Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-03-02
AN EXTRA SESSION Of
CONGRESS NOW UNLIKELY.
THE HOUSE CONCURS IN THE
AMENDMENTS TO THE ARMY
APPROPRIATION BILL.
THE PHILIPPINE AMENDMENT
AND THE CUBAN RELATIONS AMEND
MENT STIRRED UP MUCH
DISCUSSION.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The House
removed all possibility of an extra ses-
sion to-day by %concurring in the Sem
ate amendments to the army appropri-
alton bill. The vote stood 1913. 1t
was a strict party vote with the excep-
tion of Mr.. McCali, of Massachusetts,;
Mr.. Loud, California; Mr.. Driscoll, New
York; Mr.. Mann, Illinois, who voted
with the Democrats.
Mr.. Cooper, of Wisconsin, answered
present and was not paired. The bill
now goes to the President. The House
was brought to a vote by a special or
der prepared by the committee on
rules which permitted an hours debate
on a side. The Democrats attempted
to f1ibuster, but they were overwhelm-
ed. The debate was not especially
noteworthy. The Philippine and Gu
ban amendments were defended by the
Republicans and assailed by the Demo-
Gratis. The only exciting incident oc-
CURED at the close of the debate, when
Mr.. Hull, of Iowa, whose name had
been connected with a lumber and de-
veiopment company in the Philippines,
frankly acknowledged that he had in
vested money in it. He said it was a
legitimate enterprise which was not
looking for government favors. Suisse
quently, when he stated that the com
pany would not have invested money
If Bryan had been elected, the Demo-
Gratis jeered and Kissed, and shouted
elected the Philippines would not have
been exploited. Mr.. Lentz, of OHIO,
challenged Mr.. Hull's rign. to vote, but
Mr.. Hull voted aye. The final confer
enc report upon the Indian %appropria-
ton 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 Sunday closing, was agreed to, and
the bill was sent back to conference.
A motion to concur in the Charleston
exposition amendment was defeated Sd
-132. The revenue cutter service bill
was side-tracked early in the day by a
vote of the House.
During the greater part of a long. tire
some session of the Senate to-day, the
sundry civil appropriation Dill was under
consideration. An interesting and at times
lively debate was precipitated in the first
two hours of the session on a resolution
20 discharge the committee or Interstate
commerce from consideration of the bill
requiring railroad companies to make de-
tailed Investigations of all accidents in
port to the interstate commerce COM
mission. No action was taken. The old
question as to the reclamation of public
lands in the arid and semi-arid sections
of the country was brought up, the effort
to attach an amendment to the measure
appropriating money for the work was
defeated. The bills appropriating $500, 900
for the Buffalo ~Pan-American exposition,
5000, 900 for the st. Louis Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition and S25O.OO0 for the
Charleston, S. c., Interstate and West
Indian exposition, were attached to the
bill as riders.
All of the public galleries of the Senate
were thronged with spectators when the
body r~e-convened at $40 p. m. Hundreds
Of strangers in the city to attend the in
iuguration ceremonies, were among the
spectators.