Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-04-12
WHAT conGRRss IS DOING.
Prooesdsnxs Of Our National I.aw1aAkeru
from nay 80 Day In Condensed Form
Resolutions and EshIs-

In the senaze on the Sd the debate upon
the Puerto Rican tariff and civil govern
ment bill ended and the measure was
passed by vote OF 40 to 81. only commit
tee amendments being adopted Just be
fore adjournment difficulty arose over
an effort Of Senator Lodge IMasS( to
have the Spooner bill on the government
of the Philippines made the unfinished
business This involved the displacement
OF the Quay case and in the dispute which
arose over the matter Senator Woicott
(Col1 accused Senator Lodge of uttering
that which was ''unquaHnedly raise
The house entered upon the considera-
ton of the substitute for the senate Ha-
waiian territorial bill. The debate was IN
committee of the whole and only three
of the six speeches were pertinent to the
bill. A bill was passed to allow men who
served during the Spanish war or TT
Philippine insurrection in the army, navy
or marine corps, who enter lands under
the homestead act, to deduct the time
of such service from the period required
to perfect title. Mr.. Gilbert (Ky.) intro
duced a resolution calling on the Secre-
tary of agriculture for information about
horse flesh being prepared for food in
this country.
The session of the senate on the 4th
opened with a discussion on the Quay
case and it was finally decided to take
it up the next day. The Spooner bill
unfinished business. The Alaskan code
bill was then taken up. Afterwards 81
pension bills were passed. The Ken
lucky situation came up in the house
and there was considerable excitement
over the matter, occasioned by a wordy
duel between two Kentucky represent
ativesz7Mr. Wheeler (dem) and MI.
Pugh (rep.), the latter charging the Tor
ner with Misrepresentation. This incl
cent oVershadowed all the other speeches
on the Hawaiian bill, many of which We're
irrelevant.
Senator GalIinger IN. HI on the 5th
made an argument against the seating
of NJ S. Quay in the senate. A bill to
increase the efficiency of the subsistence
department of the United States army
was passed. A bill was introduced by
Senator Hawley Comm authorizing the
secretary of war to make surveys for
Camp grounds for the training of SOL
diers of the army and the national guard
The following bills were passed: To in
corporate the National White Cross of
America to authorize the payment of
travelling allowances of enlisted men of
the regular and volunteer forces when dis
charged by order of the secretary of war
and stated by him as entitled to travel
pay. The house did not take vote on
the bill to provide a territorial govern
ment for Hawaii but agreed to consider
the measure under the f1ve-minute rule
until it was finished. The naval appro-
priation bill was reported. It carries $751;
21991
During the greater part of the 9Th the
dian appropriation bill. Senator Sullf-
van (Miss.) delivered a speech in favor
of seating M. S. Quay. The Spooner Phil
ippine bill was laid before the senate
and Senator Lodge (Mass.) gave notice
that he would ask for early vote on
the measure A bill was introduced by
Senator Foster (Wash.) making it a
felony to use deleterious substances in the
preparation of food, and one was intro
duced by Senator Penrose (Pa.) author
izing the secretary of war to give special
medals to those volunteers who remained
on duty in the Philippines after their
terms of enlistment had expired. The
house passed the substitute for the SEN
ate bill providing for territorial form of
government for Hawaii by a vote of 120
to %. bill to establish permanent camp
grounds for soldiers and militia was
introduced by the chairman of the mill
itary affairs committee and Mr.. Jenkins
CWis.) introduced a measure to give con-
gress power to control trusts and monop-
olies.
Almost the entire session of the senate
was taken up in considering the Indian
appropriation bill on the 7th. Senator Vest
(Mo.) delivered eloquent speech in
support of amendment providing for
the continuance of the government en-
ployment of the contract Indian schools.
agricultural appropriation bill was re-
ported to the house. It carries 81, ZIG, 400,
additional allowance of $4,000 for seed
distribution being granted upon the pc
tition of 225 members. Afterwards eu-
logies upon the late Richard p Bland
(AdO.) were delivered.