Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-04-18
WORK OF CONGRESS.

A vigorous protest was made in the SEN
ate on the sth by Senator Cuilom GILL;
against the passage of the Chinese ex.
clusion bill in its STS5ent form Senator
Patterson (CoL) and Senator Perkins
(Cal) supported the bill. Thirty-nin<
private pension bills were afterwards
passed The oPsning debate the Gu
ban reciprocity bill In the house was dis
appointing from spectacular standpoint
There were no sensational clashes after
the debate was actually begun and none
of the bitterness which was expected
to crop out on the floor came to the
surface The vote on the motion to go
into committee of the whole to consider
the bill was carried by III to So The di-
vision was regarded as practically a test
vote on the bill Mr. Payne On. V.
the republican leader, opened the debate
for the bill in a strong speech which
commanded close attention from both
sides of the house. There were only two
other speeches. Mr.. Newlands (Nev.)
a democrat, took the position that the
concession should not be made to Cuba
unless she were invited at the same time
to become a part of the United States
Mr.. Mcclellan On. W. a democrat, IA
vored a so per cent. reduction for the
benefit of Cuba.
Throughout the session of the senate
on the 9Th the Chinese exclusion bill was
under consideration. Senator GallingeI
On. H.) and Senator Dillingham; (Vt}
opposed the bill and Senator Turner
Wash) supported 1t. The senate insist
ed its amendments to the Indian ap-
preparation bill and a conference COM
mittee was appointed The feature OF
the second days debate in the house on
the Cuban reciprocity bill was impas-
stoned speech in opposition to the meas
ure by William A. Smith (Mich.), a re-
publican Mr.. Morris (Minn.), another
republican. also made a strong speech
against the bill. The other speakers
were Mr.. Ball CTex-) and Mr.. Sparkman
(Fla.), both of whom opposed the bill
w ter
its passage. Mr.. Cummings On " in
troduced a bill requiring the secretary
of the navy to contract for so Holland
submarine torpedo boats, at a cost not
exceeding those now under construction
and after of the boats being
built is accepted by the secretary of the
navy.
An effort was made in the senate on the
10th to obtain an agreement for a vote
on the Chinese exclusion bill. but it was
unsuccessful. The measure was under
discussion during the entire session, eX-
cept for about an hour, in which time
the post Office appropriation bill was
considered and passed. Three speeches
were made against the Chinese bill in
it's present form, Senator Dillingham;
(Vt.) concluding his remarks and Sena-
tor Stewart (Nev.) and Senator HoaI
(Mass.) stating their objections to the bill
Early in the session Senator Depew On
V spoke briefly against the adoption OF
the resolution providing for the election
OI ny popular NOl0 Inc Oe-
bate on the Cuban reciprocity bill in the
house was devoid of enlivening features
The most notable speech of the day was
made by Mr.. GroSvenor co.. He an
swered the critics who have charged
him with Inconsistency by saying that
reciprocity sound republican doc
trine and that tariff schedules were not
sacred. The resolution of Mr.. SulzeI
On. " calling upon the war department
for an investigation of the alleged Brit
ish camp at Chalmette, La, was amend
ed to include other alleged camps and
in this shape unanimously passed the
house. This means that an investigation
will be made of the Guyton & Harring-
ton property at Lathrop. Mo-, and their
contract with the British government.
Mr.. Daugherty (Mo), in whose district
the mule barns are located, said that the
British government paid Guyton & Har-
rington $780, 0,OO0 last year for horses,
mules and feed.
Remarks which Senator Depew On. W
made concerning the proposed amendment
to the constitution providing for the cleo
ton of senators by popular vote, in the
course of which he adverted to south
ern election methods, precipitated live
ly three-hours' debate in the senate on
the 18th, Senators Money (Miss-), Nc
Laurin (Miss), Simmons On. c. and
Blackburn (\y) limiting that the New
Yorker did not know what he was talk
ing about. When the Chinese exclusion
bill was taken up an agreement was
reacneO tIlaC a vote SnOulQ De taken OH
it the 10th at one O'Clock. Senator
Teller (Col.) supported the sure in a
brief speech. maintaining that it was nee
essary and that it was not in contraven-
ton of our treaty obligations with
China. Debate on the Cuban reciprocity
bill continued in the house, the principal
speeches being made by Mr. Long (Kan-),
a member of the ways and means COM
mittee, who from the first ardently sup
ported the proposition for reciprocity, and
who originally favored a reduction of &c
per cent. and Mr.. Shafroth (Col), who
vigorously opposed the bill the ground
that the sugar trust, which, he said, was
waging a war of determination against
the beet sugar industry, would be its
chief beneficiary.
The feature of the Chinese exclusion de-
bate in the senate on the 18th was the
sharp criticism of Senator Mitchell (Ore)
and Senator Teller lCo1.) of Minister WI
of China, because of his protest made to
the secretary of state against the enact |
ment of the pending bill Senator Vest
(Mo) made brief address in opposition
to some features of the pending measure
and then adverted with deep feeling to
the death of Gen. Wade Hampton, say
ing he was the highest type of a Chris |
tan gentleman. Senator Mason (Ill.) pre- |
scented the conference report on the post |
office appropriation bill and it agreed |
to. The house passed the bill granting |
a pension to the widow of President Nc |
Kinley of 5000 a year. Among the bills |
passed was one for the creation of the |
petrifed forest national park in Arizona