The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-12-19
OF CONGRESS.

The revenue bills were considered by
the house on Wednesday in committee
of the whole. The first one taken ND
was a Measure providing that goods
deposited in bonded warehouses can be
withdrawn for consumption within
three years and be subject to duty
charges levied by law at the time of the
withdrawal. The object of the bill is to
release 10000, 900 pounds of now in
bond, subject to tax of 10 cents per
pound. The measure passed without
division. After Jan. l the tea will be
free of duty. The London dock bill is
considered killed by the passing of the
motion striking out the enacting
clause. The Indian appropriation bill
has been reported to the house and car
ries s7,715, $50, about $4,000 more than
estimates.
The house on Thursday went into
committee of the whole for the consid-
Grafton of a bill for the relief of tea
importers intended to meet the recent
decision Of the circuit court of New
York that goods imported are held in
bonded warehouses were subject to the
customs duty assessable at the time of
importation. The bill passed without
division. A joint resolution was offered
in the house by Shafroth of Colorado,
authorizing the president to propose to
Great Brltain-Germany to submit their
claims against Venezuela to arbitration
and to guarantee the payment of the
wards that may be found. The Repub-
lien members of the house committee
on banking and currency have discussed
he needs of financial legislation and
adjourned until Saturday without reach
ing a conclusion. Dec. 16 there will be
a general conference of Republican
members of the house on the pending
currency bill.
Friday the house devoted the day to
consideration of private pension bills.
The calendar was cleared, 173 bills be-
ing passed. None of them were of
especial interest. A bill to appro-
pirate n million dollars for the
eradication of the foot and mouth dis
ease in New England was made a spe-
cial order for next Tuesday. with the
understanding that only the legislative
features of the bill would be considered
and the appropriation would be re-
ported from the appropriations COM
mittee.
On Saturday the house entered upon
consideration of the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriations bill
and made rapid progress, fifty of the
l42 pages of the bill having been COM
pleted before adjournment. Several
Democratic members voiced their pro-
tests against reporting the big appro-
priation bill II day and taking it up
the next without affording sufficient
time to members outside the committee
to properly consider it. No material
amendments were offered. The house
judiciary committee heard arguments
OF a number of representatives on bills
affecting trusts and combines. One of
these was Representative H. G. Smith
OF Michigan, who introduced in the
house a joint resolution proposing an
comforting upon congress how to regu-
late and absolve trusts. He submitted
an argument in favor of his bill, the
purpose being to clothe ongress with
power to act when it is deemed neces-
sary.
The house Monday passed the senate
bill for a union railroad station in
Washington to cost four million dol
lars. The station is to be sit
uated onrth of the present sit of
the Baltimore & Ohio depot at Della
ware and Massachusetts n and in
front of it is to be a large plaza park.
The house also passed the urgent de-
tciency bill, which carried among other
items, an appropriation for $500, 900
for Graduating the foot and mouth dis
case in New England. A bill was passed
provide for allotment in severalty of
lands OF the New York Indians.