The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-01-16
FIFTY-SEVEN1H CONGRESS.
Second Session.

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and Carmack, when the firstnamed en-
deavOred to secure postponement of
The Vest resolution requiring the COM
mittee on finance to report bill re-
moving the duty. on coal. The propo-
sition was not acceptable to Mr.. Vest,
who expressed the opinion to allow
the resolution ito go into the uncer-
tain and nebulous future" would mean
defeat. Mr.. Nelson continued his re-
marks in opposition to the omnibus
statehood bill and large number of
private pension bills were passed by
unanimous consent. At $40 p. m. the.
senate adjourned out of respect to the
memory of the late Representative
Tongue, of Oregon.
House-The house Monday after
adopting a resolution to authorize the
merchant marine and fisheries COM
mlttee to investigate the coal situa-
ton at once adjourned out of respect
to the memory of the late Representa-
tive Tongue, of Oregon, after appoint
ment of a committee to attend the flu
neral. The resolution to investigate
the coal situation recites the fact that
a resolution has been introduced to
extend the privilege of carrying coal
to coastwise ports to foreign steam
ers for 80 days because the present
scarcity of coal involves great suffer
| ing and distress, and authorizes the
committee to investigate facts,
charges and necessities; to inquire in
to the elements and conditions involv-
ed in the coal trade, the cost of coal.
the methods, facilities and cost of
transportation and distribution of the
same and the reasons or causes of
such scarcity and distress.
Washington, Jan. 14.-Senate-P
ceedings of the senate Tuesday were
enlivened by several spirited speeches
affecting the reciprocity proposition OF
the Dingley act While the Vest res
olution directing the committee on fl
nance to report bill removing the
duty on coal was under discussion Mr..
DOlliver Qa.) vigorously attacked
those senators responsible for the
holding up OF reciprocity treaties in
the senate. He defended Secretary
Shaw for issuing the order instruct
ing collectors of customs to resolve
differences regarding the grade of coal
in favor of the importer The resolu-
ton went over until Wednesday.
House-For the first time since the
opening of this session of congress the
house was RECALLED Tuesday with a
| lively political debate Gen. GrOsven-
or to- and Mr.. Clark (Mo.) crossed
| swords during the general debate on.
the army appropriation bill and for
two hours both sides of the house
cheered on their respective spokes-
men. The contest was entirely good
natured. 1t grew out of a contro-
versy which Mr.. GrOsvenor and Mr..
Clark have been carrying on in the
newspapers over the formers state
ment in the house last December that
the democratic party had been wiped
out at the last general election The
remainder of the day was occupied by
Mr.. Hull (rep., Ia.) who argued against
the abandonment of the army trans
| port service; Mr. Shattuc (rep., o.,
who assailed Edward Atkinson and
the anti-imperialists Mr. Moon (dem.,
| TENN, who denounced the refusal OF
the house leaders to allow the con-
| sideratiOn of the Indian territory state
| hood bill.
Washington, Jan. 15.-Senate-Th
| senate Wednesday acted promptly on
the house bill, providing rebate of the
| duty on coal, and passed it unanimous
| ly, without debate, a few minutes aft
er IL was brought over from the house.
| The militia bill also was passed, with
an amendment striking out of the bill
the section providing for a reserve
force OF trained men, thus removing
| the objections made against it. The
statehood bill was up for short time,
during which Mr. McCumber spoke in
favor of granting statehood to Okla
homa, Arizona and New Mexico.
HOuse-The bill reported from the
ways and means committee Tuesday
to provide for a rebate of the duties
on foreign coal for a period of one
year was passed in short order by the
house w edneSday, by practically an
| unanimous vote 258-5, those voting
against it being Messrs. Cushman and
Jones (Wash.), Gaines CIV. Va), Men
| dell (Wyo) and Patterson (Pa.). all
republicans. The bill was considered
under the operation of rule, which
cut off opportunity to amend. The on
| ly opposition to the measure came
from some of the members represent
| ing coal states, who expressed the
| fear that the admission of Chinese
mined coal in Canada would injure the
coal industry of their states Both
Mr.. Dalzell (Pa.) and Mr.. Payne IN
| W, the republican leaders, expressed
the opinion on the floor that the bill
would not relieve the existing dis
tress. They said it would satisfy, how
ever, public demand for action and
show the disposition of congress to do
what it could. The democrats, al
though they all supported the Dll,
took the view that it did not go far
enough, saying that coal should go on
the free list, and wnen the bill came
back from the senate, with a provision
which virtually placed anthracite coal
on the free list, they applauded vigor-
Ously. The senate amendment was
| adopted without division. Rapid pro-
| gress was made with the army appro-
| preparation bill after the coal bill had
been passed. The most important
amendments adopted were to increase
| the NUMBER of officers in the SIGNAL
corps by %, namely, one colonel, two
| lieutenant colonies. four majors. eio' =
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