Warren sheaf., 1901-01-10
House to Dispose Of Reapportion-
81 ment Bill Before End Of.
Tuesdays Session.
.nEBA7E 10 CLOSE At 8 O'CLOCK.
Senate Again Postpones Considera-
tion Of Bacon and Pettigrew Reso-
lutions Relating to the President t's
Refusal to submit Certain Papers
for Confederation by Congress.

derson was again detained at his home
by illness and Mr.. Dalzel (Pa.) presided
over the house. Before the debate on
the reapportionment bill was resumed
it was agreed that the general de-
bate upon the reapportionment bill
should close Tuesday at three
O'Clock and that the final vote should
be taken before the adjournment Tues
day.
Mr.. Kitchen IN. CO., the first speaker
Monday, supported the Hopkins bill,
but he said he would vote against the
amendment requiring the congress
sional districts in the several states
to be contiguous and compact"
He said he did not belive con-
gress had the power to designate the
manner in which the states should
make up congressional districts. Mr..
Kitchen then replied at some length
to the speech made by Mr.. Linney (N.
C.) last Saturday attacking the south
ern democrats for disfranchising the
negro. @S
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Washington, Jan. S.-The resolu-
tions of Senator Bacon and Senator
Pettigrew relating to the declination
of the executive to send to the senate
the report of A. L. Lawshe as to postal
frauds in Cuba went over. Considera-
tion of the army reorganization bill
was then resumed. .@:.r "as
At the opening Of Mondays session
of the senate, Senator Pettus (Ala.)
presented the credentials of his col
league, Hon. j. T. Morgan, elected a
senator from that state for the fifth
time. His new term of six years will
begin on March 4, 1901. His creden-
tials were fled. fs:=;y5#ees. II
A bill was reported from the judi
ciary committee amending an act to
create the southern division Of the
southern district of Iowa, changing
the time for the holding of court from
the first Monday in May and fourth
Monday in September to the fourth
Tuesday in March and the third Tues
day in October. It was passed.
A joint resolution was reported
from the District of Columbia COM
mittee authorizing the secretary of
war to grant permits to the commit
tee on the inaugurationof of the presi-
dent for the use of public reservations
in Washington and to loan flags for
decoration purposes. The resolution
was adopted.
Would Stop Hanging.
Washington. Jan. s.-To the pending
army reorganization bill, Senator Vest
Mo) Monday offered the following
mendment: i .l.@& IA, E p
"The officers in charge of the West
Point military academy shall make and
enforce such rules and regulations as
will prevent the practice of haZing; and
any cadet found guilty of participat-
ing in such practice shall be expelled
from the academy and shall not be re-
to the corps of cadets therein"
Part Four Presented.
Washington. Jan. s.-senator Nor,
gan Monday presented part four of the
of the senate committee on the
project of an isthmian waterway. 1t is
chiefly interesting in being reafirma-
tion that the house bill now pending
in the senate for the construction of
the Nicaragua canal furnishes the
true, safe and honorable method of
dealing with the rights, power and du-
ties with an isthmian canal"
*..t Asks $1,OOO.OOO.
Washington, Jan. S.-Secretary
Gage has sent to the house an estimate
of appropriations aggregating $1,ooo,-
900 for the continuation of the work on
the United States post office and court
house building at Chicago, for the fs--
cal year 1902. ss i. .h.r Nj IN
24 Test Of Submarine Boats.
Cherbourg, Jan. S.-Important trials
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