Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-02-14
THE work OF CONGRESS.
Condensed Proceedings from, Dsv Tn Day
s.s the Glazing Session of she Fifty
Sixth National Legislative Body.

Sixth National Legislative Body.
Two important measures were disposed
Of by the senate on the 9Th, the military
academy appropriation bill and the war
revenue reduction measure. An amend
ment substituting an income tax for the
war revenue measure, offered by Senator
Morgan (Ala-), was rejected by a party
vote, II to IS. At the night session Sen
ator Frye (de.) called up the ship sub
sidy bill. Senator Jones (Ark) entered
a passionate protest against the con-
sderation of the pending bill at night
sessions and asserted that the bill was
the most detestable measure presented
to the senate for yearS....Debate on the
post Office appropriation bill took no the
time of the house. About two hours were
occupied by Chairman Loud, of the post
office committee, who was a member of
the postal commission, in the discussion
of the subjects investigated by it. The
remainder of the time was occupied in
debate upon the three subjects pneu-
matte tube service, special mail facili-
ties and railway mail pay. The senate
amendments to the District of Columbia
appropriation bill were sent to conference
The senate had both day and night ses-
s1ons on the 18th. At the day session the
pension appropriation bill, appropriat ting
$1440 200, 600, was passed after a few min
uteS' consideration. The ship subsidy
bill was then taken up and Senator's
McLaurin g. c. and Morgan (Ala.) both
democrats, made speeches upon it Sem
ator McLaurin announced his intention
to support the bill and Senator Morgan
opposed it in vigorous language. The
senate passed the bill for the payment
OF travel allowances on discharge from
the volunteer army to certain officers and
enlisted men who entered the service of
the United States in the Philippines and
also bill putting in force in Indian ter
r1tory the laws of Arkansas relating to
corporations. The post office appropria-
ton bill was passed by the house. The
speaker laid before the house certified
copies of the electoral vote in several
states, excepting those of Colorado and
Tennessee. The vote will be counted at
a joint session of the house and senate
February Is. The senate bill to allow
travel pay to certain officers and mon
who re-enlisted in the Philippines upon
their discharge from the volunteer sarv-
ice was passed. The military academv
bill and the bill for the adjudication of
the Spanish war claims We're sent to con-
ference The house then took up the dip
lomatic and consular appropriation bill
An Intellectual effort was made in the
senate on the 8th to secure an agreement
upon a time for a final vote upon the
shipping bill. Senator Pritchard On. CO
spoke in support of the bill and at the
conclusion of his speech the bill was laid
aside temporarily in order that the naval
appropriation bill might be considered
The day was devoted to private pension
legislation by the house, 1874 bills being
passed. A general pension bill was passed
to restore to the pension rolls widows of
quently married and became widowed or
divorced. A bill passed to amend the
act creating the Mississippi river COM
mission so as to require the meetings
of the commission to be held at some ..itv
along the line of the river. Mr. Lew
On. V introduced a resolution authoriz-
ing the president to appoint a commits
sion to ascertain the actual amount of
money expended by the United States
in the prosecution of the war with Spain
to secure the freedom and independence,
of Cuba, including probable pension pay
ments, and that Cuba be required to
bear its fair proportion of this sum-
The passage of a pension bill in the
senate on the 9th granting a pension of
$50 month to Stacy H. Cogswel1 induced
Senator Tillman IS. c. to make some
taking action on bill providing a pen
sion for a Mexican war veteran who
had resided in South Carolina during
the civil war and naturally had been in
sympathy with the confederacy The
bill had been passed by the senate, but
the house invalid pension committee was
delaying final action upon it. Senator
Tillman urged. ''Is the war over or is it
not?'' demanded Senator TiIlman, with
Vehemence. LET us find out whether it
is or not. swear by the Almighty God
that [ will not let another pension biff
pass this senate until this old man gets
JUSTICE. In the house Mr. Brown 10Y
made sensational speech urging that
congress should now give definite assur-
ance TO the F1I1p1nOS as to the purposes
OF this government and advocated the
speedy adoption of a resolution declar-
ing the purpose of the United States in
retaining possession of the Philippine is
lands is to aid their inhabitants in estab-
fishing a capable and stable free govern
ment when our sovereignty in those is
lands Will be rc1inquished
Shortly after the senate convened on
the 18th the naval appropriation bill was
passed. The shipping bill was then taken
up and kept before the senate during the
remainder of the legislative day Sena-
tor Caffery Oa.) occupied the floor
throughout the session. He declared that
the bill was "a bald, bold grant of the
peoples money to fill the pockets of ship
builders and shipowners'' debate
over the constitutional limitations on the
power of the senate over revenue Iegisla-
ton was precipitated In the house when
Mr.. Payne, the chairman of the ways
and means committee, brought in the
resolution of the committee to disagree
to the substitute proposed by the senate
as an amendment to the war revenue re-
duction act and to ask for a conference
with the senate Later in the day, during
the consideration of the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill an inpas-
stoned pro-Boer speech by Mr. Sulzer IN.
V drew from Mr.. Mahon Pa) a recital
of the raising of fund of about 81 POO
for the benefit of the widows of Boer SOL
presided. He declared that after the ''ter-
rapin and cold bottles got in their work.
only SIS was left for the Boer widows.