Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-05-30
WHAT CONGRESS- IS DOING.
Proceedings OF Our Nssional Lawmakers
from Day to Day In Condensed Form
RESOLUTIONS and Bills.

In the senate on the 18th Senator Cock
FELL (Mo) called up the resolutions ac-
cepting on behalf of the United States
the statues of Benton and Blair. pre-
scented by Missouri to statuary hall. The
letter OF Gov. Stephens was read pre-
sentlng these statues and then speeches
We're made by Senators Vest (Mo). Cock
reI tMo.) and Hoar (Mass.) in eulogy of
the distinguished subject. A resolution
was then adopted accepting from the
G. A. r. the statue of Gen. Grant Az
ter an impressive prayer by the blind
chaplain the committee of the Grand
Army were ushered into the house. At
ter the speaker had announced the order
OF the DAY Mr.. McCleary CMinn.) sent
TO the clerks desk and had read the let
ter addressed to the speaker by the G. A.
H. presenting the, statue of Gen. Grant
TO the nation. A motion was adopted
accepting the statue and euIogies of the
general then followed by Messrs. Warner
Uli)' McCleary (Minn.) and Grosvenor
Senator Allen (Neb) offered a resolu-
ton in the senate on the 21st extending
to the Boer commissioners now in WASH
lngton the privileges of the floor of the
senate during their sojourn in the ma
tlonal capital. The resolution was de-
feated by vote of sc to q. but not until
after sharp controversy between its
author and Senator Davis, chairman of
the committee on foreign relations. The
post office appropriation bill was passed
the amendment to appropriate $225 900 to
carry out existing contracts for the pneu-
matte tube service being agreed to-.
The house under suspension of the rules
passed two bills reported by the COM
mtttee on labor-one to extend the eight
hour law to all laborers employed under
contract on government work and the
other to prohibit interstate traffic in
prison-made goods by bringing them I'M
a no irrrf foff <~fk
of the state. Conference reports on the
agricultural and fertilization appropria-
ton bills were adopted. The conference
report on the army appropriation bill was
sent back to conference because the
house conferees had agreed to an item
to appropriate $1,000 for library in Ma
Mia
In the senate on the 22d Senator Spoon
eI CWis.) made a speech in favor of his
Dill providing that upon the suppress
sion of the insurrection in the Philip
pines the government of the islands shall
devolve upon the president until such
time congress might direct otherwise
Senator Allen (Neb.) offered a resolu-
ton requesting the president to transmit
to the state tranSlations of the consti-
tutions of the South African republic and
Orange Free State. 1t was adopted A
resolution calling on the secretary of
war for information about the military
adopted, together with one directing an
investigation of the operations of the
North American Trust company. The
house devoted almost the entire day to
the Alaskan civil bill, disposing of "a
pages. The conference report on the
army appropriation bill was adopted.
In the senate on the sd Senator Platt
Comm spoke on the Bacon resolution
for an investigation of financial affairs
In Cuba. He favored the adoption of
the resolution, but deprecated what he
declared was cheap effort to make po-
Htical capital out of shameful condi-
ton of affairs which the republican par
ty needed no prodding to induce it tc
probe to the bottom. Senator Spoone1
Wis.) then continued his address on the
Philippines question. Afterwards the
conference report on the army appro-
priation bill was agreed to-. The house
passed the bill to extradite Nicely for al
legged postal frauds in Cuba. A resolu-
ton to allow the committee on ways and
means to sit during the recess of con-
gress for the purpose of framing a bill
for the reduction of the war revenues
and resolution for sine die adjourn
ment June were also adopted
Soon after the senate convened on the
24th Senator Bacon (Ga) began an ex-
tended reply to the speech of Senator
Platt delivered the previous day. His
speech was largely supplemental to that
which he delivered several days ago de-
handing an investigation of Cuban finan-
cial affairs. His resolution under the
rules went to the committee on contin-
gent expenses. Senator Spooner Cyis)
then concluded his speech on the Phil
ippine question. The debate which he
aroused took a turn decidedly political.
He charged the so-called anti-imperial-
lists with creating an issue which was
not legitimate. Senators Allen (Neb)
and Pettigrew Is. d. controverted many
of his statements and the controversy at
times became almost personal. Senator
Chandler On. H.) presented a petition
from 16 ministers of South Carolina de-
claring that the colored residents of South
Carolina are DISTINGUISHED. A bill was
passed for the investigation of the his
torical archives and public records Of the
state and territories and of the United
States with q view of their preservation