Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-01-17
FFTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.
Senate Passes Congressional Apportion-
nent Bill Without Changing a Word.
DAY

senate Passes Congressional Apporttons
ment Bill without Changing q Word.
TwENTY-sEcoND DAY.
The senate passed the two bills which ratify
the treaties with the Cherokees and the Creeks.
with amendments which send the bills back to
the house. The treaties passed meet the
wishes Of the tribes in relation to mineral leases
and as to townsites.
The senate passed the bill extending the min
Ing laws to saline lands. making them subject
to location and purchase under the mining laws.
The house continued its debate upon the re-
apPorticnmeut bill, Mr.. Littleheld. Of Maine,
making two hours speech in defense OF his
states quota; during which he had number OF
of the cells committee. It is still question
whether d. Hopkins bill will win.
Mr. k c'er, Ckan has bill to appropriate
- ~ f;'1 experimental artesian wells on the
wEs;crh r ansas plains.
TwENTY-THfRU DAY.
'Ile deba' on the army bill continued ar
length. Senator Lodge speaking of the CONNER
cial results of action taken on this measure. He
pictured the rapid progress OF the United States
toward commercial supremacy of the world and
the necessity to be always ready to protect such
positi,u against the jealousies of nations who
have boon struggling for 1t for century. The
senat also referred to the necessity of provide
ing guards for the men who will in the near
future be constructing the isthmian canal.
Senator Hoar offered an amendment to the
army bill for committee OF nine scientific ex-
perts to investigate the effects of the army can
teen upon the health, discipline and morality OF
the army.
senator Warren (wyo) introduced resoiu-
tion of thanks TO Captain T.. E. Clark and the
officers and men Of the battleship Oregon, for
running the Oregon at forced speed 1900.
miles, in condition for instant service and for
service in the destruction of the Spanish feet
at Santiago.
Senator Vest offered an amendment to the
arm, bill making hazing punishable by expul-
sion from West Point academy.
The debate in the house on re-apportionment
Is upon a choice betweeQ the HOClZing bill. and
the committee majority bill, and the minority
bill; the former providing for 357 members,
the membership to 3s6 which leaves Kansas
eight. Mr.. Long (Kah) has made exhaustive
speeches for the minority bill, being assisted by
the Kansas delegation, especially Mr.. curtis.
TwENTY-FoURTH DAY.
The senate spent five hours in discussing the
anti-army-canteen provision in the army bill
without reaching vote upon it.
The senate military committee agreed to &C
cept modified form of Senator Hoar's meas
ure for the appointment OF a commission to
investigate the effect OF the army canteen.
The house substituted the minority, or Bur-
leigh bill, for the Hopkins reapportionment
bill, and, after defeating several proposed
amendments, passed the bill by a vote of l65 to
102. This bill increases the representatives to
1856 and retains the present eight from Kansas.
"A bill passed the house fixing the mileage Of
electors who bring the votes Of the states TO
Washington at p cents mile.
TWENTY-FIVE DAY.
The senate received the reapportionment bill
from the house and referred it to committee on
census.
The army bill was resumed. Discussion Of
the army canteen section followed at length.
Senator Lodge offered an amendment prohibit
ing the importation of distilled liquor into the
Philippines, except for medicinal purposes.
The senate amendment was laid on the table;
"a to Is. This restores the bill with the house
provision in it aboishing the sale Of intoxicants
in the canteens. Senator Morgan (Ala) offered
an amendment to empower the president to use
forcible obstruction Of the laws in the United
States or elsewhere.
Debate continued in the house on the river
and harbor bill. Mr.. Cushman (Wash) showed
that the seventeen states which have members
on the river and harbor committee got all OF the
appropriations, except something over mil
lions, which was distributed among 20 states
and territories, leaving ten with none.
TwENTY-sIxTH DAY.
The senate amended the army bill providing
for the appointment of Generals James II. VIII
son. FitZhugh Lee and General Shafter to be
major General and retired.
Senator Teller presented petition from Fill
ipinos that the army should cease operations in
those islands. and also presented an order for
printing the petition as public document.
Senator Hawley said that such action was
enemy to continue to kill our men.
Senator Hoar asks that the pay of chief JUS
tice of the supreme court be raised to SIS 500
and that OF the assistant judges to $4,000.
The house took up the river and harbor bill.
Mr.. Burton chairman OF the committee in
charge OF the BILL stated that a very large sum
had been expended on the Missouri river with
only trivial development of navigation. This
bill carries 100000 for the river below Sioux
City and $4,000 for that portion above there.
The most of the day was expended upon this
debate. during which efforts were made to mix
up irrigation legislation with the pending BILL
TwESTY-sEvENTH DAY.
Senator Bacon (Ga.) in discussing the army
hill declared the giving m no ont of n
cretionary power to increase the army to the
limit to be march toward empire. To which
Senator Hoar replied that he did not consider
an army OF 100.0U0 as menace.
The senate passed the congressional appor-
tionment bill without changes as it came from
the house. No state loses member and about
20 states make gains.
Delegate Flynn made the report OF the public
lands committee on the bill to open the Kiowa-
Comanche country. Under it the land will be
opened not later than August 6. next. Mr.. Flynn
introduced bill no divide Indian Territory into
26 counties. naming the county seats OF most OF
them.
Mr.. Bowersocl has II bill in the house for
federal building at Lawrence, Kansas. to cost
$4,000 at the start
The house passed 10 special pension bills.
Senator Hoar's bill providing penalty of 20
years imprisonment for train robbery and q
fine Of 5000 was reported favorably be the
judiciary committee.