The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-03-07
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FlFTY.SEvENTH CONGRESS.
Second SESSION.

Second SESSION.
7, tho senate ON the 23d, Washingtons
farewell address was read by MT ,,IagnS Dnp9as
Min was passed and the post once appIo1
nrjation bill was considered wlthout iaas ma
action. Mr.. Tillman spoke Tor nearly w
hours principally in reply to MI. spoon
or on the Indianola post ONCE ease -, -
The house passed the general dencleley
appropriation bill. the last OF the reg uiar @
supply bills. The only amenumehs oi 20 nv No
oorfayce was one appropriating %lVV,oW
10 replace the stores and storenouses a.
The Rock Island arsenal recently W.
stroyed bv fire The bill to amend tne
railroad safety appliance act was sent 10
conference and the conferees were ~
structed not to insist on that poru,on -
the house amendment giving els IN n 20
state commerce commission power 70 r.
duee below 50 per cent the numper Vi
cars equipped with patent air brakes.
In the senate, on the 24th, the major
portion of the session was taken up VIII NJ
fhe Indianola (Miss.) post ofnce case. MI
Tjllnan smoke for three hours, IN cohtin-
uation of his remarks. begun MONDAY ,. o,,
the race question, and was followed py
Mr. carmack Crenn.) During the morn
ing hour several bills and resolutions
were passed and consideration WAS slsssn lsa
the bin to further provide Tor the sdae
keeping Of public money on deposit Iil,lvi IN ma
tional banks The agricultural approprl-
alton bill was also considered ana lne
committee amendments were agreed 70
except the statehood rider, when, WIS was
ndkSR0 i
Philippine currency bill, accepting the
senate bill so far as 1t relates TO the ISL
ands The committee amendment s1fln-
ing out the international monetary con,
ference was agreed to. The contested
election case of Wagner vs.. Butter was
under consideration for time, ana me
democrats began to hlibuster, Whlch ,hsS
threaten to continue II the case "
18th.
In the senate, on the 25th, the statehood
riders to the agricultural and post Oh
flee appropriation bills were wlthuraWh
and both bills passed The house amend
ments to the Philippine currency PHI were
agreed to. thus sending the Dill TO tne
president The sundry civil bill was near
ly completed, and large number OF PEN
sion bills were passed ...... .Tne houss
adopted the conference report on tne
army appropriation bill and sent the pill
TO the president. The bill to establlsn
union station in Washington was finaily
passed. the house abandoning its amend
ment to reduce the amount TO be given 70
railroads. sY s from Sn 81 500 600 each as fixed in
the senate bill. to 81 900. coo each as fixed
by the house. The Fowler currency ,n Dlli
was debated in a desultory. way Inc
speaker appointed the following members
20 represent the house at the dedication
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition:
Messrs. Tawney rep. Mimi, sherman
rep, MOI Vanvoornis (rep., o., Parker
rep, n. j., Overstreet rep, Ind, Mann
rep, lll.), Smith rep, Ia, Mllier Isp,, p,,
(dem, La, Bartlett (dem.. Ga). Shafroth
dem, COLI and Hay (dem.. Val
The senate, on the 26th, passed the sun
dry civil bill after a number OF amend
ments had been added to IT, The advisa-
bility and legality of the appointment by
the president of senators and members
on commissions formed the subject OF
considerable discussion During the dis-
cussion 1t was made clear that no refiec-
ton was intended on Mr.. Lodge and Mr.
Turner who have been selected as MEM
bers of the Alaskan boundary commits
sion.... In the house James ]. Butief
(dem., Mo- was unseated and George I.
r. Wagner, (rep) was seated In his
place. A spirited debate of two hours
followed when the case was called up.
The democrats had decided at their eau
Gus that if the case was called up they
would prosecute a filibuster until March
fell at noon. Finally. after repeated roll
calls, the matter was brought to a vote,
and Mr.. Butler was unseated on the
ground that he had not been duly elected
The senate, on the 9th, passed the
naval and the military academy appro-
pr1atton bills. The total carried by the
naval bill is sS1, ,5O1 .412. The immigration
bill was considered and a number OF
amendments made to meet the views OF
various senator's, but the bill failed OF a
vote on objection from New England SEN
ators who feared it would exclude French
Canadian labor. Senator Blackburn Sc
cured vote on his motion to take up the
Llttleneld antitrust bill, and lost by 2s
10 ~ The senate was In executive ses-
sion from LAS p. m. to 5:15 p. m......An-
other stormy session was held in the
house, and two special rules were adopt
ed to expedite appropriation bills and re-
duee as much as possible the minority $
power to obstruet legislation. Even with
the special rules I'm operation. getting APP
preparation bills into conference was
tedious and la3orious process. and an
eight-hour session and l3 roll calls being
necessary TO get the agricultural, sundry
CIVIL military academy and post office APP
propriation bills into conference and TO
adopt the conference report on the In
dian aDprOprfaffQn hill