The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-02-28
WANTS IT REPEALED
Measure to Remove Cause for Tariff
Trouble with Russia.

Washington, Feb. 23-Representa-
tive Mann (lll.) has introduced bill
repeating section five of the tariff act
of 1897, under which the president is
empowered to levy additional duty
foreign governments, equal to the
amount of the bounty paid. 1t is un-
der the operation of section five that
duty was recently imposed on Rus
sian sugar equal to the bounty paid
on this sugar. Mr.. Mann's resolution
was referred to the ways and means
committee.
The Cuban Constitution.
Washington, Feb. 23.-The war de-
partment has not yet heard from Gen.
Wood of the reception by him of the
Cuban constitution, as reported from
Havana. 1t is not expected that he will
send it to Washington Immediately un-
less he can transmit along with it some
resolution by the constitutional con-
vention defining the relations that are
to exist between the United States and
Cuba. The statement is made quite
positively that it would be idle and
purposeless to transmit the constitu-
tion as it stands and without any pro-
vision for the hereafter as between the
two countries. 1t is now manifest that
it would be physical impossibility for
the present congress to act upon the
subject of Cuba.
1t has been decided that Secretary
Roots letter to Gen. Wood outlining
the points of proposition touching
the relation between the United States
and Cuba which he thinks would be ac-
ceptable to this government will not
be given out for publication here. 1t
is said to have been communicated by
Gen. Wood to the members of the COM
mittee appointed by the constitutional
convention to deal with this subject,
but is regarded as confidential at pres
ent.
Agreement Is Possible.
Washington, Feb. 23.-The confer
ence on the war revenue reduction
bill put in good days work, and at
the close of the conference, while un-
willing to make any statement, let
the fact be known that the danger
of the failure of the bill had gone
by, and that an agreement was being
brought about slowly.
Senate.
Washington, Feb. 23.-Two of the
great supply bills of the government.
the post Office and the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bills, were
passed by the senate Friday. During
the greater part of the session a
proposition to discontinue the APP
preparations for fast mail facilities
from New York to New Orleans via
Atlanta, and from Kansas City, Mo-,
to Newton, Kan, was under discus
sion. While the debate was pro-
tacted, it was not particularly lively.
By decisive vote the senate con-
tinued the appropriations. An effort
was made to obtain an appropriation
to continue the pneumatic tube serv-
ice in New York, Boston and Phila-
delphia, but it failed. An amendment
was agreed to authorizing the post
master general to investigate the
question of establishing a postal tele-
graph system, and to report his fnd-
ings to the next congress. The diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
was passed in record time, only 40
minutes being consumed in it's con-
the conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was rejected and
sent back to conference. Early in
the day Washington's farewell adj
dress, in accordance with custom
of the senate on Washington's birth
day, was read, the reader being SEN
ator Bacon, of Georgia.
House.
Washington, Feb. 23.-The house de-
voted Friday to odds and ends of leg
islation. With the approach of the
end of the session members with small
bills OF various kinds have been be-
sieging Speaker Henderson for recog-
milton. For the last ten days the pres
sure has grown steadily greater. FRI
day under an arrangement entered into
Thursday a large number of these
smaller bills in which members are
individually interested were passed.
An hour was devoted to unanimous con-
sent legislation and two hours and a
half each to the passage of private
claims bills and private pension bills.
Nine bills were passed by unanimous
consent and 30 claims bills and 1879 PEN
sion bills were passed. Among the lat
ter was the senate bill to pension the
widow of the late Gen. Henry w. Law
ton. who was killed in the Philippines.
As the bill passed the senate it carried