Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-25
WORK OF CONGRESS.

Ihe senate was not In session on the
Sth..--The house was in session less than
an hour. Only routine business was
transacted. the most important feature
OF which was the reporting by Mr.. Can
non, chairman of the committee on ap-
preparations, OF an urgent deficiency bill.
1t carries upwards of SI6,OOO,00O. A bill
was passed for the protection of towns
In the Indian territory and providing that
they may issue bonds to an amount not
exceeding five mills on each dollar ef
taxable property of the municipality for
the construction of sewers, waterworks
and schoolhouses. Mr.. Kahn 1CaI.) intro
duced the Chinese exclusion bill agreed
upon by all Pacific coast interests as rep
resenting. their views. 1t was referred to
the foreign affairs COMMITTEES.
Chairman Lodge. on behalf of the Phil
ippines committee, reported the Philip
pine tariff bill in the senate on the 10th
and gave notice that he would call it up
the next day. During the greater part OF
the session the measure providing for
the establishment OF a department of
commerce was under consideration. An
effort was made by Senator Nelson
(AIinn.) to secure a vote, but the opposi-
ton to many of its provisions became so
strong that the effort had to be aban-
doned. Senator Vest (Ndo.) introduced as
a substitute for the ship subsidy bill his
bill of the last congress repeating the
law prohibiting the purchase of foreign
built ships.-..The time in the house was
occupied in general debate on the urgent
the bill carrying 600 for a military
post at Manila precipitated a long de-
bate. a semi-humorous speech was also
made by Mr.. Clark (Mo) on the item OF
$40, 600 for the entertainment of Prince
Henry and he wanted to know who was
going to pay the expenses of the Eek
traordinary aggregation of talent con.
sisting of Whitelaw Reid, Capt. Clark,
Gen. Wilson, young Pierpont Morgan and
young Wetmore," who were to be dis
patched to London to see This sacred
majesty King Edward VII" crowned
and said if it was right and proper for
us to pay for the entertainment of Prince
Henry why should not England pay the
expenses of Reid, Clark and the others.
For nearly three hours on the 21st the
senate had under consideration the Phil
ippine tariff bill The measure was made
the unfinished business and probably VIII
hold that position of preference until 1t
shall have been voted on finally. Sena-
tor Morgan (Ala.) introduced a bill plac-
ing Gen. James Longstreet on the retired
list of the army with the rank of major,
the rank he held when he entered the
service of the confederacy at the begin
ming OF the civil war. number of pri-
waite pension bills were passed In the
absence of other pressing business the
house managers allowed the widest lati-
tude in the debate on the urgent def
cheney bill. The irrigation Of arid lands
in the west and the advisability of re-
tanning control of the Philippines also
liam A. Smith (Afich.) introduced reso-
luton directing the state department TO
request the British government to with
hold the sentence of death passed on
Commander Scheepers, who is about to
be shot Mr.. Wiley (Ala) introduced
bill designed to prevent the holding up
of trains for purposes of robbery 1t pro-
vides a penalty of death or life i'm
prisonment for the guilty parties. Mr.
Stephens ITex.) introduced a bill for the
union of Oklahoma and the Indian terri
tory as state, to be known as the state
of Oklahoma.
Debate on the Philippine tariff bill was
not continued in the senate on the I'D,
member of the body being prepared
to proceed with the discussion. The bill
providing for the establishment of a de-
partment of commerce was under discus
sion for nearly Two hours, but little prog
ress was made with it, Bills were intro
duced to prohibit the Importation OF
opium for smoking purposes and for the
establishment of home for lepers In
the dry climate OF the INTERIOR w hen
the item in the urgent deficiency bill APP
propriating 100000 for military post at
Manila came mp in the house Mr. Cannon
CID, in charge of the bill, confessed that
the appropriation was subject to point
of order and 1t went out. In lieu there
of he offered an amendment to apprO-
pirate the same sum for shelter and
projections of the officers and enlisted
men of the army on duty in the Philip
pines. This the chair held to be in or
der and it at once became the subject OF
a very spirited debate in which Mr.. Rich
ardson (Tenn.), the minority leader; Mr..
Williams (Miss.), and Mr.. DeArmon6
(Mo); were pitted against the chairman
of the appropriations committee. When
the vote came to be taken Mr.. Cummings
IN. W, democrat, voted with the re-
publicans, turning angriiy on his politi-
cal brethren as he did so, and with
cIinched fist in their faces crying out
that he hoped he might be paralyzec
when he refused to vote to protect ar
American soldier. The vote the
adoption of the amendment stood ayes
127, nays 100. Without completing the
bill the house adjourned.