The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-06-15
WHAT CONGRESS- IS DOING.

rroceedings of Our National Lawmakers
from Day to Day I'm Condemned Form
RESOLUTIONS and Bills.
The senate on the I'd passed the bill
providing for the extradition of persons
who have committed certain crimes in
Cuba from the United States to that is
land. The general deficiency bill and
the emergency river and harbor bull
were also passed. A concurrent reSolu-
ton was adopted to print 5000 sets of
messages of the presidents. Resolutions
in memory of the late William L. Greene,
a representative from Nebraska, were af-
forwards presented and al adjournment
taken out of respect. By an oyerwhelm-
ing majority of 273 to the house adopted
a bill extending the privisions of the
Sherman antitrust law. which is far
reaching in it's effect 1t provides that
every contract combination in the form
of trusts or otherwise in the restraint
of trade or commerce is illegal and that
no article of commerce produced or man
ufactured by any corporation organized
in restraint of trade shall be trans
ported or carried out of the state or
territory in which it is produced or
manufactured. Mr.. Mann Qll.) was the
only one that voted against the meause
The senate was in session more than
ten hours on the 4th. The only feature
of the day session was the speech on
the Philippine question by Senator Tel
Ter (Col3 and the effort of Senator Petit
grew Is. d. to obtain consideration for
the antitrust bill passed by the house.
At the night session Senator Pettigrew
replied at length to the speech OF Sem
ator Spooner Wis) on the Philippines,
but did not conclude his remarks. The
remainder of the session was consumed
in the consideration of conference re-
ports and in passing minor measures on
the calendar. The house agreed to the
senate amendment to the sundry civil bill
appropriating s., 200, 900 for the Louisiana
Purchase exposition at st. Louis. There
was not word of debate on concurrence
in the amendment. The opposition con-
tented themselves with demanding a roll
call, which resulted 127 ayes to IS nays
in favor of the appropriation. The house
also agreed to the senate item for the
Mississippi river with an amendment re-
ducing the appropriation to $3.50, 900 and
adding a provision for the preparation
OF comprehensive report on the levee
system by the Mississippi river COM
mission.
A tornado of partisan debate swept
over the senate on the 5th with Senators
Hanna co.. Pettigrew Is. d., Carter
(MontD, and Bacon (Ga.) the chief fig
ures. Senator Bacon stated that Cramp
the shipbuilder had contributed $4,000 in
1882 to the republican campaign with
the understanding that he would be re-
ships. This charge, Senator Bacon said,
had never been denied either by Senator
Carter. who was chairman of the re-
publican national committee in 1892, nor
by Senator Hanna, the present chairman.
Then the storm broke. Both Carter and
Hanna denied the statement in vigor-
Gus terms. Senator Pettigrew after
wards reiterated the charge and at
tackled Senator Hanna in regard to his
election to the senate. which raised an
other storm. Most of the day was given
to conference reports and a night session
was held. 80. The house on assembling
adopted the conference report the
Alaskan code bill The clause in the mil
itary academy bill relating to the promo
ton of Gen. Miles and Adjt. Gen. COrbin
caused a heated debate. The night ses-
sion was given over to conference re-
ports.
Inability to reach an agreement on the
armor item in the naval appropriation
bill forced the senate to abandon the
adoption of the house resolution for final
adjournment on the 9Th. 1t was a day
of strife and turmoil to the senators.
Three o'clock, the hour agreed upon for
final adjournment, was passed and still
they wrestled with the armor question.
A proposition finally was agreed to,
but late at night another disagreement
was reached on the naval bill and an
| adjournment was taken until II o'clock
| the next day. When the house at 1850
| D. m. took a recess until ten o'clock the
next morning the two chambers of the
national legislature were in a desperate
| struggle over the item in the naval APP
preparation bill relating to ocean sur
veyS. The proceedings during the day
were tame and without dramatic Incl
dent. but at night the house got its
| dander up over the failure of its con-
| ferees to abide by their instructions On
| the ocean survey item and, after an ex-
ceedingly sensational debate, the speaker
| took the almost unprecedented course of
| appointing new conferees.
| The naval appropriation bill-the
stunt bling block to final adjournment
| could not be agreed to by the cOnferees
of the two houses and the disagreement
was again reported to the senate early on
| the 7th.> 1t was accepted by the senate.
| which refused to request another con-
| ference. At three O'Clock, it became
| known to the senate that the house had
! concurred in the senate amendment and
| the house resolution to adjourn at five
| OF clock was then passed. The custo-
| mary resolution of thanks to the chair
| was passed and acknowledged by Presi-
| dent Pro Tenn Frye and the gavel fell
| declaring the session closed. The house
/ reversed it's action in turning down its
| conferees the previous night on the naval
| bill for yielding on the item relating to
| ocean surveys and voted outright to ac-
| cept the senate amendment. The men,
| berS put in most of the time singing pa
| triOtic songs and, after Speaker Hender-
| son had made a graceful farewell speech,
| he declared the house adjourned.
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