The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-02-07

Washington, Jan. 30.-Senate-Sen-
ator Frye gave notice in the senate
that he intended to keep the shipping
bill to the front, even against appro-
priation bills, not yielding to them
without vote of the senate. 1t in
dicated q disposition on the part OF
the senate leaders to force to an ear
| ly issue the question whether the
shipping bill is going to pass at this
session. Senator Turner (Wash.)
spoke Tuesday in severe arraignment
of The bill. The Indian appropriation
bill was passed early in the day.
House-The house spent Tuesday
| upon the agricultural appropriation
bill. 1t was used as vehicle for the
introduction of several general
| speeches.
Washington, Jan. 31.-Senate-The
| shipping bill was kept to the front
lin the senate Wednesday. No appre-
ciabie progress was made, most of
the time being occupied in speeches.
House--The anti-polygamy crusade
which resulted in driving Mr.. Rob-
erts. Utah's representative, from his
| seat at the last session had an echo
in the house Wednesday during the
consideration of the agricultural ap-
propriation dill. When the section
| making appropriations for agricul-
tural colleges of the several states
was reached Mr.. Lands Qnd.) Of
fered an amendment providing that
no money should be paid to the col
lege in Utah until the secretary of
agriculture was satisfied that no
trustee or teacher in the institution
practiced polygamy. Mr.. King, who
succeeded Mr.. Roberts. tried in vain
to head it off with n point of order
and then inveighed against it as SIM
ply an aftermath of the Roberts cru
sade. He insisted that polygamy was
thing of the past. The bill was
passed.
Washington. Feb. 1.A-Senate-Aft-
er an eventf,il Legislative experience
beginning with the present session
of congress and covering about two
months, tha bill for the .reorganiza-
tiop of the United States army Thurs
day passed it's last stage in congress
and now goes to he president for
his signature. The final step was
taken in the senate where, by vote
of 33 to 25. the conference report on
the bill was agreed to. The house
of Representatives already had agreed
to the report. An opposition devel-
oped on lie rep1i icul side of the re-
port based Oh tn .,icged freedom
which ;hr conferr, nave taken in in
Producing new provisions. On the
final vote several !, pTDiitan senators
voted with the democrats against the
report.
House.-1hc house Thursday passed
the fortifications appropriation bill
and made fair progress with the post
office appropriation bill. Many
amendments were offered to the post
Office appropriation bill in the in
terest of various CLAIMS of post of
flee employees, but they all went
down before points of order raised by
Mr.. Loud, the chairman of the post
Office committee, who was in charge
of the bill.
Washington, Feb. 2.-Senate-The
shipping bill was kept steadily at the
front in the senate Friday, and, in
order to further expedite it's prog
ress, motion was agreed to for
session beginning at II a. m. Satur-
day. Senators Rawlins (Utah) and
Berry (Ark.) occupied most of the
tine Friday in speeches of vigorous
opposition. Toward the close of the
day a spirited discussion was precipi-
tated by an amendment offered by
Mr.. Clay (Ga.). proposing to link the
Nicaragua canal bill with the ship
ping bill. Early in the session the
senate agreed to the house amend
ments to the resolution providing for
the count of the electoral vote.
House--The house Friday passed
an omnibus bill carrying 1911 claims
for stores and supplies taken by the
IL
claims were passed on by the court
of claims and aggregated $344,4sO.
Practically all the benficiaries reside
in the south. The bill to amend the
Chinese exclusion act, with view to
preventing the fraudulent entry of
Chinese into the United States, was
also passed.
Washington, Feb. 4.-Senate-At II
o'clock Saturday. and, with the ex-
ception of an hour and a half at the
beginning of the session, devoted the
entire day to the discussion of the
ship subsidy bill. The situation in
the senate was not changed by any
Developments Saturday The repub-
licans intend to continue pressing the
shipping bill and the leaders say next
week will develop whether or not the
opposition intend to talk the meas
| ure to death.
Heuse.-The house spent the day
until o'clock in the consideration of
the post Office appropriation bill.
The struggle over the questions of
restoring the appropriation for
pneumatic tube service and of the re-
duction of railway mail pay were pre-
cipitated by amendments offered,
but no action was taken. At 8
o'clock public business was suspend
ed to permit the members to pay
| tribute to the late Senator Davis. Of