Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-02-04
THE fIFTY-EIeHTH CONGRESS.
New Article to the Constitution Pro-
posed.
S3RD DAY.

S3RD DAY.
Senator Beveridge's bill would suppress and
punish bribery and official corruption in the
territories
Senator Morgan spoke on his resolution in
aragua and Costa Rica for the construction Of
q canal via the Nicaragua route, in accordance
with the Spooner act.
pointments. which resulted in the passage Of
resolution asking for information concerning
the appointment Of W. D. Crumm, m1latto,
as collector Of customs at Charleston, 8. G.
Senator Culberson offered a resolution
drawn up by committee Of Democrats asking
passed between tho state department and rep
resentatives Of Panama and Colombia concern
ing the secession Of Panama
There are members of the house who are de
termined that there shall be made public the
maintained at the state department at the ex-
pense of the government.
The house has passed the army agpropria.
ton Dill carrying $50 DO, after striking out
number OF large items; among them pro-
vision for raising the limit for construction Of
hospitals from $1,000 to 500 q. and the 500 Que
item for an army hospital at Washington.
3ITH DAY.
The senate passed these bills: Appropria-
ting $40, OO to pay clerks in the executive de-
partments for extra services during the war
with Spain providing for the construction Of
a memorial bridge across the Potomac river
from Washington to the Arlington estate, to
bills for relief from military disabilities
The senate continued the Panama debate.
Delegate Ku'anaianole, of Hawaii, introduced
bill appropriatiug }O.UO0 to reimburse that
territory for maintaining its lighthouses from
territory until its lighthouses were taken I'M
der government control.
/ Delegate McGuires amendments to the acts
of 1885 and 10 prohibit the passage Of local or
special laws in the territory, and to limit
special indebtedness. The bill also authorizes
the issuance Of school district bonds for school
buildings and sites
! The house passed the resolution calling for
information relative to the number of car
riages kept by the government for the P. o.
department.
The item in an appropriation bill which pro-
vldes pay and mileage for senators and repre-
sentatlves for the special session was defended
as following precedents Of SD and 5,th con
crosses.
The senate passed these bills: Authorizing
the secretary of the interior to restore to pub
| lie entry OF lands for reservoirs: authorizing
the issue Of certified copies of patents, records
etc; extending to the mints at San Francisco,
minor coins; Establishing life-saving station
at Nome, Alaska; granting 900 acres each in
the states Of Idaho and wyoming for the main.
tenance OF soldiers homes; granting to tizenS
of Porto Rico and the Philippines the right of
| naturalization.
Senator simmons IN. c. was the first Dem
ocratic senator to support the Panama canal
| treaty in speech, in which he said he believed
| the president and the secretary of war should
Panama revolt.
Senator Burton's pension bill would give the
/ right Of pensions to the 18th and 18th Kansas
| regiments.
Mr.. Hardwick (Ga) in speech said he did
not believe that any of the qualifications to
vote imposed by Southern states would conflict
| with the 18th amendment; that the negro no
| longer was a special ward Of the government,
| but must stand upon his merits az a citizen.
This was during the political debates which
occurred during the consideration Of an apr
Mr.. Sulloway IN. H introduced service
| and age pension bill. which also would increase
the present minimum pensions from s. to S. q
month.
The senate adopted the resolutions author
| iZing the secretary of state to open negota
lions with Great Britain for revision Of the
joint regulations for the protection of the fur
| seals of Alaska: also the resolution authorizing
the committee on privileges End elections to
against Senator Reed Smoot. of Utah. The
Smoot reso ution was amended so not tc
| authorize the committee to sit during the con
gresSional recess and the resolution was agreed
| to by the senate
MIR. Van Dusen (Nevadal introduced reso
luton inquiring If any supplies for the post
Office department are made by convict labor
| Secretary Moody has transmitted to con
| gress an urgent request for an appropriation Of
,nO,OoO for armor and armament to be made
without delay The last last appropriation made
pended per month last year, which was $3.50,
70S Since July last this item has amounted
to $1,1 9,93 per month.
Secretary Moody also has asked for an i'm
mediate appropriation of s20O,C00 to enable
payment to be made to Cuba for the land &C
| quired by the United States for the Guantan
! amo naval station and to enclose the same
within wall or fence according to the term.
| of the treaty.
S7TH DAY.
! Senator Hoar was in the senate for the frs
| time since the death of his wife month ago
| The resolution calling on the president to in
| form the senate whether all the papers in pos
| session of the executive bearing upon the Pana
| ma resolution had been sent tothe senate was
taken up and a vote was taken on an amend
ment by Senator McCullom inserting discre
tionary clause and the motion prevailed 80 X
, 20 party vote with the exception of Mr.. Nc
| Emery, who voted with the republicans
Mr.. Selby tPa) introduced bill to prohibi
| the issuance of money orders on Sunday.
Mr.. McDermott IN. j. proposed a new ar
ticle to the constitution prohibiting the in
corporation by states of corporations to en-
gage in business outside of she state.
Mr.. Fitzgerald (N.YJ introduced q bill max
| ing 1t unlawful to use the pictures or names o
living persons for purposes Of trade withou
| the consent Of such persons.