The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-03-06
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL rRocEEDiNGs.
lsecond SESSION.

In the senate. on the I'd. washing,on.s
farewell address was read by Mr.. Dubois
udahol. The omnibus public building
bill was passed and the post ONCE appro.
printion bill was considered without final
action. Mr.. Tlllman spoke for nearly two
hours. principally IN reply Go Mr Spoon
The house passed the general deficiency
appropriation bill. the last OF the regular
supply bills. The only amendment OF i'm:
10 replace The stores and rtorehouse. at
the Rock Island arsenal recently, de-
stroyed. by IRE. The bill 90 amend the
railroad safety appliance act was sent to
conference and the confereos were In
rtructed not to Insist on that portion Of
tho house amendment giving the inter
state commerce commission power 10 re.
duce below 20 per cent, the number OF
cars equipped with patent air brakes.
In the senate, on the eth, the major
portion Of the session was taken M with
the indianoln tAis-D post office case. Mr.
Tillman spoke for three hours, In contin-
uaiion Of his remarks. begun Monday. on
The race question. aud was followed by
Ink hour several bills and resolutions
were passed aud consideration was given
the bill 10 further provide for the safe
kec OF public money on deposit IN ma
tionnl banks. Tho agricultural appropri-
alton blu was also considered and the
committee amendments were agreed 10
except the statehood rider. which was
passed over. .....Thc house passed The
Philippine currency bill, accepting the
senate hill 10 far as Il relates TO the Isl
nndH. The committee amendment strik.
inH out the international monetary con-
ference was agreed to. The contested
election case OF Wagner W. Butler was
democrats began To nlibustor, which they
threaten to continue VI the case IL
ssth. Gus" ""' '"'o O'' VI" '"'
In the SENATE. on the 18th. the statehood
riders u the agricultural aud post Of
Zee appropriation bills were Withdrawn
aud both bills passed. The house amend
mentr To the Philippine currency bill were
agreed 10. thus sending the hill 10 the
president. The rundry civil bill was near
W coinl,sted. and a lats. number Of pen
adopted the conference report on the
army appropriation bin and sent the bill
TO the president. The bill To establish q
union station IN Washington WAS finally
passed. the house Abandoning It's amend
mont TO reduce the amount to be- given To
the P"nnslyNanln aud Baltimore a Ohio
the senate bill. 10 ti,ccD.OO0 ench az ixei
by the house. The Fowler currency bill
was debated In u dcnultory way. The
speaker appointed the following members
TO represent, the house al the dedication
% the Louisiana Purchase exposition
Mcssrs. Tnwnry rep. Mimi. sherman
rep. Mo}. v%s mn@Sa Tsp Sirdp. o., n' passSr
rep, ". JD. oyerrtrect rep, Ind, Mann
gepy M Smith rcp.. Ia, Miller Iep.
dem, I.aJ, nsrtiet,' dem. Ga)' shafro'h
,dem.. COLI and Hay tdcm., Val.
The senate, on the 18th. passed the sun.
dry ciNil bill after n number OF amend
ments had been added to II. The advisa.
the president Of senators and members
on commissions formed the subject Of
eussion II. was made clear that no rencc-
tlon was Intended on Mr.. Lodge and MIR.
Turner. who have been selected Ms mem.
bors OF the Alaskan boundary commits
niOn....ln tho house Ianag1 llusI.e
dem, MOI was unseated and George G.
Place, a ,piri,.l debate OF two hours
The DEMOCRATS had decided AZ their eau.
Gus that " the case was called up they
would prosecute a nlibuster until March
M they began to hght when the gnycl
fell at noon. Finally. after repeated roll
calls the matter was brought to a vote.
anu MT. bntler was unseated on the
ground that he had not been duiy elected.
Tho senate, on the 9th, passed tho
MAYA! and the military academy nppro-
priatlon bills. The total carried by th-
naval bill Is ,si,sS7,N s, The immigration
amendments made TO meet the Views OF
various senators, hut the bill failed OF a
vote on objection from New England sen.
Canadian labor. Senator Biackburn s..
cured a vote on his motion to take IN the
Lltt.lof.ld antitrust bill, and lost by 2.
70 Is, The senate was IL. executive ses-
other stormy sp%csaion" was sn' Reid Il, 'H m
house, and two special rules were adopt.
"a TO expedite appropriation bills and re-
power to obsiruct lcsisia,,on' EVEN VIII
the special rules IN operation. getting ap.
preparation h,l,s Into conference was a
tedious ana ihhorious process. and ar
oight-hour session and n roll calls beInp
nrc,SsaIy 10 get the agricultural, sundry
nlyn, m,,iafy ncademy and post Office. APP
adopt the conference report on the In.