Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-05-07
WORK OF CONGRESS.

senator Harris (kan) presented the fol-
lowing telegram he had received from the
Kansas Millers' associations: kansas
millers, on account of foreign discrim-
nations, with the best wheat in the
world at their door are not producing
over one-third of their full capacity
Unless your committee on foreign rela-
tions can give US relief through recip-
rocal concessions, placing our millers on
an equal basis with foreign mills, many
OF our mills will shut down indefinitely
and some of them will be forced to the
wall. In our distress we look to our
senators for relief After a brief dis
cusslon the house amendments to the
oleomargarine bill were agreed to- Sem
ator Simmons On. CO addressed the SEN
ate in opposition to the Philippine gov
eminent bill. He urged that the Philip
pines ought to be turned over to the in
habitants of the islands and denounced
the 'cruelties and barbarities'' alleged
to have been committed on the Filipinos
by the American army. The conference
report on the Chinese exclusion bill was
adopted. Mr.. Sibley (Pa.) created some
thing of a sensation in the house dur
ing the general debate on the agricul-
tural appropriation bill by severely de-
nouncinS Gen. Jacob H. Smith for the
orders he issued in the Samar campaign
He declared that Gen. Smith was a dis
grace to the uniform he wore and ex-
pressed the hope that the president
would strip him of his uniform within
4S hours. Mr.. Curtis (kan) made a
brief but fervent defense of Gen Fun
ston against the criticism to which he
has been subjected. The conference re-
port of the Chinese exclusion bill was
adopted without debate. This sends it
to the president
A spirited discussion of the Philippine
situation occurred on the 18th when the
Philippine bill was laid before the senate
1t reVolved around the order alleged to
have been issued by Gen. Jacob A Smith
to make the island of Samar a bowling
wilderness and to kill all male inhab bit
ants over the age of ten years Senator
Teller (Col) declared that Gen. Smith, if
he had issued such an order as had been
attributed to him, ought to be dismissed
from the service, it was a disgrace to
the American army and to the American
people. Under a special order which al
lowed three hours debate, but which cut
off all opportunity of amendment the
house passed the omnibus public build
ing bill which will distribute Sf7 4O5 $50
among ia cities. There was some criti-
cism of the method by which it was pro-
posed to pass the bill without opportu-
nifty for amendment, which Mr.. Mercer
(Neb), chairman of the committee. an
Swered by stating that if the bill had
been subject to amendment the appro-
priations carried by it would have been
increased to $50, 100000. The consideration
of the agricultural appropriation bill was
posed of.
resolution offered in the senate on
the Both by Senator Patterson (Col), di-
recting the secretary of war to order by
cable Maj. Gardener. now in the Philip
pines, to come Immediately to Washing
ton, to appear as a witness before the
Philippine committee, precipitated
warm discussion and finally the resolu-
ton went over. Senator Culberson CTex)
introduced resolution calling the
secretary of war for information about
the RECOMMENDATION orders of Gen. Bell
and Gen. Smiths orders to Mai Waller
The resolution was not passed upon.
Senator Penrose, Pa.) introduced a bill
providing for the reimbursement under
the terms of the eight-hour law of the
accounts of the letter carriers and others
who have been employed by the govern
ment since 1868 with the view of paying
them for all the time they have been
employed in excess of eight hours. A
bill changing the date of holding the
United States district court at Joplin
Mo-, was passed. Senator Burton (Kano,
from the committee public lands re-
ported back the bill granting to the Cen
trail Arizona Railway company a right
of-way through the San Francisco noun
tain forest reserve in Arizona with a rec
concentration that it be passed, notwith-
standing the veto by the president. On
objection the measure went to the cal
endar.. The house passed the agricul-
tural appropriation bill and began con-
sideration of the District of Columbia
appropriation bill, the last but two of
the regular supply measures. The Gold
fogle resolution, calling on the secretary
of state for information as to whether
American citizens of Jewish faith were
excluded from Russia, was adopted.
Aguinaldo was the special subject OF
discussion in the senate on the 1st Az
soon as the Philippine government bill
was taken up Senator Carmack (Tenn)
resumed his criticism of the Philippine
committee, because of it's refusal to call
Aguinaldo and other Fiipinos as wit
nesses. He maintained that as ref1ec-
lions by witnesses had been cast on the
character of Aguinaldo he ought to be
permitted Gin all decency" to defend
himself. Both the Rosebut reservation
bill and the sundry civil appropriation
bill received consideration, but not final
action. The house gave most of the day
to the District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill, which was not completed. The
Burleson resolution, calling upon the
war department for copies of all orders
to the commanding officers in the Philip
pines bearing upon the operations in Sa-
mar under Gen. Jacob H. Smith, was
adopted.