The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-03-06
FTY-SEVEM7H CONGRESS.
Second Session.


trict of Columbia appropriation bill
through it's last parliamentary stage
in the face of the democratic fiIibuster
The previous question on the confer
ence report on the Alaskan homestead
bill was ordered and the vote on it's
adoption will be taken when the house
recOnveneS at IL o'clock Monday
The work of this session of congress,
the closing of which marks the expira-
ton of the 57th congress, is practically
at an end, except for the passage of
the appropriation bills now pending,
and these are in the final stages. A
limited number of other measures may
be passed during the last hours, but
the number will be very small Fol-
lowing is a summary of the legislation
during this session: The creation of
department of commerce and labor
and adding another cabinet officer TO
the presidents official family; the anti
rebate act, commonly known as the
ElkinS law. Another bill was passed
which enables the attorney general TO
expedite suits brought under the Sher-
man antitrust law, and incorporated
in the legislative, executive and judi
| cial appropriation act is a provision
which places at the immediate dis
posal Of the attorney general the sum
Of 100000 to better equip him for
the enforcement of the antitrust laws
now existing. The house passed the
Littlefield antitrust bill, which con-
tanned a publicity feature as we'll As
an anti-rebate clause. The bill failed
of passage in the senate. One of the
first acts Of this session was the re-
mOval of the tariff on coal of all kinds
coming from any foreign country. Leg
lslatiOn of Importance to the army and
navy was enacted. A general staff
corps has been provided for the United
States army, the duties of which are
to prepare plans for the defense of the
country and for the mobilization of
the armies of the United States in
times of war, as we'll as to render pro-
fessiOnal aid to the secretary of war
and the general officers of the army.
The militia bill, which passed the
house during the first session, passed
the senate during this session, and has
become a law. The naval appropria-
ton bill, which has passed in both
houses, provides for a material in
crease in the personnel of the navy to
meet the growing demands for officers
and men; also, for an increase in the
number of warships. Measures of
great Importance to the Philippines
have been adopted at this session. An
appropriation of 100000 was made
to relieve distress and suffering in the
islands.
Washington. March 3.-Senate-The
senate Monday passed the general de-
ficiency bill after four hours cOnsid-
GRAFTON and after it had been amend
ed in several particulars. An amend
ment by Mr.. RaWlinS, calling for an
appropriation of $50, 100000 to further
the work of irrigating the arid lands,
furnished material for considerable
discussion. The amendments was re.
jected on a point of order.
Washington, March 4.-Senate-Th
final defeat of the Aldrich financial
bill was witnessed in the senate Tues
day, when it was displaced by the
Philippine tariff bill Mr.. Aldrich ex-
planned in detail his measure and said
that a small number of men in the
senate had deliberately, with malice
afOrethought, murdered it. One of
the features of the session was the
fact that for the first time in two
y OS1d WdS represented
the senate. j. Frank Alice and J.
Heisler Ball, elected for the long and
short terms respectively, appeared in
the senate and were sworn in by Pres
ident Pro TEN. Frye. The senate for
the first time in four years had its
full membership of 80. The senate at
o'clock took recess until o'clock
Tuesday evening. Wednesday at 1 40
a. m. the senate agreed to the con-
ference report on the naval bill and
Mr.. Hale Immediately followed it up
with the conference report on the
general deficiency bill, which was Ia
ter cOncurred in.
HOuse-Tuesday was almost repe-
tition of Monday in the house. Slow
ly but surely through the operation Of
ceaSeleSS roll calls the conference re-
ports to complete the necessary legis-
latiOn were ground out and when the
house at Z o'clock recessed until 10
o'clock Tuesday night only two con.
ference reports on appropriation bills
were still undispoSed Of-the general
deficiency and the naval. The demo
cratic opposition did not abate and will
be continued until congress expires
at noon March 4.
Washington, March 5.-The fifty
seventh congress ended by statute of
limitation Wednesday at noon. The
senate was called to order at 10
o'clock for the last sitting of the fifty
seventh congress, but business did not
begin until some time later. The de-
lay was due to the absence of a quo
rum and to the fact that Mr.. CockreIl
insisted upon the presence of the nee
essary number before taking I'D the
work of the day Mr. Allison, chair
man of the committee on appropria
lions, made statement regarding the
amount OF money appropriated by the
present congress as compared with
the appropriation of the ifty-sixth
congress. The total appropriation for
the present congress, ne says, was ST.
554, 1O8,518, as compared with S1.44O.-
4S9, 438 for the fifty-sixth congress. II
was curious but necessary thing. he
said, to make this comparison more
in detail than by a mere statement of
aggregate. The first most important
item included in this statement for
the present congress is an appropria