Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-02-27
Do1Ees IN CONGRESS-.
Bills. Resolutions and HeasaeessRefore tina
Senate and House and How They
Are Disposed Of.

Biffss Resolutions and Messages before tina
Senate and House and How They
Are Disposed Of.
!. The senate on the 18th agreed to the
conference report on the army appropria-
ton bill. Discussion of the statehood bill
was resumed and Senator Depew On "
continued his remarks in opposition to it
He had not concluded when the senate
adjourned The house began considera-
ton of the naval appropriation bill. Mr..
Richardson (Tenn.) introduced a resolu-
ton asking the president why that por.
ton Of the Plat amendment regarding
the Isle OF Pines had not been enforced.
He also introduced a concurrent resolu-
ton declaring that 1t is the sense of con-
gress that the Isle OF Pines is territory
belonging to the United States and that
no sovereignty can be lawfully. exercised
there except by the United States. The
senate amendments. to the Indian appro-
priation bills were disagreed to and the
bill sent to conference. The house, by a
decisive vote. refused to pass the. bill
urged by Mr.. Stevens. of Texas to open
$4,000 acres of land in the Kiowa-Co-
+ manche reservation and dispose of 1t at
public auction.
There was lively debate In the senate
on the 18th over the resolution of Sena-
tor Quay Pa.) declaring it to be the sense
OF the senate that there should be q vote
on the statehood bill before the adjourn
ment of congress. To this Senator Nc
Comas (Md.) offered Senator Platt's
cloture reason and q motion was made
to refer the whole provision to the com.
mittee on rules. This was pending when
/ the senate went into executive session
The decision of the subject brought out
the fact that the senate was opposed &c
4 cloture of any form. The senate spent
81. hours in executive session, listening
nearly all the time to a continuation of
the speech of Senator Morgan (Ala-) on
the Panama canal treaty. At the Gloss
a vote was taken on Morgan's reSolu-
ton requesting an inquiry into the Gre
d0ntialS of Tomas Herran Whn-
sented the Colombian government in ne
sotiating the treaty. The resolution was
defeated-13 to 3s. Senator Mason. Qll.l
from the committee on post offices and
post roads. reported the post once ap-
preparation BILL with the amendment
providing for the admission of Oklahoma,
Arizona and New Mexico. The house
rejected the conference report on the
army appropriation bill because of its
provisions for the retirement of civil war
officers at an advanced grade and per-
hitting officers to deposit money with
the government at three per cent inter-
est The house emphatically voted
against both appropriations and sent the
bill back to conference. The remainder
of the day was devoted to the naval bill.
The senate spent only an hour and q
minutes in open session on the 18th. This
time was devoted to routine business and
passing bills of no great general impor
lance. Senator Morgan (Ala.), in the ex-
ecutive session, continued his speech on
the Panama canal treaty.....At the end
of protracted session the house passed
the naval appropriation bill A great
many amendments were offered to the
provisions relating to the increase of the
personnel an4 the authorization of new
ships to be built. The most important
amendment adopted was one to authorize
the secretary OF the navy, in his discre-
ton. to purchase or contract for SUBJ
marine torpedo boats, after investigation
of their merits. The increase in the per-
sonnet of the navy went through as re-
limit the increase to two midshipmen for
each senator and representative to the
period between now and 1911 being voted
down.
The senate spent the entire day on the
goth in executive session considering the
Panama canal treaty. After Senator
Morgan (Ala.) had spoken for an hour OF
more he gave way to Senator Quay Pa-).
but before the latter had well begun Sem
ator Carmack CTenn.) moved that Sena-
tor Morgan be allowed to discuss the ca
nal question in open senate The motion
brought on a general debate in which
the rules of the senate, the advisability
Of cloture and, many other kindred topics
were discussed. The house passed the
Notifications appropriations bin. adopted
the conference reports on the bill for the
protection of the president and the
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill and then spent three hours
wrangling over the Fowler currency bill.
Mr.. Sulloway On. H.) introduced a bill re-
pension laws any enlisted man in the mil
itary service of the United States during
the war of the rebellion shall he held tc
be entitled to pension for any disability
contracted by him during any enlistments
recognized by the war department as
valid. Mr.. Chester l.. Long (Kan.) intro
duced a bill to appropriate 100000 for q
federal building at Newton, Kan.
The senate on the 21st spent nearly the
entire day in executive session on the
Panama canal treaty. For an hour ii
of petitions and reports. the Introduction
of bills and the passing OF unobjected
bills on the calendar. :. The day in the
house was mostly devoted to the Fowler
currency bill. Mr.. Goldfogle On. " in
troduced n bill to prohibit the or
keeping of explosive matches. or parlor
matches, in any government building.
Mr.. Long tKan.) presented one of the
largest petitions that has ever reached
congress. 1t was from retail merchants
throughout the middle vest urging the
members of the houSe from states in that
section to oppose e parcels post law.
Mr.. Gaines (Tenn.) introduced resolu-
ton requesting the president to give q
detailed statement of the cost of re-
modelling the white house. Another reso-
luton by Mr.. Gaines asked the superin-
tendent of buildings to give an inventory
of public property in the white house
and its cost and. the disposition of such
articles as have been removed.
The house held a session on the I'D to
pay tribute to the memories to three de-
ceased member-Tonsue (Ore.), Rumple
Qa-) and Moody IN. Co. The customary
resolutions were adopted.
CONGRESS