Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-02-21
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
EErY.stxTH CONGRESS-.
second SESSION.

l0SSOAo
In the senate. or the 11th. The naval ap-
oropriation bill was passed early IN tile
ression- The shipping bill was men 4be
I'D and kept before the senate during the
remainder of the legislative day..:.,in
the house, Mr.. Payne, chairman OF the
the resolution of committee to DISAGREE
with the substitute proposes oy lne ser
ate as an amendment &c the war IsHeannoee
reduction bill. and asked for a conferences
with the senate. This precipitateo a nVeIy
debate on he constitutional limitations OF
the power of the senate over reVSnuS
legislation initiated by the house which
consumed most of the days session.
In the senate. On the 18th, the entire SEES
sion was devoted to consideratloh 81 1 rns
agricultural appropriation bill, whlch was
little moro than hale completed, purias
the debate the administration or the ne-
concentrations from, both sides of the
chamber......In the house the anony-
NOUS letter rejecting upon MI Perry .
SuIzar' was e~xpunged from the record.
The house then PASSED the army aPpro-
~priation bill and entered upon conslderao
big appropriation bills
In the senate. or the 18th, the greater
part of the day was passed, IN eNecu'tEe
session. in counting the electoral votes Ior
president ana vicr-preSident or the Onil-
! ed States. Late in the afternoon the
doors We're orcned and conslderauon ~
! the agricultural appropriation Dill WEE
resumed. Al a night session the D1strict
! of Columbia code bill was read..,.ith ne
house, excepting an hour and a nan cor
sumed in II the electoral vote nhu
FORMULATING the result of the presld2n,
tial election. the entire day was deNoSTSH
to the sundTy civil approprlatloh nm
/ General debate 1Ipon the measure va
completed. hut little progress was maut
with the bill
IN the senate, on the 18th, practically
the entire day was devoted to turtnel
consideration Of the agricultural appro
priation bill. Messrs. Hale CMe.) ant
lodge (ATass.O Iaade speeches OF WarIlIs
against the enormous appropriations DA
the present congress. a brief night SSS
District of Columbia code bll--:-;m VI
house. the sundry civil approprlatlon Oh
being under consideration a lively depat,
on party lines ensued in connection VII
the sale of the old New YORK custom
house to the National City bank IN
motion giving rise to the debate was de
featad by n strict party vote. Forty-tnrs
of the 13I pages of the bill were com
pleted.
In the senate, on the 18th, the agrlcul
turaI appropriation Till was passed alte
h aving ben under discussion nearly fou
laws. The remainder of the session va
devoted to discussion of the snip suoslu,
hill during which ii was made ppareh
that the opponents of the measure Wet
determined by all means to prevent d Ho'
an the bill at this session OF congress-
In the house the entire session was We.
ed in m endeayor by Mr.. Cannon. chalT
man of the appropriations commlttee' I
force considerations of the sundry civil az
propriation bill, and an effort py, the ~
nority to devote the day to conslderdta
~ nrivate claims bills. The night was keI
nm all dav. ending at last by the point G
no quorum.