Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-03-07
TOPICS OF The DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
F,ETY-SIxTH CONGRESS-.
[Second SESSION.

lOCNOAAN oAO
IN the senate. on the 18th. the army ap-
5ropriation bill being under consideration
when the Philippine amendment was
reached, a Cuban amendment was al5o
offered, and the session was occupleu IN
debate on these propositions, 10 Whlcn
sharp opposition was developed on tES
democratic side. An evening session was
held to allow time TO continue the depa.5.
lin the house the senate amendmens
to the naval appropriation bill sIrikinS
out the provision for two battleshipS tHnu
two cruisers, was agreed to despite We
appeals of the house confereeS, by a ldIsc
majority. Mr.. Tawney asked unanimous
mcnts to the ST: Louis exposition DILL
but Mr.. Shepherd CTex.) objected
In the senate, on the 26th, the army .ap-
preparation bill being uTder con~sideraton
Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) continued hrs Speech,
discussing at length 10th the FnllIPpliS
and Cuban amendments, and, occupyIHS
nearly the entire session. The ameno-
meut laying restrictions upon the stie OF
public lands and the granting of IRAN
In the house, a partial report on the an,
dian appropriation bill Ts agreed 10 anu
the bill was sent back to conference. me
conference report on the naval Dill Was
beaten on account of the item .credlinS
Recruitment. The remainder OF the day
was lost by a heated discussion over the
Withholding of a speech from the pubic
printer by the speaker
In the senate, on the 27th. the confer
ence report on the fortificatiOnS bill was
accepted. At the night session the sen
pdSSCO the d1 dELAS ~ D@S
containing the propositions of the repuo-
lican majority for the temporary govern
ment of the Philippines, and for the w.
ture relations between the United states
and Cuba. Many amendments were offered
to both. propositions. but were voted down.
In the house conference reports on the
fortific2tIonS, District of Columbia ana
military appropriation bills were agreed
to. The naval appropriation bill was sent
back to conference.
In the senate, on the 18th, an immense
amount of business was disposed Of Inc
river and harbOr bill, carrying approprId-
tons exceeding so. Co. OOU, was passed
without discussion. The conference report
on che war revenue reduction Dill was
adopted, and final conference reports were
made and agreed to on the diplomatic and
consular and agricultural appropriation
bills, and another conference ordered on
the post office appropriation bill Con-
ference reports on several other measures
were agreed to. and several minor bills
were paSsed.---1n the house a number OHM
portant conference reports were adopted,
among them that on the war revenue re-
duction bill, was adopted without div1s-
consular and the agricultural appropria-
ton bills were also adopted.
In the senate, on the fSt. the greater part
of the session was devoted to discussion
of the sundry civil appropriation bill. The
bills apprOprIating S500.0TO for the Buffalo
Pan-American exposition; s., O00.O coo for the
St. Louis Louisiana purchase exposition,
and $3.50, 000, for the Charleston Is c. in
t~erstate and West Indies exposition. were
attached to the bill as riders-.....In the
house the senate amendments to the
army appropriation bill were cOncurred in
159 to 13i. The final conference report
upon the Indian appropriation bill was
adopted The conference repor on the
Sunday closing) was agreed to and the
bill was sent back to conference.