Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-25
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
from Day to Day In Condensed Form
RESOLUTIONS and Bills.


In the senate on the 18th Senator Nor
gan (Ala.) secured the adoption of a res
olution asking the attorney general for
information about the Union Pacific rail-
road case. Senator Berry (Ark) directed
attention to the fact that the house had
adopted resolution for the election OF
senators by the people and he appealed
to the elections committee to make a
report on the matter. Then Senator Pet
t1grew Is. ID made a pro-Boer speech.
The house heard eulogies on the late
Gov. Oliver p. Morton, of Indiana, in
connection with the acceptance of his
statue, which has been placed in Statuary
hall at the capitol by the state which he
served. Previous to this So private pen
sion bills were passed.
During almost the entire session on
the 18th the senate had under considera-
ton the Alaskan civil code bill. The
amendment providing for the mining OF
gold along the beach was perfected after
discussion lasting nearly four hours.
Senator Thurston (Neb.) introduced a bill
to limit the meaning of the word ''con-
spiracy" and also the use of restrain
Ing orders as applied to disputes between
employers and employees. The house en-
tered upon the consideration of the naval
appropriation bill with the prospect OF
severe struggle ahead over the ques-
ton of armor plate. building ships in
government yards and the provision in
the bill for the coast and geodetic sur
vey. Mr.. Griffith Qnd.) introduced a bill
repeating the stamp tax on checks,
drafts, etc, and on proprietary medi-
CineS.
For nearly three hours on the 18th SEN
ator Hoar (Mass) spoke on the Philippine
question and in opposition to the policy
of imperialism One of the notable
features of the address was his eulogy of
Aguinaldo After the senator had con-
cluded consideration was resumed of the
Alaskan civil code bill. The debate upon
the naval appropriation bill in the house
was devoid of interesting features Two
petitions were preSented-one signed by
l25 republicans and the other by 125 dem
ocrats-asking for a rule for the con-
s1deration of the Nicaraguan canal bill
May L.
During almost the entire session of the
senate on the 18th the Alaskan civil code
Dill was under consideration. Senator
Stewart New delivered an address of
nearly three hours upon the mining laws
or the United States and their relation
10 the proposed amendment of Senator
Hansbrough as to rights of alien locaters
of claims. Senator Chandler On HI in
troduced bill ''for the prevention of
the denial or the abridgment of the right
of citizens of the United States to vote on
account of color" -. The debate on the
naval appropriation bill under the five
minute rule in the house drifted into pol
ltlcs and members fought hammer and
tongs across the political aisle Some
progress was made with the bill, but most
OF the controverted points went over
May was set aside. for the consideration
OF the free homes bill and the confer
ence report on the urgent deficiency bill
was agreed to.
The senate on the 10Th passed a Joint
resolution providing for the administra-
ton of civil affairs in Puerto Rico, pend
ing the civil appointment of officers under
the law recently enacted. A bill was
passed authorizing the commissioner of
internal revenue to make allowance for
spoiled or unused internal revenue
stamps. The Alaskan civil code bill was
then considered. The house spent prac-
tlcally the entire day debating a prop
osition in the naval bill designed to turn
over to the navy the survey and charting
OF the waters of Cuba, Puerto Rico and
the Philippines. a resolution was intro
duced to appropriate $4,000 for a monu-
ment in Washington to the "embattled
farmers" who resisted the British at
concord in the first battle of the revolu-
ton, 125 years ago.