Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-04-23
fIfTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.


VIII begin at o'clock Wednesday. BY
general consent vote was taken Tues
day ON two important amendments, OF.
Tered by MIR. Fairbanks QndO, strik.
ing out the definition as to Chinese
students and teachers. and they were
agreed 20 without division.
House--With the close of the Cuban
reciprocity debate in the house Tues
day the leaders announced that all
dangers OF the bill being weighted
down with undesirable amendments
was over and that they felt assured the
Oil would pass in the shape in which
IL came from the committee AS the
bill IN its present form is sure to com
mand three-tourths of the vote OF each
side OF the house, it's passage was GER
tam II II successfully passed the stage
when amendments could be offered.
Washington. April Senate-Thc
drastic Chinese exclusion bill origi.
nally framed by the senator's and rep.
resentatives from the Pacific states
met defeat in the senate "Wednesday
and in It's place was substituted a
measure offered by Mr.. Platt (CtD ex-
tending the provisions of the present
exclusion law and also applying that
exclusion to all insular territory UNI
der the jurisdiction OF the United
states. The vote by which the substi.
tute took the place of the original bill
was yeas Is to nays SO. Once the sub
Stitution had been made all senators
joined In its support with the single
exception of Mr. Hoar. the substitute
being passed &c to l. Some minor con
dltions were made. admitting Chi.
nese persons connected with national
eNpositons. and providing for certih.
Gates of identification of Chinese i'm
lu
however. the substitute was adopted
substantially in the form that Mr. Plat
presented it. The senate failed TO sub
stituto the cnaCting clause of the
house bill for the senate measure so
that the bill now will go to the house
as an original measure and from n
parliamentary standpoint will have to
De acted on and treated the same as
though the house had not passed a
Chinese exclusion bill already.
House-The friends of the Cuban
reciprocity bill won substantial vic
tory in the house by carrying a mo.
tlCn TO close general debate on Fri.
day at O'Clock. The vote was 1853 to
1913. Thirty-three republicans voted
against the motion. but this detection
was Offset by 81 democrats. who voted
with the republicans for it.
Washington. April Senate-For
more than four hours Thursday Mr..
Morgan tAlaO. chairman of the 18TH
mian canal committee. addressed the
senate on the subject OF the Nicara-
guam canal He devoted the greater
part OF his speech TO a consideration
OF the desirability and practicability
OF the two principal routes Nicaragua
and Panama. He strenuously favored
the former. a parliamentary change
In the situation of the Chinese exclu.
sion bill was made Just before ad-
1ournment, the measure passed by the
senate Wednesday being substituted
for the house bill.
House-General debate on the Gu.
ban reciprocity bill closes Friday al 2
o'clock. and il is the intention of the
house leaders if possible to force a
final vote on the passage of the bill
before adjournment Friday night. All
day long the leaders were counting
| noses and preparing for the final strug-
gle Friday.
Washington. April -Senate-At
Fridays session of the senate con.
sideration was begun on the bill tom.
porarily to provide a form of govern.
ment for the Philippine islands The
measure was read and the committee
amendments were agreed to tentative
ly, but no action on the hill was ia
ken. Fifty-five private pension bills
AID few other measures were passed
House-The democrat ard republic
an insurgents rode rough shod over
she house leaders when the voting be.
gan on the Cuban reciprocity bill
They overthrow the ruling of the chair
in committee of the whole on the ques.
ton OF an amendment to remove the
dinerential from refined sugar during
the existence Of the reciprocity agree
ment provided for in the bill The
vote to oveTrule the decision OF the
chair, made by Mr.. Sherman IN. "
was I'll TO 100, republicans to the mum.
Der Of 81 Joining with a solid demo.
cratic vote TO accomplish this result
Having won this preliminary victory,
the amendment was adopted in com
mittee l66-111. and later in the house
by still larger majority. 1906. On
this occasion Ga republicans voted with
the democrats for the amendment
Tho bill then was passed by an over
wheluing majority. 247-52. An analy-
sis Of the vote shows that 124 republic.
ans and 1913 democrats voted for the
| amended bill and ~ republicans and
10 democrats against n. Mr. GrOsyen-
or (O) was one Of those who voted
against the bill. One OF the surprises
OF the session was the attempt Of Mr.
Roberts MASS. rep) 20 take the duty
of hides. He offered two amendments
and appealed once from the decision
OF the chair. but was voted down each
time. The bill as passed authorizes
the president, as soon as may be after
tho establishment Of an Independent
government in Cuba and the enact
ment by said government o. immigra-
ton. exclusion Of contract labor4 laws
| as restrictive as those Of the United
States TO negotiate a reciprocal treaty
agreement with Cuba by which In re.
turn for equivalent concessions the
United States will grant reduction
Of 20 per cent. from the Dingley rates
| on goods coming into the United
states from Cuba. such agreement 20
continue until December ]. 1903. Dur