Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-02-22
WHAT CONGRESS Is DOING.


sIsevehes wers mad. ca the nnaucisi
hii in tte senate on the t.th by senators
fikiHs VA Wnirttt tt'ois ard nufirr
-. 60 Seuatur f.lkins advocated ts
pafFags ard So afor waiCcft -p-she
Hrainst g.. snd Tor many republicans
Ehn sdhefs g. hiuiHtainrru Senator tiut.
isf tiusea the debate Tor ths DAY ~
aftotafins hls amendment providing foT
ar ia-Nr ~ Qsprr currency hf the Gat
FfunfFuf The huuaa pasard f1s private
fsnsian hliis fAkufntiY acted uf.sn tast
usk rhf ttii vas aiep f-ssss.i vhich
Hfftfa unlKsreliiv aupiieatis the Law
ffat nuw permits the transit 20 goods
in tsuri through certain ports % the rnil
ia States saue tslstsirt ef celnrrhis
huslnfr~ was then disposed ~ NJ Van
oliver tMo introduced a tll prohibiting
corporations trusts. sfe frpru r1ntrthii-
uuE % rarnraiEn fund. ~ for innusncinx
~ intimiistinx employee
IN The senate on the i3th 'we sf-~ehes
verr made on The financial hift Tho
nref was a~uvsrei BY senator Aifisoa
dai IN favor 81 the measure ard the
sscrnd b, senator Jones l>~yN against
it The latter declared that ths hii cun-
fesrsi ,en great power ou national hank.
anA fastened the country ~ Enid stan
siard 4 ialut resnlutinn increasing ths
limit g cnst ~ tho n-s Esysrnfnsnt print
iuE efHce tta - on account u inefsass~.i
rest ~ huiiiins material va adopted
hf fhe house Nr nan trrx introduced
"a RESOLUTION for special committee -
iuuk after hills ami resolutions relating
- trusts Mr lew ~ \ , introduced a
tau t. construct canal connecting the
Atlantic and Pacific oe~uus Nr gii-
hsft tKvi introduced "a hiii Tor national
military PARA a. r~rryNiiie Nv
The senate un the itth had the hnan-
cial biii under discussion Auer tse
O'Clock the d~bat" proceeded under The
ten minute rule and a. iimes became
spirited and interesting The committee
ou pensions reported the Ieu~inn apprc-
r.istion hiii The debate ou tho lrEis-
istivs. executive and judicial spprupris-
tiun hlit IN the huu~s rtraNrsi FAR from the
biii touching the questions ~ govern
uf~nt deposits IN national isank-. reektes-
Expenditure for pensions. ani nnaiiy
drifting into the election methods In Mi-.
sour Mt. Harthnit tMnf RAISED the
latter question ~ attacking ihc Seeisti
isv The army appropriation hln vas
Afterwards reported AMI the house Thea
al iaurned
THE senate substitute fe- tAr house
currency hin was rs~-ed nv m. -~nat-
on the 18th hY vote ~ D. 60 = oniy
tNn amendments we're adopted va one
offered by the nnance committee. keeping
the door of~n 10 International hirnetai-
lisfn. and one bv senator Nelson fNinn ,.
providing for national banks Nth g. 80
capital IN towns ~ not nor~ than fs.l
'nhahitanf~ The Hawaiian guN.rum.nf
hiu was afterwards mad. the uunnishe,t
business The house completed y u the
10 pages u the legislative. executive
and Judicial appropriation hni without
amendment Darinr tho debate a va
risty - topics we're tuuch~i upon
The Bacon resolution declaring the pol
10y - IN. United States toward the Phil-
trrin-s Nas Laid bsfar~ the senate on
the 18Th and cnus.d q drhat~ S.nater
ArEu~ry la strongly opposed the psr-
usnsns acquisition nf the islands AMI h.s-
lisyed the United States ought 20 tcItn-
quist. them a. soon a. ifs authority was
asserted Senator Stewart tNey thos ght
The products of the islands should b. al
mittei into the United States free %
duty The It'll preN.dtn for a gavetu-
meut for the Hawaiian islands was thNn
rad. The house having disagreed 20
the senate amendments To- the financial
bill SENATOR Aidri,h III II. Allison IaN
and Jones tArk1 were appointed confer
s.s Tn house In eammifts. of the
whole struck out from the legislative bill
all provision for the civil service eofnfnis-
sion. warm discussion took place over
the statement Of Mr. Sim fTenub that
northern soldiers In the Spanish war
were more ciamorous for pensions than
southern soldiers and Mr. Pcarr. md
hrpugh. out an indignant denial from Mr.
Fitzgerald Mass by stating that hun
dreds of Massachusetts, soldiers who
never -meiied powder had applied Tor
pensions The house. on motion Of Mr.
| overstrcet dndl disagreed to the aenat.
amendments 10 the currency hill