The Langston City herald., 1900-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
What L. Being Done In The Fifty-SIxth
General Assembly.
JANUARY FIFTEENTH.

Senator Gear Oowa) was warmly congratu
lated upon his unanimous denomination to thl
Senate. Senator Pettigrew introduced the per
ennial sixteenth amendment or q. petition fol
It, with the addition that women In the islanl
possessions be included in our grant OF fran
chise. Senator Perkins (Cal) offered resolu
tion asking the secretary OF the navy for an In
Ventory Of the navy. 1t was adopted.
Mr. Cannon reported for his committee tn,
urgent deficiency bill and said he would cal,
1t up tomorrow. Mr.. Clark's On. H. resolution
calling upon the state department for informa-
tlon concerning the agreement between the
United States and Great Britain relative to
building war vessels on the great lakes. was
adopted. District of Columbia business filled
the remainder of the session.
JANUARY SIXTEENTH.
The secretary of the navy appeared before tht
senate committee on naval affairs in advocacy
OF the construction OF a Pacific cable. Thl
survey has been completed. The estimated
cost Is $40 100000 The entire length of the
cable Is estimated at 1894 knots. which allowed
20 per cent for slack. The present expense of
Gne war department alone, for messages to
Manila. is about 81 900 day.
The House considered the deficiency appro.
priatton bill Chairman Cannon Of the COM
mittee reporting the bill made general ex-
the postof1ce department for expending more
tnan had been appropriated for rural free
oellvery; as shown by the item of Sl5 O0e asked
Tor In this bill as deficiency. Chairman Lally
OF the committee on public lands has prepared
substitute for Delegate Flynn's free homes
bill.
JANUARY SEVENTEENTH.
Senator Hoar's resolution of inquiry for gen.
eral Information regarding the Philippine war
was discussed and passed without division.
senator Hale's resolution asking Information
OF seizures Of American -four by British war
ships, was decided to be unwise to cake action
thereon at this time.
The senate agreed to vote on the financial bill
on February Is.
In the house the committee on appropriations
reported the pension bill The house then re-
sumed consideration of the urgency appropria
t1on Dill in committee OF the whole.
JANUARY EIGHTEENTH.
Senate met at o'clock after the unwilling OF
the statue of Danuel Webster.
Senator Ross (Vt) offered resolution de-
claring that as the national constitution does,
not unaided by congress- extend over the new
1nlular possessions; that sover gnty has been ac.
quired over Puerto Rico and the Philippines by
treaty by the United States, and that this gov
ernmcnt is under du;y to exercise sovereignty
Tor the general welfare of the inhabitants a
charge of them.
argued for Independence for the Ftipinos. He
said Admiral Dewey had to stay at Manila to
suppress anarchy and chaos
The house also met late The census bill was
taken up. Mr.. Hopkins said the bill met the
census committees approval except where it
authorizes the director of the census to con-
tract for printing of the census reports outside
OF the government printing Office
JANUARY NINETEENTH.
The Senate passed Senator Aliens (Neb.)
resolution calling on the president. If not in
compatible. for information as to whether any
representative of the TranSvaal had applied to
the United States government for rPco&nition
and If such application had been made; and If
1t had been accepted.
The Senate passed the bill authorizing the
use of stone instead of wood in the construction
OF dry docks at the navy yards. The financial
bill was then taken up. Senate adjourned until
Monday
Mr.. COrliss (Mich) introduced bill for con-
structlon OF the Pacific cable to the Philippines.
II apprOpriates S5OO,000 and limits the cost to
s., ,O0IO06
bill was passed to extend the time for build.
ing bridge across the Mississippi river at st.
Charles, Mo.
Mr.. Payne On. " introduced hill to extend
the custom laws of the United States to Puerto
Rico. That would mean free trade between the
States and Puerto Rico. The pension appro-
priatiOn bill engaged the attention of the house
during most OF the session.