Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-19
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
FIFTY-SEvENTH CONGRESS.
Second SESSION.

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In the senate. on the 9Th. Mr.. Carmack
spoke on the Rawlins resolution calling
on the secretary of war for reports from
certain courts martial. lie charged that
murders in the Philippines by American
sc!ciers hat become so common that they
could not bear investigation, n crfti-
cised the conduct of both the president
ana secretary OF war. Mr.. kean contin,
ued his speech on the statehood bill, and
several senator's INDUCED in a debate on
the question of the interference of the
Mormon church in politics, Mr.. Elk1ns
spoke IN favor of statehood for New Mex
ico......The house spent almost the entire
day on TWO District of Columbia appro-
priatton bills, n TO authorize the gov
arnInent to advance $4,000. 900 to the dis
trict the other the conference report
ON the union station bill. The former
was defeated and the latter sent back to
conference.
In the senate, on the 10th, the statehood
oil was again up, and Mr.. Morgan EAla.)
spoke on 1t for some time. Mr.. Hanna
presented the conference report on the
department of bill. delaying a
mai vote on II until the 18th, in order
that 1t may be printed. The conference
report on the general staff bill was agreed
TO and a number of bills were passed..
In the house, after some discussion, the
conference report on the department OF
commerce bill was adopted by a vote OF
2l TO 10, one republican and nine demo-
Gratis voting against it. The remainder
OF the day was devoted to the sundry
civil bill. Mr.. De Almond MOI spoke in
a sarcastic vein of the Hanna bill to pen
CTenn.) took a serious view Of the mat
ter, and secured an assurance from Mr..
cannon that the passage of such a meas
ure was, not contemplated. Mr.. Richard
son said that adventures in the south
were using the bill to impose on ignorant
and credulous negroes.
In the senate on the 18th, Mr.. Hanna
called up the conference report on the
agreed to without debate, and now goes
to the president. Mr.. Morgan resumed
his remarks on the statehood bill, but
branched off on the subject Of the pro-
posed treaty with Colombia. Mr.. Depew
began a speech in opposition to the state
hood bill, but did not finish......ln the
house fair progreS was made with the
sundrv civil appropriation bill. The
amendments of which Mr.. Cannon had
given notice were adopted. They call for
an appropriation of $500, 900 for work on
the main building of the capitol, n a
limit of 81, 500, 900 is fixed; for a site for a
new office building for members Slo0,oO0
is appropriated, the cost of the building
to be So, 100. 900.
In the senate. on the 18th, with the eX-
ception of a few minutes during which
some routine business was transacted,
the session was behind closed doors. AT
the conclusion of the executive session
the senate adjourned ......ln the house
slow progress was made with the sundry
civil bill, the delays being occaSloned by
protracted discussion of the item in the
bill for the maintenance of the White
House, and a considerable debate on the
item appropriating SO. 000,0 900 for the relief
of distress in the Philippines, an amend
ment to cut this amendment in half be-
ing defeated, but the language Of the
paragraph was so modified as to require
annua reports of the expenditure of the
money.
In the senate, on the 18th. an immense
GROVE was present to hear the invocation
Of Gen. William Booth, founder and COM
mander-in-chief of the Salvation army.
When the statehood bill came up Mr.. De-
pew resumed his remarks, attacking the
Mormon church because, he said. he be-
lieved it's members still cling to the prac-
tice of polygamy. Mr.. Rawlins replied,
saying that If the Mormons were not in
terfered with they would work out their
own destiny. After an executive session
the senate adjourned In the house the
Elkins bill, to prohibit rebates to ship
pers, was passed by a vote of 2i1 to 6.
Several republican members practically
announced that with the passage of this
bill the antitrust legislation for this ses-
sion of congress would be complete. The
remainder Of the day was devoted to the
sundry civil appropriation bill, which was
practically completed, but no effort was
made to pass it, as there was no quorum