Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-16

CONGRESSIONAL Do1Ncs.
Senate and House Devote Many Hours Each
Day to the Army and Reapportion-
ment Measures.

In the senate on the 7th the debate on
the army bill was continued and Sena-
tor Lodge (Mass.) made a speech in its
favor and depicted a brilliant future for
the commerce of the United States. The
proposition for the establishment of a
veterinary corps in the army was elfmi-
mated from the bill. Senator Harris
(kan.) introduced a bill amending the
civil service laws so that preference will
De given to civil war veterans in ap-
polntments. retention and promotion, pro-
Vided they possess business capacity
necessary for the proper discharge of the
duties of the officers or employments
1.-THE house debated the reapportion-
ment bill. speeches being made by Messrs.
Crumpacker Qndo, Hepburn Ua.) and
Grow Pa). Mr.. Lowering (Mass.) in.
troduced bill to make the currency re.
sponsive to the varying needs of bust
ness and in all sections and Mr.. Kahn
(Cal) bill continuing in force for 20
years after May 5. 1902. all laws pro-
hibiting and regulating the coming of
chinese persons and persons of Chinese
descent into the United States.
During the session of the senate on the
9Th the question of the army canteen
came up in the debate on the army re-
organization bill. the senate committee
having restored the provision for a post
stricken out. 1t was discussed pro and
con for nearly five hours. but was not de-
cided. BY vote of 165 to 102 the house
accepted the reapportionment plan pro-
posed by the Burleigh bill, which in
creases the membership of the house
during the next decade from 357. the
present membership, and the member
ship proposed by the committee in the
Hopkins bill. to 3S6. Under the bill Mis-
souri, gains one representative. Mr.
Overstreet Und) introduced bill ''to
maintain the parity of the money of the
United States The committee on war
claims reported an omnibus bill. en-
bodying the findings of the court Of
claims.
Most of the time in the senate on the
9th was taken up In discussing the SEN
ate committees amendment to the army
bill which provided for the continuance
of the canteen. Finally the question was
disposed Of by the amendment being
laid on the table by vote of "a to 15
The effect of the vote is to restore to
the bill the house provision abolishing
the army canteen so far as the sale of
any kind of intoxicants are concerned.
The house considered the river and har-
Dor bill, but little progress was made on
the measure. The house committee on
banking and currency reported favorably
the Brosius bill to extend the charters of
national banks.
Considerable progress was made by the
senate on the 10th with the army reor-
ganization BILL but the proceedings were
characterized Dy several Sharp colloquieS,
some of which were Of a decided person.
al nature. An appeal was presented by
Senator Teller (Col) from more than 1000
persons in Manila urging the United
States government to cease it's operations
against the Filipinos. The appeal is
sensational in it's statements and so unu-
sual in form that Senator Hawley Conn. }
made a vigorous objection to it's publica-
ton as a document and declared that 1t
was a reasonable denunciation of the
government and an attack upon our SOL
diers. A resolution expressing sorrow at
the death of Congressman Clarke IN. H }
was afterwards passed and the senate
eral debate on the river and harbor bill
continued in the house till four o'clock
p. m, when the death of Representative
Clarke On. H.) was announced and the
house adjourned out Of respect to his
memory.