Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-01-29
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
FIFTY-SEvENTH CONGRESS-
(Second SESSION.

In the senate. on the 18th, Mr.. Bailey
CTex.D oble"tCd to consideration by unani-
nous consent of all bills from the repub-
ucan side. on the ground hat the senators
from New ILrk had tnterfered with a
matter purely local to the state of Texas.
This created a discussion, which was
ended BY the senate going into Executive
session on the Cuban reciprocity. treaty,
at the conclusion of which Mr.. Foraker
continued his remarks ~favortng statehood
for Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico.
........In the house considerable usin
was transacted. Among the measures
passed was the senate Hawaiian ire
claims bill. The c%onsula and diplomatic
appropriation hill. the third of the regu-
lar budgets, was passed, and fair progress
was made with the District of Columbia
appropriation bill. In the discussion OF
the diplomatic bill Mr.. Slayden GTex1l
made some serious charges against United
States consular representative in. Next
CO, which Mr.. Grosvenor o. declared
were unjustified.
In the senate, on the Goth, the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
pill was passed. Mr. Quay demande an
immediate vote on the statehood bill,
which he said was being wtllfully OBJ
structed by discussion. Mr., Beveridge de-
MED his assertion, and spoke on the meas
Arizona and New Mexico. Mr.. Quay
made some Intellectual attempts to fix a
day on which a vote on the bill could be
taken. Mr.. Hanna spoke briefly in oppo.
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the District of Columbia appropriation
bill and began discussion of the Philip
pine coinage bill. The Alaska boundary
dispute was injected into the district ap-
preparation bill, and in the discussion Mr.:
Cochran tMo.) |enounce athe course OF
the state department as a coWardly sur
render to Great Britain.
In the senate, on the 2lst, Mr.. Burnham
IN. HI spoke in opposition to the omnl-
bus statehood bill, after which Mr.. Cullom
made an effort to get an eXegullNG session
on the Cuban reciprocity treaty. Mr..
Quay objected and the matter was put TO
a vote, with the result that the senate,
by a vote of 81 to q, refused to go into
executive session. This is regarded as, a
test vote on the statehood bill. In the
course of some remarks Mr.. Hoar took
occasion to c~rl.-cise the president for eX.
pressing his approval or d~tsapproVal OF
bills before congress had acted on them.
A bill was passed amending an act Gre
ating a new division in the western dls-
trict of Missouri. In the house the day
was spent in debate on the Philippine
coinage bill, A substitute was Offered
proyiulng for the introduction of the
American currency system into the ISL
osition had the support of Secretary Shaw
and other high officials of the treasury
department.
In the senate, on the 22d, the statehood
bill occupied almost the entire day. Some
routine matters We're disposed of, and the
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p%riation bill was sent to conference
Messrs. Cullom, Warren and CoCkrell be-
ing named as conferees. After an eXeCu-
tive session the senate adjourned. .....In
the house the Philippine coinage bill was
the order of business, and the report OF
the committee on insular affairs was re-
jected and the substitute offered by the
minority, for the introduction of Amert-
can currency and the American coinage
system into the islands, was adopted. The
majority reported a bill to establish a golc
standard in the islands and to authorize
the coinage of silver pesos of 4l6 grains
to be made legal tender at the rate of tive
pesos for one gold dollar. The substitute
provides that the lawful money of the
United States shall be legal tender in the
Philippines and declares the coinage laws
of the United States in full force there.
In the senate, on the 23d, the statehood
bill was again under discussion and oc'
cupied most of the day, senators on botf
sides charging the others with obstruct'
ing important legislation. Mr.. Fairbanks
made an Intellectual effort for considera'
ton of the immigration bill......Th
house passed 235 private pension bill.
among them being one to the widow o.
Gen. Franz Sigel of 800 a month; the wild,
ow of Gen. James S. Negley, $50 a month
and the widow of Rear-Admiral Picking
$40 a month. The Alaska delegate bill wa
passed. 1t provides for the representa-
ton of the territory of Alaska in con
! gress by a delegate. The first delegate
Is to be elected mex autumn, II is t.
take his seat in the Fifty-eighth con
EreSS.