Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-01-10
CONGRESS-.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Senate-Thc
subsidy bill was today displaced frolfl
it's position as unfinished business
by the army reorganization bill. Dur
ing the discussion of the army meas
ure. the opposition members indicat
ed that their line of attack upon the
bill would be against the creation
of a large, permanent standing ar
my. There was an intimation thai
objection would not he offered t.
a temporary measure to provide III
adequate force to maintain the au
thority of the United States in the
Philippines. Beyond this point, to
days proceedings developed nothing
House-The radical element among
the house republicans who favor cut
ting down the representation from
the southern states in which fran
chise is abridged, suffered defeat TO
day because number of their col
leagues refused to act with them
Olrastead of Pennsylvania offered /;
resolution reciting the alleged
infringement of suffrage in Louisiana
Mississippi, South Carolina, Norti
Carolina and directing the committee
on census to investigate and repor'
the facts to the house in order tina
constitutional basis or representa-
ton could be established for those
states. When it finally came to !;
vote it was defeated, 81 to SO. TIL,
story of the defeat is found in tn,
absentees on both sides who wei,
impaired. Thirty-two republican.
were absent and impaired agains;
the opposition.
Washington, Jan. 4.-Senate-For
five hours today the senate discussed
the army reorganization bill. The
debate took wide range at times
but was confined principally to the
question of tSe necessity for the in
crease in the regular army provided
for in the impending measure. lloar
advanced a proposition 10 create a
commission to be composed of all
shades of political opinion to investi-
gate che entire Philippine question
and. report its findings to congress,
in order that basis might be formed
for intelligent action. The following
resolution from the committee ON
foreign relations was adopted:
That it is the opinion of this body
the time has come when The princi-
pie, twice affirmed in international
treaties for Central Africa, that ma
tive races should be protected
against the destructive traffic in in
toxicants should be extended to all
uncivilized peoples by the enactment
of such laws and the making of such
treaties as will effectually prohibit
the sale by the signatory powers to
aboriginal tribes and uncivilized
- I.
erages."
House--The house had another
spirited struggle over the Olmstead
resolution to investigate the abridge-
ment of the suffrage in certain south
ern states with view to reappor-
tionment upon the actual basis of
suffrage. 1t was finally referred to
the census committee where the OPP
position desired it to go originally.
The reapportionment bill was de-
bated at length.
Washington, Jan. 5.-Senate-While
the senate was in SESSION for more
than three hours today little in the
way of important legislation was ac-
complished. The committee amend
ments to the army reorganization
bill, to which no objection had been
raised, were agreed to, but none of
the contested amendments were con-
sidered. Dilatory tactics were en-
ployed by Mr.. Pettigrew, of South
Dakota. to prevent the consideration
of matters that would advance the
business of the senate.
House-The feature of the debate
upon the reapportionment bill in the
house today was two hour speech
of Mr.. Littlefeld, of Maine, in favor
of the Burleigh bill to increase the
membership of the house to 1856. He
had number of sharp exchanges
with Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois, chair
man of the census committee, in
which he SUSTAINED his reputation
as hard hitter and vigorous debater