Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-03-06
CONGRESS.

trtct Of Columbia appropriation o.
through its last parliamentary stas
IN the face of the democratic nlipusse'
The previous question on the come
ence report ON the Alaskan nomeste !.
bin was ordered and the vote on ~
adOption will be taken tomorrow
That was the net result OF the Suu
day session. Although 1t was ounua
by the calendar, II was still Tnulsoass
February 26, according to parilamen
tary fiction.
washington, March 2.-Senate'-
The senate today passed the genera
deficiency bill after four hours COZ
sideration and after 1t mad pee
amended in several particulars. "A
amendment by Mr.. Rawlins 1or an al
preparation Of $5O000,000 to furthe
the work of irrigating the arid land
furnished material for consideraDl
discussion, Mr.. Rawlins contendinl
that the surplus in the treasury coui
be better used in this manner than o.
tuning it into the national banks. IN
amendment was rejected on point o
order. When the Aldrich Dill wa
taken up Mr.. Teller continued MS re
marks begun Saturday He was To-
lowed by Mr.. Carmack, who repllea :,
some criticisms Of a recent speeci
made by him on the subject OF mur
ders In the Philippines. During I'M
course of the day the conference re
mort on the Notifications approprla
ton bill and the Alaskan homestead
bill were agreed to. The immlgratiol
and omnibus public building pllls
were sent to conference.
House.-All day the house struggled
laboriously against the democratle
filibuster, working steadily to wind ul
the necessary business of the session
Despite another special rule adopted
early in the day legislation proceedeo
at q snail's pace. The voices OF tne
reading clerks were worn out by the
ceaseless calling of the roll and sew
eral clerks from committees have been
drafted to help out. Since Thursday
last, when filibuster was inaugurated'
there have been over sixty roll ca!ls'
as against fifty-seven for the entire
long session lasting from December
/. 1901, to July 3, 1902. The confer.
ence report on the Alaskan homestead
bill and the immigration bill were
adopted, the omnibus public building
bill and the general deficiency appro-
priation bill were sent to conference.
The Often bill to prohibit tobacco
dealers from giving prizes, the bill TO
provide for a delegate from PORTO
Rico, a bill to advance Major w. =.
Gorgas to the rank of assistant sur.
geon general and bill for the RELIEF
Of Lieutenant B. F. Handforth wero
passed. The house also adopted the
conference reports on the postottce
and agricultural appropriation olils
and shortly before midnight, at the
end of a continuous session OF almost
thirteen hours, took a recess.
Washington, March 3.-Senate.-The
final defeat of the Aldrich financial
bill was witnessed today, when it was
displaced by the Philippine tariff bill
Mr.. Aldrich explained in detail his
and said that small number
of men in the senate had deliberately,
with malice aforethought, murdered
it. One of the features Of the senate
was the fact that for the first time in
two years, Delaware was represented
in the senate. ]. Frank Alice and L..
Heiser Ball, elected for the long and
short terms respectively, appeared IN
the senate and were sworn in by
President Pro TEN Frye. In the
course of the debate Mr.. Elkins de
clared that the republican party had
been false to its solemn pledges II
three successive platforms with re
spect to statehood for Arizona, Okla
homa and New Mexico, and he said
that it was the first time that party
had been guilty of filibustering. Sen
ator Tillman caused a fiutter in the
senate at 10 p. m. by announcing his
intention to defeat the naval appro
priation bill and the general deficiency
bill. This determination was the re
suit of an announcement from the
room on the general de
ficiency bill to the effect that the
house conferees had refused to accept
the senate amendment providing fol
the payment of the South Carolina
state claims of $47,245. The senator
had a stack of books beside his desi
as high as the desk, while on the desk
was q volume of Byron's poems opeI
at the "Vision of Judgment" 1T is {
just claim and must go in," he said
''or will defeat both the remaining
bills and force an extra session O.
both houses of congress. can tall
until IL o'clock tomorrow and that /:
all that is necessary for the accom-
plishment of my purpose" Thu
was accepted. The nava
bill, as agreed upon at 1:40 a. NJ, pro
vides for three battleships of $1,000
tons displacement and two battleship:
of $4,000 tons displacement, and en-
tirely eliminates the provision TO-
cruisers. At 1850 the senate recessed
till 10 a. m.
House was almost repeti
ton of yesterday in the house. Slow
ly but surely through the operation o.
ceaseless roll calls, the conference re
ports to complete the necessary legis
lation were ground out and when the
house at o'clock tonight recessed
until 10 o'clock, only two conference
reports on appropriation bills were
still undisposed of, the general def
cheney and the naval. The democratic
did not abate. The actua
business done during the eight hour:
Of the day session, consisted of tn
adoption of the conference reports or
the immigration, public building ant
sundry civil bills, the reference of The
presidents veto message of Virgins
claim bill to the committee on wal
claims, the adoption Of a resolution
to, correct clerical errors in the immi
grafton bill and the passage of sen
ate bill to authorize the treasury de
partment to coin souvenir coins fol
A man seldom has any trouble ir
finding trouble.
Diplomatic examiner-"What is {
protocol?" Candidate-"A protocol Is
an instrument, written in English
German and Italian, chiefly designed
to bring about; delays and to maintain
a blockade long after you have salt
you are ready to raise it."