The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-20

seas Inc better He also criticised the
president for his reported intention to
Send his daughter to The coronation of
hlnS Reward, and protested against
the o1l!a!ai reception Of Prince Henry.
| tiis speech aroused the house TO high
pltch oil excitement and elected from
Boutell. OF Illinois, spirited defense
OF Secretary Hay. whom he eulogized
IN nigh terms. Several other mem
pefs ON the republican side took a
hand, and late in the afternoon Gros-
| venor, OF Ohio, took Wheeler to task
Tor his "inopportune protest" and re-
hearsed the history of the visit of the
Prince of Wales to this country in
| 1860, and his reception by President
Buchanan. During the day 125 priv
ate pension bills were passed in 81
minutes.
Washington, Feb 15.-Senate-
| during the entire session of today the
senate had under consideration the
Dill establishing a permanent census
once 1t was not completed, but an
agreement was reached to take it ur
again Immediately after the executive
session that is to be held on Monday
next TOR the consideration of the Dan
lsh 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-
clarlng 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-
| hcatlon 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 Desplle his opposition, the
provision was inserted in the bill.
Several otner bills of Importance on
the calendar We're passed, among them
one extending the charters of nation
al banks. Aldrich, chairman of the
hnance 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 a 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 a 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 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
tentlon being especially directed to-
ward Babcock of Wisconsin, the father
OF the bill to amend the steel sched-
ule OF 1 e present tariff law. They
also charged that such method of
procedure was minimizing the inf1u-
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 for
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
Dill at the first opportunity. Dalzell,
OF Pennsylvania, scored point
against the minority by recalling the
time under democratic control of the
mouse when 649 amendments to the
Wilson tariff bill had been forced
through without being read When the
vote was adopted by vote of 1853 to
10, Richardson, to emphasize the
fact that debate on the bill could ac-
complish nothing. and that delibera-
ton upon it would re fruitless, asked
unanimous consent that the bill be
placed upon it's passage. Not an OBJ
lection was voiced, and the vote was
taken forthwith. Every vote, PTS in
numoer 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
Wants Tax On House Cats.
| Kenosha, Wis, Feb. 14.-The uues-
ton Of protecting birds in Wisconsin,