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affairs engaged attention in the hous
Saturday, the conference report on tn
relief bill for the island being takel
! up, with an agreement for a final vot
at one o'clock.
Mr.. McItae (Ark.), member of tn
conference committee, spoke in oppo
sltlon to the report and severely crit
cised the general course of recent legis
lation toward Porto Rico. He read tn
resolution of the Iowa house of repre-
sentatives condemning the Porto Rict
tariff bill, and those of the New Yorl
BOARD Of trade on the same subject.
In every solemn crisis, he said, the
American people might be relied upor
to make their wishes known in unmis
taxable terms. Such crisis was nov
at hand, and Porto Rico having asked
q fulfllment Of promises and an oppor
tunfty to relieve her distressed people
was to he given this opportunity in the
form of relief bill. Will the American
people submit to this outrage, he asked
II the leaders of the party in power be-
lieye the people do not understand this
question, they will speedily realize
their mistake.
The resolution of Mr.. Cummings
| IN. " requesting of the secretary Of
state information and correspond.
ence related to the "open door" in
China, was agreed to. A bill was
passed appropriating $4,000 to secure
| plans for suitable memorial to
| Ulysses S. Grant, to be erected in
Washington.
Washington. March 26.-At the be-
ginning of Saturdays session of the
senate the following bills were passed:
To equalize and regulate the duties of
the judges of the district courts of the
United States in Alabama: to pay James
G. Drake $1529, money expended by him
as United States marshal of Washington;
authorizing the president to appoint
commission to study and make full re-
port upon the commercial and industrial
conditions of China and Japan and APP
propriating $4,000 for the payment of the
expenses of the commission.
The bill aroused some debate. Sen
ator Berry (Ark.) registered his pro-
test against the measure, his opinion
being that too many commissions were
being created.
Senator Cockrell (Mo.) opposed the
measure and stated the position of the
senate minority on legislation.
"The republican party is in absolute
control and we on this side of the cham
Der are powerless to prevent the enact
ment of any legislation coming from the |
republican party and deemed necessary
by it, he said. Il will not antagoniZe
this bill. although l do not agree with it
in principle 1 want it understood now
and understood distinctly that hereafter
absolute responsibility must rest upon the
republicans for the passage of all resolu-
lions and bills"
The bill was so amended that no
member of either branch of congress
shall hereafter serve under any APP
pointment made by the executive de-
partment of the government while |
holding office as such member. It'll
was. then passed.
Porto Rican Bill Recommitted.
Senator Foraker co.,, in charge of
the Porto Rican government bill,
asked that that measure be recon-
mitted to the committee on Pacific
islands and Porto Rico. Senator For
aker said he expected to ask the SEN
ure and the tariff proposition in the
unfinished business, and hoped to Sc
cure vote perhaps on Wednesday
next, and certainly not later than
Thursday.
The request that the bill be recon-
United was agreed to.
Senator Fairbanks then presented
resolution accepting the statue of
Oliver P. Morton from the state of
Indiana. He said in part:
"Oliyer Perry Morton was one of the
commanding figures of the United States
during the most heroic period of her his
tory. He impressed himself upon his state
and nation by the force of his commanding
genius, and the history of neither state
nor nation would be complete without the
story of his life and work
1.-THE state of Indiana commits to the
keeping of the United States the statue of
Oliver Perry Morton, to be kept and pre-.
served so long as the fabric of our po-
litical institutions shall endure. She COM
mits 1t with affectionate pride, believing
that those who shall follow US in the state
ly procession of Abe years to come will
preserve In 1t perpetual remembrance of
itself, In unselfish, unceasing devotion to
the mighty task of preserving the unity
and honor of his country
After Senator Beveridge had spoken
on the life and character of Mr.. Nor
ton the senate adopted the resolution
offered by Senator Fairbanks, and at
1925 p. m. adjourned.
Senator Allen saturday introduced
resolution, which went over until Mon
day. directing the secretary of war to
send to the senate a statement of the
number of soldiers, volunteer and req
ular, who have been killed and who
have died from wounds received in the
Philippines since August i, 1899; the
number of regular and volunteer SOL
diers who have died from disease dur
ing that period, and various other in
formation concerning the deaths, to-
gether with steps taken to better pro-
, tect the health of the soldiers in the
Philippines.
Medals for schley Committee.
Senator Mason Saturday introduced
a bill which provides as follows:
That the secretary of the navy be and
Is hereby authorized to furnish and de-
liver to the Schley home fund committee
of the Women's Patriotic. league, of WASH
ington, 500 pounds of historical bronze. the
same to be portion of that captured ar
Santiago de Cuba on or about the Sd of
July, 1888, or elsewhere during the said war
by the United States from the kingdom of
Spain, said bronze to be used by said cons
mittee for the purpose of striking there.
from certain medals to be presented by said
+ committee To the indfyfduaI MAMMA rs