The Forrest City times., 1902-06-13
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-SEvENTH CONGRESS.

In the senate on the 4th. discussion o. the project of constructing an isthmian canal was begun. NIT. Morgan tAlal chairman of the committee ou inter- oceanic canals. opening the debate Tn three-hours speech. in which he cnnsld- cred the recently-sueg gested danger to the Nicaragua canal route from seismic dis- turbances, the existence of which he un- dertook to disproVe. He declared that political conditions menaced the ntted States in adoption of Panama route. and closed with strong appeal Tor the pass age of the Nicaragua bill-.....Ia the house the debate on the Inti-anTchy bill occupied almost the entire session. Messrs. Jenkins (NisD and Parker tN. I) contended for a more strir@ gent mcas- ure. and Messrs. Powers tM9ssD and Nevins O. supported the bill as 1t came from the committee.
 In the senate. on the 5th. the military academy appropriation bill. providing for extensive Improvements at West PoIEt. was passed In further consideration of the isthmian canal question, Senator Hanna t09 spoke in favor of the Spooner amendment, conferring on the president authority to purchase the rights of the Panama Canal Co. if valid title can be obtained. MT. Mitchell supported the Hepburn bill.....I In the house, the gen eral debate on the anti-anarchy bill was ended with the exception of two speeches The arguments mainly related to legal points involved large number Of mem bera spoke upon the question.
 Tn the senate on the 9th after the transaction or some routine business con sidefation of the isthmian canal question was resumed. MT. Hanna, continuing his argument in support of the Panama canal route. declared that no political considerations were involved in the canal problem. and appealed to the senate to consider the matter as business proposi- tion. With some feeling he repudiated the suggestion that those faVoring the Pan anna route were not in favor of any cl- naI......In the house. general debate on the anti-anarcnY till was closed, and con- sideration of the measure by sections was taken up, but only one section had been disposed Of when the house adjourned.
 Tn the senate. on the 7th. after transact ing some routine business and discussing for d time the bill to relieve shippers from the London dock charges, consideration of the isthmian canal project was re- sumed Mir Mitchell fOre1 continuing his speech begun on the 5th, in opposition to entire day was spent in voting upon amendments to the anti-anarchS bill, but all failed except one proposed by NIT. Me Call fMass1 to strike from the anarchist section the word assault where 1t is coupled with killing" in the inhibition against eonspiring for the killing of the chief magistrate of q foreign country.
 Tn the senate. on the 9th during the carly part of the session the naval ap- propriatien bill was considered. All of the committee amendments were dis posed of. except that relating to the con- stTHefou of two additional battieshipS, two cruisers and two gnnboats MT. Harris Gkas.9. an engineer of recognized ability made an interesting contribution 10 the isthmiau canal discussion. strong lv advocating the Nicaragua route. In the house the bill to protect the pres ident, viee-president. members of the cabinet and foreign ministers and ambas- Sador~ and to suppress the teaching of anarchy was passed by vote of l75 to x. The remaining of the day was de- voted to the bill to transfer certain forest reserves from the interior department to the agricultural department. and to au- thoriZe the creation in such reserves of game and fish preserves.