The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
weeks DO|NCs
IN CONGRESS
Business Transacted by the
House and Senate in the
National Capital.

National Ca pital.
CANAL BILL TO PRESIDENT
House Agrees to Senate Amendments
The Philippine Bill Passes the House
Practically as 1t Came From the Com
mittee.
Washington, June 25.-Senate.-In
few minutes today the senate dis
posed for this session the omnibus
statehood question. which has been
pending for several days. Beveridge,
OF Indiana, chairman of the commit
tee on territories, announced that
report on the bill before the committee
would be made on the third day oS the
next session. This was satisfactory to
quay, OF Pennsylvania, who, after Sc,
curing an agreement that the commit
tees report should be the unfinished
business on and after the 10th of De-
cember until it was disposed of, with
drew his motion to discharge the com.
mittee from further consideration of
the matter. After McCumber, of N.
Dakota, had discussed the pending
food bill, and Gallinger, of New
Hampshire, had delivered an extended
argument to show that the present
prosperity of the country was due to
the operation Of the Dingley tariff
law, the senate took up the calendar
and passed large number of bills of
minor Importance. The conference re-
MORT tho q l.;
was agreed to thus passing that
measure and eliminating the friction
which has existed between the two
houses over it.
House.-The Philippine civil gov
eminent bill was thrown open to
amendment in the house this morning.
Very slow progress was made, only
fifteen Of the fifty pages of the bill
being completed. By an amendment
offered by Bartlett, of Georgia, cases
involving the construction of the con-
stttution can be appealed from the SUI
preme court of the island to the SUI
preme court of the United States, and
by another offered by Littlefield, of
Main, one corporation in the islands
is prohibited from holding stock in
another. These were the only amend
ments of Importance adopted The
earlier portion of the day was devoted
to consideration of conference reports
on the sundry civil, army and navy
appropriation bills. The house adopt-
ed proposition agreeable to the
senate with reference to the disputed
items in the army bill, and by vote
OF 63 to 95 refused to agree to the
senate amendments to the naval bill
providing for five submarine torpedo
boats.
Washington, June 6.-Senate.-Dur-
ing comparatively brief time the SEN
ate was in session today the conference
report on the isthmian canal bill was
agreed to, and the general deficiency
bill, the last of the big supply meas
ures, was passed. A slight protest
was made against the appropriation of
$500,000 for the Buffalo exposition and
100000 for the Charleston exposition,
but finally they were included in the
bill. The measure also carried $45, 900
for the payment of the expenses of the
last days of President Mckinley, that
amount including the payment of the
physicians.
House-At o'clock tonight, at the
end Of nine-hour session, and of
debate lasting night and day for
week, the house passed the Philippine
civil government bill practically as it
party vote-141 to 97-with the ex-
ception of Mccall of Massachusetts,
who voted with the democrats The
minority substitute for the establish
ment of a temporary government in
the islands and their permanent inde-
pendence as soon as stable govern
ment could be established was defeat
ed by vote of 95 to 1856. The debate
during the day was at times of
lively character. The democrats offer.
ed a multitude of amendments, but
tney were voted down, including one
offered by Patterson, of Tennessee, to
prohibit slavery or involuntary servi-
tude in the islands, The greatest in
terest attached to an amendment Of
fered by Mccall (rep.) of Massachu-
sets, to declare the policy of the u.
S. to be developed in the capacity of
the Filipinos for self-government and
pledging the faith of the United States
to grant them self-government He
supported the amendment in an ele-
CANT speech, and the democrats chal-
lenged their political adversaries to
declare their future policy Grosven-
Or of Ohio, and Cooper of Wisconsin
said it would be unwise to mortgage
the future by making such a declara-
tion now, and the latter quoted Gov
ernor Taft as saying that such a
promise now would tend to prevent
the pacification Of the islands. The
amendment was lost-S9 to 129 1t
was strict party vote, except for Nc
Call and Littlefield Of Maine, who vot-
ed with the democrats for the amend
ment. Before the consideration of the
philippine bill was resumed today, the
house, by vote of ESQ to 8, adopted
the conference report on the isthmian
canal bill, thus accepting in toto the
senate bill. The bill now goes to the
president.
Washington, June 27.-Senate.-
Quite unexpectedly a sharp debate
arose in the senate today ON the nlas-