The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-02-05
FIFTY-EIeHTH CONGRESS.
Regular Session.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Senate-In the
senate Monday Mr. Dietrich (Neb.)
made a request for an investigation
into charges on which he was tried re-
Gently by a federal court in his own
state and the senate granted the re-
quest, the president pro tenn. appoint
ing a committee consisting of Messrs.
Hoar, Platt (Ct), Spooner, CockreII
and Pettus to make the inquiry. The
remainder of the day was devoted to
an argument by Mr.. Morgan in sup
port of the resolution introduced by
Mr.. Stone directing the senate COM
mittee on foreign relations to make an
investigation into the Panama revolu-
ton. Mr.. Morgan again criticised the
conduct of M. Bunau-VarilIa in con-
nection with the revolt.
House = The proceedings in the
house were enlivened by a spirited dis
cussion of the Panama question ! Mr..
Thayer (dem., Mass) declared the
course of this government in Panama
to have been contrary to the provis-
ions of the treaty with New Granada
Mr.. Grosvenor (rep., o. made a Wig
orOus defense of the administration.
While bill proposing relief to an IN
dividual from the operations of the
act restricting ownership of lands in
the territories and the District of Co
lumbia to American citizens was u1i-
der consideration, Mr.. Hepburn asked
the minority if they had changed front
on this question and why they were
now willing to support exemptions
from the operations of that act in
view of the attitude they assumed at
the time Of its enactment. Mr.. Bart
oft oc1zA II i.
legislation in question was not passed
when they had the Cleveland brand
of democracy rather than the Bryan
brand, as Mr.. Hepburn had suggested,
whereupon Mr.. Hepburn advised the
democrats to return to the Cleveland
brand
Washington, Feb. 3.-Senate-Mr.
Clarke, the new democratic senator
from Arkansas, made his first speech
in the senate Tuesday. He spoke for
two hours and announced his endorse
ment of every position taken by the
president in connection with the Pan
anna revolt and in the negotiation of
the treaty with the new state He
even said that in view of the provoca-
ton given by Colombia the president
might have been expected to go far
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cause of Panama. He declared that
there was more popular support of the
course of the presidents policy among
democrats than among republicans and
said that the democratic votes neces-
sary to ratify the treaty were assured.
Mr.. Fairbanks also spoke in support
Of the treaty, contending for the ir-
regularity of all the proceedings of the
administration on the Isthmus of Pan
anna. The proceedings Of the day were
opened with prayer by Rabbi Philip
son, of Cincinnati.
House-By unanimously agreeing to
a resolution amending the rules of the
house the resident commissioner to
congress from Porto Rico was given
additional authority equal in all essen
tial respects to that of delegate from
a territory, the action not requiring
the concurrence of the senate. A bill
which provided for a delegate from
Porto Rico passed the house during
the last congress, but was amended by
the senate to such an extent that it
failed. A bill duplicating the action
of the house at the last session is now
pending but meanwhile Porto Rico
will receive under the action taken
Tuesday practically all of the benefits
extended in the measure. Several
hours were spent by the house in pass
ing five private claims bills and the be-
ginning of consideration of the omni-
bus claims bill.
Washington, Feb. 4.-Senate-After
almost allowing the amendment to the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill
providing for loan of $4,600.000 to
the st. Louis exposition to get through
without any discussion whatever the
senate Wednesday changed it's tactics
just as the vote was about to be taken
and began debate on the loan pro-
vision, which continued for about four
hours, and was still in progress when
the senate adjourned for the day.
House-Indiana and Kentucky lock-
ed horns in the house Wednesday.
The debate, which involved nearly
every member of both state delega-
lions, was fast and furious from start
to finish Kentucky demanded of In
diana the return of w. S. Taylor that
he might be tried for the assassination
of William Goebel. The attack was
made by Mr.. James (Ky) and the de-
Tense was led by Mr. Crumpacker
Qnd). Partisan feeling rose to an ex-
IRENE tension. The diplomatic legis-
lation bill was under consideration at
the time. Mr. James fired both sides
of the house to interest and feeling by
declaring at the outset that 'the rough
rider president" was ridiculous in his
message to congress favOring interna-
tional eXtradition treaties when one
state could not get from another fu-
gitiVeS from Justice