Woodville Republican., 1903-02-14
|URRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
|re1y.sEvENrH CONGRESS.
second SESSION.

Second Session.
..a on the Attn, there was
|SIn ne ssn" %s If words between Mr.. Ssal-
ey psadA psnd Mr.. Beveridge, the ioruipen par- ~
.sae n positive terms tnas NJ r,aro,anoing
aliAs "a y, his friends We're proIohsin5S
ge any ahahnd biiI debate In pursuance OF
slalelV, and premeditated system vl
delpsslaS THE general stan Dill was
&hsiru,esslennd and passed with an amend
seg n,,fting the chief OF stan aHSsr 'n7 sno
sae,lon ~ Of the president, anu ehe ~
#,arv of war under :tne oiIsc,i99nh 9hsta on
a *.assSsnt In the house the 9epaee IN oa
Fesllen.' ostite appropriation bill was en-
p posst -. a discussion of the tar1n ques-
Xfeheu nu5,,mher Of members taking part.
el' annual attempt to strike out the sp-
lnnsr,istlons for special mail tacilltleS pc
I'm washington and New oIleahs' ,a1. sn,a
snsas CITY and Newton, kas., was
aasaS w ~ NJ Talbot Is. c., who made
asson - Ia eliminate the provisions. Inc
$S,ion was pending when the mouse ao-
burned .,
i tha statehood bill was continued, put
saon t,trned to the question OF polygamy
IN The influence of the Mormon cnurcn
Erer politics occupied a large snare %
N dahafe Mr.. Gallinger said he was IN
Ei,or of An amendment to the statehood
In covering the question of polygamy as
fsrnneiv and firmly as possible. Without
any business, the senate
kent into executive session and soon az
[erward adjourned. :. The house continued
zhe debate on the antitrust bill. The bill
II exnedife anti-trust prosecutions passed
&ithout debate. The post office appro-
6riaion bill was passed before the trust
Bins we're taken up. The death of Mr..
Moody, of North Carolina, was an
bounced and out of respect to his mem-
trv the house at once adjourned until FRI
Bay
In the senate, on the 9Th, Mr.. Morgan
spoke on his resolution calling on the Sec
tetary Of the navy for correspondence re-
harding the military occupation OF the
Bays OF Panama and Colon. The senate
Eent into executive session, and Mr.. Nor
Kan continued his remarks. alleging that
The SS000000 which the United States paid
10 Colombia would go to the insurgents
who made peace last year. In open ses-
bon he predicted that If the United States
continued its policy with reference to the
construction of an isthmian canal war
with Colombia was inevitable. The sem
BITE then adjourned out of respect to the
memory Of the late Representative Moody,
b North Carolina, who died Thursday. -.
Pn 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
|akeu Saturday.
n the senate, on the 7th, the statehood
pl again occupied most of the day, Mr.
hean continuing but not concluding his
speech on the subject. The claim of the
opponents Of the bill that 1t does not con-
tain sufficient safeguard against polyg-
amy gave rise to general debate. A
large number of bills to which there was
70 opposition were passed during the
aay..,.. The house. by a unanimous vote,
passed the antitrust bill. The senate
amendments to the army appropriation
olil We're concurred in and the bill was
sent to the conference.
IN the senate, on the 9Th, Mr.. Carmack
spoke on the Rawlins resolution calling
1n the secretary of war for reports from
-eitain courts martial. He charged that
murders in the Philippines by American
soiGiers nae become so common that they
s9uid not bear investigation, and criti-
sisea tne conduct of both the president
@ any secretary of war Mr.. Kear contin-
aea ms speech on the statehood bill, and
several senators INDUCED in a debate on
snne question Of the interference of the
|ssoiinon church In politics. Mr.. Elkins
|lpVke ian ~ M Miavor Of statehood for New Mex
RcO.. ~. The house spent almost the entire
~ On two District of Columbia appro-
ss.auoh Diis, one to authorize the gov
ssr,nhent % advance $1,000 900 to the dis
sict and the other the conference renort
y tne union station bill. The former
~as sO,a defeated and the latter sent back to
C.