Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-05
House Passes the Army Bill with
! Cuban and Philippine Amend
ments.
CONGRESS BUSY IN The CLOSING HOURS
Measures Will lie Easily Disposed
Of-Dendlocks Over Some Bills
VIII BE broken Proceedings of
House ana senate.

sion Friday by concurring in he SEN
ate amendments to the army appropri-
alton bill. The vote stood l59 TO 1874.
1t was Il strict party vote, with the eN-
ception of Mr.. Mccall (Mass). Mr..
Loud (Cal). Mr. Driscoll (N. W. Mr.
Mann Qll), who voted with the demo-
Gratis. Mr.. Cooper (Wis.) answered
present and was not paired. The bill
now goes 10 the president.
VIII Dispose of All Bills.
Washington. March 1.-The house ex-
perts on appropriation bills regarded
the situation us decidedly easy Satur-
day and it is said there would be time
to spare on the various big measures.
With the Indian, army and agricultur-
al bills sent to the president, the only
ones remaining to give any uneasiness
are the river and harbor. naval, post
office and the sundry civil. The
river and harbor conferees are meet
ing informally and are well along on
,heir work, although the conferees are
still deadlocked on the three submarine
boats and some other items, but the
subjects are too small to endangera bill
of this Importance. The post office
conferees have had trouble. The SEN
ators declined to confer with two out
of the three house conferees and the
session ended abruptly But the points
of difference on this bill also are too
small 10 endanger the bill, the chief
open questions being as to inquiries on
n government telegraph and telephone
system and on free delivery for small
cities. The sundry civil conference is
dealing with some important differ
ences, including the expositions at ST.
Louis, Charleston and Buffalo, and the
memorial bridge over the Potomac
river, but no fears are entertained of
protracted differences.
Hilis Passed by Consent.
s Washington, March 4.-The house re-
convened at nine o'clock SATURDAY.
morning after the recess taken Friday
night, 1t had been agreed that the two
hours from nine to eleven should be de-
voted tounanimous consent legislation.
Owing TO the unusually early hour of
meetingthe hall was almost empty
when the speaker dropped the gavel,
but the fact that members were to have
an opportunity to pass bills by consent
was great inducement and within a
few minutes they began arriving. each
with bill in his hand After bills had
been passed to amend the Chinese ex-
clusion act; TO authorize the striking
OF medals for the Spanish war heroes:
TO authorize the deposit of moneys col.
lected from customs in authorized gov
eminent Repositories and to -an.h1.ni.A
the appointment of Thomas Lutz
Stitts as an officer IN the navy, Mr.
Bailey (Tex.) objected to action upon
all bills by unanimous consent.
Bailey Blocks Legislation.
He was appealed to on all sides not
to block proceedings, but he refused
to yield. The speaker had refused
him recognition and he was obdurate.
The speaker then recognized Mr..
Sperry Comm to move the passage
under suspension Of the rules of the
senate bill to prohibit the sale of
firearms, opium and Intoxicating liq-
uors in certain islands of the Pacific.
Mr.. Bailey demanded second and
then brought matters to complete
standstill by making the point of no
quorum. A call of the house was or
dered and the sergeantat-arms was
instructed to bring in absentees.
1t was 1920 before enough mem
bers were brought in to make up
the quorum. Mr.. Sperry then pro-
ceeded to explain that the bill was
designed to prevent the sale by
Americans of firearms and intoxi-
cants to the aborigines Of the New
Hebrides.
Want Philippines Included.
Mr. Bailey declared that the men
behind the pending bill were not en-
tirely sincere in trying to protect saw
ages from the banefui influences of in.
toxicating liquors. Why were not the
Philippines and the Hawaiian islands
included? He understood that since
the American regime began there over
1000 saloons had sprung up in Manila
In Hawaii, where saloons were IN
known until we "benevolently assim
Hated" them, there We're now over 40t
saloons Mr.. Bailey commended that of
tenders under the bill could not b.
punished They could not be tried il
any federal court in America in spit,
of the fiction in the bin that such of
fense should be considered 10 hav
been committed on the high seas.
MIR. Gillett (Mass.), in reply to MI
Bailey's suggestion regarding the lega
phase of the bill said that the "iict ion
was copied from law applying TO tn
Guano islands, which had been sus
sained by the supreme court.
Bill Defeated.
The bill was defeated, III to Z!
two-thirds not having voted in III
affirmative II was 1910 when til
roll call was completed and the r.
suit was announced AS the reglllf
hour for meeting On o'clock) had a
ready passed the house could not a
iourn. so the legislative day of Fl
day continued. AS the house will M
adjourn again until tbs sine die a
iournment at noon on Monday, thel
Nii. be no Saturday in the house pr
ceedings.
Mr.. Mercer (Seb), chairman of tn
committee on public buildings an
grounds, was recognized and move
the passage under suspension of Tia
rules of the omnibus public buildin
bill. 1t was passed,
Senator's Are WEARY.
Washington, March At was
weary senate thai convened at