Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-01
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Buffalo Exposition amendment was
carried. lis to 101.
Finley S. c., then entered his motion
to concur in the Charleston Exposition
amendment. Finley made an earnest
argument in support of his motion. The
appropriation of $4,000 in the Senate
amendment would give them what they
should have had originally, he said.
Cannon spoke sarcastically of the
Cohesive force Of public plumber"
tinley'S motion was lost, II to 11S.
Mondell, Wyo., moved concurrence in
the Senate amendment to appropriate
100000 toward the payment of the
awards of the fire claims commission
upon property destroyed in Hawaii, in
the suppression Of the bubonic plague
in 1899 and 1900 The total amount of
the awards, Mondell said, was $780,
900. over 1900 people, he said, We're
interested in these awards.
The motion was favored by Sulzer,
N Y, Powers, Me-, and Hill, Conn,
and opposed by Cannon 1t was lost,
% to los.
motion by Burton, Ohio, to concur
with an amendment in the appropria-
ton Of $4,000 for the Ohio river be-
tween Cairo AMI Mound City was
adopted. The bill was then sent back
to conference.
A special rule was adopted to make
motion to suspend the rules in order
at. any time for the remainder of the
session, as was another suspending the
Hepburn rule to require the printing of
conference reports in the record before
consideration.
The Senate bill to provide for the
organization of private corporations in
Alasa" was passed, as was a bfll to
"alIot the lands in the CherokeeS ma =
ton and the disposition of town Ntes
therein.
Cooper, Wis, chairman of the cow
mittee on insular affairs. presented TIE
conference report upon the Philippine
bill. The statement was as follows:
There were three important points,
of difference between the two houses,
namely: The provisions in the House
bill for "a Legislature; another in rela-
ton to lands and another in relation
to coinage The Senate recedes from
its disa greement to the provision for
Legislature and agrees to 1t with
an amendment providing that within
two years after the census provided for
in the House bill has been completed,
if in the meanwhile, a condition Of
general peace and good order shall
have prevailed, the President shall Or
der the Philippine commission to call
a general election for the choice OF del
egates to a popular assembly OF the
people of that portion of the ISLANDS
not inhabited by Moros and pagan
tribes. witch shall be known as the
Philippine Assembly. AS to the qualifi-
cation OF voters the power of the As
sembIy and of the Legislatures and the
qualifications of the members of, the
Assembly, the Senate has agreed sub
stantialy to the House provision. This
also provides for two commissions to be
elected by the Legislature.
1.-THE Senate further recedeS from its
disagreement to the provisions of the
House bill relating to public lands and
agrees with an amendment reducing
the amount of land to be held by cor
porations from 1000 hectares to 1924
hectares The Senate has further
agreed to the House provision restrict
ing the ownership and control by men,
bers of corporations of mining and ag-
ricultural lands, with additional strin-
gent provisions limiting these holdings.
I'm the coinage provisions reported,
the Senate recedes from it's provision
for the establishment of a gold stand
ard The report agrees upon the pro-
vision for subsidiary coins and minor
coins. the names being those of the
House bill and substantially as provid-
ed in the House bill.
"Tne provisions relating to banks are
eliminated from the bill.
HI fai, no 81 In
itations and bill of rights complete. as
i'm the House bill.
1.-The mining provisions of the bill
are a combination of the provisions of
the mining features of the two bills.
"Otherwise the bill reported does not
substantially differ from the bill passed
by the House.
Cooper explained that the differences
upon tie coinage provisions We're diff
cult of adjustment. and finally resulted
in dropping both Senate and House
provisions out. Speaking of the pro-
visions for the disposition of the pub
lie lands. he expressed the opinion that
they were satisfactory and that under
them it would be absolutely Impossible
to exploit the islands.
The language of the Legislature pro-
tion of a Legislature mandatory as
soon as the conditions We're fulfilled.
Jones. the ranking minority member
of the insular committee. declared that
this statement did not cover one-tenth
of the changes made. He criticized the
public lind provisions, saying the Phil
ippine commission would have the DOW
err to sell or dispose of the public lands
before rules and regulations We're pros
mulgated. He also criticized the legis>
lative provision as agreed by the COM
ferees.
Jones said he h; d declined to sign the
report while in what purported to be'a
baR for the tempfrary government Of
islands. there as not a line Or syl-
Williams. Ill. Ntid If the adn6nstra-
ton proceeded in good faith it plnd be
! 1--WE years before there would be.popu-
Jar assemblage n the islands ~Tn the
meantime all thT franchises and public
,or, -, tba Islands could he dis