The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-09
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
PASSES LONG LIST OF PRI-
-VATE PENSION BILLS
SENATE TALKED ON SUBSIDIES
TRIED TO FIX A FINAL DATF
FOR A VOTE, BUT
FAILED
EXTRA SESSION Is PROBABLE
Considered Certain That President
Mckinley Will Call One Unless
Congress Acts on the
Cuban Question.

WASHINGTON, Feb S.-This was
probably the last day to be devoted to
private pension legislation by the house
of representatives in this congress. High
water mark, made in the fifty-first con-
gress, was almost reached today, when
1S4 bills were passed against 1877 passed
at a single session in the former con-
gress. In all the house at this congress
has passed about 800 bills a number con-
siderably exceeded in the fifty-tirst. A
general pension bill was passed to restore
to the pension rolls widows Of soldiers
of the Rebellion who subsequently mar
ried and become widowed or divorced.
BY terms of the bill, however, its bene-
fits are limited to widows of soldiers
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.
'I have the honor to inform YOU of the
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-
Victoria and that by the kings COM
mand Lord Iansdowne expresses the
royal appreciation of that mark of re-
Bpeet and also Of the additional respect
shown by the house to the memory of the
late queen by its immediate adjourn
mept."
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 p. m. the
house adjourned.
IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. San Intellectual
effort was made in the senate todav TO
secure an agreement upon a time for a
hnal vote upon the shipping bill. Vig-
orous protests were made by opponents
of the measure against any such agree
ment, even for a date in the indefinite
future Mr. Pritchard (Rep., N. C1
spoke today in support of the shiopine,
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 by Mr..
Pettgrew, calling on the secretary of
war for a copy of Gen. MacArthur's re-
port as to the condition in tne PHILIPPINES
and for other papers relating TO the Phil
1ppines, was adopted
CABINET MEETING.
Among the subjects discussed ut today's
CABINET meeting were the Cuban consti-
tuuon and the possible necessity for an
extra session Of congress- Attention was
ca4Ied to the paragraph in the PRESIDENT s
message to congress at the BEGINNING of
the hfty-siXth congress, in which he said:
The new Cuba yet to rise from the
a9i'eS OF the past must needs be bound
70 Us py lies OF singular intimacy and
suensth II its enduring welfare is to he
eSsured. Whatever be the outcome. we
must see to 1t that free Cuba be q realitv-
net name, a perfect entity, NOT a hasfv
experiment bearing within itself fha Gle,
menus OF failure. Our mission is not r.
ne Lulnlled by turning adrift any loosely
4mtiS G1tnIaonwealth to face tho vicissf-
nuues ts winch too ofteE attend weaker
states whose natural wealth and abundan NJ
resources are offset by the incongruitiec
Ca,rrI cr IIelr poLtlcaI organization and the re.
CURING occasions for internal rivalries II
sap their strength and dissipate thei,
energies. 'i'el
4-.= f1AIRA SESSION PROBABLE.
1t Is known that these words fairly ex
press the present views of the rresiden-
aho the member of his cabinet as de-
Nelopeu al todays meeting, but whethe,
the constitutional convention will vieu
the matter in the same light is q nernIov
ing question. Persons in positionc :,
pe Wei informed as to the oresidant,.
purposes believe that an extra sasvio,
vi pe inevitable except congress sh
t'Ne some action with respect to C,1he
aiiu ps relations to this country. viii
~ '--''' al'er disposed of there is good rea
20" 70 peHeVe that an extra session will
pe avoided. A strong effort will he v,aa,
10 render an extra session nnnaoas-.uI' a-.s,u'
and with this feeling the president is :,
full accord ls II
secretary Long stated at the cabine
meeting that he had heard nothing of +b,
reported riot between the sailors of ~,
United States naval vessel Lancaster an,
Inc populace of La Guayra, Venzuelo
ana he is disposed to the opinion that i
was hounlng more serious than fist fab
between some intoxicated sailors and tn
authorities. '--
BY SENATOR SPOONER.
In the senate this afternoon Senate
epooner offered the following amendpoe,
10 the army bill:
nat all military, civil and judicial now
ers necessary to govern the Philippin
islands, acquired from Spain hr, ~,
treaties concluded at Paris On tbe M, ,
day of December, 1S93 and at Washinp
ton on the 9Th day of November 199G
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 maintainin,
and protecting the inhabitants of sal
islands in the free enjoyment of thei
liberty, property and religion; provide
that all franchises granted under tn
authority here shall contain reserva
tion, Of the right to alter, amend and re
peal the same.
WAR REVENUE BILL.
The special meeting of the ways an
means committee today for the purpos
of acting on the revenue reduction bi
resulted in something Of a surprise by tn
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, whic
Did not provide for a conference wit
the senate.
The Republican members had been 1
conference, but apparently had fixed o
no exact programme. Mr. Grosvenol
of Ohio, first moved to report the. bi
back to the house with disagreement