Oxford eagle., 1903-02-12
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
FIFTY.sevENTA CONGRESS.
Second SESSION.

In the senate, on the I'd. the army ap-
preparation bill was under consideration.
On request of Mr.. Pettus, who wished 70
offer some amendments. 1t went over uh-
iii the Sd. The statehood bill was up for
a snort time, Messrs. Bard ana luaries
speaking in opposition to 1t. AFTER a
brief executive session the senate ao
journed out of respect to the memory % "a
the late Representative Rumple, OF Iowa
THE house passed about forty pllIs
under supervision of the rules. Inc most
important was bill to authorize the re.
sumption of the negotiations with Great
Britain for the preservation OF the
Alaskan fur seals. The bill approprlat.
ing nf astSnityre AISyyiyT building Was passed. A
bill was passed advancing Brig zen, n.
c. Merriam, retired, to the grade Oh ma
jor general on the retired list.
In the senate. on the Sd. the bill to Iur- ,
ther regulate railroad transportation was
passed. 1t is one of number OF meas
ures concerning corporations, ana 1ss rss
particular reference to RAILROADS., tue
army appropriation bill was passed. ~ es
the provision establishing general stan
was eliminated. An amendment was III
corporated to place the chiet OF stan ~
clusiyely under the direction or the press-
dent. The bill will now go to conLersnos;; COME. nan;
In the house the day was mostly spen.
on claim bills coming over irQih .,ar,
week Mr.. Payne IN. W fought mem
ali hut succeeded in defeating only three
of them After these bills were ap 9ispoSSIi Siii
of general debate on tl'c pos' ~ "a
was resumed. and MI Hopp Iao;,on Imo1,
dressed the house on the trust question:
In the senate, on the 4th, there was
iiveIv massage of words between Mr Nal-
linger and Mr.. Beveridge, the iormer ni,,ar- ar
claTing in positive terms that Mr. beNT, ,S;a
idge and his friends were prolohsinSs -
the statehood bill debate in pursuance OF
a deliberate and premeditated system oa
obstruction" The general STAN Dill was
raconsidered and passed with an amenu-
mept putting the chief of staff under the
direction of the president, ana the ssS-
retary of war under the directioh ot 'ao ne
president" In the house the ui deUase % en-:
Uvened by a discussion of the tari1 Ques-
tion, a number of members taxing part
The annual attempt to strike OUT the ap-
propriations for special mail daeilities pc,
tween Washington and New Orleans, ana
Kansas City and Newton, kas., was
made by Mr. Talbot IS. CO, who mace
motion to eliminate the provisions. 4 ne
motion was pending when the mousse az
journed.
In the senate, on the 5th. the discussion
of the statehood bill was continued, put
It soon turned to the question OF poiSsamS
and the influence of the Mormon churcii
over politics occupied a large share OF
the debate. Mr.. Galinger said he was N 2
favor Of an amendment to the statehooo
bill covering the question OF polygamy as
strongly and firmly as possible Nltnout
transacting any. business, the senate
terward adjourned The house continued
the debate on the antitrust bill. The bill
to expedite antitrust prosecutions passed
without debate. The post office appro--
priaion bill was passed before the trust
bills were taken up. The death of Mr..
Moody, of North Carolina, was an
nounced. and out of respect to his mem
orv the house at once adjourned until FRI
day.
In the senate, on the 9Th, Mr.. Morgan
spoke on his resolution calling on the Sec
retary of the navy for correspondence re-
garding the military occupation OF the
bays of Panama and Colon. The senate
went into executive session. and Mr.. Nor
gan continued his remarks. alleging that
the $3,00O. 900 which the United States paid
TO Colombia would go to the insurgents
who made peace last year. In open ses-
sion he predicted that IL the United States
continued its policy with reference to the
construction of an isthmian canal. war
with Colombia was inevitable. The sem
ate then adjourned out of respect to the
memory of the late Representative Moody.
of North Carolina, who died Thursday.
In the house general debate on the anti
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.