The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-20
D01NGS IN CONGRESS.
Bills. Resolutions and Messages Before the
Senate and House and How They
Ara Disposed OF.

In the senate on the Sth Senator Car
mack Crenn.) spoke on the Rawlins reso-
luton calling upon the secretary of war
for reports from certain courts rtial.
He charged that murders in the Philip
pines by American soldiers had become
so common that they would not bear the
investigation and that this answer was
entirely satisfactory Ito our noble, gem
erous and humane secretary of war;
He also criticised the president for never
having heard of the Capt. Brownell case.
after having announced his intention of
probing crimes in the Philippines" Sem
ator Kean On. j. spoke on the setate-
hood bill for short time. when he
yielded to various senators who INDUCED
in debate over the question of the inter-
ference of the Mormon church in politics.
Senator Harris (kan.) introduced bill
authorizing the free importation of thor
ouGhbred live stock for breeding pur-
poses.....The house spent practically the
entire day upon two District of Columbia
bills, one to authorize the government to
advance S6.0O0000 TO the district and the
other The conference report on the union
station bill. The former was defeated
and the latter sent back TO conference.
Mr.. Aplin tA1ich.) introduced bill grant,
ing a pension of S12 month TO all SOL
diers and sailors who served at least one
year in the civil war A bill introduced
by Mr.. Marshall N. d. permits the free
transmission through the mails of PEN
sion papers mailed by pensioners to pen
sion agents.
The statehood bill again came up in the
senate on the 10th and Senator Morgan
(Ala.) spoke on it for some time. In the
course Of his remarks he referred to bills
regarding trusts, which he said have been
kept back and VIII be kept back until
it is too late for discussion regarding
them. The time OF the senate was be-
ing wasted on account CT what he termed
"a peaceful political blockade on the
statehood bill. when more important
measures were awaiting action. The con-
ference report on the general staff bill
was agreed to. a number of other bills
were passed. Senator Burton (kan) in
troduced 4 bill providing that $12 shall
be the minimum pension allowed. Sena-
tor Mason Gid also introduced one to
pay a bounty of $50 to all soldiers of
twO-year regiments who enlisted prior to
July p, 1861. The house adopted the con-
ference report on the department of com.
merce bill by a vote of 251 to TO- The re-
mainder of the day was devoted to the
sundry civil appropriation bill. Mr.. Cam
non CID, chairman of the appropriations
committee, gave notice that at the proper
time he would have two amendments, one
to provide for the purchase of site and
the erection OF a three-story 4O0-room
office building for members, to be con-
nected with the capitol by subway and
to cost $3,SC0,OOO. and the other, an APP
preparation of s2.5C0.OO0, to carry out the
original plans for identifying and en-
Mr.. DeArmond (Mo) in brief but eX-
ceedinely sarcastic speech relative to the
bill recently introduced by Sena tor Hanna
(O) TO pension the eN-SlaVeS, preCipi-
tated quite an interesting debate. At the
end of ii Mr.. Cannon Oll.) stated with
emphasis that in his judgment the bill
to pension eX-slaves could not be passed.
Senator Hanna (O) OH the 18th called up
in The senate the conference report
the department of commerce bill and 1t
Morgan CAla) almost Immediately after
the opening OF the session, resumed his
remarks on the statehood bill, but
branched off on the subject of the pro-
posed treaty with Colombia. Senator De-
pew IN. W then spoke in opposition to
the statehood bill. The house made fair
progress with the suncry civil appropria-
ton bill, covering Sc of the $50 pages of
the bill. The amendments of which Mr..
Cannon Qil) gave notice on the 10th for
the completion of the east front of the
capitol and the erection of an Office build
ing for members were adopted points of
order raised against them being over
come by the adoption of a special rule
making them in order.
With the exception of few minutes
during which some routine business was
transacted the session of the senate on
the 18th was behind closed doors, the
Panama canal treaty being considered
most of the time. Senator Frye CMe)
for persons engaged in riots at sea. A
bill providing for postal checks in place
of all bills OF less than 50 was introduced
by Senator Penrose (Pa)....The house
made slow progress with the sundry civil
bill, covering only q pages and leaving
40 pages still To be disposed of. The de-
lays were occasioued by a rather pro-
tracted discussion of the item in the bill
for the maintenance of the white house
and considerable debate upon the item
appropriating $4,000 eco for the relief of
distress in the Philippines.
An immense crowd was attracted to the
senate on the 18th to hear the invocation
of Gen. William Booth, founder and COM
chief of the Salvation army.
When the statehood hill came uD Sen
= or Depew On. W resumed his remarks.
lie attacked the Mormon church because,
lie said, he believed its members Sill
ling to the practice of pOySanIy. Sen
ator RawIins Utah) replied that if the
Morraons Were not interfered with they
would work out their own destiny.
der the operation of a special order whit il
cut off the opportunity to offer amend
ments the house by vote of 2il to
passed the Elkins bill to prohibit rebates
to shippers. The six members who voted
against the bill were democrats. The |
president transmitted to the house a copS
of the treaty entered into between the
United States and Great Britain relative
to the Alaskan boundary line.