The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-02-13
FIFTY CONGRESS.
Second Session.

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bills: Authorizing the promotion of
Maj. William Crawford Gorgas, sur
geOn in the United States army; for
the relief of Capt. Joseph NJ Simms, of
the United States revenue cutter serv-
ice; authorizing the construction Of
| monuments on the Gettysburg battle
field and granting a pension of SIS
| each to the widows of Gems. Siegel and
Negley
House-By a unanimous vote-re-
pubicans. democrats and all others
voting for it to q mantle Littlefield
publicity bill to regulate corporations
and interstate commerce, passed the
house. The poll stood 245 for and
none against the measure, a most I'M
usual circumstance. The democrats
offered amendment after amendment.
but their efforts to modify the bill and
strengthen it, according to their own
ideas, failed signally, the republicans
being determined to put it through
in the frame it came from the com
mittee on judiciary. The bill in brief
is as follows: Corporations hereafter
| organized" must file returns with the
interstate commerce commission for
publication. Corporations failing to
| from engaging in interstate commerce.
| Penalties are prescribed for false re-
turns. The interstate commerce com.
mission may demand an accounting
| from corporations now in existence.
| Corporations that offer rebates will be
denied the inStrumentalities of inter-
state commerce. Refusal to testify be-
fore the commission is punishable with
a 5000 fine.
Washington, Feb 10.-Senate-In
the senate Monday Mr.. Carmack spoke
on the Rawlins resolution calling on
| the secretary of war for certain courts
martial.
House-The house spent the entire
day on two District of Columbia bills,
one to authorize the government to ad-
vance 100000 900 to the district and
the other to conference report on the
union station bill. The former was de-
feated and the latter sent back to con-
| ference after a motion to recede from
| the amendment of the house to cut
down the appropriation for the Penn
sylvania and Baltimore & Ohio rail.
roads from 81 ,500, 900 to 81 900, 900 had
been voted down.
Washington, Feb. 11.-Senate- The
statehood bill again came up Tuesday
and Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) spoke on it for
some time. In the course of his re-
marks he referred to bills regarding
trusts which he said have been kept
back and will be kept back until it is
too late for discussion regarding them.
Mr.. Hanna presented the conference
| report on the department of commerce
bill, q final vote on it being deferred
until Wednesday in order that it might
be printed. The conference report on
| the general staff bill was agreed to-.
A number of other bills were passed
HOuse-The house adopted the con-
| ference report on the department of
commerce bill by vote of 251 to 10.
One republican (Mr. Littlefield) and
nine democrats voted against this &C.
ton. Several democrats took the posi-
ton that the Nelson amendment to
the bureau of corporations was weak
and Intellectual attempt to provide the
machinery for corporation publicity.
| Mr.. Mann CID, on behalf of the re-
publicans, contended on the contrary
that it was a better measure of pub
licity than had been presented in any
| other bill. The remainder of the day
priatiOn bill Mr. Cannon. chairman of
the appropriations committee, gave no.
tice that at the proper time he would
move two amendments, one to provide
for the purchase of a site and the cree
ton Of three-story 400 room office
building for members, to be connected
! with the capitol by a subway and to
| cost $3,800.000; and the other an ap-
| nrOnriotiOn nf 60 P00 000 f0 -
the original plans for identifying and
charging the main wing of the capitol
The notable feature of the general de-
bate on the bill was a speech by Mr..
De Almond (MO.) on the Hanna reso-
luton to pension eX-slaves. He spoke
in sarcastic vein, but the subject as
sumed serious phase when Mr. Rich
! ardson (Tenn.) said that adventures
in the south were using the bill to i'm
pose on ignorant, credulous Negroes
and called on Mr.. Cannon to give as.
surance that the passage of such a
measure was not contemplated. This
assurance Mr.. Cannon gave.
Washington, Feb. 12.-Senate-Mr.
Hanna called up the conference report
on the department of commerce bill
and it was agreed to without debate.
| The bill now goes to the president.
Mr.. Morgan almost Immediately after
the opening Of the session resumed
his remarks on the statehood bill, but
| branched off On the subject on the pro-
posed treaty with Colombia He re-
ferred to the concorda of Pope Plus
TX, which constituted a part of the
organic law of Colombia. He predict
ed return of the hostilities between
the old church party in Colombia and
the liberal party. Mr.. Depew spoke
in opposition to the statehood bill. He
did not conclude his speech.
House-The house made fair pro-
gross with the sundry civil apprOpria-
ton bill, covering sc of the $50 pages
of the bill. The amendments of which
Mr.. Cannon gave notice Tuesday for
the completion of the east front of
the capitol and the erection of an Of
flee building for members were adopt
| ed. points of order raised against them
being overcome by the adoption of a
special rule making them in order.
By the terms of the amendments $780,