Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-03-12
CONGRESS.

amended in several particulars. An
amendment by Mr.. Rawlins for an ap-
preparation of $50,000,O00 to further
the work of irrigating the arid lands
furnished material for considerable
| discussion, Mr. Rawlins contending
that the surplus in the treasury could
| be better used in this manner than by
turning it into the national banks. The
amendment was rejected on point Of
order. When the Aldrich bin was
taken up Mr.. Teller continued his re-
marks begun Saturday. He was fol-
| lowed by Mr. Carmack, who replied to
| some criticisms of a recent speech
made by him on the subject of MUIR
ders in the Philippines. During the
course of the day the conference re-
port on the Notifications appropria
ton bill and the Alaskan homestead
bill were agreed to. The immigration
and omnibus public building bills
were sent to conference.
House.-All day the house struggled
laboriously against the democratic
| filibuster, working steadily to wind up
the necessary business of the session.
Despite another special rule adopted
early in the day legislation proceeded
at snail's pace. The voices of the
reading clerks were worn out by the
ceaseless calling of the roll and sew
eral clerks from committees have been
drafted to help out. Since Thursday
last, when filibuster was inaugurated,
there have been over sixty roll calls,
rs against fifty-seven for the entire
| long session lasting from December
], 1901, to July 3, 1902. The confer
ence report on the Alaskan homestead
bill and the immigration bill were
adopted, the omnibus public building
bill and the general deficiency appro-
priation bill were sent to conference.
The Often bill to prohibit tobacco
dealers from giving prizes, the bill to
| provide for a delegate from Porto
! Rico, a bill to advance Major w. G.
Gorgas to the rank of assistant sur
Eeon general and bill for the relief
| IF Lieutenant B. F. Handforth were
passed. The house also adopted the
conference reports on the postoffice
and agricultural appropriation bills
and shortly before midnight, at the
end of continuous session OF almost
thirteen hours, took recess.
Washington, March 3.-Senate.-The
final defeat of the Aldrich financial
bill was witnessed today, when it was
displaced by the Philippine tariff bill.
Mr.. Aldrich explained in detail his
measure and said that small number
Of men in the senate had deliberately,
with malice aforethought, murdered
it. One of the features of the senate
was the fact that for the first time in
! two years, Delaware was represented
in the senate. J. Frank Alice and l..
Heiser Ball, elected for the long and
short terms respectively, appeared in
the senate and were sworn in by
President Pro TEN Frye. In the
course of the debate Mr. Elkins de-
>lared that the republican party had
been false to it's solemn pledges In
:hree successive platforms with re-
| spect to statehood for Arizona, Okla
homa and New Mexico, and he said
that it was the first time that party
lad been guilty Of filibustering. Sen
ator Tillman caused tiutter in the
senate at 10 p. m. by announcing his
intention to defeat the naval appro
priation bill and the general deficiency
bill. This determination was the re
suit of an announcement from the
conference room on the general de
ficiency bill to the effect that the
house conferees had refused to accept
the senate amendment providing fol
the payment of the South Carolina
state claims of 1926. The senator
had stack of books beside his desk
as high as the desk, while on the desk
was a volume of Byron's poems oper
at the "Vision of Judgment" at is a
just claim and must go in" he SAID
cor | will defeat both the remaining
bills and force an extra session Of
both houses Of congress. l can tall
uatil II o'clock tomorrow and that Il
Gil that is necessary for the accom-
plishment of my purpose" The
amendment was accepted The nava
bill as agreed upon at lao a.. m, pro
eides for three battleships OF 5000
tons displacement and two battleship:
of 10000 tons displacement, and en-
tirely eliminates the provision TO
cruisers. At 1:50 the senate recessed
till 10 a. m.
House.-Today was almost repeti
ton of yesterday in the house. Slow
f. but surely through the operation o
eeaseless roll calls, the conference re
ports to complete the necessary legis
Iation were ground out and when tn
house at o'clock tonight recessed
oxtil 10 o'clock, only two conference
reports on appropriation bills wer
stiil undisposed of, the general def
cheney and the naval. The democrati
cDposition did not abate. The aetna
business done during the eight hour
Of the day session, consisted of tn
adoption of the conference reports o.
the immigration, public building an
sundry civil bills, the reference OF tn
presidents veto message of Virgin
claim bill to the committee on wa
claims, the adoption of a resolutio
10 correct clerical errors in the imm
gration bill and the passage OF SCI
ste bill to authorize the treasury d.
ra1tment to coin souvenir coins fo
the Thomas Jefferson Memorial asst
citation.
t Washington, March 4.-Senate.-M
8 Allison, chairman of the committee
: appropriations. made statement r.
Q sarding the amount of money appr'
y priated by the present congress
f compared with the appropriations
n the Fifty-sixth congress. The tot;
; sDpropriations of the present congress
= he said, was $1,554,10S,51S as cor
- pared with s1,440, 4S9, ABS for the Fl
= ty-sixth congress. Mr.. Bailey OF TeXs
I. L1ooooo1N~
1t is no use asking God to war
your heart while you are living in tt
=; Arctic of sin.
u Silence is sometimes the severe
crlCicism.-Buxton.
70 A simple country girl was witne'
70 in a the,L case in q suburban tow