Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-23
DoIHes IN CONGRESS-.
BsIl<< Resolutions and Messages BEFORE the
senate and Houss and How They
Are Disposed OF.

-ommf1tee On nnance to report a bill re-
moving the daty on coal was under dis
>ussion In the senate on the 18th Senator
Doliver Qa-1 vigorously attacked those
senators responsible for the holding up
Of reciprocity treaties in the senate He
declared that Mr.. Dfngley had put the
tarfn rates high so that they could be
reduced by reciprocity agreements The
resolution went over after Senator TILL
man Is. ca had given notice that he
would "string live wire" and lay the
blame for the present coal situation at
The door OF tie president and the ar
-orney general Senator Nielsen (Afinn.1
concluded his remarks In opposition to
the statehood bill and Sthe senate then
went into executive session adjourning
soon efterward. The house was RECALLED
with q lively political debate between
Sen. Grosvenor CO., and Mr.. Clark (ldo.)
Turing the discussion Of the army appro-
prtation bill and for two hours both sides
AZ the house cheered on their respective
spokesmen. The contest grew4out of a
controversy which Mr.. Grosvenor and
Mr. Clark have been carrying on In the
newspapers over the formers statement
n the house last December that the
iemocratie party had been wiped out at
he last general election. Ga. Grosvenor
undertook with figures to sustain his
contention and Mr.. Clark. also with fig
ires. to prove that the democrats had an
even chance to win the presidency IN
eo4. a bill was introduced by Mr.. Coch-
an (Mo.) to authorize national banks to
SSue currency secured Qt the deposit OF
United States. state and municipal bonds
The senate on the 18th acted promptly
IN the house bill providing rebates of the
1uty on coal and passed 1t unanimously
without debate a few minutes after It
was brought over from the house. The
militia bill also was passed. with an
amendment striking out of the bli the
section providing for. a reserve force of
trained men, thus removing the objec-
tons made against It. For an hour and
a half Senator Tlllmen Is. CO occupied
the attention OF the senate in a charac-
teristic speech in which he denounced
trusts and monopolies and severely criti-,
cfsed the attorney general The state
hood bill was up for q short time. dur
Ing whicA Senator McCumber (Ns ID
spoke in favor of granting statehood to
Oklahoma, Arizona and New MezIco....
The bill reported from the ways and
means committee to provide for rebate
on the duties on foreign coal for period
of one year wac passed in short order
by the house by vote OF 25S to 5. Rapid
progress was made with the army appro-
priation bill after the coal bill had been
passed. Mr.. Sulzer On. W introduced a
bill appropriating $4,000 for a statue to
Samuel ]. Tilden. to be erected in Wash
tngton.
In the senate on the 18th Senator TIL
man Is. CO. continued his arraignment of
trusts and monopolies and again charged
that the attorney general was response
bic primarily for lack of action against
the trusts. IRe State0OOQ Dill was OnOer
discussion for a short time, Senator For
aker co. urging the right of Oklahoma,
Arizona and New Mexico to be admitted
into The union Senator McLaurin (Miss.)
called attention to charges that the peo-
pie OF Indianola, Miss, had been guilty
of threats and intimidation against the
postmaster and declared them to be un-
true, remarking that his object in bring
ing the matter to the attention of the
senate was In order that his denial might
go into the Congressional Record an
answer to those who made the charge.
At 4:50 the senate went into executive
session and soon afterward adjourned
until the 18th. The house passed the
army appropriation bill and began cox
sideration OF the department Of COM
merce bill, under a special rule making
1t continuous order until disposed of.
The opposition to the measure came en-
tirely from the democratic side and was
based chiefly the ground that the
transfer of the bureau of labor to the
new department would subordinate that
bureau to a department which would rep
reser. capitalistic interests.
The senate was not in session on the
18TH. The house devoted yesterday to
private war claims, passing about 20.
The two features of the day were the
defeat OF a claim of 3. F. Moody & Co.,
Of Keokuk. Ia for the payment OF the
amount deducted from their contract for
furnishing equipment to the Third Iowa
cavalry by the famous commission which
uHedE ttie0 the army ColtIdCl Aiduos III
St. Louis in 1863, and the fight Of Mr..
Payne {N.S w, the floor leader OF the
majority. against an omnibus resolution
to refer 30 southern claims. laggregatins
s400. 900. for stores and supplies taken b.
the union army during the civil war, te
the court OF claims for finding Of fact
under the Tucker act. The resolution
will be the first thing IN order On the
next claims day.
The senate was not in session on the
q
prolonged the days session until after
six o'clock the house passed Jhe substi
tute for senate bill to establish depart
ment of commerce and labor. The vote
stood 1877 to 20. The republicans voted
soidly for the bill and . democrats voted
with them. The substitute differs from
the senate bill In several Important par
ticulars. aRo
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