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WEEK's PROCEEDINGS
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/ by the senate yesterday. The legisla-
| tive. executive and judicial applopria-
/ ton bill, carrying more than $4,000
/ 600, was passed without debate. The
measure providing for the appointment
Of commission to adjudicate and set
| tie claims of the people of the United
States growing out of the war with
/ Spain was also passed without oppo-
sition.
! For a brief time the Porto Rican
| government and tariff measure was un-
der consideration. Mr.. Foraker, In
| charge of the bill, submitted some COM
| mittee amendments. A few of them
were agreed to, but the important ones
are still pending. A free trade amend
ment to the bill was offered by Senator
Beyeridge.
! The House.
The house to-day refused to concur
| in the senate amendments to the Porto
Rican relief bill. The Democrats sup
ported a motion to concur on the
ground that it would avoid further de-
! lay in extending to the inhabitants or
| the island. but the Republicans stood
1 firmly behind Chairman Cannon in his
4 demand that the house should insist
] upon its original provisions to appro-
pirate not only the money collected on
| Porto Rican goods up to Jan. /, but all
/ subsequent moneys collected or about
to be collected.
1 The remainder Of the day was de.
| voted to the District of Columbia busi-
ness.
| The House.
4 Washington. March 81 - The house
yesterday entered upon the considera-
4 ton Of the Loud bill to restrict the
/ character Of publications entitled to
pound rates as Seeand-class mail mat
| ter. The bill has been before congress
| for several years. Mr.. Loud defended
| the bill in long speech. The other
speakers were III. G. Smith of Michi-
gan, In favor of the bill, and Messrs.
Little Of Arkansas, Bell of Colorado,
Henry Of Mississippi, Stokes OF South
Carolina and Mr.. Brown of Ohio, III
opposition to 1t. Before the bill was
taken up Mr.. Sulzer of New York de-
! liyered denunciation of the admins
tration In connection with his resolu-
| ton OF inquiry calling upon the war
| department for informat ton as to what
fortifications Great Britain was erect
ing on the Canadian border. The
committee on military affairs sub
nitted n reply of Adit. Gen. Corbln'
| saying such information was secret,
but that Great Britain was erecting no
works which threatened our rights.
| The committee recommended laying
the resolution upon the table, The
house sustained the committees rec
ommendation by a vote of 10 to 0I.
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Discussion of the Porto Rico gov
ernment and tariff bill was resumed III
the senate yesterday, Mr.. Morgan OF
! Alabama presenting speech dealing
with some of the constitutional phases
| Of the matter. He maintained that as
the treaty Of Paris was the supreme
law OF the land. 1t was impossible TOE
the United States to abandon either
Porto Rico or the Philippines. He
held also that the constitution extend
ed 10 certain extent at least over the
acquired territory, and that the inhab-
| itants of Porto Rico We're citizens OF
| the United States.
Washington. March 30. - During the
| debate in the house yesterday upon the
Loud bill relating to seeond-class mail
matter there was sharp exchange De-
| tween Mr. Mcpherson OF Iowa ana Mr..
Ientz of Ohio over a charge made by
/ the former that the latter was the at
| torney of the lobby which Is fighting
the bill. otherwise the debate was
! without incident. Both the FRIENDS
and opponents of the measure express
the belief that the vote will be close.
Mr.. Loud has agreed to accept two
amendments, one to increase the num-
Der of sample copies which newspapers
can send out at second-class rates from
/ 500 to 1000, and the other to limit the
provision requiring newspapers to sep
arate their mail in addition to those nj
ready in existence to over $500 circula.
ton. These are all the concessions he
will make. He says the debate, has
/ strengthened the bill and he believes
it viii pass. The speakers yesterday
were MFR. Bromwell of Ohio, Griggs or
| Georgia, Mcpherson of Iowa, Burke or
| Texas, Bingham of Pennsylvania,
| Heatwole of Minnesota and Latiner OF
South Carolina, In favor Of the bill,
| and Messrs. Moon Of Tennessee Lentz
! of Ohio, yandiver of Missouri. Snod-
| grass of Tennessee, Cochren Of Mis-
| souri, and Neville Of Nebraska, against
/ the measure. .- r....-
| The Senate.
Upon the authority Of the governor
| of Alaska Mr.. Turner OF Washington
| made the statement in the senate yes
| terday that concessions for gold min
ing in the bed Of the sea near Cape
| Nome, Alaska, had been granted by
! the secretary of war, and upon that
! statement he based n resolution OF in
/ quiry. Senator Turner said IL such
grant had been made it was "a shame
a reproach and q scandal The reso-
luton was agreed to. In n few min
| utes. and without discussion, the addl.
| tioral urgent deficiency bill was passed.
| with one or two other measures OF I'M
portance. Mr. Allison gave notice that
/ he would call up to-day the conference
report OH the Porto Rican approprla-
ton bill
| The ScInte.