Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-04-30
WORK Or CONGRESS.

without word of discussion of the
merits OF the measure the senate on the
-Ist passed the river and harbor BILL car
rying in appropriations about $4,000 OOO
80 thoroughly had the bill been consid-
cred by the commerce committee thar
every senator was content that it should
pass as reported from the committee
AS no senator was prepared to begin de-
pate on the Philippine government bill
the measure, after a few minutes of in
formal discussion, went over The
house entered on the consideration of the
military academy appropriation BILL Mr.
cannon QH.), chairman of the committee
on appropriations, characterized the pro-
posed expenditure at West Point as the
rankest kind of extravaganza" During
the general debate on the bill Mr.. Gil
bert kyo precipitated a discussion ON the
race question. Mr.. Cochran (Mol dis
cussed the question of the alleged viola
ton OF the neutrality laws In connection
with the shipment of mules and horses to
South Africa. He insisted that it was
the duty of the administration to prevent
tnese violations of the laws of neutrality i
formal discussion or the bill tempo
rarlly TO provide government for the
philippine islands was begun in the SEN
ate on the I'D, Senator Rawlins UJtah)
the leading minority member of the Phil
lpplne committee, opening the debate
He denounced the bill as an unwarrant-
ed imposition on the Filipinos declaring
lldt IL would establish one of the fOuleSt
oligarchies in the history of the world.
Whlle he was speaking two efforts were
made to maintain a quorum the second
resulting In lively tilt among several
senator's, Senator Scott CIV. VaD intimat-
ing that argument could not influence
any senator. Senator Hawley Comm,
chairman of the senate COMMITTEES on
military affairs, introduced a bill TO Gin
crease the efficiency of the army The
most important section of the bill is the
following: Subject to the command of
the president and general direction of the
secretary of war. the lieutenant general
snail exercise command over the mill
tary forces of the United States shall is
sue army orders and direct inspections
Oh troops. The above provision is intend
ed to give the commanding general a
iesal status which at present he has not,
and is understood to be in the interest
OF Gen. Miles. The house rejected
claims attached to the omnibus claim
Dill by the senate aggregating 81 900
and sent the bill to conference Several
private b1lls were passed and the house
resumed consideration of the military
academy appropriation bill. When the
item relating to the improvements at
west Point was reached, on motion of
Mr.. Hull Oa.), in charge of the bill
anne ndments were adopted reducing the
limit of cost of the improvements from
Sc, 500 900 to S., 500. 600 and the appronria
ton carried by the bill from So 600. 900 to
Sz,WO,VOO. The bill was then passed The
senate amendments to the river and har-
Dor bill were disagreed to and the bill
sent to conference
Senator Rawlins (Utah) on the 23d con-
tlnued his speech in the senate opposing
the Philippine temporary government
DILL He discussed at great length the
testimony presented to the committee on
Philippines and the reports made by Off
Gals to the war department. He pre-
sented many cases of torture of F'ilipi-
nos, of the burning of towns and of the
Incarceration of Filipinos All this he
said, was done to carry to the Filipinos
the benign administration of the Ameri-
can government. He had not concluded
when the senate adjourned. Senator Du-
ools (lda.) introduced bill for commits
sion to inquire into the condition of the
colored people of the United States The
mouse began consideration of the senate
amendments to the oleomargarine bill.
BY the ruling of the chair the question
OF further amendment of the senate
proposition was confined within very mar
row limits. The opponents of the meas
ure, who sought to modify the senate
amendments in various particulars were
0utvoted on every proposition submitted
Five OF the IA pages were completed be-
fore adjournment. Mr. Richardson
CTenn) introduced a resolution that the
ways and means committee be instruct
ed to investigate the question of the re-
cent Increase in the price Of meats and
determine the cause thereof and if prac-
ucable offer some explanation that will
afford relief against the evil complained
OF. Mr.. McDermott IN. j. introduced
bill abolishing all duties upon meat
and poultry from foreign countries
Just before the senate adjourned on the
24th Senator Rawlins UJtah) concluded
his speech in opposition to the Philip
pine government bill. AS on previous
days, he devoted much of his time to a
consideration of the testimony taken be-
fore the Philippine committee. He was
particularly severe in his denunciation
of Gen. Chaffee for the orders he had is
sued in carrying out the policy of the
government. He declared in conclusion
that the United States would reap a
whirlwind of nliSfortunes and disaster as
result of it's policy in the Philippine is
lands. A large number of private pen
sion bills, a bill appropriating s1,OO0OO0
for hall of records in Washington
and the bill authorizing an increase of
pension in case of total deafness were
passed. The house sent the oleouar-
garine bill to conference after agreeing
to the senate amendmets with some mod
suggested by the agricultural
committee. The opponents of the meas
ure offered number of amendments,
the principal one of which was designed
to place renovated butter on the same
footing with oleomargarine, but they
were overwhelmingly voted down. The
house then went into committee of the
whole and took up the agricultural bill
Mr.. Wadsworth On. W, in charge of the
bill, made a statement of the contents
of the measure. which he explained car
ried s5.15S,57o, an increase of S576, $50 over