Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-12-26
DoInes IN CONGRESS.

DoINGS IN CONGRESS.
Bills, Resolutions and Messages Before the
Senate and House and How They
Are Disposed Of
In the senate on the 18th, after the COM
current resolution of the house for an
adjournment from December 20 to Janu-
Wt)I called UP the militia bill. An
amendment by Senator Pettus (A1a.1
striking from the bill section "a, having
particular reference to the reserve force
sion. The bill was afterwards laid aside
for the omnibus statehood bill, Senator
Dillingham; Vt) rehearsing the testi-
mony taken by the sub-committee~dur-
ing its tour of investigation in Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma. After a
brief executive session the senate adj
Journed....An urgent deficiency bill,
which carried among other items an ap-
preparation of $56o, 600 for graduating the
foot and mouth disease in New England,
and a bill to provide for the allotment
in severalty Of the lands of the New
York Indians were passed in the house.
Mr.. DeArmond {Mo.1 introduced a bill
to make a bankrupt of any corporation
which shall have issued stock in excess
of the fair reasonable value of its prop
erty, or whenever 1t shall have offered to
any person any privilege denied to an
other; or when 1t shall have failed for a
period Of 80 days to effect a settlement
, of any difficulty with a majority of its
employees or patrons or to enter into
earbitration; or when it shall have entered
into any combination to destroy compe-
tition; or whenever it shall have failed
to give correct information in response to
any lawful inquiry
In the senate on the 18th Senator Dill
bingham Vt.) concluded his remarks in
opposition to the omnibus statehood bin
and it was agreed that there should be
no further discussion of the measure UNI
he TO IN Ion
Senator Morgan (Ala.) criticised the sal
aries paid the isthmian canal commits
sion. He said he had been informed
that the present commissioners We're paid
s., 900 month each and that their Serv-
ice had extended 29k months and
that out of the 291A months the commits
sion had spent six months In Nicaragua
and two weeks in Panama. For half an
hour the militia bill up, Senator
Bacon (Ga.) on constitutional. grounds
opposing the section which provides for
a reserve force of trained men. The
senate in executive session ratified the
treaty of friendship and general rela-
tons between the United States and
Spain. The house passed the bill trans
ferring from the treasury department to
the department of agriculture the power
to establish regulations for the suppress
sion of contagious diseases among live
stock ana devoted the remainder of the
day to the legislative appropriation bill.
A resolution was adopted calling upon
the attorney general for information
about the claims of the eastern Chero-
KEGS. Mr. Martin Is. D. introduced a
bill making October II, the anniversary
of the discovery of America, a legal pub
lie holiday to be known as Columbus day.
The pension appropriation bill was
passed in thes senate the 18th without
discussion 1t carries $139, S47, eco. An ur-
gent deficiency bill also was passed. The
amount carried by this bill is 81, las, 400
and includes an item of s50000 to enable
the secretary of agriculture to stamp out
the foot and mouth disease, which has
become epidemic in the New England
states. The militia bill was up for
short time, Senator Bacon (Ga.) continu-
ing his remarks against the constitution
ality of the provision for reserved force
of trained men. AT two o'clock Senator
Kean On. - called up the resolutions ex-
pressing the regret of the senate at the
death of the late Senator SeweH On. j.
and feelingly spoke of the life and char
acter of the deceased. He was followed
by several other senator's and as fur
Their mark of respect an adjournment was
taken until the GOTH. Mr. Bartlett, a
Georgia democrat, during consideration
of Nthe legislative appropriation bill in
the house, Unexpectedly and without
warning sprang an amendment to appro-
pirate $250,000 to enforce the Sherman
antitrust law and to direct the attorney
general tosproceed to the prosecution of
all violators of the law. Some of the
publicans raised objection to the loose
ness of the language of the amendment
stftute for ii the language of the bill he
introduced the opening day of the ses-
sion TO appropriate 100000 for the en-
forcement of the law. This was further
strengthened to make the apprOpria ton
Immediately available, and amended
the substitute was agreed to without di-
vision. The legislative bill was passed
practically as it came from the commit
tee, except for the amendment.
The senate was not in session on the
18TH The house passed the bill to
6uce the duties the products of the
Philippine islands coming into the United
States from 70 per cent. of the Dingley
rates (the present duties) to % per cent
of these rates. The discussion of the
pure food bill, which has been made a
continuing order until disposed of, was
then begun. Mr. Tompkins 90 spoke
in favor of the bill and Messrs. Adamson
(Ga.) and Gardner (NIass.) opposed it.
The bill went over without action. The
Mccall resolution calling the state de-
partment for the correspondence in the
Venezuelan imbroglio was adopted A
joint resolution was introduced by Mr..
Tawpey (Minn.) chairman of the COM
mittee on industrial arts and expositions,
providing that the alien contract labor
law shall not operate to prevent foreign
exhibitors at the Louisiana Purchase
position at st. Louis from bringing into
the United States under contract such
employees, natives of foreign countries,
they may deem necessary for specified
purposes. Mr.. Lewis (Ga.), democratic
member of the house committee
banking and currency, introduced bill
to provide an elastic or emergency cur
rency to meet the financial and CONNER
cial requirements of the country.
The senate was not in session on the
18th. The house passed the pure food
bill by vote of - to n. There was not
a quorum present, but the point was not
raised by the opponents of the measure.
: The bill inhibits the introduction into
any state or territory or the District of
Columbia from any other state or terri