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The Senate Wednesday passed the ship
subsidy bill by vote of 3S to 81. All
the votes for the bill were by Republic
cans, and FIVE members of this party join
ed with the Democrats in opposition. The
statehood bill was made unfinished bust
ness. The House passed the fortificatic.s
appropriation bill, which carries 100000
to be divided between the Philippines and
Hawaii out of total of $4,3S3, 993. No
changes were made in the measure, all
amendments being voted down. The dis
cussion preceding the vote developed into
a partisan debate on the policy to be pur-
sued with regard to the future of the
islands.
The Senate Thursday began the consid-
GRAFTON of the joint statehood bill and for
an hour and half listened to a speech
by Mr.. Dick in support of the measure
as reported from the committee on terri
tories. Mr.. Dick did not conclude his re-
marks. A bill prohibiting the unlawful
wearing of the insignia of the G. A. r.
and other soldier organizations was pass
ed. The House passed a bill to increase
to $4,000 a year the annual federal APP
preparation to each State and territory
for the support of agricultural experiment
stations and another measure repeating
the present law granting American regis
ter to foreign ships wrecked and repaired
on the American coast in the discretion
of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor,
and requiring a special act of Congress to
grant such register. Mr.. Payne sought
to get through his bill for the consolida-
ton of customs collecting districts, but
furious opposition developed and by
roll call large majority voted against
considering it. Both houses adjourned
until Monday.
In the Senate Monday Senators Per-
kins and Patterson presented petitions
signed by thousands of California and
Colorado women, asking that Reed Smoot
be ousted Discussion of the pure food
bill occupied most of the day. Mr.. War
rem presented 57S letters from railway
employees in Wyoming protesting against
railway rate control on the ground that
it would result in lower wages. mes
sage was received from the President
submitting the reports of the consulting
engineers in regard to the type of the
Panama canal, and the report was refer
red to the committee on interoceanic
canals. Mr.. Hale presented the confer
ence report on the urgency deficiency APP
preparation bill, which was adopted with
out debate. Under suspension of the
rules three bills were passed in the
House. The first, aimed at Arizona and
New Mexico, where gambling is licensed,
prohibits gambling in the territories of
the United States. The second provides
for additional work by the census bu-
reau by requiring statistics on insurance,
fisheries, electrical industries, savings
banks and crimes. The third appropri-
ates $4,000 for the purchase of 800
acres of coal lands on the Island of Ba-
tan in the Philippine group. An effort
of Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania to set con-
sideration of the Lake Erie and Ohio
Ship Canal Company Immediately after
the passage of the army appropriation
bill failed.
In the Senate Tuesday discussion Of
the pure food bills occupied most of the
day. Mr.. Rayner presented the reply OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to the
charge of discrimination made against it
by the Red Rock Fuel Company of West
Virginia. Mr.. Gallinger presented petit
tions from residents of Oklahoma pray
Ing for prohibition in the proposed State
of Oklahoma. A committee was appoint
ed to attend the funeral of Representa-
tive Castor of Pennsylvania. Announce
ment of the death of Representative
George A. Castor of Pennsylvania was
made, and the House took an immediate
adjournment out of respect to his MEM
DRY. Speaker Cannon appointed COM
mittee to join a Senate committee to at
tend the funeral in PHILADELPHIA