Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-02-01
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Proceedings of Our National Lawmakers
from Day to Day In Condensed Form
Resolutions and Bills.

Senator Turner CWash.) concluded his
address on the Philippine question in the
senate on the sd He was followed by
Senator Ross CVt.) on the same subject
| Senator McEnery (La.) then delivered a
| speech on the race question in the south
-Four resolutions were adopted. They
| were for the investigation of the COPY
right act, calling for the correspondence
with Great Britain on the Clayton BuIwer
treaty, with the Columbian government
| on the Panama canal and with the new
Panama canal company of France. The
house listened to speeches on the Roberts
| polygamy case, arguments being made
| by Mr.. Tayler co. and Mr.. Littlef1eId
| (Me) for the adoption of the majority
/ and minority reports respectively of the
| special committee that investigated the
| case. Afterwards Mr.. Roberts, the ac-
| cused Mormon, made an impassioned
| speech and ended by saying that if he
/ was sent forth out of congress he would
go with head erect and undaunte6 brow.
The resolution of Senator Pettigrew
| Is. ID, calling upon the president for in
formation regarding the treaty entered
| into with the sultan of Sulu, was passed
| after the senator had made an attack
| upon the administration for entering into
/ an agreement which, he said, authorized
| slavery. Routine business occupied the
| rest of the time of the senate....In the
house the Roberts case was debated. Mr.
| Lands (1nd) made the most scathing
| excOriation of the MormonS ever delivered
| on the floor He charged that Utah had
been admitted to the union result of
| Mormon conspiracy and reviewed the
| history of the apostles of the church
| whom he charged with living in open
| and fragrant violation Of the statute
| against polygamy. Other members also
made speeches on the matter, greatly
strengthening the majority resolutions Of
| the committee.
In the senate on the 25th Senator Cock
rel1 (MoD reported substitute for the
resolution calling for information re-
| garding the Occur d'Alene mining trou-
bles last year. The substitute was adopt
| ed 1t calls for the copies of all orders
given by Gen. Merriam concerning the
| treatment of civilian prisoners. Senator
| Money (Miss.) delivered &, speech on the
race question in the south The urgent
| deficiency bill was then passed practically
without debate. 1t carries about SO, 600, O00
| The senate afterwards adjourned until
! the 29th.... The case of Brigham H. Rob-
erts the Mormon representative-elect
| from Utah, was decided in the house by
the adoption of a resolution to exclude
| him by vote of 26S to so, Mr.. Lanham
| (Tex.) closing for the majority resolutions
| of the committee on the case and Mr..
| DeArmond (Mo) for the minority. Mr.
Roberts left the chamber when the vote
was announced and gave out a statement,
| justifSing his retention of his wives and
| declaring that he was a martyr to a
''spasm of prejudice
| The senate was not in session on the
| 18th. The greater portion of the house
|
| life and public services of the late Vice
| President Hobart. The conference report
| on the census bill was adopted. Mr.. Jen-
| kins (Wis.) introduced a joint resolution
| providing Tor an amendment to the con-
| StitutiOn giving congress the power to
| create corporations for the purpose of
commerce between the states and with
| power to control them. A resolution was
| adopted calling upon the secretary of the
interior for information as to the number
| of Indians on the Sac and Fox reserva-
! ton who were not paid their tribal al
| 1owances from 1855 to 1856; what such al
| lowances would amount to and what
portion of the salaries of the chiefs due
| under treaty stipulations from 1855 to
1899 have not been paid. The Indian ap-
preparation bill also reported. 1t
carries $7,OOO,O0O
The senate was not in session on the
9th. The house, after transacting rou-
| tine business, listened to eulogies on the
| late Representative Baird La.) At the
| conclusion of the eulogies resolutions of
respect were adopted and then, as a fur
| ther mark of respect, an adjournment
| was taken