The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-05-23
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| RESUME OF fH1
Ill WEEKS PROCEEDINGS.
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I'm the House.

In the House.
Washington, May 13.-The house yes
terday passed by an overwhelming
vote bill granting 100000 for the re-
lief of the sufferers in the great calam-
ity in the West Indies. The bill was a.
substitute for the relief measure passed
by the senate anad followed the receipt
| of a message from the president set
ting forth the ma ynitude Of the calan-
| ity and urging an appropriation Of
s5Oo,Ooo. special meeting of the APP
preparation committee was held to ia
cilitate action on the bill and ii was
| reported to the house within a short
time after the receipt of the presidents
message. Mr.. Helninway, the acting
chairman of the appropriations COM :.
mittee. explained that the amount was
limited to 100000 owing to the fact that
| large private contributions were being
made. the discussion was brief. Mr..
Underwood of Alabama, being the only
one to speak in opposition. The bill was
passed, 1856 20 9.
The rest of the day was devoted to
business of the district of Columbia.
In the Senate.
An important contribution to the
| discussion of the Philippine govern
nent bill was mlde in the senate yes
terday by Mr. Foraker of Ohio. He
maintained that the United States
| could not leave the islands until order
had been restored and until a stable
government had been established He
declared that this government would
not come away from the islands under
the present or the next administration,
even though the latter be Democratic.
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would consent to poltroonery He de-
ciared that the minority had attacked
| the army from the commanding gen.
eral to the humblest private-all be-
cause the army had resented outrages,
without parallel in cruelty. committed
by the Filipinos. The American army.
he said, had shown humanity unsur-
| passed in history. The American peo
pie always had stood by their army.
and they always would.
| The senate concurred in the house
amendment to the bill making an ap-
preparation of 100000 for the relief of
! the people of the French West Indies.
In the Senate.
| washington, MAY 14-An additional
appropriation of $500, 900 was made by
the senate yesterday for the stricken
people of the French West Indies, i'll
accordance with the recommendation of
the president that 100000 be appro-
priated. The agricultural appropriation
bill was passed and then Mr.. Stewart
of Nevada, in supporting the Philippine
bill, warned the minority that no polit-
ical gain woull accrue to them from
their attack on the army.
In the House.
The naval appropriation bill, which
provides for two new battleships, two
armoreG cruisers and two gunboats and
carries a total Of $77,65O,O0O. was taken
up in the house yesterday Representa-
tive FoSs Of Illinois, chairman of the
naval committee, in opening the debate
sounded note Of warning against the
overconfident beiies that our navy was
invincible.
The conference report on the onlni-
bus claims bill was rejected on the
ground that claims not considered by
either branch of congress had been in
serted in the measure by the conferees
and the measure was returned to con-
| ference.
In the House.. q
Washington, May 15.-The naval ap-
preparation bill occupied the attention
of the house throughout the day. Mr..
Dayton of West Virginia speaking on
the need of Strengthening our naval
battle line, while Messrs. w. w. Kitch-
in of North Carolina, Fitzgerald of New
York, Metcalf of California and Mayn-
ard of Virginia strongly advocated the
building of warships in government
navy yards. The debate took a wide
range at times. Mr.. Rhea of Virginia,
speaking in criticism of the admins
tratlons Philippines policy, while Mr..
Elliott of South Carolina presented the
advantages of the proposed Appalach-
ian forest reserve
| In the Senate.
| Durlne the greater part of the SEN
| ate session yesterday the Notifications
appropriation bill was under considera-
| ton. Mr.. Proctor of Vermont offered
an amendment providing that no part
| of the appropriation made should be
! used for producing disappearing gun
| carriage The amendment precipitated
a debate which continued for two hours
and had not concluded when the meas
| ure was laid aside for the day.
In the Senate.
Washir gton, May 16-An extended
speech by Mr.. McLaurin of Mississippi
government bill, was feature of yes
terday's session of the senate. The
Mississippi senator vigorously assailed
the administrations policy in the Phil
ippines. He deprecated the outrages
perpetrated in the islands, whether
they were committed by the Fiiipinos
or by the Americans. They were, in
his judgment, the natural outgrowth OF
the governments policy for which, he
maintained, the Republican party was
responsible. He urged the abandon
ment Of the policy in the interest Of
humanity and Justice. He. declared
that the minority was not discussing
the pending measure to obtain political
capital, as all the political material
which the Democrats desired had been
made for them by the Republicans in
this congress.
The bill providing for the erection of
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