Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-02-05

Mr.. Scott, of Kansas, introduced a bill au-
company to construct a dam for power pur-
poses across the Kansas river in Shawnee
county, Kansas.
The house amended the agricultural bill be
fore passing it by increasing the item for seeds
from $4,000 TO 10000
Mr.. Towney of Minnesota introduced joint
resolution for joint committee of II members
to inquire into the necessity for a change in
duties on imports to be made consistent with
reasonable protection OF American industry
and labor. The committee is to report in De
cennber, 1908.
18th DAY.
The senate committee on military affairs CT
de-ed favorable report on Forakers bill ap-
to mark the graves of Confederate soldiers
buriedi in the north.
Senator Quay forced another test vote on the
strength OF the omnibus statehood bill by a
roll call on a motion to adjourn. The result
did not change the former test vote. Mr.. Quay
again gave notice that he would demand a con-
tinuous session night and day in his effort to
reach vote.
In the debate the rights and wrongs of Ari-
iona s statehood was made the basis for the
speeches.
The house passed about twenty bills, most Of
them of minor importance. One was to make
the original packages imported into states sub
lect to the jurisdiction of such states. The bill
is designed to prevent evasion under the orig
inal package decision of liquor laws in prohibi-
ton states.
A senate bill passed the house which provides
for an inceease of salary of federal judges. 1t
raises the salary of the chief justices of the
supreme court 20 Sl3, 90; the associate justices
judges to $500: the chief justice of the court
of claims to $500: associate justices to 5000
and the justices of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia to 5000.
Other bills passed created additional justices
in the southern districts of New York and in
the district of Minnesota and provided addi-
tional circuit judges in the Eighth judicial cir
cult district.
BOTH DAY.
In a sharp debate in the senrte on the sub
iect of court martials in the Philippines. Sen
ator Carmack characterized the change which
he said had repeatedly been made, that the
democrats were assailing the army, the
made , AGAINST inst the paatTa Tbe statehood Bits
hour arriving Senator Lodge spoke two hours
and half against it with notice that he would
Senator Aldrich attempted to secure division
of the business of the senate with the state
hood BILL but Senator Quay refused to do so
save on the condition that a vote on the bill be
taken. He also offered the statehood till as
an amendment to two appropriation bills. his
object being to get his amendment, the stale
hood measure, referred to committee of
which he is chairman.
The house agreed to the senate amendments
to the bankruptcy bill. The house made S ow
progress with the Indian appropriation bill !:
Burton, of Ohio, insisted on explanation of
every item, securing tho cutting down of sew
eral items He attacked Indian education in
general.
18th DAY.
The senate committee on finance has au-
thorized favorable report on the bill to in
crease the subsidiary coinage.
Senator Foraker has introduced an amend
men5 to the Indian appropriation bill providing
for the admission of fifty Poto Rican children
at the industrial Indian school at Carlisle, Pa.
just before. the senate adjourned Senator
Foraker took occasion to say that the propo-
sition of Senator Quay to tack the statehood
bill on an appropriation bill was not extraor-
binary. Legislation had been paced on ap-
preparation bills before by the Will of the sem
ate.
The military academy bill passed the house
wi bout a word of debate.
A resolution was adopted calling ON the post
master general for the correspondence in the
Inoianola, Mississippi postoffice case.
Representative Patterson, of Tennessee, in
troduced an ANTITRUST bill 1t seeks to ac-
complish the regulation of trusts through the
agency of the Bureau of Corporations in the
proposed Department of Commerce.
Manu. of Illinois, has introduced bill for
the construction of a waterway from the Calu-
met river to the sanitary canal in Illinois, the
cost to the United States not to exceed $780,.
no.
37TH DAY.
Senator QUAY reported from his committee