Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
What is Being Done in The Etfty-siEssI
General Assembly.
IANUAR7 SIXTEENTH

JANUARY SIXTEENTH
Ehe secretary of the navy appeared before thu
Senate committee on naval affairs in adYocac :
of the construction OF a Pacific cable tn I
survey has been completed The estimate
cost is $40 00Q, 600. The entire length of th !
cable is estimated at s,294 knots which above /
20 per cent for slack. The present expense o.
the war department alone, for messages II
Manila, is about 81 600 day.
The House considered the deficiency apprc
55riatiOn bill. Chairman Cannon OF the com,
PLANTATION OF its items Mr. Cannon criticised
the pos office department for expending moro
6ean nao pen tS ia f9r FnIal Tree
for in this bill as deficiency. Chairman L3lly
of the committee public lands has prepared
bin. ~ -
JANUARY SEVENTEENTH.
Senator Hoar-s resolution of inquiry for e n
was discussed and passed without division
Senator Hale's resolution asking information
OF seizures OF american nour Dy BRUSH wa
ships, was decided to be unwise to lake action
thereon at this time.
The senate agreed to vote on the financial bill
on February IS.
In the house the committee on appropriations
reported the pension bill The house then re-
stunned consideration of the urgency appropria
ton bill in committee OF the whole.
JANUARY EIGHTEENTH.
Senate met at O'Clock after the unwilling O
the statue of Danuel Webster.
Senator Ross (Vt.) offered resolution de-
claring that as the national constitution does
not unaided by congress- extend over the n v
insular possessions; that sover gnty has been ac
Qu.Te1 over Puerto Rico and the Philippines, by
treaty by the United states, and that this gov
ernmcnt is under du'y to exercise sovereignty
for the general welfare of the inhabitants
! separate government is demanded to take
! Senator wellington in an extended speech
| argued for independence for the FiIipinos. HI
/ said Admiral Dewey had to stay at Manila tc
suppress anarchy and chaos.
/ The house also met late. The census bill wa
| taken up. Mr. Hopkins said the bill met thu
census committees approval except where i
authorizes the director of the census to con
| tract for printing of the census reports OUTSIDE
of the government printing office
| JANUARY NINETEENTH.
TIE Senate passed Senator Aliens (Nsb.
compatible. for information as to whether an.
representative of the Transvaal had applied Il
| the United States government for RECOGNITION
and If such application had been made; and i
The Senate passed the bill authorizing tn
use of stone instead of wood in the construction
of dry docks at the navy yards. The fnancia
bill was then taken up. Senate adjourned Enti
Monday.
Mr. Corlfss Odich) introduced bill for con
structiOn OF the Pacific cable to the Philippines
| 1t apPropriates 100000 and limits the cost t
! s.. O00,OO0
A bill was passed to extend the time for build
ing bridge across the Mississippi river at ST
| MT. PAYNE IN. w introduced a bill to extenc
the custom laws OF the United States to Puert
! Rico. That would mean free trade between tn
States and Puerto Rico The pension appro
priation bill engaged the attention of the hous
during most of the session
JANUARY TwENTY-sECoND.
Senator Turner (Wash1 addressed the Senat
| on the Philippine question His diScuSSio
took wide range. 1t charged perfidy an
bad faith the part of the government.
| Senator Platt IN. " offered Joint reSolu
ton authorizing the president to invite the GOV
eminent of Great Britain to Join in an inferno
tiOnal commission to examine and report on tn
diversion of waters that are boundaries of tn
two countries.
This was District of Columbia day in tn
house Several minor bills were passed.
was agreed that the Rock Island and Spring
field armories should be referred to the Spoake
for reference as an original proposition. Thi
question involved the appropriation fer tn
construction of small arms and had been re
ferred TO the committee on military affair.
The present action is designed to get it befor