The Canton times., 1902-05-09
IN BRIEF
Compiled from Various Sources
co,cppssYoyAI, PROCEEDINGS.

Tn the senate. on the 2Sth, house amend
nent to the oleomargarine bill we're
agreed to- Mr.. Simmons IN Cl spohe
opposition to the Philippine goverhhiTeennes hirene
Xii The conference report on the Chinese
exclusion bill was adopted; annr;a anu I'm
alton of the sundry civil appIopi ", In
bill was begun, but not concluded - 80 -
the house, the general debate on ne AZ
riculturai appropriation bill was con5ln- 3nn..
ned and concluded, after when SLOW
progress was made, only 70 OF the 10 20"
of the bill being disposed OF: Inc Inc = semra Eanra
tion of the day was speech py ND
sentative Sibley (Pa) in denunciation o, o,
Cen Jacob III. Smith for orders aileRed
To have been issued by him in the Samaf
campaign. -,
In the senate, on the 29th. during the
furtber discussion of the Philippine Gov
ernment bill, a spirited discussion arose
on the subject of Gen. smith 5 aiiesedd
order not to take prisoners IN tne lsliilu
of Samar Democrats denounced the order
to Kill and destroy, and republicans de,
Tended the administration, Whlcn nau
promptly ordered a court t-martlal upSon !,
ceipts of the charges against zen ,h1;n oli,t,,
I'm the house, the omnibus puD1lic so1
huiidings appropriation bill, carrying SiI, ..
4O5. $50. was passed, and consideratlon o.
the agricultural appropriation bill was re-
sumed, but only seven pages were oie-
posed of. ~ LII Gov
the purchase of the Rosebud reservation
in South Dakota and the sundry civii ap,
preparation bill were considered, oul ~
action was taken on them, a resoluttppia, 10 u
recall of Mai Gardner from the phllip-
pines to testify before the Philippine
commissioners, precipitated warm dls,
cussion. In the house, the agrlculturai
appropriation bill was passed ana con-
sideration of the District of Colum5la ap7,
preparation bill was begun. The GoldIoeeff
resolution, calling on the secretary OF
State for information whether American
citizens of Jewish faith were excluoeo
from Russia, was adopted. M
In the senate, on the 1st, both the Rose
bud reservation bill and the sundry clvii
service appropriation bill received consid-
Grafton, but not final ACTION. When Tue
Philippine government bill was taken up
Ae,linaldo became the special subject OF
discussion. the failure of the Philippine
committee to call him as witnesses pelnS
severely criticised by MI Garmack lar aac
ator Foraker In the house, most ol
the day was given to discussion Oh the
District of Columbia appropriation Dill
which was not completed. MI SnuttuSs
(O.) spoke on industrial condltloas; ;ail ano
Mr. Gaines (Tenn) in criticism Oh cohoi'
tions in the Philippines.
In the senate on the I'd, during the dis
cussion of the Philippine bill, lively ols,
cussion was precipitated by Mr.. Pritcnaru
IN. c., charging corrupt and cruel prac-
tices in North Carolina. to defrapd me me
negro of his vote, against which Mr
simmons IN. c. entered general de-
nial. The Rosebud Indian reservation pll
and the sundry civil bill were again conSlu-
cred, but not completed. In the house the
anti-conspiracy bill reported from the Ju-
dietary committee was passed Without
word of debate. Among the other I'M
portant bills passed was the bill to pro
vide Diplomatic and consular ofncers 1or
the Republic of Cuba.