The true northerner., 1900-03-28
THFDO|NGS IN CONGRESS
Important Measures Under Discus
sion in Both Houses of the
National Assembly.
PORTO RICO AFFAIRS GIVEN PROMINENCE
The senate Adopts the Conference
Report .on the Relief Bill-Measure
to Correct Mail Abuses Defeated
I'm the House-A Daily summary of
the Proceedings.

Washington, March 2O.-In the sem
ate yesterday the Legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation
bill ($24155,so0) was passed, as
was also measure providing for the
appointment of commission to ad-
Indicate and settle claims of the peo-
pie of the United States growing out
of the war with Spain. Senator Bev-
eridge Qnd.) offered the following
amendment to the Porto Rico govern
ment bill:
"All articles coming into the United
States from Porto Rico or going into Porto
Rico from the United States shall be admit
ted free of duty but this act shall not be
construed as extending the constitution OF
the United States or any part thereo1 over
Porto Rico, and IL is hereby declared that
the constitution of the United states Is
not extended over Porto Rico.
Washington, March 21. - A bill for
cable to Honolulu was favorably re-
ported in the senate yesterday and the
Porto Rican government and tarlh bill
was further discussed.
Washington, March 22.-The urgent
deficiency bill was passed in the senate
Yesterday and favorable report was
made upon a bill giving preference to
soldiers of the civil war in positions
in the civil service of the government.
The charge being made that conces-
sions for gold mining in the bed of the
sea near Cape Nome, Alaska, had been
granted by the secretary of war res
olution of inquiry was adopted.
Washington, March 23.-Almost the
entire session of the senate yesterday
was spent in the discussion of the con
ference report upon the Porto Rice
appropriation bill.
Washington March 24.-The senate
Yesterday agreed to send the diplomatic
and consular bill to conference and
passed the Porto Rico $2,000,000 appro-
priation bill as amended in conference
by vote of 35 to IS.
Washington, March 26.-The senate
on Saturday recommitted the bill pro
viding for a civil government for Por
to Rico and accepted statue of Oil
yer p. Morton from the state of In
diana to be placed in Statuary hall
House.
Washington, March 2O.-The senate
amendments to the Porto Rican re
lief bill were not concurred in by the
house yesterday. The fortifications
appropriation bill ($7,O93, ,4ss) was re
ported and bill was introduced tC
make Miles lieutenant general anc
Corbin major general.
1 Washington, March 81. - In the
house yesterday the time was mostly
occupied in discussing the measures
for the correction of the abuses of the
second-class postal rate.
Washington, March %. - a bill wa!
introduced in the house yesterday ap
propriating 100000 for soldiers hos
pital at Hot Springs, Ark, and tn,
bill to correct mail abuses was further
discussed. The committee on foreign
affairs has decided to investigate th'
allegations made by Charles f. Ma
crum. eX-consul to Pretoria, South Af
rica. relative to the opening of his of
fetal mail by the British authorities.
Washington, March 23.-In tn,
house yesterday the Loud bill re
idllHS W SeCOhu-SldSS man h"btO
was recommitted to the committee oi
post offices.
Washington, March 24.-The confer
ence report on the Porto Rican relic
bill was presented in the house yester
day, 142 private pension bills were
passed. and Mr.. Fitzgerald (Mass.) of
fered resolution directing the post
master general to exclude the bool
"Sapho' from the mails.
Washington, March 26.-In TIL
house on Saturday and conference re
port on the Porto Rican relief bill
was agreed to and the bill appropri
ating $4,000 for plans for a Gran
memorial to be erected in Washing
ton was passed.