The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-03-08
FIFTY-sIXTH CONGRESS.
Second Session.

! restrictions upon the rate of public
1 lands and the granting of franchises
/ and concessions IN the Philippines.
/ Ia was accepted 10y the committee IN
/ charge OF the measure. and Is now
/ a part Of the committee amendment.
4 During the afternoon Mr.. Allen ST.
/ NerclN arraipued Rr. Adm. Sampson
I Tor some endorsements hc is alleged
/ to have made upon the application
! Of Chief Gunner Charles Morgan, OF
the navy. for promotion To the grade
Of commissioned officer. Mr.. Aliens
/ dcnuncIation of Adm. Sampson was
sensational In his speech he char
acterilcd The admiral as "snob"
ami "a "cunceitcd ass and said. IF
! am rightly informed there was
time when Sampson was no better
than Charles Morgan, The gunner"
Washington. Feb. 2S.- Senate
| Wednesday the senate passed the
] Spooncr amcpdmcntsto the army re-
organization bill. IL is in regard 10
the government of the Philippine
/ islands. The senate passed the army
/ appropriation bin az l2:45 O'Clock
! thursday morning. containing the
propositions of the republican ma
/ JoritN for the temporary government
7 OF he Philippines and the future re-
! latiOnS between the United States
and Cuba. Many amendments were
! offered 10 both propositions. but were
voted down. The original Spooncr
amendment WIS amended regarding
franchises as proposed hy Mr.. loar,
the latter propositions having been
accepted hy the ma iority.
HOuSc.-Ihe house had "a busy dav
8
ence reports on the fertilization. Dis
trict of Columbia and the military
| academy bills. the laSt-namcd con
tanning the anti-hazin" legislation.
The naval appropria ton bill was sent
back 20 conference after The defeat
OF a motion 10 concur in the senate'S
provision for three more submarine
torpedo boats.
Washington. March Scnate.-An
immense amount of business was dis
posed of and not a single point raised
| was sharply controYcrtcd. The river
and harbor bill. carrying appropria-
tons of more than $4,000. 900. was
passed. and the senate adopted the
| conference report on The war revenue
reduction measure. rinal conference
reports were made ami agreed TO on
| the diplomatic and consular and the
| agricultural appropriation bills. and
another conference on the post Office
bill was ordered. Conference reports
on several other measures were
| agreed go, aud several bills of a minor
character were passed.
HouSe.-Ihc house cleared the
decks Thursday OF number Of i'm
pOrtant conference reports without
much difficulty. The conference re-
port on the war revenue reduction
| bills proved generally acceptable to
both sides and was adopted without
division. Final reports on the diplo-
matte and consular and agricultural
appropriation bills were adopted. The
major part of the day was devoted to
the bin 10 promote the efficiency of
the revenue cutter service.
Washington. March 2.-Senate-
During The greater p,rt OF long,
tireSoine session of the senate. Friday.
the sundry civil appropriation bill was
under consideration. \ night session
was held and al l:1j saturday morn
ing the measure was passed. The bills
apprO pridting 100000 for the Buffalo
Pan-American exposition. Sj.O0O.0OO
for the -. Louis Louisiana Purchase
exposition and S2jOOOO for the
Charleston Interstate and West In
Clan exposition was attached TO the
bill as riders.
House. The house removed all pos
siDility Of an extra session by concur
ring in the senate amendments TO the
army appropriation bill. The vote
stood - 80 I34. 1t was Il strict party
vote, with the exception of Mr.. Me
cali (MaSS). Mr.. Loud (COl). Mr.
Driscoll u. ". Mr.. Mana QllD. who
voted with the democrats. Mr.. Cooper
| NiS.D answered present and was not
pared. The bill goes To the president.
The final conference report upon the
Indian appropriation bill was adopted
| and a number of minor bills were
put through the final stages. The
conference report on the st. Louis
exposition bill (Which agreed To sun
day clOSing) was agreed 10 and the
bill WAS sent back 10 conference. \
motion 10 concur i'm the Charleston
exposition amendment was defeated
81 10 -.
Washington. March i.-Both houses
| of congress WAS in session SUNDAY
and Sunday night. ~ o'clock Mon.
day morni" all The appropriation bill:
had been finally acted upon by the
house and senate except the sundr,
civil and river and harbor bills. The
motion of Mr.. Allison to recess OF
the exposition amendment was agreed
! TO without division. On YEA and nav
| vote Mr.. Vests motion prevailed. -
to ID. which passed the st. Louis eN-
position bill appropriating $1,000. 900
| The bill now goes to the president
| The house met at ) o'clock. Mr.. Can.
non Ull) presented the final con
| ference report on the Sundry civil
| bill and II was agreed to. This passed
the hill and il goes to the president
The volume of work Gone bv the con.
| greSS uSt closing was shown Sunda,
In supplement To the house caIen.
dar. The congress was i'm session
-, days. which - less than anv con.
| 2ress for wears. Thc following is civ.
| en- of bills. acts. etc: Number OF
bills. l4,j36: number Of reports. 5000:
public acts. 34j; private acts. 1850:
total acts. l.j95: number of join. res
Olutiuns. 39j.
Adm. Dewey Improving.
| WASH 1Gt ION. March l-I.ieut
Crawford. secretary to Adm Dewey
stated Thursday morning that the
admiral Was steadily Improving from
his attack of grip. and hoped To be
| able 20 participate i'm the inaugural