Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-12-27
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On Friday Senator Aldrich introduced
a bill to lessen Inconvenience Of extern
sion of bank charters. Congressman Foss
introduced a bill for organization OF q
national naval reserve. House committee
on interstate and foreign m unan-
imously recommended the Hepburn MIC
aragua canal bill. House adjourned un-l
til Tuesday, when Mr.. Payne's bill to
temporarily provide revenue for the Phil
ippine Islands will be taken up. 1t has
been resolved to put the measure upon
it's passage Wednesday afternoon. Sec
rotary Hay has been selected to deliver
the Grafton on Mckinley at the congress
sional memorial services.
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On Monday. by a vote of 20 to q. the
Senate ratified the H~ay-Pauncefote isth-
milan canal treaty. Only Senators Ba-
con, Blackburn, Culberson. Mallory. Tel
ton. Bailey paired with Depew and Ell
kins. Rawlins paired with Hanna and
Sewell. Daniel. Jones of Nevada. Pat
tcrson and Quay did not vote. The vote
was reached after almost five hours of
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bate was confined to discussion of the
merits of the agreement and the policy.
of its provisions. The principal speech
was made by Senator Teller in opposition
TO the treaty. Among the other speakers
were Senators Clay. Fairbanks. McCum-
Der. McLanrin of Mississippi, Culberson,
Mallory. Tillman, Bacon and Bate. A.
resolution heretofore offered by Mr.. Vest
of Missouri instructins the committee on
the judiciary to inquire into the subject
of anarchy and to report a constitutional
method by which Congress may lcgislate
for the suppression of anarchism and for
the control of anarchists was adopted by
the Senate. The Senate confirmed the
nomination of Attorney General Knox,
the judiciary committee reporting that
the charges made We're not upheld upon
investigation.
On Tuesday the House decided to vote
upon the bill to provide temporary reve-
nues for the Philippine Islands Wednes-
day at 4 o'clock. The measure was dis
cusscd in committee of the whole Tues
day and was the subject of the first de-
bate of the session. There We're several
lively exchanges. but no display of tenn
per. Mr.. Payne of New York. the tioor
leader of the majority. opened for his
side. and owing to the indisposition Of
Mi. Richardson of Tennessee, the tloor
leader of the minority, who is suffering
from an attack of the grip, the task of
opening for the Democratic side devolved
upon Mr.. Swanson of Virginia. Other
speeches We're made by Mr.. Grosvenor of
Ohio and Mr.. Robertson of Louisiana.
in favor of the bill. and Mcssrs. Thayer
of Massachusetts. Shafroth of Colorado,
DE Armand of Missouri and Patterson
of Tennessee. in opposition. The new
assignment of committees was made in
the Senate. While the Senate was in
executive session Senator Morgan made
AZ effort to have the senate make his
bill authorizing the acquisition of q right
of way for the proposed isthmian canal
across Costa Rica and Nicaragua the
special order for 9 O'Clock Wednesday,
but the Senate declined to make the or
der. Some Senators expressed the opin-
ion that all general legislation should be
postponed until after the holidays owing
to the absence of n number of Senators.
III the regular session no business of i'm
portance was done.
On Wednesday the Philippine tariff bill
was passed by the House by a vote Of
163 to 12S. two Republicans. Littletiell
of Maine and Mccall of Massachusetts,
aligning with the opposition, and three
Democrats. Davey, Broussard and Rob
ertson of Louisiana, voting with the Re-
publican majority. The bill imposes the
Dingley rates on goods entering the
United States from the Philippines and
the rates established by the Philippine
commission on goods entering the Philip
pines from the United States. 1t also
provides for the collection of tonnage
taxes on vessels plying between the Unit
el States and the Philippines. and that
foreign vessels may ply between these
ports until Jan. I. 1905. President Roose-
welt has sent to the Senate the appoint
ments of William Penn Nixon. William
P. Williams and Jonathan Merriam to he
collector of customs, assistant treasurer
and pension agent, respectively. at Chi
cago.
On Thursday Congress adjourned UNI
til after the holidays. Both houses will
meet Jan. 6 with the avowed purpose of
working industriously to close the session
by June I. The isthmian canal bill will
be pushed when Congress returns to
work. Chairman Hepburn of the House
committee on rivers, canals and COM
merce, Thursday reported favorably the
measure authorizing the construction Of
the canal. A long repor. was appended
to the bill stating why it should be pass
ed by Congress. Both the Democratic
and Republican platforms are quoted to
show that the political parties are pledged
to an interoceanic canal, and extracts
from President McKinley's speeches and.
President Roosevelt's message are pre-
sented to emphasize the undesirability Of
further delay. Senator Cullom presented
a petition from the Chicago Federation
of Labor urging the passage of legisla-
ton to limit the powers of federal judges
to issue exparte in%iunctions in labor
troubles. Senator Hoar has introduced a
bill to the effect which is pending before
the committee on Judiciary.
Affairs in Washington.
I. Nomination of John c. Ames for Unit
ed States marshal for the northern dis