The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-02
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Ii WEEK's PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate.
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Washington, Feb. 1.-THE house YES.
terday INDUCED in its annual Joke by
striking from the legislative appropria-
ton bill all provision for the civil ser.
vice commission. This action is taken
each year in committee of the whole.
where the members do not 90 on rec.
ord. and the provision is then inyaria
bly, restored when the bill gets back in
the house where members have to re-
spOnd to their names upon roll cali.
The votes to strike out was as to IL.
To-day the house will reverse this &C.
ton as usual on an aye and no vote.
Most of the time Of the house yester.
day beyond that occupied on the dis.
cussion Of the civil service law was
devoted to attacks on the speech made
by MIR. Sims of Tennessee on Wtdnes-
day. in which he furnished some fig
ures of the pension office showing the
number of applications for pensions
filed by soldiers Of the volunteer regl-
ments engaged in the SpaniS'. war to
show that the Northern sota:ers were
much more clam0rous in that regard
than the Southern ones, and attribu-
ting this to the debauching Of public
sentiment in the North OH the pension
question. Mr.. PcalTe Of Maryland
raised the storm by reference to
those figures and the statement that
hundreds Of Massachusetts, soldiers
who never smelled powder had applied
Tor pensions. This brought out IN in
disnant reply from MI. Fitzgerald Of
Massachusetts, who detailed the record
Of the Massachusetts volunteers in the
late war. He was followed by others
who defended the records Of the SOL
diers from their several states. Mr..
Hepburn of Iowa vigorously assaulted
Mr.. Sims. Considerable temper was
shown
When the session opened announce
ment Of the receipt of the currency bill
from the senate was made, and on mo-
ton of Mr. Overstreet Of Indiana, by
unanimous consent, the senate amend
mcnts were disagreed to. The speak
er appointed Messrs. Overstreet Of In
diana. Brosius of Pennsylvania and
Cox Of Tennessee conferees. The house
then went into committee Of the whole
on the legislative appropriation bill.
The Senate.
Consideration Of the financial meas
ure having been concluded. discussion
OF The Philippine question was resumed
in the senate yesterday. Mr.. McEnely
OF Louisiana strongly opposed the per-
mancnt acquisition of the islands and
believed the United States ought to re-
linuuish them as soon as the authority
Of this country had been asserted. Mr..
Stewart took prominent position in
favor Of the admission of the products
Of any of the island possessions of the
United States free Of duty.
The bill providing form Of govern
mcnt for the Territory OF Hawaii was
read, but beyond that fOrlnality moth.
ing was done With it.
The Senate.
Washington, Feb. 10.-I4ate Saturday
afternoon the house passed the legis
'latlve, executive and judicial appro.
priation bill, after having it under con
si'ieration four days. A coloquy be.
tween Mr.. Sulzer Of New York and
Mr.. Grosvenor Of Ohio was the feature
of the session. Fresh from the anti
trust conference in Chicago. MI. Sui
zcr, directed the attention of the house
10 the monster monopolics." which,
he said. were being fostered by the
republican administration. He al
verified to passing politics. Those ut
tcrances drew the fire of Gen. eros
venor, who referred to the "politica
garbage" which Mr.. Sulzer had
brought back to Washington after his
"hippodroming tour" through the Yves,
"as a vice-presidential candidate -
The civil service appropriation, whicl,
was stricken out of the appropriation
bill by the committee Of the whole,
was restored in the Louse by vote CT
~ to l23.