Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-02-18
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F%IFTf-EleHTH CONGRESS-.


First SESSION.
SenGte-AfteU listening 10 speeches by
Mr.. Hopkins and Mr.. Clay In support of
the Panama canal treaty the senate, on
the SJh, Passed the bill granting assistance
to the proposed Lewis and Clark EXPOSE
ton at Portland. ore. The bill was
amended so as to close the exposition on
Sundays. and the provision for a perma-
nent memorial 10 Levi and Clark was
eliminated. The senate, at 5:55 y. m, ad-
iOurued. ..House-The house debated at
leucth the proposed loan of 81, eco, 600 to the
Louisiana Purchase exposition at st. Louis
as provided for in the senate amendment
to the urgent deficiency bill, and 1t was
still pending when the house adjourned.
The house ~n-concurre in all other
amendments except that providing tof
analyzing and testing at the st. Louis
fair, unde direction of the geologlcal
survey Of the Goals and lgnlteS OF tie
United States, in order to determine their
fuel values. With the loan amendment
still pending, at ass the house adjourned;
Senate-The senate, on the Sth, pasSeu
the diplomatic n consular pproprlatloh
bill without debate and then renewed con-
sideration of the isthmian question. MT:
Fulton spoke in support of the course ol
the administration in connection with the
Panama revolt. and Mr.. Carmack and MI
Overman in opposition thereto: Mr.. over
man had not hitherto made his position
on the treaty known, and his speech re-
vealed the attitude of probably the last
doubtful member of the senate. Inc
speech was Mr.. Overman's maiden effort
in the senate. Mr.. Fulton concluded at
2:54 p. M, and Immediately atterWard ths
senate went into executive session; ana
at 4:40 adjourned. 900. HouSe-The house
devoted the entire session to consideration
of the resolution reported from elections
committee No. 8, unseating Mr.. Howeii
and declaring Mr.. Connell, who contested
the election, to have been elected from
the Tenth PENNSYLVANIA district. BY
agreement 1t was decided the vote would
be taken OF the 10th. Mr.. Thayer LMass'1
opposed the unseating of Howell, and
when he had concluded the house, at 4:4S
p, m, adjourned.
Senate-The major portion of the time
of the senate in open session, on the lOth.
was devoted to a speech by Mr.. McCum--
Der, who supported the Panama canal
treaty and justified all the acts OF the
administration in connection with the re-
cent revolt, and after passing a number
of private pension bills the senate ad-
journed at $50 p. NJ. House-Ihe mouse
election case from the Tenth Pennsyl-
vania district in favor of Mr.. Council. Mr.,
Cornell was promptly sworn in and tooB
his seat. The house then resumed CON
posing a loan of 81, 500, 900 for the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition. Mr.. COwherd
CMo.) made an appeal fol. the st. LOUIS
fair, and NJ Harrison IN. " and Mr..
Gillett MaSs.) objected to the loan. Al
sos the house adjourned.
Senate-The senate was in executive
session more tina four hours, on the
llth. and after the agreement TO vote on
the canal treaty had been reached, nearly
the entire time was devoted to general
discussion of the encrOaChments OF the
senate and the president on each others
p~rerOgatiVes under the constitution. The
senate, at 4:4I p. m, adjourned -. HOUSE
The house, by a vote of 172 to 1O3, con
cured in the senate amendment to the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill, au-
thOrizing a loan of 81. coo, 900 by the gov
eminent to the Louisiana Purchase eX-
position, after amending it with respect
to the manner in which the money shall
be paid. The proposition was strongly
opposed in the debate, which covered por-
lions of three days. A humble of bills
were passed, among them measures rati-
flying agreements with Indians in Mime
sofa and Montana. AT 4:B p. m. the
house adjourned.
Senate-The senate, on the 18th, listened
to the reading by Mr.. Carmack of a
speech prepared by Mr.. Morgan in oppo-
sition to the presidents policy with ref
erenCe to an isthmian canal, and also con-
sidered the bill appropriating 100000 to
eX-Queen L~iliuokalani, of Hawaii.
Speeches in support of the bill We're made
by Mr.. Blackburn and Mr.. Mitchell, and
in opposition by Mr.. Spooner and Mr..
Platt Comm. The senate then, at 4 p.
M, adjourned until the 18th. House
Speaker Cannon took the bit in his teeth
and ran completely away with legislative
precedent in the house, incidentally he
of private pension bills. Under his guild
ance 800 of these measures of relief were
passed by the house in 155 minutes. The
bill was passed to construct a dam in the
Mississippi river at Hancock, Ill. At $40
o'clock the house adjourned until the 18th.