Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-02-06
CONGRESS.

ment Of commerce. which passed the
senate today, was amended In var
ious particulars. Probably the most
important of the amendments was one
changing the title to read The De-
partment of Commerce and Labor"
II provides for q secretary, who IL to
be a member of the cabinet. an assist
ant secretary. and also the otner Of
ficials and clerks necessary. The pro
posed department is especially charg-
ed with the collection and distribu-
ton of statistical information and
with the development and fostering Of
foreign and domestic commerce. In
the department there 10 to be . new
bureau Of manufactures. and many
bureaus now included in other de-
partments are transferred to this new
department. including the life saving
service, the light house service. the
marine hospital service, the steam
boat inspection service, and tae bu-
reaus Of navigation. Of shipping and Of
immigration. as well ae the control
OF the fisheries and the Chinese ex-
clusion questions. all now within the
jurisdiction Of the treasury depart
ment, the fish commission and the
census bureau. The department also
is given jurisdiction over the consular
service so far as 1t pertains to com
merce. Just before the adjournment
of the senate Senator Spooner intro
duced a substitute for the Nicaragua
canal bill. The new bill is practical
authorization to the president of the
United States to choose between the
Washington, Jan. 29.-Senate.--For
an hour today the senate had under
discussion the proposition whether
censorship of press dispatches exists
in Manila. While no such turbulent
scenes as yesterdays were enacted.
the debate for time was very spirit
ed. The secretary Of war was quoted
as saying that no press censorship
now existed in tie Philippines and
letter from General Greedy. chief sig
nal officer of the army. was presented
by Beverage, Of Indiana, making the
statement officially that there was
no censorship of press dispatches and
that "the press Is entirely free" 1t
was contended by the opposition that
a press censorship did exis- in the
Philippines, and that copies of every
news dispatch filed with the cable
company were fled with the military
dutuOIlllcS. uat, IL was Hldintdiucu,
constituted q virtual censorship. Cul
lom, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, delivered an ex-
tended and carefully prepared speech
on the history of the reciprocity nego-
tlations. A bill providing for the use
by the United States of devices in
vented by its naval officers while
engaged in its service and covered by
letters patent was passed.
House.-Henry, OF Connecticut. re-
ported the oleomargarine bill from the
committee ON agriculture. With the
report were submitted the views Of
the minority of the committee and
the substitute offered by them. No
business of Importance was trans
acted.
Washington. Jan. 30.-Senate.-To-
days session of the senate was en-
tirely void OF the tumultuous scenes
which characterized the sessions OF
the past three days. After the Phil
ippine tariff measure was taken up,
Tillman delivered q speech devoted
almost entirely to discussion of the
part his state took in the war for the
independence Of the colonies. Incl
dentally. he referred occasionally T.
thC PChdAh6 OihAs Qh0Win6 AuOA1 -
he said. for the Lenefit of the MD
jority that they might be applied 4
the Philippines.
House.-The house today passed ~
bill -or the creation of a permanel
census bureau. The friends of d
civil service law. who were oppose
to making the employees Of the bureI
eligible for transfer or retention,
the permanent organization. The
also provides for a manufactui
census in 1905, and for the collect
of certain special statistics annus
Early In the session bill was pas
for the protection Of the lives Of 4
ers in the territories.
Washington. Jan. 31.-Senate.-
extended speech on the pending Phi
pine tariff bill was delivered in
senate by Morgan of Alaba
who devoted particular attention
an amendment he offered to the
last week. He maintained that
enactment of the bill as 1t sta
now would not be constituted
remedy for the situation the meas
Is designed to relieve. but said VI
tina adoption of his amendment
bill would stand the closest scruti
did not discuss the political phas,
Of the Philippine question, deyotin
his entire speech to q considerable
of the regal and constitutional que
tons raised by the presentation
the tariff measure. An hour and
half was devoted to consideration
a bill to increase the salaries
judges of United States court4
no action was taken.
House-The house today prH
to defend itself against what
slders the threatened invasion
senate of Its prerogative in thfI
ter OF revenue legislation by dir,I
the ways and means committee
vestigate the subject and repd
the house its conclusions. The
of the house was the outgrowi
the agitation In the senate d
claim that reciprocity treaties
ing the customs revenues can bel
tiated without the concurrence
house. After short debate. SRI
Henderson pointed out that Ri
sons resolution did not contain
gle averment that there had be.
actual assault on the rights q
house and ruled that the reso
was not privileged In doing
called attention to the fact that
the treat of such invasion the
today had taken action to invest
the subject that It might be qW
and equipped with argument