The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-02-13
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL rRocEEDiSGs.
Csccond SESSION.

In the senate. on N" 81. the army ap-
Precipitation TN was under ConHlicrhupn
On request Of Mr.. Pettus, h wished 70
oncr some amendments, ~ went over un-
al the ii. The statehood bill was up Tor
q short time. M.asrs, Bard and Qunrl"s
.pcaking IA Opposition 70 ~ At,ef adj.
Journcd out of respect to the mrnlpiy OF
the late Representative humplr, OF l1wn,
.,,'Th. housy PASSED about iortyo , nmI
important waR "a bill to authotizc. VI. re.
sumption 81 the negotiations WIN bt.al
nIi,9in iSr ne p1rlssse ri SlIl osnppf %5 sn9
Of agriculture building was passed. a
bill Mas passed advancing Erig Gen, II.
G. Merriam. retired, to the grade Of ma
lor general on the retired HIST.
In the eenate. on the ID. the bill TO fur.
ther regulate railroad transportation was
passed. II II ono Of n number OF inciH-
ur.a concerning corporations, ana mas
particular reference TO railtondH, IN.
army appropriation hill was pssHcd' but
the provision establishing "a general stan
was eliminated. An amendment was In
enrporatci TO place the chief OF stan ck-
ciuriyeiy under the direction OF the preHi-
dent. The bill Will now ~ TO conference.
In The houaa the day was mostly spent
on claim bills COMING over from .lhNN
week. Mr.. Payne ~, " fought mem
all. hu succeeded In defeating only THREE.
uf them. After those bills We're dlHposei
OF general debate on the post ninco blll
was resumed. and Mr.. Itnbb tMol Hd-
ufNNHNA NIN NNNINt VII NV NNNN ANN'|NAHNhH
Ia the senate, on the ith. there was -
lively passage of words between Mr.. CAT
lingUr and Mr.. IicNcridFc, the FORMER de-
claring in positive terms thht MI, lover
idgo and his fricnds were p"rnlnnFlug
the statehood bill debate Ia "purHuant" OF
a deliberate and p~rcm"ditnted system OF
obstruction" The general stan bill Nna
rccunEid"fcd ana passed with an amend
mrnt putting the rhlcf ~ stan under the
direction Of the president, and tile sec
Rotary of war under IN" direction OF the
president. "....ln the house the debate on
the post Office appropriation bUl Nhs en-
ilycncd by - diHcuHsipn " the tlrin uucs-
ton. "a number Of members taking part.
The annual utttmpt to strive. out the np-
prpplintinna Tor special mall facilities be-
tween Washington aud Ncw Orleans nnd
Kansas Cliy mud Ncwton, knH., WAS
motion To eliminate tho provisions. The
motion was pending when the house ud-
Journed.
In tho senate. on the 9Th. the discussion
Of the statehood bill was continued, hut
IL loon turned to the question Of pUlygamy
aud the influence II tho Mormon church
over. polltich. occupicd a large share %
the debate. Mr.. Gallingcr said he was In
favor uf an amendment To- the statehood
bill covering the question OF Iolygnlny nn
strongly, aud hrmiy ~ possible. Without
tranHacting any business. the senate
went into executive session aud soon NJ.
forward adjourned go. The house continued
the debate ON the antitrust bill Tn. Till
10 expedite antitrust prosreuy ions passed
priaion bill was passed before the trust
bills were taken M. The death Of MIR.
Moody. Of North Carolina, was am
nouncci, and cut OF respect to his mem
orv tho house at once adjourned until Fri
day.
In the senate. on tho 9Th. MIR. Morgan
sruhu on his resolution calling on the aec-
rotary OF the navy for correspondence re-
gnrdlng the military occupation OF the
baNs OF Panama ana Colon. Tho senate
went Into executive session, and Mr.. Mar
Pan continued his remarks, alleging that
the $4,000 which the United states paid
To- Colombia would NO to the Insurgents
VINO made penc. last year, In open ses-
continued Its policy with reference TO the
construction OF an lsthmlan canal, war
with COLOMBIA was Inevitable. The SEN
ate h adjourned out ~ respect To the
memory OF the late Representative Moody,
81 North Carolina. who died Thursday. 80
In tho house general debate on the anil
trust bill began at ten o'clock In the
morning and continued until six In the
evening. A final vote on the bill will be
taken Saturday.