Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-12-20
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On Wednesday a hill providing for .
Philippine tariff was introduced in the
Senate by Senator Lodge. The measure
provides for the use of the island gov
srnment of the revenue thus raised. The
tsthmian canal commission in its report
to Congress recommended the Nicaragua
route, the cost OF a canal being este
mated at $3.50. 1864. OG2. Senator, Hoar OF
Massachusetts and Senator Burrows OF
Michigan proposed bills covering assas-
%sinatiop or attempted assassination OF
the President. y new treaty with Eng
land concerning the Nicarasuan canaI
was laid before the Senate.
On Thursday Senator Hoar suggested
establishing an anarchist colony on one
of the islands recently acquired by the
government, where there shalt be neither
laws nor rulers and where the peculiar
ideas of the anarchists may be carried
out. Full text of the Hay-Paunccfote
agreement concerning the Nicaraguan
canal was made public by the Senate.
United States alone is to control the
waterway. a bill was introduced by
Senator Lodge for the construction of an
executive building for the Presidents
use. The presiding officer announced the
following Senators as thu committee to
act with the committee from the House
to consider by what token of respect
Congress may express its deep scnsibiiity
at the death of the late President Nc
Kinley: Foraker of Ohio. Allison. Iowa;
Fairbanks. Indiana: Kcan. New Jersey;
Aldrich, Rhode Island: Nelson, Mime
sofa: Perkins. California: Jones. Arkan-
sas; Morgan. Alabama: Cockrell. Mis-
souri,. and McEnery. Louisiana.
On Friday the Senate foreign commit
tee made favorable report on Hay-Paun.
cefote treaty, which insures it's ~ratifica-
ton. The President sent to the Senate
names of 2.419 nominees for Office.
Spe;iker Henderson in the House an.
%nounced the appointment of two impor-
tant committees-ways and means and
appropriations. The committees are:
Ways and means. Payne. New York;
Dalzell. Pennsylvania: Hopkins. Illinois;
Grosvenor, Ohio; Russell, Connecticut;
Steele. Indiana: Tawncy. Minnesota: Nc.
Call. Massachusetts; Long, Kansas; Bah.
cock, Wisconsin; Mctcalfc. California.
Republicans; Richardson. Tennesseei
Robertson, Louisiana: Swanson. Vir.
,gi,@a: Mcclellan. New Work: Newlands.
Nevada; Cooper. Texas. Democrats. APP.
preparations. Cannon. Illinois; Bingham,
Pennsylvania: Hemenway. Indiana; Bar.
ney, Wisconsin, Moody. Massachusetts,
Van Voorhis. Ohio: McCleary. Mime.
sofa; I.ittauer. New York: Brownlow.
Tennessee; Gardner. Michigan: Burkett,
Nebraska, Republicans: Livingston.
Georgia; McRae. Arkansas; Bell. Colo.
RADIO; Pierce, Tennessee: Benton. Mis-.
souri,. and Taylor. Alabama. Democrats.
Representative Hepburn Of Iowa intro.
duced his isthmian canal hill, which, by
reason of his being the author of the bill
passed last year and his probable contin.
uance at the head of the House com.
MERGE committee. is regarded as the
measure which will serve as a basis for
r"tion by the House. 1t differs from the
Hepburn b. passed last year in making
the total appropriation SlS0.O0O,OOO in.
stead of $140,O00.000. Congressman
Crumpacker again introduced his bill to
reduce Southern representation in Con
gress.
On Monday Senator Tillman dctietl his
| colleague. Senator McI.aurin. in a Senate
discussion of their troubles. and challeng.
ed him to resign. Their seats may be de.
clarcd vacant. President Roosevelt sent
several hundred nominations to Office to
the Senate. including that of Cornelius
Van Colt. postmaster of New York.
The new subsidy bill wHs read in the
Senate. Principal items which aroused
a%ntagonism in the last Congress have
been left out. Senator Uour introduced
a bill to punish as murderers all who par.
ticipate in a lynching.
On Tuesday Speaker Henderson an
nounced the House committees for the
present session of Congress. The Repub.
lican leaders have agreed upon a bill
which applies the full Dingley tariff rates
to goods coming from the Philippines
The islands are trcate.! as foreign couil.
try. A bill was introduced into the
House to pay Miss Stones ransom. Presi.
dent nominated G. II. Darling of Yer.
mont for Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. Senator Morgan introduced a bill
providing for the construction of the
Nicaraguan canal.
On Wednesday a stormy discussion in
the executive session of the Senate plac.
ed the Hay-Pauncefote tre;..y for an
lsthmian cana in peril Of an early death.
1t was contended by Senators Culberson
and Bacon that the treaty gives Great
Britain equal rights with the United
States over such canal. The new agree.
ment was praised and defended by Sena.
tor Cullom. Congress SHE'D at the prof.
fered $l0.O00.O00 gift from Carnegie be.
cause it consists of stock in the steel
trust. and change of the offer to cash OF
United States bonds is predicted. Th
Democratic Senators in caucus decided
to fight the plans of Republicans to in.
crease party representation upon the
committees.
On Thursday the Senate fixed upon the
following Monday as the time for the
vote on the new Hay-Pnuncefote treaty.
Senate committee on isthmian canal au.
thorized n favorable report on Senator
Morgan's bill for acquiring Nicaragua
right of way. Senator William Il. Ma
son of Illinois reported to the Senate on
the discoveries made by his pure food
commission. Senate agreed to the House
resolution providing for a holiday recess
from Dec. 10 to Jan. 6. President re.
appointed Interstate Commerce Commits.
/ rioner Charles A prnntv nf Vermont