New Ulm review., 1901-03-06
EXTRA SESSION AVOIDED.
House Passes the Army Bill with
Cuban and Philippine Amend
ments.
CONGRESS BUSY IN THE CLOSING HOURS
Believed That All the Important
Measures Will Be Easily Disposed
Of-DeadIocks Over Some Bills
VIII BE Broken Proceedings of
House and Senate.

Washington, March 4.-The house re-
moved all possibility of an extra ses-
SIGN Friday by concurring in the sem
ate amendments to the army appropri-
alton bill. The vote stood 159 to 134
1t was strict party vote, with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Mccall (Mass.). Mr..
Loud (Call. Mr. DriscoH (N. W. Mr..
Mann CID. who voted with the demo-
Gratis Mr.. Cooper (Wis.) answered
present and was not paired. The bill
now goes to the president.
Will Dispose of All Bills
Washing gton. March 1.-THE house ex
perts on appropriation bills regarded
the situation as decidedly easy satur-
day and II is said there would be time
to spare on the various big meas ures.
With the Indian. army and agricultur-
al bills sent to the president, the only
ones remaining to give any uneasiness
are the river and harbor, naval, post
office and the sundry civil The
river and harbor conferees are meet
ing Informally and are well along on
Eheir work, although the conferees are
still deadlocked on the three submarine
boats and some other items, but the
subjects are too small TO endangera a bill
OF this Importance. The post Office
conferees have had trouble The SEN
ators declined TO confer with two out
OF the three house conferees and the
session ended abruptly. But the points
n n if I,iI
small TO endanger the bill, the chief
open questions being as to inquiries on
a government telegraph and telephone
system and on free delivery for small
cities. The sundry civil conference is
dealing with some important differ
ences. including the eXpositions at ST.
Louis Charleston and Buffalo. and the
memorial bridge over the Potomac
river, but no fears are entertained of
protracted differences.
Bills Passed by Consent.
Washington, March 4-The house re-
convened at nine o'clock Saturday
morning after the recess taken Friday
night. It had been agreed that the two
hours from nine to eleven should be de-
voted to unanimous consent legislation.
Owing TO the unusually early hour of
meeungthe hall was almost EMMY
when the speaker dropped the eavel.
but the fact that members were to have
an opportunity TO pass bills BY consent
was great inducements and within a
few minutes they began arriving. each
with bill in his hand After bills had
been passed to amend the Chinese ey-
clusIon act: to authorize the striking
OF medals for the Spanish war heroes:
TO authorize the deposit of moneys col
lected from customs in authorized gov
ernment repositories and to authorize
the appointment of Thomas Lutz
Suits as an officer IN the navy. Mr..
Balley (Iex) objected to action upon
all bills by unanimous consent
Bailey Blocks Legislation.
lie was appealed to on all sides not
to block proceedings. but he refused
to yield. The speaker had refused
MN recognition and he was obdurate.
The speaker then recognized Mr..
operry tConn.) to move the passage
under suspension Of the rules of the
senate bill to prohibit the sale of
Hrearms, opium and Intoxicating Hu-
uors IN certain islands of the Pacific.
MI. Bailey demanded a second and
then brought matters to a complete
s1andstlll by making the point of no
quorum call of the house was or
dered and the sergeant-at-arms was
instructed to bring in absentees.
n. L
bers were brought in to make nm
the quorum. Mr.. Sperry then pro-
ceeded to explain that the bill was
designed to prevent the sale bv
Americans of firearms and intoxi-
cants 10 the aborigines of the New
Hebrides.
Want Philippines Included.
Mr.. Bailey declared that the men
behind the pending bill were not en-
urely sincere in trying to protect saw
ages from the baneful influences of in
tosicating liquors Why were not the
Philippines and the Hawaiian islands
included He understood that since
the American regime began there over
1000 saloons had sprung up in Manila.
In Hawaii, where saloons were nm
known until we ''benevolently assim-
Hated them, there were now over Ann
saloons. Mr.. Bailey contended thatof-
Tenders under the bill could moi. he
punished They could not be tried in
any federal court in America in spite
of the fiction in the bill that such of
fense should be considered 10 have
been committed on the high seas.
Mr. Glllett tMass.l, in reply to Mr.
Bailey's suggestion regsfding the legal
phase of the bill. said that the fiction.
was copied from law applying to the
Guano islands, which had been sus-
tanned by the supreme court.
Bill Defeated.
The bill was defeated, III to 70,
.fwo-thlrds not having voted in the
affirmative It was 11:10 when the
roll call was