The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-03-07
Congress-.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

amendments for Sunday closing and an
appropriation of S2JOOOO for the
Charleston exposition next December
Passed fortifcation appropriation bill.
The House adopted a resolution to inves-
tigate the pay of its employees. The bill
TO Increase the efficiency of the revenue
cutter service was debated for two hours
but no action was taken. Several of the
appropriation bills were sent TO confer
ence. The seed amendment to the agri-
cultural bill was agreed TO. At 4 o'clock
public business was suspended to permit
the House to pay tribute to the memories
of the late Representatives Clarke of
New Hampshire and Shaw of New York.
The Senate devoted Monday TO debate
on the Philippine amendment to the
army appropriation bill The House de-
voted the day to conference reports. Con
CURED in Senate amendment to navy bill
tleships and cruisers.
In the Senate on Tuesday important
amendment to Philippine amendment to
army appropriation bill was agreed to.
IL was amplifcation OF amendment pre-
viously offered by Mr.. Hoar, laying re-
strictions upon sale of public lands and
granting of franchises and concessions in
philippines Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) contin-
ued his speech on both the Philippine and
Cuban amendments. He appealed to the
committee to withdraw both propositions.
maintaining Congress was treading upon
dangerous ground. During the afternoon
Mr.. Allen severely arraigned Rear Ad-
miral Sampson for Endorsements upon ap-
plication of Chief Gunner Charles Nor
gan OF the navy for promotion to grade
OF commissioned officer. Conference re-
port upon District of Columbia appropri-
alton bill was agreed to. as was also par
tial report of conferees on postoffice ap-
preparation bill. The House agreed to a
partial conference report on Indian ap-
preparation bill. and sent bill back to con-
ference; defeated conference report on
the naval bill on account of item creating
assistant chiefs in Navy Department.
Adjournment taken in the midst Of vio-
lent attack upon the Speaker by Con-
Sressmen Lentz. Richardson and others
because a speech by Mr.. Lentz had been
withheld from the Congressional Record
on account of its offensive nature
Wednesday in the Senate was devoted
to debate on the Cuban and Philippine
amendments 10 the army bill. after which
voting began on the minor amendments
TO the measure. All of them were offer
ed 10y Democratic Senator's and all of
them were voted down by heavy majori-
ties. Philippine amendment adopted by
a vote of 4J TO %. Cuban amendment
adopted by a vote of 43 to 90. In the
House the day was spent in consideration
OF various conference reports. Reports
on fortification, District of Columbia and
military academy bills. the latter contain
ing anti-hazing legislation were agreed
to. Naval bill was sent back TO confer
ence after defeat of motion to concur
in the Senate's provision for three more
submarine torpedo boats.
In the Senate on Thursday an immense
amount Of business was disposed of, but
not single point raised was sharply
controverted. The river and harbor bill,
carrying appropriations of more than
Soo.WU.OOO. was passed without a word
Of discussion. and the Senate adopted the
conference report on the war revenue re-
duction measure without disturbing the
smoothness of the proceedings. Final
conference reports We're made and agreed
the agricultural appropriation bills and
another conference on the postoffice bill
was ordered. The last hour and a half
of the session was devoted to considera-
ticn of the sundry civil appropriation
bill. In the House conference report OH
the war revenue reduction bill adopted
without division. Final reports on the
diplomatic and consular and agricultural
appropriation bills were adopted. The
major part of the day was devoted to the
bill to promote the efficiency of the reve-
nue. cutter service. Although the bill
is Il House measure. its friends were very
persistent. and in the face of many diff
culties hung on TO it with bulldog tenacity
and finally forced the bill into such a par
liamentary situation that it will be voted
upon after five minutes debate.
In the Senate during the greater part
of the session on Friday the sundry civil
appropriation bill was under considera-
tion. An interesting and ut times lively
debate was participated in on a resolu-
tion To discharge the committee on inter
state commerce from consideration of the
bill requiring railroad companies 10 make
detailed investigations Of all accidents
involving loss of life on their lines and
to report 10 the interstate commerce
commission. No action was taken. The
old question as TO the reclamation of pub
lie lands in the arid and semi-arid sec
tiOns OF the country was brought up. but
the efforts TO attach an amendment to
the measure appropriating money for the
work was defeated. The bills appropri-
ating S5OO.OO0 for the Buffalo Pan
American exposition. SJ.0OO,00O for the
st. Louis Louisiana purchase exposition
and S25O.OOO for the Charleston. s. c..
interstate and West Indian exposition
We're attached to the bill as riders. BY
56 to Ii the Senate sustained point of
order against Mr.. Morgan's Nicaragua
canal amendment to the bill. Passed
sundry civil bill Mt 1:1J q. NJ. The House
concurred in Cuban and Philippine
amendments to the army appropriation
bill-159 to 134. Final conference report
upon the Indian appropriation bill was
adopted and Il number of minor bills were
put through the final stages. The CON
ference report on the st. Louis exposition
bill (which agreed to Sunday closing) was
conference. \ motion to concur in the
Charleston exposition amendment was
defeatel-S4 10 132. The revenue cutter
service bill was sidetracked early in the
day by Il vote of the House.
This and That.