The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-04-20
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
Proceedings of Our National Lawm.kers
from Day to Day In Condemned Form
-Resolutions and Bills.

During the greater part of the session
OF the senate on the 18th the District o:
Columbia appropriation bill was under
consideration. 1t passed, carrying near
ly 100000. The Pacific cable bill, meas
ure appropriating s., 100000 for the con-
struction Of a cable line between San
Francisco and Honolulu, was also passed.
the measure causing little debate. bill
to establish soldiers home at Charles
ton, s. c., and appropriating 200 for the
purpose also got through. The long and
bitter struggle over the PuertoRican tariff
bill has ended, and the house, by vote
OF 16l to 1853. concurred in all the SEN
ate amendments. The Hawaiian bill was
sent to conference.
Senators Burrows (Afich.) made an ex-
haustfve discussion on the Quay case in
the senate on the 18th. \ bill was intro
duced by Senator Mcmillan (Mich.) au-
thOrizing a resurvey of the great lakes
by the secretary of war and appropriatfng
$4,000 for the purpose. After an eXecu-
tiee session the senate adjourned till the
l4th: The house adopted a resolution to
authorize the secretary of the treasury
TO designate repositories in Puerto Rico.
Cuba and the Philippines for the deposit
of government funds. A senate bill
which will permit the dependent mothers
of soldiers of sailors OF the Spanish war.
even though they married confederate
soldiers. to receive the benefit of tho gen.
eral pension law was passed. "A resolu-
otIOu empowering legislatures TO OeclQe
how United States senator's shall be
elected was debated and the conference
report on theslegislative and judicial ap-
precipitation bill was agreed to.
The senate was not in session on the
13th... The house by a vote of 24o to Is.
adopted resolution for a constitutional
amendment providing for the election of
United States senators by direct vote of
the people. Fifty>three private pension
bills were aHo favorably acted upon.
During the consideration Of one of the
pension bills Mr. Talbert Is. CO had
read some letters from old soldiers pro-
testing against the special acts ground
out by the congressional bureau" One
Of them said the old soldiers were very
"sore."
In the senate ON the 18th Senator Nor
gan (Ala.) secured the adoption of a res
olution asking the attorney general for
information about the Union Pacific rail-
road cases Senator Berry (Ark.) directed
attention to the fact that the house had
adopted resolution for the election of
senator's by the people and he appealed
to the elections committee to make a
report on the matter. Then Senator Pet
tigrew Is. d. made a pro-Boer speech.
The house heard eHlbgies on the late
Cove Oliver P. Morton. of Indiana, in
connection with the acceptance of his
statue. which has been placed in statuary
hall at the capitol by the state which he
served. Previous to this S. private pen
sion bills were passed.
During almost the entire session on
the 10th the senate had under considera-
tfon the Alaskan civil code bill. The
amendment providing for the mining of
gold along the beach was perfected after
discussion lasting nearly four hours.
Senator Thurston CNeb.) introduced a bill
to limit the meaning of the word "con-
spiracy" and also the use Of restrain
Ing orders as applied to disputes between
employers and employees. The house en-
tered upon the consideration Of the naval
appropriation bill with the prospect of
Il severe struggle ahead over the ques-y
Sion Of arnsor plate. building ships in
government yards and the provision in
the bill for the coast and geodetic sur
vey. Mr.. Griffith Und) introduced a bill
repeating the stamp tax aon checks
drafts, ETC., and on proprietary medi-
Cines.