Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-19
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Proceedings of Our National Lawmakers
from Day to Day In Condensed Form
Revolutions and Bills.

The senate on the 10th agreed to take
final vote as to whether NJ S. Quay
is entitled to a seat as senator from Penn
sylvania on April "a. After some unim-
portant business tributes We're then paid
to the memory of the late Congressman
Richard p. Bland (do.), Senators Vest
(Mo.) and Cockrell CMo.) being amongs-
those who made addresses Resolutions
expressive of regret at Mr.. BANDS death
were then passed and an adjournment
taken out of respect. The house devoted
the day to discussing the agricultural ap
preparation bill. An amendment by Mr..
Lattmer IS. CO was adopted increasing
the supply of farmers bulletins"
bill was passed for commission to settle
the Sioux City Pacific railroads in
debtedness to the United States
During the greater part of the session
of the senate on the 18th the District 0
Columbia appropriation bill was under
consideration. 1t passed, carrying near
ly S. 100000 The Pacific cable bill, meas
Ure appropriating 100000 for the
Struction of a cable line between San
| Francisco and Honolulu, was also passed,
the measure causing little debate. A bill
to establish a soldiers home at Charles
ton, S C., and appropriating $4,000 for the
| purpose, also got through. The long and
bitter struggle over the Puerto Riean tariff
bill has ended and the house, by vote
of 161 to 1873, concurred in all the SEN
ate amendments. The Hawaiian bill was
sent to conference
Senator Burrows CNGich) made an ex-
| haustive discussion on the Quay case in
| the senate on the 18th. A bill was intro
! duced by Senator Mcmillan (Afich.) au-
| thorizing q resurYey of the great lakes
| by the secretary of war and apprOpriating
| $4,000 for the purpose. After an execu-
| tive session the senate adjourned till the
! 18th. The house adopted a resolution to
! authorize the secretary of the treasury
| to designate repositories in Puerto Rico,
| Cuba and the Philippines for the deposit
| of government funds. A senate bill
| which will permit the dependent mothers
| of soldiers of sailors of the Spanish war,
| even though they married confederate
| soldiers, to receive the benefit of the gen
| eral pension law was passed. a resolu-
| ton empowering legislatures to decide
how United States senators shall be
| elected was debated and the conference
report on the legislative and judicial ap-
| preparation bill was agreed to.
| The senate was not in session on the
18th. The house by a vote of 240 to Is.
| adopted a resolution for a constitutional
amendment providing for the election of
| United States senators by direct vote of
| the people Fifty-three private pension
| bills were also faVorably acted upon.
| During the consideration of one of the
| pension bills Mr.. Talbert Is. c. had
| read some letters from old soldiers pro-
testing against the special acts ground
| out by the congressional bureau One
| Of them said the old soldiers were very
| 'Ssore''
In the senate on the 18th Senator More
gan (Ala.) secured the adoption of a res
| olution asking the attorney general for
| information about the Union Pacific rail-
road case Senator Berry (Ark.) directed
| attention to the fact that the house had
| adopted a resolution for the election of
| senators by the people and he appealed
| to the elections committee to make a
report the matter. Then Senator Pet
| tigrew IS. d. made pro-Boer speech. -.
| The house heard eulogies on the late
| Gov. Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana, in
| connection with the acceptance of his
| statue, which has been placed in statuary
hall at the capitol by the state which he
| served. Previous to this So private pen
| sion bills were passed