Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-04-23
PHILL1PsBURG, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2s 1902
WORK OF CONGRESS.

The drastic Chinese exclusion bill, orig
inally framed by the senators and repre-
sentatives from the Pacific states, me
defeat in the senate on the 10th and il
Its place was submitted a measure of
fered by Senator Plat Comm extend
Ing the provisions of the present exclu
sion law and also applying that exclusion
to all 1nSular territory under the juriS
diction of the United States. Once thu
substitution had been made, ali senator:
had Joined in its support with the single
exception of Senator Hoar, the substitute
being passed, rs to 1. The senate failed
to substitute the enacting clause of the
house bill for the senate measure, so thai
the bill now will go to the house as ar
original measure and from a parlia,
mentary standpoint will have to be acted
on and treated the same as though the
house had not passed a Chinese exciu,
sion bill already. Resolutions were in.
troduced, directed to the secretary OF
war and to the secretary of the navy
making inquiry as to the cost of the wal
in the Philippines, covering the period
since May, 1898. The friends of the Gu
ban reciprocity bill won a substantial
victory in the house by carrying a mo-
ton to close general debate on the 18th
at three o'clock. The vote was 153 tC
13. Thirty-three republicans voted
against the motion, but this detection was
offset by 81 democrats who voted with
the great body of the republicans for it
The debate was featureless. Mr.. Hay
CVa.) introduced a resolution inquiring OF
the civil service commission as to the ex.
est in civil service examinations had beer
passed over and appointments made OF
persons lower down on the list.
For more than four hours on the 18th
Senator Morgan (Ala.), chairman Of the
isthmian canal committee addressed
guam canal. He devoted the greater part
of his speech to a consideration of the
desirability and practicability of the two
principal routes, Nicaragua and Panama.
He strenuously favored the former, main
tanning that in every possible respect
1t had many advantages over the Panama
route. Senator Hoar (Mass.) introduced
an amendment to the sundry civil APP
preparation bill authorizing the commits
Sioner of labor to make an investigation
of the question of divorce in the United
States and appropriating $4,000 for the
purpose. Senator Nelson (Ndinn) intro
duced an amendment to the same bill
creating the Office of Pacific railroad
commissioner and fixing the salary of the
commissioner at $500 per annum. The
Cuban reciprocity bill was debated in the
house, the opponents of the measure &C.
cupying most of the time. Mr.. Cushman
CWash.),- republican, made a vigorous
speech against the bill. Mr.. DeArmond
(Mo.) delivered a forcible speech in IA
vor of tariff reduction on trust articles
and Mr.. Loud (CaL) declared that di-
rect1y and Indirectly Cuba already had
cost the United States 500, 1908, 100000.
At the session of the senate on the 18th
consideration was begun of the bill tenn
porarily to provide a form of government
for the Philippine Islands. The measure
was read and the committee amendments
were agreed to tentatively, but no action
on the bill was taken. Fifty-five private
pension bills and few minor measures
were passed. The democrats and the
republican insurgents rode rough-shod
over the house leaders when the voting
began on the Cuban reciprocity bill. They
overthrow the ruling of the chair in COM
mittee of the whole on the question of
the germaness of an amendment to re-
move the differential from refined sugar
during the existence of the reciprocity
agreement provided for in the bill. The
vote to overrule the decision of the chair,
made by Mr.. Sherman On. ", was III
to 100, republicans to the number of 81
joining with a solid democratic vote to
accomplish this result. Having won this
preliminary victory, the amendment was
adopted in committee, 1874 to Ill, and later
in the house by a still larger majority,
1879 to 105. On this occasion 81 republic
ans voted with the democrats for the
amendment. The bill then was passed
by an overwhelming majority, 247 to 50.
The senate amendments to the Chinese
exclusion bill were disagreed to and the
bill was sent to conference.
Little business of national Importance
was transacted by the senate on the 18th.
Numerous measures of minor character
and nearly 60 private pension bills were
passed. In the house the fertilization
appropriation bill was passed and the
conference report on the legislative APP
preparation bill agreed to. The bill to
increase the number of judges of the SUI
preme court of Oklahoma from five to
seven; the bill offered by Mr.. Bowersock
(Kan.), providing for the establishment
of a federal court at Kansas City, Kan;
a bill providing for the extension of the
time in which the new bridge across the
Missouri river at st. Charles, No, must
be completed, and several other minor
bills were also passed.