Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-02-19
DOINCS OF CONGRESS.

| in the house saturday, FeD. I.
| Routine business preceded The re-
sumption OF the consideration OF the
| antitrust bill. The senate amendments
| to the army appropriation bill we're
concurred in, and the bill was sent 70
| the conference. Hull of Iowa, Capron
| of Rhode Island and May of Virginia
we're appointed conferees.
General debate on the antitrust bill
| having closed Friday, the bill was read
! for amendment under the five-minute
rule. Mr.. Littlefield, in charge OF the
| bill. offered an amendment to section /,
which was adopted, providing that
suits for failure to make returns under
the bill could be brought wherever the
defaulting corporation has place OF
business" Mr.. DeArmnnd of Missouri
offered the minority amendments 10
this section providing that all corpora
lions with capital of 500 600 or more,
doing an interstate business. should
make annual returns. 1t was voted
down. 70 to 80. The roll VAS then
called on the bill, and it was declared
passed by unanimous vote. 245 to u.
The house spent practically the en-
tire day Monday, Feb. 3, upon the two
District of Columbia bills, one 10 au-
thorize the government to advance So
600 900 to the district, and the other
the conference report on the Union Sta
ton bill. The former was defeated and
the latter sent back to the conference
after motion TO recede from an
amendment of the house to cut down
the appropriation of the Pennsylvania
and the Baltimore & Ohio railroads
from 81 SOC, 900 to 81 900 900 had been
voted down
Representative Alpin of Michigan in
PRODUCED bill granting a pension of
81 a month to all soldiers and sailors
who served at least one year in the
civil w2i A bill was introduced by
Rep es entative Marshall of North Da-
kota which permits free transmission
through the mails OF pension papers
mailed by pensioners to pension agents.
The house Tuesday, Feb. 10, adopted
the conference report on the depart
ment OF commerce bill by vote of 215
to 10. The remainder of the day was
devoted to the sundry civil appropria-
ton bin. Mr.. Cannon. chairman of the
appropriations committee, gave notice
That at the proper time he would move
two amendments--one to provide for
of a three-story, 4000-room Office build
ing for members, to be connected with
the capitol by subway and to cost 49,,
500 900, and the other an appropriation
of s. 500 900 to carry out the original
plans for Identifying and enlarging the
main wing of the capitol. The notable
feature of the general debate on the bin
was q speech by Mr.. De Almond (Mo)
M To oil Npc
He spoke in sarcastic vein, but the
subject assumed serious phase when
Mr.. Richardson (Tenn) said that ad-
yenturers in the South We're using the
| bill TO impose on ignorant, credulous
negroes, and called on Mr. Cannon to
! give assurance that the passage of such
| a measure was not contemplated. This
assurance Mr.. Cannon gave.
| Wednesday. Feb II, the house made
| fair progress with the sundry civil APP
| preparation bill, covering eighty-six of
| the $50 pages of the bill. The amend
ments of which Mr. Cannon gave notice
| Tuesday for the completion of the east
! front of the capitol, and the erection
| of an Office building for members, were
adopted, points of order raised against
| them being overcome by the adoption
| of a special rule making them in or
! der. BY the terms of the amendments
! $500 600 is appropriated for work on
| the main building of the capitol, and
| limit of $500 000 is fixed. For site
| for a new office building $3.50 GOO is ap-
! propriated. The cost Of the building is
| to he 100000. Senate bills were
passed to authorize the Pittsburg, Car
negie 4 Western Railroad company to
| construct a bridge across the Allegheny
river. and TO authorize the Memphis.
| Helena 4 Louisiana railroad TO con
struct bridge across the st. Francis
river, Arkansas. Mr. Grosvenor from
| the ways and means committee called
up the bill reported by that committee
! Tuesday II amend the ningley act so
as To admit free of duty domestic ami
mails for breeding purposes. II was
! passed The house adjourned at 5:l5
| O'Clock.
The house made slow progress with
| the sundry civil bill Thursday, Feb,
! 10, covering only tweuty-seyen pages
and leaving forty pages still TO be dis
posed OF. The delays Thursday were
ucCasioued by rather protraCted dis
cussion of the item in the bin for the
maintenance of the white house, and
| considerable debate upon the item ap-
propriating $4,000 600 for the relief of
distress in the Philippines. Mr. Gaines
| Dem, TENN and Mr. Fitzgerald
| Dem, \. W criticised the greatly in
creased cost of maintaining the white
house. An amendment to cut in half
the appropriation tor the relief Of dis
tross in the Philippines was defeated,
but the language OF the paragraph was
modified 10 require annual reports OF
the expenditure of the money.
Friday Feb. 10. the El>irs bin pass
ed the house by a vote Of PAL to 6.
Those voting in the negative were
Nessrs Cochran and DE Almond of
Missouri. Glass ,pem., Va Hooker
/ tpem., Niss1 klutE tpem., y c., and
Neville tbem.. Nebt The remainder
OF the session was devoted TO the stun
dry civil appropriation bill, which was
practically COMPLETED An amendment
was adopted TO appropriate $4,000 for
additional land for the site Of the gov
crument saustartum for disabled F0lan.
ieer soldiers az Hot Springs, 5, y Mr.