The Globe-republican., 1900-02-22
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
What is Being Done in The FIfty-Sixta
General Assembly

OOfN u II SOfOHHL NCWS
What is Being Done in The FIfty-sixta
General Assembly
FEBRUARY THIRTEEN
for enlargeent Of oublIe bdidin n ortian
diseneaon Of the fsnance Bin taken up Z
ens Cable line TO the Phppnes It
that the ,,i line shall start from Washngtor
Independent cable from San Francisco &c
The currency biil IS to be voted on this week
Univerz5ty Kansas $4,000 Tor The dssrctioF
Kansas
The mining measure which has been favora-
bly, aeted upon by a house committee would
60 those provided for agriculture, with gov
The house committee on military affairs com.
es Of Rheh Psi Is for ea.
graph and cables to connect military posts in
Ao I dn6 member has biz in the house for
| ington.
qurines the president to detail ma val vessels to
go to Deiagoa Bay to maintain commercial
The Senate COMMITTEES On Agriculture heard
Governor Brady Of Alaska on farming oppor-
senasor pspew a. ssaa a letter from
sion contradieting statements in Senator Petit,
Senators Who place the word Of AguInaido
se0ge Ihat Of Senur r11 ana ANNA Deeg.
nnents which he had made
the printing OF the proceedings Of the G. A; r
I
for their Distribution among the G. A. r. posts
! The house received majority and minority
reports on the tariff bill for Puerto Rice ',
yidng for the purchase BY the United suites
conyersion into ship canal, at a cost of 3d.
| FEBRUARY FOURTEEN
after WHICH the naneiai b eonne M
P. m the 10 minute rule applied vote is due
Senator Money introduced joint resolution
requiring that the English lansuage shall be
in ali public documents
In the 5 81 5he ps
Priatlon iii Ne agreement was reached as to
MT. Vandiver MOI introduced a bill prohib-
lung cor Trusts, eOo 1r1n
the interstate commerce lay eging the e9n T
ofered another prohibfting the transportation
Of convict made goods. from one state to an
"A Joint resolution increasing the limit Of the
FEBRUARY FIFTEEN
| Senator Teller took most of the session in a
speech on the finance bill Not much but
senator Harris 't GIxanso offered a resolution
S6o Boana al Rass
e m P6 ems
president Of james Allison. Of Kansas. 70 be
at Paris. i''-'-N-'
The house committee on military affairs
Rhec IF @ OF the acfo0 on the
NJ Wheesr Gxy) in5Fodueea Gesolution e
isfac a from ENGLAND fqr the opening OF
Eepog5ed 6Il e aPollsh sixsh and sIs6se
smallest package authorized by law.
FEBRUARY SIXTEEN
discussion Of questions pertaining to the Phil
The Senate decided to take up the bill pro
affen The Bill for Puerto Rico next
The house COMMITTEES on foreign affairs de-
feated the plan to place diplomatic and consu-
s Of tbe legislative
preparation bill filed most of the session of the
FEBRUARY SEVENTEEN
for ef 5oln
auaiffYing from nembe aa n
Mem bers of the Ways and Means committee
ipteryiewed the prssident and were assured that
Should be free trade between Puerto Rico and
views upon congress
FEBRUARY NINETEEN.
| The Senate confirmed the nomination of
Mrs: Palmer nl,) to be a commissioner tc
The Senate COMMITTEES. on military affairs
t Po at pe Mo 1ne fo to
Ell 81 aed e the tae Of fhs
dTt now o9 eser the a bin to DO 9sa
into erect July l. 1876. TIE f bin vas the en-
passed
| The house has passed the legislative. execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill after
restoring the civil service appropriation
| Texas Strawberries and Cabbage.
Houston, Texas, Feb. 2O.-A cold
| wave is doing considerable damage in
the coast district to truck farming.
| The straw berry farmers have suffered
the greatest the plants were bloom
ing. Shipments Will be three weeks
later and the crop cut in half The
cabbage crop is also affected disas7
| trous1y, shipments having begun. One
negro is reported frozen to death in
| Burleson county
No Alliance Has Been offered.
/ Washin gton, Feb. 19.-The statement
of Earl Roseberry that in December