The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-03-15
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Washinston, March 2. The house
removed all possibility. Or an extra
session. day by cQnctrring. In the
senate amendments to the army ap-
preparation bill. a The vote stood S159i
,sto 1S4. It was q strict party vote with
the exception Of Mr.. Mccall Of Massa-
chusetts, Mr.. Loud Of California, Mr..
Driscoll Of New York, Mr.. Mann Of
illinois. who voted with the Demo-
Gratis. Mr.. Cooper Of wisconsin an
swered' present and was not paired.
Tile bill now goes to the president.
The house was brought to vote by
special order prepared by the COM
mittee on rules which permitted an
hours debate on side. The Demo-
Gratis attempted to flibuster but they
We're overwhelmed. The debate was
not especially noteworthy. The
Philippine and Cuban !. amendments
were defended by the Republicans and
assailed by the Democrats. The only
exciting incident occurred at the close
of the debate when Mr.. Hull Of Iowa,
whose name had been connected with
a lumber development company in the
( Philippines, frankly acknowledged
that he had invested money in it. He
said 1t was a legitimate enterprise
which was not looking for government
favors. The Anal 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
Sunday closing, was agreed to and the
bill was sent back to- conference. A
motion to- concur In the Charleston
exposition amendment was defeated
. "a to 1872. The revenue cutter service
bill was .side-tracked early in the day
by a vote Of the house. .,.
In the Senate.
During the great part Of long,
tiresome session Of the senate yester-
day the sundry civil appropriation bill
was under consideration. An interest
ing and, at times lively debate was
precipitatedsi in the, first twos hours Of
the session on i a resolution to dis
charge the committee. 81 Interstate
commerce from consideration of the
bill requiring railway companies to
make detailed Investigations Of all ac-
1cfdents. involving loss of life on their
:. HDess and to- report to the interstate
commerce commission. No action was
taken. The old question as to the
reclamation of public lands in the arid
and senli-arid sections of the country
were brought up, but the effort to at
/, tach an amendment to the measure
appgopriating money for the wark was
defeated. ~ .}A-
In the Senate.
Washington, March 1.-The first Sun
day session of the Fifty-sixth congress
was held by the senate yesterday. 1t
will not appear in the congressional
record as a session of Sunday, as the
senate was working under the legisla-
tive day Of Saturday and will con-
tinue so to work until the session shall
be declared adjourned finally at noon
to-day. Yesterdays session began. at
O'clock, the senate having been in re-
cess since 1890 Saturday night. The
galleries were packed with people here
to attend the Inauguration ceremonies,
and by reason of important business
there was a large attendance of sena
tors. After a spirited fight both in
conference and on the floor of the sem
ate, the final conference report on the
naval appropriation bill was agreed to,
the senate receeding from the one con-
tested amendment authorizing the con-
tested amendment authorizing the
construction of three additional Hol-
land submarine torpedo boats. Aeon,
ference report on the general de-
ficiency bill was agreed to without
comment.
During the afternoon and evening
the. senate passed large number of
bills, among them being that to pro-
mote the safety Of railway employees.
Saturday Senator Chandler opened
up his fight against Senator. Clark Of
Montana. He made a long speech in
denunciation of the methods by which
he alleged the Montana senator had
secured his election and asked for an
Investigation. --.-.s.----.-- -.--.-..-
In the House.
The house, which is still in the: legis-;
iative day Of Friday, was in session
from to. 80 O'Clock yesterday after!
noon and last, evening from o'clock it
worked ION into tie night to dispose of
the.@eonferenee reports which crowded
in upon it. : Everybody was at high
tension and it only required "a spark
to create a srene MO sensa tionat iinci-
dent such as usually occurs during the
ClOSlIlS. llouTS, however, occurred I'D TO
iniqnight. THE galleries were packed
TO the doors all day, and evening with
Inauguration. Visitors. The confusion
and din on the floor with the speakers.
gavel going incssssaasnt t9s,preserve a
senblance Of order, must have made
the proceedings unfnft eMgibie to Them
There was a big fight during the af-
ternoon over the senate amendment to
the spndry civil bill, which linked. to-
getherEIhetf ata fdf the st.sI lid, sBufas
10 and Charleston exposition ]f, Spl a,pnyo-.
priations. Mr., Cannon. chairrpa n .of
the appfopm tfenB tcsomniitt S5saed sthei
Aghtra4ainst them and defeated mo-
ton TO confer. IA motion to, appoint a
Special committee oftss1enif members.
nlyisitE .PortnS Rsee. Gqba Il anal tals
phifippipeg and ,Tepert upon The con
'tlatioha fa1sea d FRY ot unnikketiHes 4rI1'
ard swass debafed at, intervals; while
i ssaisEsn9s FsPaEts 6Hs n9t effers i fhs
Data o'clock this morning all thes AMI
preparation bills had been finally act