The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-05-11
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.


When the senate convened on the %
Senator Gallinger On. HI presented me-
mortal from the Union Veterans union
complaining about the governments pen
sion policy and made the memorial the
text for a speech in which he maintained
that the criticisms were unjust. Sena-
tor Sewell IN. j. secured the passage of
a bill to establish the Fredericksburg
and adjacent national battlefields me-
mortal park in Virginia. The army ap-
preparation bill was then considered.
The house at the conclusion of a stormy
debate passed the Nicaragua canal bill
by 225 to So. All attempts to retain in
the measure the language of the orig
inal bill for the foreification of the canal
were baked.
The army appropriation bill was passed
by the senate on the Sd, after a rather
spirited debate, without division A res
olution requesting the civil service COM
mission to supply information Confirm
ing violations of the civil service law in
1898 was adopted. The day closed with
the passage of 137 private pension bills
The house passed the free homes
bill which has been pending before con-
gress for n number of years. The bill
provides that the government shall issue
patents to actual bona fide settlers ON ag-
ricultural lands of Indian reservations
opened to settlement.
The senate on the 4th, after a debate
lasting only three hours, passed the ar
my reorganization bill. In military cir
Giles the measure is regarded as one of
the most important of the present ses-
sion. The Notifications appropriation
bill. carrying $7,733, 62S, was also passed.
After a short executive session an adj
5ournment was taken to the 7th.. =. The
house made fair progress with the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, completing
% of the 132 pages of the bill Mr. Par
ker (Md} introduced bill repeating the
Chinese exclusion laws and making the
general immigration laws applicable to
Chinese who shall prove themselves able
to read the constitution of the United
States in English or the Chinese Ian
guage.
The senate was not in session on the
9TH. The house passed the sundry civil
bill. 1t carries slightly more than $751;
100000 The senate amendments to the
army appropriation bill We're disagreed
to and the bill was sent to conference
Senator Teller eCol) strongly urged the
senate. on the 7th to extend its sympathy
to the Beers in their contest with Great
Britain. During the remainder of the
session the naval appropriation bill was
considered, but the measure was not
completed. Senator Chandler On H)
introduced a resolution making a resolu-
ton for seating or unseating a senator
privileged over all other business The
day was suspension day in the house and
quite a number of bills were passed. The
most important was the senate bill to
amend the general pension laws so as to
provide for aggregating disabilities under
the act of 1890 without regard to service
origin am to increase the net income a
widow may have without destroying her
right to a pension from $96 to $780, The
measure is in accordance with the rec
concentrations of the G. A. r. The bill
- increase the appropriation for the ma
.iora! guara from $40O, 900 to 81, 000, 900 also
vas among those passed.