The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-03-07

sition bill, which has been In precar-
ious preliminary state, was finally sent
Ito conference for an adjustment Of
differences. Several bills for statues
were disposed of by preliminary ma
neuyers The revenue cutter bill also
received reverse, the house adjourn
ing when an effort was made to take
1t up. =
I'm the Schate. sst
NJ washington, March 1.-The serenity
in yesterdays session of the senate was
in sharp contrast with the tempestu
Gus nature Of Wednesday, session. Al.
number of bills were passed. The river
and harbor appropriation bill carrying
appropriations of more than $50, 00o 00O'
was passed without a word of discus
sion, and the senate adopted the con-
ference report on the war revenue
reduction measure without disturbing
in the least the miilpond snoothness of
the proceedings. Final conference re-
ports were made and agreed to on the
diplomatic and consular and agricul-sS
]tural appropriation bills and another
conference on the postoffice bill was
ordered. Conference reports on sew
eral other measures We're agreed to-
and several bills of q minor character
were passed. The last hour and
half of the session was devoted to the
consideration of the sundry civil ap- y
preparation bill. s
II In the House. ss ss
# The house cleared the decks yester-
day Of a number of important confer
ence reports without much difficulty.
ienue reduction bill proved generally
acceptable to both sides and was
adopted without division. Mr.. Richard
son, the minority leader, acquiesced fnsg
1t as the best thing that could be done
although he stated that the minority
still believed the war taxes should bess
reduced $70,0oo,0oo. Final reports on
the diplomatic. and consular and agri-
cultural appropriation bills We're ac- Z
cepted. The major part Of the day
was devoted to the bill to promote the.
efficiency of the revenue cutter SER
vice. Although the bill was house
measure, its friends were very per
sistent, and in the face of many diff
sficulties hung on to 1t with bull dog
tenacity and finally forced the bill into
such parliamentary situation that IT
Will be voted upon after five minutes
debate this morning.
Washington, March e. The house
removed all possibility Of an extra
session yesterday by concurring in the
senate amendments to the army APP
preparation bill. The vote stood 159 .
to 1874. 1t was 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.
The bill now goes to the president.
Is The house was brought to a vote by
a special order prepared by the COM
mittee on rules which permitted an
hours debate on a side. The Demo-
Gratis attempted to filibuster but they
were overwhelmed. The debate was
not especially noteworthy. The
Philippine and Cuban amendments
We're 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
philippines, frankly acknowledged
that he had invested money in it. He
said it was a legitimate enterprise
which was not looking for government
favors. The final conference report
upon the Indian appropriation bill was
adopted and 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
| 81 to 1872 The revenue cutter service
bill was e-tracked early in the day
by vote Of the house.
In the Senate.
During the great part of long,
| tiresonae session of the senate yester-
day the sundry civil appropriation bill
| was under consideration. An interest
| ing and at times lively debate was,
| precipitated in the first two hours OF;
| the session ON resolution to dis
charge the committee on interstate,
/ commerce from consideration of the
! bill requiring railway companies to,
make detailed investigations Of all ac-
cidents involving loss of life on their
! lines 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 serni-arid sections of the country
| were brought up, but the effort to at
/ tach an amendment to the measure
/ appropriating money for the wark was
defeated.