Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-04-19
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
FiFTY-slxTH CONGRESS.

In the senate, on the 9Th, the indian ap-
| preparation bill, carrying s., n4,OO0 was
| school amendment being rejected by
vote of 80 to Is. An unsuccessful effort
was made to fix a date for vote on the
| from Pennsylvania. The Alaskan civil
\ code bill was taken up and discussed for
| two hours. LIN the house the agricul-
tural bill was under consideration, AMI
was made the vehicle of considerable
9 9esu1itory debate on irrelevant t9 TOP 5:
of the 81 pages being covered before adj
journment.
In the senate, on the 10TH. an agree
ment was reached, without objection, to
take a final vote on the Quay case on the
24th. at p. m. Much of the session was
given up to eulogies on the late Richard
Parks Bland, for many years a repre-
sentative from Missouri the tributes Of
fered being notable for their earnestness
and eloquenCe......1n the house the agri-
cultural appropriation bill was passed
substantially as it came from the COM
mated discussion of amendments Of
Tered. One amendment, providing for an
increased supply of Farmers Bulletins,
was adopted.
portion of the session was occupied in the
consideration and passage of the District
Of Columbia appropriation bill. As passed,
the bill carries nearly eight million dol
lars. The Pacific cable bill. appropriating
S,C0C, 600 for the construction of cable
was passed without serious objection......
In the house the long struggle over the
Puerto Rican tariff bill ended in a vote
Of 161 to 15S, by which the house con-
CURED in the senate amendments, regu-
lattng the tariff and enacting a complete
scheme of civil government for the ISL
and.
In the senate, on the 18th, an effort by
Mr.. Morgan to displace the present un-
finished business-the Spooner Philippine
bilI-by the substitution in it's stead of
the Nicaragua canal bill, was defeated
Is to SO; but the Philippine measure had a
narrow escape from displacement by the
Alaskan civil code bill, the motion being
defeated on roll call by two votes. The
feature of the days proceedings was an
exhaustive discussion of the Quay. case
by Mr.. Burrows (Mich.) ......In the house
a resolution to authorize the secretary CT
the treasury to designate repositories in
Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines.
for the deposit of government funds, was
adopted. senate bill extending the ben
efits of the general pension law to depend
ent mothers of soldiers and sailors of the
Spanish war, though married to confed-
crate soldiers, was passed. The remain
der of the day was devoted to the queS-
ton of election of United States senators
by legislatures or directly by the people.
The senate was not in session the
18th. In the house vote was taken on
the resolution for a constitutional amend
Enent providing for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the peo-
pie, which was adopted: Ayes, 240; nays,
10 Fourteen republicans and one demo-
crat voted against it. The remainder of
of private pension bills. During the de-
bate there were several sharp attacks
upon Mr.. Talbert (dem., s. c. for his
course on delaying action on bills.