Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-03-12
CONGRESS.


deficiency bill after four hours con.
sideration and after it had been
amended in several particulars. An
amendment by Mr.. Rawlins for an APP
preparation of S50,000,000 to further
the work of irrigating the arid lands
furnished material for considerable
discussion, Mr.. Rawlins contending
that the surplus in the treasury could
be better used in this manner than by
turning 1t into the national banks. The
amendment was rejected on point Of
order. When the Aldrich bill was
taken up Mr. Teller continued his re-
marks begun Saturday. He was fol.
lowed by Mr.. Carmack, who replied to
some criticisms of recent speech
made by him on the subject of MUIR
ders in the Philippines. During the
course of the day the conference re-
port on the Notifications appropria.
ton bill and the Alaskan homestead
bill were agreed to. The immigration
and omnibus public building bills
were sent to conference.
House.-All day the house struggled
laboriously against the democratic
filibuster, working steadily to wind up
the necessary business of the session.
Despite another special rule adopted
early in the day legislation proceeded
at snail's pace. The voices of the
reading clerks were worn out by the
ceaseless calling of the roll and sew
eral clerks from committees have been
drafted to help out Since Thursday
last, when filibuster was inaugurated,
there have been over sixty roll calls.
rs against fifty-seven for the entire
long session lasting from December
!, 1901, to July 8, 1902. The confer.
ence report on the Alaskan homestead
bill and the immigration bill were
adopted, the omnibus public building
bill and the general deficiency appro-
priation bill were sent to conference.
The Often bill to prohibit tobacco
dealers from giving prizes, the bill to
provide for a delegate from Porto
Rico, bill to advance Major w. c.
Gorgas to the rank of assistant sur.
geon general and bill for the relief
IF Lieutenant B. F. Handforth Were
passed. The house also adopted the
conference reports on the postoffice
and agricultural appropriation bills
and shortly before midnight, at the
end of q continuous session OF almost
thirteen hours, took a recess.
Washington, March 3.-Senate.-The
FINAL defeat of the Aldrich financial
bill was witnessed today, when 1t was
displaced by the Philippine tariff bill.
Mr.. Aldrich explained in detail his
measure and said that small number
Of men in the senate had deliberately,
with malice aforethought, murdered
1t. One of the features Of the senate
was the fact that for the first time in
two years, Delaware was represented
In the senate j. Frank Alice and l..
Heiser Ball, elected for the long and
short terms respectively, appeared in
the senate and were sworn in by
President Pro Tenn Frye. In the
course of the debate Mr.. Elkins de.
,lared that the republican party had
been false to its solemn pledges in
.hree successive platforms with re-
spect to statehood for Arizona, Okla.
noma and New Mexico, and he said
that 1t was the first time that party
1ad been guilty of filibustering. Sen.
ator Tillman caused fiutter in the
senate at 10 p. m. by announcing his
intention to defeat the naval appro-
priation bill and the general deficiency
bill. This determination was the re-
suit of an announcement from the
conference room on the general de.
ficiency bill to the effect that the
house conferees had refused to accept
the senate amendment providing for
the payment of the South Carolina
state claims of $47,245. The senator
had a stack of books beside his desk
as high as the desk, while on the desk
was a volume of Byron's poems open
at the "Vision of Judgment" 1T is a
Just claim and must go in" he said.
cor | will defeat both the remaining
bills and force an extra session or
both houses Of congress. | can talk
uatil IL o'clock tomorrow and that is
Gil that Is necessary for the accom-.
plishment Of my purpose" The
amendment was accepted. The naval
bill, as agreed upon at 40 a. M, pro-
rides for three battleships of 10000
tons displacement and two battleships
Of 1900 tons displacement, and en-
tirely eliminates the provision for
cruisers. At 1:50 the senate recessed
till 10 a. m.
IIouse.-Today was almost a repeti-
ton Of yesterday in the house. Slow.
IT, but surely through the operation of
eeaseless roll calls, the conference re-
ports to complete the necessary legis.
Iation were ground out and when the
house at o'clock tonight recessed
axltil 10 O'Clock, only two conference
reports on appropriation bills were
still undisposed of, the general def
cheney and the naval. The democratic
opposition did not abate. The actual
hnsiness done during the eight hours
Of the day session, consisted of the
adoption of the conference reports on
the immigration, public building and
eundry civil bills, the reference of the
presidents veto message of a Virginia
claim bill to the committee on war
claims, the adoption of resolution
70 correct clerical errors in the immi.
grafton bill and the passage of a SEN
ste bill to authorize the treasury de-
ra1tment to coin souvenir coins for
me Thomas Jefferson Memorial asso'
citation.
Washington, March 4.-Senate.-Mr.
Allison, chairman of the committee on
appropriations. made statement re-
sarding the amount of money appro'
priated by the present congress as
compared with the appropriations OF
the Fifty-sixth congress. The total
appropriations of the present congress,
he said, was $1.554 ,10S,518 as COM
pared with $1,440,4S9.43S for the Fiji
ty-sixth congress. Mr.. Bailey OF Texas
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1t is no use asking God to warm
your heart while you are living in the
Arctic of sin.
Silence is sometimes the severest
crl,icism.-Buxton.
A simple country girl was witness
in thell case in a suburban town,
and intimated that her sweetheart
knew something of the affair. On be-
ing asked where he was, she declared
ne was outside. ''Then we had better
call him into court" suggested the
prosecuting attorney. "Oh, goodness,