Hutchinson gazette., 1902-02-20
THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE
uho House can do Business Undor Its
Ruloa, Tho Senate has None suoh,
I;TH DAY,

Ruloa, The Senate has None Such
ETH DAY,
The senate heard more speeches upon tho
Philippine tnrln blll from opponents OF tho
There IL much committee work being done
which gives the tallSrrA IN the senate Tree
opportunity "a talk about anything or nothing,
az bnt little attention III given them
Senator Foraker tOhlo) offered m amond-
mont TO the Philippine bin providing thlt the
rate Of duty on tho products ~ those Islands
shall be One-ionrth of the DlnRlcy tlrln, Tho
commltteo bill provides for threeiourths OF
those rates,
The senate pension committee tavors giving
oil Veterans survivors OF the Mexican war;
pensions OF Sl2 month,
Mr., Flynn C0Rln,) introduced . bill providing
that, In lieu NJ the grant OF land for the onNow-
mcnt OF agricultural colleges by tho net OF July
2, 1899, Grl OO0 acres of land In Oklnhomn DO Soy
apart for an agricultural college, The Dlll
provides for u commission 20 select these lhnds,
General debate ON the Oleo bill was concln ted
The friends of the bill win offer IN amendment
changing II verbally, 80 ns to meet VIC charge
lhnt the bill, Us II Is, would prohibit mo sale OF
| Oleo,
Tho senate by two.lhiTds vote adopted tho
Joint resolution introduced by Senator llonr
| proposing an amendment TO inc constitution
changing the dnte of lnhugurallng the preslcht
| and yCO-prosidGnt from March 4 " the last
commence ANA determine on the same dlto,
Senator lloar has n bill 70 TX the fees OF
United States marshals In Indian TERRITORY,
which also provides for rCimburslng such mar
shnls for tho deductions made Of their fee bills
under the decision OF the treasury dated OCT
49, 1900
Opponents 10 tho anti, Oloo bills In the house
succeeded In amending the bill materially
| This hns weakened the chances OF the phsSng0
Of tho bill yet II IL expected to receive ma
| Jorlty vote
memorial from tho F0icrnl party In the
| Philippines Was received through the secretary
Of war which prays or annexation ara m
| American form Of government state or tcrrl-
| toTal Tho mcmoriuliSts conclude thnt " IN
| evidently the "lntentlOn Of the two peoples
that they should never be disunltod,'
The house spent tho day on amendments TO
| the OlGO bill, dispOsing Of them, motion 10
| rccommli tho bill was lost by w 70 lOl ana
| then Tie bill was passed without division
The senate amendments to tho pension ups
! proprlaiOn bill were non-concurred In, ANA INC
! bill wnS sent 10 conference,
| Tho house passed the first bill for payment
! of claims arising out OF the Spanish war men
| 20 Of them for property taken within the Uni.
| ted States for use Of the army, which amounted
| to Oyor $4,000,
Tho snno omnibus bin passed by the house
! NJ the last session carrying CLAIMS Tor &9llIh>}
! Ter property taken from loyal citizens during
| tho civil war was passed, Other bills for extra
! work for building Monitors which have boon
before congress- for gs years were referred TO lhe
| court Of claims,
5OTH DAY,
Talk IN tho senate on tho Philippines mems
urcs has about run 10 the dogs, Arcst OF two
| days s secured by the making OF special orders,
A vote IL expected NJ the next appearance OF
| the bill before the senate,
Senator Culberson treS) presented petl.
| tlon from cotton growers for congress onnl
relief from the cotton boil Weovil, which the
senator said has destroyed SOOO 700 bales IN Texas
alone,
Tho house unanimously adopted resolution
| proposing an amendment to the constitution
providing for tho election OF senators by vote
OF the people. This IL the fourth time tho
lower house Of congress has taken this action
Tho house passed the senate bill for the pay
mont 10 contedcrates for property taken from
them contrary TO the terms Of the surrender on
Leo aud ,lohnsons' armies, The amount Is
Mr.. Coriss Mlch) spoke ut length on his
Pacific cable bill, citing prccedeat8 TO show the
right OF congress TO control eables
5sT DAY,
The senate he d n sennoc over the multiple
| ity OF clerks ANA messengers employed by the
senate which resulted In referring the subject
TO IN Investigation committee
a large number OF private pension bills wcro
'rho bill was passed granting right Of way
through Oklahoma and Indian territory to the
| Enid and AnadarltO railroad,
senator McComas Qowu) introduced bill to
cHtinguish the Judgment of the court of claims.
dated Jun. ~, 1901, by paying tho wichita In.
dnns Sl9i an acre for all lands not allotted In
seyeralty
Private pension day IN the house was largely
taken up with bincomb speeches ON whatever
topic each spen or desired TO get on record.
There was nothing Of importance in any OF
them, The matters discussed took u wide
range; among others, were the assorted du-
perclty OF Great Britain during the opening Of
our war with SPAIN franNness OF our S-tnto de-
partment in diplomatic papers and the windy,
noncommital style OF other nations; the lioor
war; criticism on sending the president =
daughter to the coronation OF Edward VII:
trndySm In reception preparations for the
| German prince, ct cetera,
BEND DAY
The bill establishing q permanent census
onlce was not completed In the senate the
great contest OF the day was over the transfer
| OF the classified service employees,
The senate adopted resolution calling upon
the secretary Of War for Information concern
ing railroads which arc being built In CuOa, by
whom and under what authority.
Polomlcs In the house are spnsmodic and can
be shut OF Mt any time ty the parliamentary
| machine rules, boqueathed by Speaker Reed
and still found necessary TO prevent measures
| OF no special Importance from being used Ms
time killers In the hands OF opponents OF those
OF Importance. Tho senate needs hot air
break also. There each senator talks Us often
and az long as he desires with no power to
quiet him. This is illustrated by the Philip
pine tnriI bill which was spurred through the
house In six hours after Its completion In COM
| mttee OF the whole The senate has talked
! since January 21, whenever the bill was reach
cd, with no end yet In sight consuming time ut
intervals when there was an opening for moro
| hot uir; and In all that time scarcely an hours
talk was given TO that proposed legislation
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Twenty Kansas State Fairs.