The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-09


who were married before the close of
the Rebellion and who are now depend
ent upon their own labor for support.
A bin passed to extend the privileges
of immediate transportation of dutiable
goods to the port of Honolulu.
The speaker laid before the house the
following letter from Acting Secretary
of State Hill:
FROM EDWARD VII.
81 have the honor to inform you of the
receipt of q telegram Yesterday from
the ambassador to Great Britain re-
porting that his .majesty's minister for
foreign affairs laid before the king the
resolution adopted by the house of repre-
5entatives relative to the death of Queen
Victoria and that by the kings COM
mand Lord I4ansdOwne expresses the
royal appreciation of that mark of re-
Bpect and also Of the additional respect
shown by the house to the memory of the
late queen by its immediate adjourn
ment."
A bill was passed to amend the act
creating the Mississippi river commission
so as to require the meetings OF the COM
mission to be held at some city along.
the line of the river. At $40 o. m. the
house adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. SAN Intellectual
secure an agreement upon a time for a
hnal vote upon the shipping bill Wig
orcus protests were made by opponents
or the measure against any such agree
ment, even for a date in the indefinite
future, Mr.. Pritchard Rep. N. c.
spoke today in support of the shipping
bill, and then the naval appropriation bill
was considered the rest of the day, the
shipping bill being laid aside Informally.
The naval bill had not been acted ON
when the senate adjourned.
Soon after the senate convened TODAY
a resolution previously offered bv Mr..
Pettigrew, calling on the secretary of
war for a copy of Gen. MacAIthur's re-
port as to the condition in the Philippines
and for other papers relating TO the Phil
1ppines, was adopted,
CABINET MEETING.
Among the subjects discussed ut todav's
cabinet meeting were the Cuban constt-
tuition and the possible necessity for an
extra session of congress. Attention was
Gained to the paragraph in the president
message TO congress at the beginning of
tne u1ty-slNth congress, in which he said:
The new Cuba yet to rise from the
aSIeS OF the past must needs be hound
70 Us by ties Of singular intimacy and
sfength II its enduring welfare is TO he
ensured Whatever be the outcome ve
q
net name, perfect entity, not hasfv
experiment bearing within itself the Gle,
menus of failure. Our mission is not -
t ne 5ulhIled by turning adrift any LOOSELY
4IdIHCG commonwealth to face tho vicissi-
tuueS winch too ofteG attend weaker
states whose natural wealth and abunGan+
resources are offset by the incongruities
OF their political organization ana {ba -
curing occasions for internal rivalries =,
sap their strength ana dissipate thei1
energies 'i'e1I
,-.= Extra SESSION PROBABLE
1t Is known that these words fairly ex.
press the present views of the president
AM the members of his cabinet as de.
NeIoPSu at today's meeting, out whethe,
lHe constitutional convention will ,,ieu
the matter in the same light is a ne,nlnv'
ing question. Persons in positions r.
DC well Informed as to the president,e
purposes believe that an extra sassio,
VIII De inevitable except congress sbsr
take some action with respect to CHI
niiu us relations to this country Win
'ii"' matter disposed of there is good rea.
~" 10 peleVe that an extra session will
po "Nolued' A strong effort will he mad
80 ---'45 an extra session unnecessary
aiiu "lIl this feeling the president is IL
full accord 10 IL
secretary Long stated at the cabinet
meeting that. he had heard nothing of III.
reported riot between the sailors of tn.
United States naval vessel Lancaster an(
-the populace Of La Guayra. VenZuaIo
and he is disposed to the opinion that i
was nothing more serious than a fist fab
between some intoxicated sailors and tn,
authorizes -O ''''
BY SENATOR SPOONER.
In the senate this afternoon sano+o,
Spooner offered the following amendToa,,,
to the army bill: N'-'-s II
nat all military, civil and judicial now
ers necessary to govern the PhiIipnine
islands, acquired from Spain bv the
treaties concluded at Paris on the 10tl
day Of December 1893, and at WASHING
ton on the 9Th day of November 1870
Shall until otherwise provided bv con
gress be vested in such person and per
sons, and shall be exercised in sue,
manner as the president of the Unite,
States shall direct for the establishment
OF civil government and for maintaintne
and protecting the inhabitants of saiC
islands in the free enjoyment of thei
liberty, property and religion; provided
that all franchises granted under tn,
authority here shall contain a reserva
ton Of the right to alter, amend and re
peal the same.
WAR REVENUE BILL.
The special meeting of the ways ant
means committee today for the purpos'
of acting on the revenue reduction bill
resulted in something Of a surprise by thu
adoption Of a resolution, submitted b!
the minority through Representative,
Richards, of Tennessee, for a disagree
ment 10 the senate This was an amend
fnent to the majority resolution, which
aid not provide for a conference witt
the senate.
The Republican members had been II
conference, but apparently had fixed OIL
no exact programme Mr. GrosvenoT
of Ohio, first moved to report the bill
back to the house with a disagreement