The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-06-27
DoINGs IN, CONGRESS.
Bills Passed and Resolutions Intro
duced at the First>session of the
Fifty-Scventh Body.

The senate on the 10Th, by a majority
Of eight votes, adopted the Spooner sub
stitute for the Hepburn Nicaragua ca
nal bill, the vote~o the substitute being
AZ to 81. After two amendments to the
measure had been adopted, one providing
for commission to supervise the con-
5truction of the canal and the other
providing for the issuance of s130, 900 900
OF two per cent gold bonds to raise
money with which to construct the wa
terway, 1t was passed by a vote of 81 to
6. The Spooner substitute in brief pro-
vides that the president shall select
the Panama route il he can obtain a
clear title to the Panama Canal COM
pany's property, but, otherwise, he shall
adopt the Nicaragua route. The senate
had some debate over the trouble into
which it had gotten with the house over
amendments to the army appropriation
bill and finally asked for a conference
with the house, ignoring the Offensive"
message which caused the trouble. Bills
were passed authorizing the construction
of a bridge across the Missouri river
within five miles north of the Kaw river,
Wyandotte county, Kan. and Clay coun-
ty, Mo-; to set apart certain lands in
South Dakota as a public park to be
known as the Wind Cave national
park. The opening day of the weeks
debate on the Philippine government bill
in the house was signaliZed by a re-
markedly strong and exhaustive speech
by Mr.. Cooper (Wis.), chairman of the
committee on insular affairs. Much of
the speech was a general defense of the
policy pursued by the administration and
drew repeated applause from his side
of the house. Mr.. Jones (Va.), the rank
ing member of the minority of the COM
mittee, made an able presentation of the
democratic position.
No business of importance was trans
acted by the senate on the 10th in open
session except to agree to a conference
report finally disposing of the military
academy appropriation bill. Soon after
the disposition of routine business the
senate went into executive session and
afterwards adjourned until the 23d. De-
bate on the Philippine civil government
bill continued in the house from II a. m.
to five p. m. and at a session held at
night! The speakers were given close
attention, each side enthusiastically ap-
plauding its respective orators. The
isthmian canal bill was sent to confer
ence after the senate amendment had
been non-concurred in. The house reit-
Grated the position 1t had taken on the
army appropriation bill by ignoring the
action of the senate and sending the
bill back to the senate after voting to
adhere to its disagreement to the sem
ate's Objectionable army post amend
ments. Mr.. Kern Qll.) introduced a bill
to provide for the pensioning at $50 per
month of all the. natural blind over 16
years of age until the end of their natu-
raj life.
The senate was not in session on the
Hst.. The debate on the Philippine civil
service government bill Jagged in the
house. Earlier in the day the confer
ence reports on the military academy
and sundry civil appropriation bills were
adopted.
A motion was entered formally In the
senate on the 23d by Senator Quay (Pa.)
to discharge the committee on territories
from further consideration Of the bill to
admit as states the territories of Okla
homa, New Mexico and Arizona. No
action was taken on the motion. Dur
ing the greater part of the session the
unfinished business, the bill ratifying
convention with the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indians, was under discus
sion. 1t was not disposed of. Debate on
the civil government bill warmed up in
the house. The increased interest was
due to the injection into the debate OF
a comparison of the cruelties charged
to have been practiced in the Philippines
with those which occurred during the
civil war;. Mr.. Grosvenor CO., revived
the memory of the eXtremities to which
Grant and Jackson were put during
the rebellion. This was followed late in
the day by a speech from Mr. Mahon
(Pa.) in which he paraded the horrors
of Andersonville and Libby prisons. Mr..
DeArmond (Mo) spoke at considerable
lentgh in opposition to the administra-
tons Philippine policy.