The Somerset reporter., 1900-01-11
At Washington.

At the opening of fridays session in
the Senate Mr.. Beveridge (Rep) of In
diana, presented the following resolu-
ton: That the Philippine islands ale
territory belonging to the United States;
that it is the intention of the United
States to REL ain them as such and to
establish and maintain snch govern
mental control throughout the archipel-
ago as the situation may demand Mr.
Beverdge asked that the resolution lie
upon the table until next Tuesday when
ne will speak upon it.
Represen alive Quarles of Pennsylva-
MIA, has introduced the following House
resolutions: Resolved, that we hereby
extend to our two sister republics in
Africa, the Transvaal and the Orange
Free State, our deepest sympathy in the
noble, brave and patriotic struggle they
are now making to preserve their gov
ernments from destruction by the hands
of monarchy"
The Senate committee on privileges
and elections, Friday, decided by a vote
of four to three to make an adverse re-
port upon the resolution to seat Senator
Mstthew S. Quay. The resolution was
as follows: Resolved, That Matthew
:. Quay be admitted as senator from
the State of Pennsylvania in accordance
with his appointment made on April 81,
1889, by the governor of said state"
The president has created military
department constituted of the territory
of Alaska and assigned Col. George M.
Randall, eighth u S. infantry to COM
mand. Col Randall was born in Ohio
and entered the service as private in
the Fourth Pennsylvania artillery, April,
1851.
The Secretary of War has sent TO Con
gress a request for an urgent deficiency
appropriation of $3.50 600 to supplement
the $1500,000 heretofore appropriated
for the repatriation of the Spanish pris
oners and their families held by the
insurgents in the Philippines from those
islands to Spain, In accordance with the
treaty of Paris.
Tuesday, the Philippine question was
discussed in the Senate, by Mr. Bev-
eridge of Indiana in support of the adj
ADMINISTRATION, and Mr.. Hoar of Massa-
chusetts in reply.
Representative Allen introduced bill
in Congress, Tuesday, to appropriate
81 900 900 for the purpose of site and
erection of public building at Port
land. The building is to be for the use
of the United States court and other
government offices In Portland and in
Maine.
Representative Burlegh has intro
duced bill for referring the claim of
the estate of George W. Lawrence to
the court of claims. Mr.. Lawrence,
during the Civil war, contracted to build
the double-ender gunboat Wassuc. The
sharp advance In materials and labor
caused heavy loss to builders. This
claim is to recompense the contractor in
part for the loss. Congressman Miliken
urged this claim for years.
Secretary Gage " ednesday sent to
Congress bis replies to the resolutions
recently introduced in the Senate by
Mr.. A lien of Nebraska, and in the House
by Mr.. Sulzer of New York. The text
of his reply. which is an exhaustive ex-
position of the management of the
treasury Finances under his administra-
ton relating to national bank deposito
ries, contains about 5000 words, which is
supplemented by special reports from
department officials relative to special
inquiries In the resolutions, including
copies of over 1000 letters on the subject
under consider alton. He gives as the
reason for selecting the National City
Bank as such distributing agent was
that at the time the order was issued 1t
was one of but two banks which had
offered bonds sufficient to cover the
amount of the daily deposit. Its bond
deposit was 90 900, 900 aud that of the
Hanover National Bank 81, 910,500. The
National City Bank was, therefore the
one most naturally chosen. OF the 6S
banks applying for share of the depos-
its the National City Bank and three
other applicants for over 100000 each
were the only ones out of the 88 consti-
tutipg group one which have not been
supplied the full amount for which they
had offered security.