Woodville Republican., 1903-02-28
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
rIFrY.sEvENTH CONGRESS.
Second sesslOn.l

fSeconQ Geeoloust
In the senate, on the 10th, there was no
aebate on the statehood bill The Indian
fermentation bin and the Philippine cur
Ssbry bill were both passed. Mr.. Vest
called attention to point OF order whlcn
he made against one OF the provisions OF
tbe Indian appropriation bill, on the
s-round that it was new legislation. he
aid the senate had passed the Philip-
nine government bill as a rider 10 the
army appropriation bill. and yet ruled
other appropriations out All rules were
S,iolated, he sasd, when a majority was IN
favor OF any measure. Mr.. Morgan
spoke on question OF personal prlNl-
lege, and complained that there was 2
betrayal of the senate In the matter OF
what transpired at executive sessions,
-. The house disposed of number OF
bills. the most important measure passed
being the senate bill to amend the rah-
way safety appliance law. A special or.
der was adopted which practically Will
make the Fowler currency bill continu'
ing order for the remainder of the ses'
sion.
ence report on the army appropriation
bill was agreed to- Discussion OF the
statehood bill was resumed, Mr.. Depew
continuing his remarks In opposition 10
Teller declared that himself and the couu-
try had been insulted by some or Mr
Depew's references to the unequal repre-.
sentation in the senate. At 4;OS p. m the
senate
consideration of the naval appropriation
bin under the operation Of rule which
made the new legislation relative to the
increase of the personnel OF the navy ano
for the Increase OF the naval academy ~
order The general debate on the bill was
without special feature, The paragraph
in the bill providing for S250,OoO for
naval station on the great lakes was
stricken out on point OF order. MT
Littlefield and Mr.. Sulzer had quite
clash before the naval bill was taken up,
the former charging the latter with hav'
ing perverted the record.
In the senate, on the 18th, there was o
lively debate over Senator Quays reso-
luton declaring it to be the sense of the
senate that there should be vote on the
statehood bill before the adjournment OF
congress. To this proposition Senator
McComas reoffered Mr.. Platts cloture
which was pending when the senate went
into executive session. The debate was
very general and brought out the fact
that the senate was strongly opposed to
majority of Q to /, rejected the confer
ence report on the army appropriation
bill because Of its provisions for the re-
tirement of civil war officers at an ad-
vanced grade and permitting officers to
deposit money with the government az
three per cent interest, and sent the Dill
back to conference. The remainder of the
day was devoted to the naval bill, on
In the senate. on the 18th, only an hour
and 20 minutes was spent in open session,
and this time was devoted to routine
business and passing bills of no general
Importance. Senator Bailey secured con-
sideration of the Sabine Pass port bill,
which has been the subject of considera-
Bile controversy, but a vote was not
reached. The house, after protraeteu
session, passed the naval appropriation
bill. A great many amendments were Of
fered to the provisions relating to the IN
crease of the personnel and the authori-
cation of new ships to be built, the most
important amendment adopted being one
to authorize the secretary OF the navy I'D
his discretion to purchase or contract for
submarine torpedo boats after invests
CATION of their merits, and appropriating
$4,000 for that purpose. AS passed the
bill provides for three new battleships
and an armored cruiser, two steel train
ing ships and one wooden brig Tor tram
ing purposes, in addition to the. sub
marine boats discretionary authorized.
In the senate, on the goth, the entire
day was spent in executive session con-
sdering the Panama canal treaty, and at
$3.50 p. m. a recess was taken until the
21st, at IL o'clock. No vote was taken
on any of the amendments which have
been prepared by Senator Morgan.
The house passed the Notifications ap-
preparation bill, adopted the conference
reports on the bill for the protection OF
the president and on the legislative, eX, eX-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill,
and then spent about three hours
wrangling over the Fowler currency bill.
When the house was ready for action on
the bill the democrats began to filibuster,
Mr. Bartlett (Ga) declaring it was USE
less to waste time on a measure which II
was not intended should become law,
The house finally got into committee OF
the whole TO consider the bill, but adj
tourned on account of the lateness Of the