Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-01-24
DoINGs IN CONGRESS.
Bills, Resolutions and Messages Before tho
Senate and House and How They
Are Disposed OF.


In the senate on the 18th Senator TIL
man Is. c. continued his arraignment or
trusts and monopolies and again charged
that the attorney general was RESPONSE
BILE primarily for lack OF action against
the trusts. The statehood bill was under
discussion for 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 I'M
true, remarking that his object In bring
ing the matter to the attention or the
senate was In order that his denial might
20 into the Congressional Record as an
answer to those who made the charge.
At 4:50 the senate went into executive
session and soon afterward adjourned
until the 10Th. The house passed the
army appropriation bill and began con-
sideration of the department of COM
merce bill, under a special rule making
Il n continuous order until disposed OF.
The opposition to the measure came en-
tirely from the democratic side and was
based chiefly on the ground that the
transfer of the bureau of labor to the
new department would subordinate that
bureau to a department which would rep
resent capitalstic interests.
The senate was not In session on the
18TH. The house devoted yesterday to
private war claims. passing about 70.
| The two features of the day were the
defeat of a claim of B. 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
unearthed the army contract frauds In
st. Louis in 1863, and the fight OF Mr.
| Payne IN. ", the floor leader OF the
majority, against an omnibus resolution
| to refer 80 southern claims. aggregating
$1,000 for stores and supplies taken by
| the union army during the civil war, to
the court of claims for finding or 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
| nth. AT the end of struggle which
prolonged the days session until after
| six o'clock the house passed the substi-
| tute for senate bill to establish depart
ment of commerce and labor. The vote
stood 1877 to 40. The republicans voted
solidly for the bill and % democrats voted
with them. The substitute differs from
| the senate bill in several important par
| ticuars.
The senate on the 10th devoted two
| brief executive sessions to the Cuban
reciprocity treaty At the first session
| the treaty was read at length and at the
| second session Senator Cullom Qll) VINO.
| as chairman of the senate committee on
| foreign relations has charge OF the treaty
made a statement of It's purport and ef-
| feet. After the executive session Sena-
| tor Foraker CO., continued his remarks
| favoring statehood for Oklahoma, Arr
| iona and New Mexico. The house trans
| acted considerable business. Several mis-
| ceIlaneous measures were passed, among
| them the senate Hawaiian fire claims
| hill. The consular and diplomatic ap-
| propriation bill, the third of the regular
| budgets. was passed and fair progress
was made with the District of Columbia
| appropriation bill. Mr. Foss Qll), chair-
| man of the house committee on naVai
| AFFAIRS. introduced a bill establishing
naval militia. A. bill introduced by Mr:
| Russell CTex.) provides that citizens OF
| foreign countries cannot draw pensions
| in the United States.
The senate on the 10th passed the iegis-
lative, executive and judicial appropria-
| ton bill When the statehood Dill was
taken up Senator Quay (Pa.o demahoe1
an immediate vote. coupling his DEMAND
with the statement that he did not care
whether any senators desired 10 SPEAK OH
the subject or not. The bill, ne said'
was being willfully obstructed by discus,
sion. Senerator Beveridge Qnd) denied
this and then discussed the measure. OPP
nosing statehood for Oklahoma, Arizona
and New Mexico. Senator Hanna toJ
| smoke briefly in opposition to the Dill
The house passed the District OF Coiun,-
bia appropriation bill and subsequently
began consideration of the Phhpphe
coinage bill. While Mr.. Cochran tMo..
was Speaking of the trucking poncy y,
the United States to Great Britain a
stylishly dressed young woman IN the
gallery leaned forward and cried out
"You jie." She then left the gallery;
AFR Bartholdt (Mo) arose to personal
exclamation TO deny that he was goihs
10 call a meeting OF Gerinan-Amerlcah
citizens to protest against the hi-coh-
sidered utterances against Germany mr..
Bartholdt explained that he had no such
purpose. but said he had received num-
her of letters from German-Americans
suggesting such a conference Tor tne pu ,,
pose of emphasizing the fact that tne o.u-
time friendship between the United states
and Germany was dear to the hear' VI
every German in this country.
Ice for Twenty Five Cents Ton.