Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-05
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
FIFTY-SEvENTH CONGRESS.
Second SESSION.

NotIOLiu oCSoHOAi.'
In the senate, on the 23d, W~ashington's
farewell address was read by Mr.. Dubois
tIdahoD. The omnibus public building
bill was passed and the post office appro,
priation DILL was considered without maj
action. Mr.. Tillman spoke for nearly TWO
hours, principally liz reply to Mr.. spoon
er on the Indianola post office caSe,.....
The house passed the general denclency
appropriation bill, the last of the regular
supply bills. The only amendment OF I'M nno
portance was one appropriating Sl,ln,oVV
to replace the stores and ~storehouses a.
the Rock Island arsenal cecentiy ae,
stroyed by fire. The bill to amend the
railroad safety appliance act was sent TO
conference and the conferees were IN
structed not to insist on that portion OIL
the house amendment giving the inter-
state commission power 10 re-
duce below so per cent, the number OF
cars equipped with patent air brakes
In the senate, on the oath. the major
portion of the session was taken up Win
the lndianola (A1iss.) post oftlce case. MI
Tillman spoke for three hours, In contll-
uation of his remarks, begun Monday, on
the race question, and was followed by
Mr.. Carmack CTenn.). During the morn
ing hour several bills and resolutions
We're passed and consideration was slvGn
the bill to further provide FOR me sale
keeping of public money on DEPOSIT IN ma
tional banks. The agricultural, approprl-
alton bill was also considered ana ne
committee amendments were agreed 10
except the statehood rider, Whlch wa
passed ver...... The house passed the
Philippine currency bill. accepting tle
senate bill so far as it relates to the Isl
ands. The committee amendment strlk-
ing out the international monetary con-
ference was agreed to. The contested
election case of Wagner VS.. Butter was
under consideration for a time, ana the
democrats began to flibuster, which they
threaten to continue if the case Is
pressed. The case was laid over till the
26th.
In the senate, on the 18th. the statehood
riders to the agricultural and post Of
flee appropriation bills were Withdrawn
and both bills passed. The house amend
ments to the Philippine currency bill were
agreed to, thus sending the PHI 10 the
president. The sundry civil bill was near
ly completed, and a large number OF pen
sion bills were passed ......The mouse
adopted the conference report on tnG
army appropriation bill and sent the bill
to the president. The bill to establish a
union station in Washington was finally
passed, the house abandoning its amend
ment to reduce the amount to be given to
the Pennslyvania and Baltimore q ono 10
the senate bill, to $1,000 900 each as fixed
by the house. The Fowler currency bill
was debated in a desultory a The
speaker appointed the following members
to represent the house at the dedication
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition:
Messrs, Tawney (rep. Minn;), sherman
(rep., n. ". Mahon, rep, Pa). Barth0ldt
iEpp., Mo-, NdnNODIilS tep., w, l. 81
rep, N. JJ, overstreet rep., Ind, Mann
Kass..}j. Bluirkett rep, Neb,y, Robertson
dem, Lao, Bartlett dem" Ga.). Shafroth
(dem.. COLI and Hay dem" Va.).
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 reflec-
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 J. Butler
dem, Mo- was hnseated and George G.
r. Wagner, trep) 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 tilibuster 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-
priation bills. The total carried by the
naval bill is $S1, sol 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
NotS VII opJtilibli llolh NEW IIilSlullu ocil-
ators who feared it would exclude French
Canadian labor. Senator Blackburn Sc
cured a vote On his motion to take up the
Littleiield antitrust bill, and lost by %
to 80. The senate was in executive ses-
sion from 1:45 p. m. to 5:l5 p. An
other stormy session was held in the
house, and two special rules We're adopt
ed to expedite appropriation bills and re-
duce as much as possible the minority's
power to obstruct legislation. Even with
the special rules in operation, getting APP
preparation bills into conference was a
tedious and laborious process, and an
eight-hour session and IS roll calls being
necessary to get the agricultural, sundry
civil, military academy and post office APP
preparation bills into conference and to
adopt the conference report on the In
dian appropriation bill,