Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-02-21
CONGRESS.

Washington, Feb. 15.-Senate--
During the entire session of today the
senate had under consideration the
bill establishing permanent census
Office 1t was not completed. but an
agreement was reached to take il up
again Immediately after the executive
session that is to be held on Monday
next for the consideration of the Dan
ish treaty. The great contest of the
day, Of course. was over the transfer
to the classified service of the en-
ployes of the census office who are
to be retained in the permanent
establishment. 1t evolved the en-
tire civil service question and the de-
bate covered much of the ground that
heretofore has been gone over in con-
gressional degates. After considerable
discussion in which the whole service
system was threshed over, Lodges
amendment was rejected and an
amendment offered by Gallinger de-
claring that persons who had served
as soldiers in any war In which the
United States has engaged and the
widows of such soldiers, shall have
the preference in the matter Of certi-
tication was adopted.
Washington, Feb. 17.-Senate.-Af
ter an extended debate, the senate to-
day passed the bill establishing a per-
manent census office. The discussion
related principally to the collection
and publication by the director of the
census of the statistics respecting the
production of cotton. Mr.. Allison Wig
orously opposed the provision, main
tanning that the cotton statistics gath
cred by the department OF agriculture
were complete and accurate and that
no necessity existed for their dupli-
cation. Despite his opposition. the
provision was inserted in the bill.
Several otner bills of Importance on
the calendar were passed, among them
one extending the charters of nation
al banks. Aldrich, chairman of the
finance committee, explained that the
measure extended no new. privileges
to national banks, but simply enabled
those whose charters were about to
expire to renew them.
house.-The unexpected happened
in the house today when the bill to
repeal the war revenue taxes was
passed unanimously without word
| of debate. This action was the out
come Of challenge thrown down by
Richardson, of Tennessee, the min
| GRITTY leader, after the adoption by a
| strict party vote, of special order
! for the consideration of the bill, which
| permitted debate upon it until 4
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon but cut
| off all opportunity to offer amend
ments, except such as had been agreed
upon by the ways and means commit
tee. The adoption of the rule had
been preceded by a stormy debate, in
| the course of which the democrats
| protested against the application of
the gag" which Hay, of Virginia,
| charged was meant to prevent free
expression not only by the democrats
but by some of the republicans, at
tention being especially directed to-
ward Babcock of Wisconsin. the father
of the bill to amend the steel SEIZED
ule of the present tariff law. They
| also charged that such a method of
| procedure was minimizing the influ.
ence of the house and making it sim.
| ply to register the DEGREES of the few
men in control. Babcock said that
he supported the program on the
| ground that the issue presented fol
the repeal OF the war revenue taxes
should not be complicated with other
matters. At the same time he gave
notice that he should press his own
bill at the first opportunity. DalZell
of Pennsylvania, scored point
against the minority by recalling the
| time under democratic control of the
mouse when GAO amendments to the
Wilson tariff bill had been forced
through without being read. When the
vote was adopted by vote of 1853 tt
| 100, Richardson, to emphasize the
fact that debate on the bill could &C
complish nothing, and that delibera
ton upon it would Ne fruitless, asked
unanimous consent that the bill be
placed upon it's passage. Not an oh
lection was voiced. and the vote was
taken forthwith. Every vote, 27S ir
NUMBER, was cast in the affirmative
and thus quietly and unanimously
came the end of what at one time
promised to be one of the most excit
ing contests of the session.
Washington, Feb. 1S.-Senate--H
was agreed by the senate today tina,
final vote on the Philippine tariff
bill and the pending amendments
should be taken next Monday after
noon at o'clock. The only stipula
ton made by the minority was that
the last days debate should be de-
! voted to speeches not exceeding fiji
teen minutes in duration. Senator
Wellington, of Maryland, spoke today
in opposition to the pending bill. and
| Stewart, of Nevada, in support OF the
measure. Wellinssto address GOV
| cred the Philippine question general.
| ly. He set forth his we'll known views
! forcefully. He always had been re-
| publican, he said, believer in the
system of protection, and a support.
| err of the gold standard currency; but
| he had come to the parting of the
! ways with his party in 1898 when ii
developed it's "imperialistic tenden-
cies.' He opposed the pending tariff
bill because he did not think congress
had the right to enact legislation by
which people were taxed without rep
resentation and governed without their
consent. Stewart made a brief legal
and constitutional argument in sup
port of the authority Of congress to
hold the Philippines and to provide