the proposed amendment
was Objectionable in every way; that
it was a mere political preteXt; that it
was unnecessary, and was proposed at
the end Of the session for election pur-
poses in the coming campaign. The
republicans repudiated the charge of
bad faith. A constitutional amend
ment requires two-thirds vote to
adopt, or 236 votes with present mem
bership of the house. The republl-
cans have only 1876 votes, so less than
the requisite two-thirds.
Washington, June Soon after the
senate convened a memorial was pre-
sented from the people of California
asking that the government provide
some relief for the starving people of
India Senator Hale (Maine) with
this as his text, severely arraigned
Great Britain for expending hundreds
of millions of dollars in crushing the
liberty and freedom of south Africa
instead of caring for the helpless and
dying people of England's chief colony
Senator Aldrich (R H. charged Sena-
tor Hale with making political
speeches on irrelevant matters and a
little later when Senator Hale re-
ported further disagreement on the
!
discussion arose over the armor plate
question. A sharp political twist was
given to the debate by the speech
| which Senator Hanna (0hio) delivered
for leaving the whole matter in the
hands of the senate conferees and OF
comforting discretionary power upon
the secretary of the navy in accord
amce with the house proposition. He
| became involved in controversy
with Senators Tillman Is. CD and
! Allen (Neb) over the governments
ability to manufacture armor salts
! factorily, in course of which sparks
flew to the intense interest of the
auditors. The military academy ap-
preparation bin was passed It car
ried an amendment making Gen.
Miles and all future commanders of
the army lieutenant generals, and
! Gen Corbn major general
Washington. June 1.-The house
after lively debate extending over
two days defeated the joint resolution
proposing a constitutional amendment
| empowering congress TO regulate
trusts. 1t requires two-thirds vote
under the constitution TO adopt an
amendment to the constitution The
vote stood ayes l5i, nays 1871, SO short
! OF the required two-thirds. 1872. The
features were the closing speeches by
Messrs. Dearmond MOI and Little
| field Me- for the respective sides and