The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-03-07
FiFTY-SIxTH CONGRESS.
Many Importans Measures Acted Upon In

sIxrY-FIFrH DAY.

that he would rather leave the chamber a dead
man than to leave it a coward
Tha house agreed to the action of the senate
In striking out of the naval bill authorization
for building two battleships and two cruisers
the creatlon OF a commission 70 ad1uds-ate
sIxTY-sIxTu
The eonfsEenee committees nm rePorts as agreea to.
appointments in the army or navy. 50 that it /
ton of the Class in whioh he was u rem
of sh soH b sendn the r
Ia senasor MorEa n aHia5 taIsed the greater |
part of ANOTHER day in opposition TO the eIaeT,d-
pines and Cuba
r ssPass sEes 9Th ana OK e
The senate confirmed all the naval appoint
ments except that of Admiral sampson. which
which was only quelled by snap adjournment
reporss were rejected in
Sampson schley feSd among them
sIxTY-sEvENTH DAY.
to make no fuPsher erort to seenre action al this
session upon the reciprocity tFessies The ps eon
Th he Philippine and the Cuban amendments to
the army bill were both passed by the senate
| limited almost entirely to senator's Who opposed
f fos a ppno aasg or @ co 5 to .
The to IS ana g b doar m
! O'Clock in the morning, having been in session
t sIxTY-EIGHTH
The nat Posed sns a naTnep @
| We're agreed upon, including the revenue re-
The house military committee promptly
ments to the army bill By special rule the the
bill " as Sent to eonferenoe, -. 80
ton Bill % o na reporss
| matte consular and agricultural appropria-
The house refuses to concur in the 5; senate ate
Charleston exposition bill to the St Louis ex-
sIxrY-NINTH
The senate atS amendments to the aTng appr ,9t,
Cuba concurred in by the house; 159 to I34-
nor s
to dig for which added by the
ttons for St. Louis and Charleston still hung
The senate refused sd to appropriate money for
There was an attempt to put t the apP,TOprtias
Nioaragusn canal as rider on the sundry APP
t would not be becoming to break OF the pend,
two governments were consulting over 1t.
THE LAST DAY.
The senate passed the last Of the big supply
did little more previous to adjournment than te
noon recess. session Was held under satur-
t The. general deficiency bill includes the cos
th IN WITH eope no ep
in to attend the f J Ssre
IS Ua asa
/ | months pay those who were dis
| charged after August IL, 1898; in accordance
| with the of congress heretofore passed.
night session a resolution was Ofere<
| debated which declared that W. A. Clarl
/ | of Montana had not been duly elected to thu
| senate Senator Chandler charged that N$r
= Clark had spent a million dollars in corruptin
| votes before the November election and tina
: | practices. However Mr. Clark-S credential
| we're received and placed file.
The senate passed house bill which confer
full citizenship to every Indian in Indian Terri
| tory.
q The house worked on In the night to dispos
| of the many conference reports which crOwde,
in The galleries were packed and there wa
: | confusion and racket the floor Although
several hard fights occurred most of the dis
e | puteS were annicably settled
a Mr.. Hepburn Goyval attacked the river an
z harbOr conference report He declared that no
/ more than 20 of the 400 items in the bill coul
= ! pass If they stood alone Mr. Reeves (inS
o replied that the senate had rejected only fou
items, after due consideration The conferenc
s report was finally adopted concurring in all tn
n amendments except one of these being upo
the irrigation section.
d amendment the Kiowa-Comanche open
n ing bill as finally agreed upon in conference
" has clause which axes 1t possible that tn
Kiowa-Comanche country will not be opened i
August
Cuba Would be Neutral
= Havana March "A fter (liScusSio