The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-06
DoINGs IN CONGRESS.
Bills, Resolutions and Messages Before the
Senate and House and How They
Are Disposed of,

Senator Platt On. W attempted to call
up committee report providing for the
printing of a document Senator Quay OBJ
jected. Senator Hale (Me.) thereupon de-
clared that Senator Quay was confiscat-
ing the time of the senate. The latter
replied calmly that this could be obvi-
ated by allowing vote on the statehood
bill. resolution offered by Senator Nor
gan (Ala.) questioning the credentials or
Mr.. Herran. the Colombian charge
d 'affaires, who signed with Secretary Hay
the canal treaty, caused the senate to go
into long executive session At its
conclusion the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill was passed. The
house made new record in the matter
of appropriation bills. The military acad-
emy bill was passed without single
word of debate. The Indian bill. which
followed, was not completed, as Mr.. Bur-
ton (O) made long speech on it in gen.
eral criticism of the policy of the govern
ment toward the Indians Mr.. Loud
(Cal) presented as a privileged report
resolution from the post office committee
which calls upon the postmaster general
to transmit to the house, If not incom-
patible with the public interests, all cor
reSpondepce and all documents in his pos
session concerning the recent resignation
of the postmaster at 1ndianola, Miss.
The resolution was adopted
Senator Quay (Pa.) made an effort on
the 9th to hold the senate in continuous
session TO consider the statehood bill, but
failed to hold quorum ana was COM
PEELED on that account to allow the sem
ate to adjourn at $40 p. m. He secured
another ballot, however, to test the sent-.
ment of the senate, the-vote standing IL
to 20 in his favor. The senate passed
the bill providing for the allotment of
lands in severalty to the Indians of Lao
.Courte Oreille and Lac de Flambeau res
ervations in Wisconsin. Senator Rawlins
(Utah) presented a resolution calling on
the secretary of war for all information
fol i, hn
pine islands and asking specifically for
the full records of the courts in the cases
of Gen. Smith, Maj Glenn and others.
Senator Penrose (Pa.) introduced bill
| authorizing the purchase of the farm
at AppomattoX on which the surrender
| of Gen. Lee took place. The house de-
voted the day to bills reported from the
| judiciary committee, passing about ~.
One was to meet the original package de-
cision of the supreme court by making
| intoxicating liquors imported into states
subject to the jurisdiction of such states.
| Mr. Jones (Wash.) introduced 8. resolution
| against the treaty signed by the United
| States and Great Britain providing Tor
commission to interpret the treaty OF
| 1852 fixing the Alaskan boundary line.
| The resolution was referred to the com-
| mittee on foreign affairs. Mr.. Patterson
| CTenn.) introduced an antitrust bill.
| sharp debate was precipitated in the
| senate on the 2sth when Senator Raw
| recting the secretary of war to furnish
| the senate the proceedings of number
| of courts-martial in the Philippines In
| the course of his remarks Senator Raw
| lins referred to the death OF Father Au'
| gustin and said he was murdered in cold
| blood This aroused the ire of Senator
| Beveridge Und0. who demanded spe'
| cifcally to know who had committed the
| cold-blooded murder. Senator Carmact
| CTenn0 entered the debate and charac
| terized the charge which, he said, re
| peatedly had been made that the demo
| Gratis were assailing the army as tn
| "meanest and dirtiest of any that ha(
| been made against the party. The state
hood bill was taken up at two O'CLOCK
and Senator Lodge (Mass.) spoke in op
position to it.....The house made SLOW
progress with the Indian appropriation
bill, covering only about eight pages IL
over four hours. Mr.. Burton Co) huni
| on the flank of Mr.. Sherman On W
| who had charge of the bill. and insisted
| upon an explanation of every item Th
| senate amendments to the bill to amen'
| the bankruptcy act were agreed to-
The senate proceedings on the 18th wer
| unmarked by any lively debates. Sena
| tor McLaurin (Miss.) urged adoption O
| the Rawlins resolution, calling on IN
| secretary of war for the evidence In Ger
| tain courts-martial cases in the Phihp
| pines, on the ground that the omcers
| the army in a number OF instances ma
| brutally treated Filipino men and womel
| and he wanted them weeded out or tn
| army. Senator Lodge (MassO conclude
his remarks in opposition to the omn1ou
| statehood bill and Senator Bard (CaI.
also spoke in opposition to it. A messag
| from the president was read in which n
| asked for the necessary power TO CO
| operate with Mexico and China regardln
the restoration of the parity OF silver an
| gold. 1t was referred TO the conIhi'te V
| on finance. The house passed the 1T
| dian appropriation bill and began con
sideration of the post office appropria
ton bill Mr.. Patterson CTenn.) took ao
vantage of the latitude allowed in genera
| debate on the post Office bill to make
set speech for an hour and a half on tn
trust question. Mr.. Reid (Ark-) spok
on good roads.
, The chaplain of the senate in hi
PRAYER on the S0th referred to the lat
Senator Mcmillan (Mich), the day nay
ing been set apart to pay tribute TO IN
memory of Mr.. Mcmillan At the col
| clusion of the routine business Senf
tor Burrows (Mich) called up the res'
, | lutions relative to his late colleague an
Maid an earnest tribute to his memor,
Sixteen other senators also spoke in II
| same strain AS a further mark OF r.
spect the senate adjourned. 1t bein
, the last private claims day OF TINS COZ
) | gress in the house members with OIL
on the calendar carried everything d
: fore them in committee of the Whol
Forty-five bills in all were acted on II
vorably, despite the efforts of Mr.. PayI
On. W, the republican floor leader, az
| others to defeat some of them Many
the claims were old, dating back to Il
] civil war, and a few originated prior
y that time When the committee or q
whole reported the bills to the house M
Payne blocked their final passage
making the point of no quorum BUT [!
friends of the claims refused TO
balked. A motion was made TO rece
until the next morning at 1890 o'clock
4 order to continue the legislative day al
it was carried.