The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-02-19
THE FIFTY-EIGATn CONGRESS.
Three Hundred and Twenty-Five PEN
sion Bills Passed In 155 Minutes.
nth DAY.

| After listening to speeches on the + mama
,ssistnnce TO the Lewis and Clark expedition
| at Portlnud, Oregon also other bills, viz: FIX
| ing the status Of chnplainI in The army; TO
| On naisp into the Unite States from Canada
aud dex co; authorizing court martials at re-
mote naval stations
| senator Long, from the committee on Indian
| affairs, reported favoribly, with ut amend
| ment. the bill authorizing the Santa Fe 70 buy
| the property in Indian TcSritorv OF the kiowa'
Chickasaw q Fort Smith iiailroad company
| Mr. Lncy In.) has introduced a bill to pro-
tect animals and birds in the Wichita, T.,
| forest reserve. The bill provides n penalty OF
| s. fine and one year Imprisonment Tor IN
M. Emerich Qll.) introduced bill appro-
prin ting 81, 90, for relief Of sufferers from
the Baltimore fire
The house, without the knowledge Of Dele
gn'e Mcclure pissed prohibition nga y, .ae
Oklhoma legs atures enactiny a law 70 locate
perm nently the territorial capital anu 10 erece
pu hlic buildings
bill and adjourned while the senate amend
ment for the St Louis fair was pending.
4 TIL DAY.
The senate considered the amendments to
the diplomatic and consu nr ap rop latlon
ill and accepted all of them and the bill was
Senators Overmnn IN. CO., Carmack, Fulton
and Walton then spoke ON the Panama canal
treaty . :.
Senator COcKrell introduced u vi
rcctirg the secretary of war to send to the
senate copy of the port OF the honrf FOR
river improvements and harbor limits mt Kan
sas City, and the resou ion was adoptec.
The house devoted the entire session to con.
test cnses for seats ns representatives anu
fixed mn hour for voting upon the contest or
Mr. Cornell against Mr. Howell, OF the Tenth
Pennsylvania district.
4iTH DAY
-. IL. IN,
opposition to the ratification OF the PANAMA
canal treaty. He was answered by senators
Fairbanks and Spooner. Daniels DID not rriti-
else the administration for anything whlcn
had occurred on the isthmus, but did adv Sc
thnt the government accept the Nicaragua
route US the only one for which title can be Sc
curcl without rational dshonor
The senate defeated n proposition TO print
the speeches made on the canal question IN ex-
ecutlve session.
Further opposition deveoped in the house
regarding the senate a. endment proposing
| IN to Louisiana Purchase exposition. =,
Mr.. Lvernash tCali.l intro iuced oili 10
prohibit the employment on board Amer can
vessels of Chimes persons not entitled to nd
mission to the Uuted States.
i7TH DAY.
Senator McCumber took mp much time by
speech in support of the p mana canal trentv
and Justified all the acts OF the administration
in connect on with the revolt of Panama.
A number of private pension bills were
Senator Teller introduced bill appropria-
ting SILL 0. 0 for the CONSTRUCTION or bulln
inrin Washington for the Geological survey.
The senate has dec ded to vote on the Panama
canal treaty not later than February %.
The house adopted the recomm ndation OF
the committee of the whole thus concurring
in the senate amendment for Il loan of Si,H '
90 to the st. Louis fair the yea and nay vote
The ppropriation for the annual seed dis
! tribution carried by the agricultural apnro
| priation bill this year is in the neighborhood
| OF 50 40
Senator Warren's bill would extend the pro
visions for brevet commissions for dlstln
| guiShed conduct in the pre1en % OF the enemy
| to service during the China expedition and IN
| the Philippines.
senator Perkins bill would provide for. q
| United States ms ector OF explosives with
| such assistants as may be required .
The bill to give the eS-queen OF Hawaii pay
| ~ the crown lands reached the stage OF TAX,
| ing a vote, but the iack OF a quorum prevented
| il.
Speaker Cannon so managed that the house
| passed 32D private pension bills without read
| ing them except bv their numbers. IMAM
nous consent was given by the house after
| so nc few objections which were quickly DIS,
| posed Of The entire lot ( bills were passed
| in Is minutes The first NJ, which had no pro
posed amendments, won't through in five min
utes q,
Mr.. Grosvenor tOhio) made whath declared
with some heat was his last attempt to get IA
day set for the consideration of the bill cre't'
| ing a 'oint commission to consider the ques'
tio3 Of ship sui-idy. 40,
| Mr.. Stevens (Texasl introduced a bill to re-
move restrictions on The sale Of certain Creek
Indian lands ~
| inc that nil that portion of Arizona Territory
living north AMI west of the center OF the Col,
orrdo river shall be annexed to the state OF
Utah. ,,,
| Senator Platt Conn has Introduced bill
| providing for the appointment OF three addi'
| tional ju iges in Indian Territory, and to es'
tablish court of appe Is there.