The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-30
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Inc Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the ~ -
sisas'as 60 Of &z2zZ5-

o mnlch mas been brought before Con-
$3.50 after considerable public dis
Sussloh and several conferences -.
one members of the House it has gone
VVer TOT Consideration next Decemha,
AHotner financial measure known az
me All bill, providing for the cotnasa
VI VI subsidiary silver and for the re-
S a. gIleht OF the present standard silver
uotaF' mas passed the House. but has
mt oeeh acted on in the Senate.
Some New Made Laws.
Among the other important measures
Vi general legislation not heretofore
Iidileu' Which have been finally enacted
as laws, are the following:
10 prevent the sale of firearms.
Up!uul, ana intoxicating liquors to the
natives or certain of the Pacific Isl
anus TO promote the efficiency of the
revenue cutter service, and to provide
LOT the retirement of it's officers: to re-
1und the duties paid in Porto Rico on
drticles imported from the United
states during the military occupation:
approprlatlng 100000 for the relief of
the volcano sufferers of Martinique.
authorizing the erection of Y M g
A. buildings on United States military
reservations. regulating the introduce
tloh OF eggs of game birds for purposes
OF propagation; providing for the pro-
lection of game in Alaska, C>Sticularlv
the large game, such as moose, carl
bou, etc; extending an invitation to
the French government to praticipate
In the unwilling in Washington of the
statue of Marshal de Rochambeau: re-
FUNDING the amount of legacy tax paid
oy charitable, benevolent and elemosy-
nary institutions.
The amount Of apnronria tions for.
the sessions will run unusually high.
owing in part to the amount required
) to build the Isthmian canal. When Mr..
Cannon submitted a general estimate
OF appropriations a few weeks ago he
made the total up to that time $69l,-
$4,000. Since then the canal bill has
passed, carrying a present appropria-
ton of $4000O,0O0 for She- franchise, and
enough more for the rights of Column
Dia and for beginning the work to car
ry the total up to 50,000,000 The en-
tire cost of the undertaking is approx
lmately 1854, 600. Mr.. Cannon's es-
innate also omitted contracts for flu
ture expenditure included in the onni-
bue public building, the omnibus
claims and various other bills,
aggregating large amount This will
carry the total for the session, figuring
in these future amounts almost. if
not quite, up to the billion dollar mark.
The appropriation bills have contained
little general legislation being con-
fined chiefly to the regular needs of
the various branches of the govern
ment. The naval bill provides for an
addition of two armored cruisers, two
battleships, and two gunboats to the
navy, and a provision is still in con-
troversy as to whether one of each
class Of these shall by built in govern
ment yards.
There have been several investiga-
tons durinf the session which have
attracted much attention. An inves-
tigation of conditions in the Philip
pines, conducted by the Philippine
Committee of the Senate, has led to
the examination of witnesses high in
the conduct of civil and military af-
fairs in the islands. Another Senate
inquiry has related to the condition
of affairs in Cuba, especially as tC
sugar. In the House sensational
charges made in connection with the
purchase of the Danish West Indian Is
lands led to an investigation which
disclosed the groundless nature of the
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