Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 15, 1900, Page 7

Ci et “eS WORK OF CONGRESS In the Senate. — Washirgton, Dee. 5. — The pro; of the serate leaders for a business Session was taken up in earnest yester- day and material progress was made. What is popularly known as the ship subsidy bill was made the unfinished business of the senate instead of the Spooner Philippine measure, and the discussion of it was epened by Mr. Frye of Maine, chairman of the com- mittee on commerce, from which the measure was reported. He. addressed the senate for more than an hour ana a half. Recognized by his colleagues as an authority upen the subject, he was accorded close attention. He had not concluded when the -senate ad- journed. b, The great crowds of the day before were absent and business on the floor ceeded exactly as if it was mid- on. As soon as the session opened credentials of Senator-elect. Dol- the licer of Iowa were presented and he was seated. Bills on were passed as follows: To authorize the use of depositions before naval courts in certain cases, with an amendment restricting. its ope- ration to deposits taken at the in- stances of the accused; to authorize Capt. N. M: Brooks, superintendent of foreign mails, to accept the decoration of Red Eagle of the third class’ from the emperor of Germany; to authorize Hon. J. D. Meiklejohn to accept the decoration of Chevalier of the first el from the government of Sweden and Norway; to encourage the holding of an interstate and West Indian ex- position at Charleston, S. C., in 1901. The measure appropriates $250,000 and admits exhibits free of duty. The res- lution offered by Mr. Chandler on May > last to refer the credentials of Will- jam A. Clark and Martin Maginnis, appointed senators from Montana, to the committee‘ on privileges and elec- tions was called up by Mr. Carter of Montena, but went over until to-day, In the House. The session of the house was brief. ‘The real work will begin to-day, when house will consider the army re- tion bill, which Mr. Hull, irman of the committee on mili- reported yesterday. He explair > urgent necessity for im- mediate action upon this measure, as under the present law the army must be reduced to 27,000 on July 1 next, and asked unanimous consent for the of the bill to-day, but Sulzer (N. Y.) objected, so Mr. the calendar Mr. Hull irtrocuced a resolution for a spe- cial order for the consideration of the bill with provision for a vote at the end of six hours’ general debate. The objection to the swearing in of Mr, Connor of Towa, the successor of Sen- ator Dolliver, which was raised by, Mr. y of Texas, was relieved by the ntation of a new set of credentials the oath. Three bills were passed un- der the cal of committeeg, the most im- portant being one to provide for the detail of not to exceed 100 retired army officers and 300 non-commissioned of- ficers as military instructor: in the public schools of such cities as adopt a system of military instruction. The othe were to “prevent the faflure of military justice,” and to legalize an issue of $250,000 of bonds county, Arizona. by Pima In the House. Washington, Dec. 6.—The house de- voted the day to the army reorganiza- tion bill, which was brought up under a special order adopted at the opening of the session which limited general hours a side. Lieut. Gen. Miles and a number of army of- ticers were interested spectators dur- ing the day, Chairman Hull and Mr, Parker of New Jersey, of the military committee, Republicans, supported the bill, and Messrs. Cochranc of Missouri, Kleberg of Texas, McClellan of -~New York, Shaforth of Colorado, Cummings ef New York and Cox of Tennessee, Democrats, spoke briefly against it. Mr. McCall of Massachusetts, Repub- lican, then aroused the only enthusi- asm of the day against the measure. Several times during the session, nota- bly on the Porto Rican tariff bill, he refused to follow his party. Yesterday he attacked the whole Philippine policy of the administration. Although tem- perate in language he was plain’ spoken in his warnings of the dangers which lay ahead of the government if a colonial policy was persisted in. He also criticised technically — several features of the Dill, especially’ that lodging in the president the discretion to expand or reduce the size of the army at will. In replying to Mr. Mc- Call Mr. Hull declared that until con- gress acted to the contrary we must assert by force our sovereignty in the Philippines or disgrace ourselves be- fore the world, and it was the duty of congress to provide an army adequate to put down the rebellion. Eleven of the twenty-six pages of the bill were disposed of before adjournement. To- day the Grout oleomargarine bill under a special order made at the last ses- sion will displace the army bill, which will go over until Friday. In the Sennte, Senator Frye concluded his speech on the ship subsidy bill. He devoted his attention principally to a technical explanation of the various provisions. of the measure, explaining with espe- cial care that provision which would admit to American registry foreign built ships. From several sources his attention was directed to this provis- ion, and it is:evidently one upon which much of the forthcoming debate will rest. Aside from the speech of Mr. Frye no business of importance was transacted in legislative session. When the jon was opened the credentials of Samuel D. McEnery and Murphy J. Foster, as senators from Louisiana and George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island were received. Bills were passed per- mitting Capt. B. H. McCalla and Com- mander W. C. Wise, of the United States navy, to accept decorations from the emperor of Germany. The resolution introduced by Mr. Petti- grew calling for information as to the postal frauds in Cuba was referred to the committee on relations with Cuba, debate to two The senate at 12:25, on motion of Mr. | Lodge, went into executive session, re- maining behind closed doors until 2 o'clock. The house bill for the cele- bration of. the establishment of the geat of national government in the city | igned by Gov. Shaw, and Connor took | of Washington sas passed without dis- In the House. re wa Washington, Dec. 7. —‘The house of representatives at the end of a long sitting parsed the army reorganization bill by a vote of 166 to 133. Three Democrats, Messrs. Hall of Pennsyl- vania and Underhill and Dayton of New York, voted with the Republicans for the bill and Mr. McCall, Rep., Mass., with the Democrats against it. Otherwise it was a strict party vote. The provision which some of the Dem- ocrats tried to commit their side to-in caucus, an extension of the present temporary army until July 1, 1903, which was voted on indirectly on a motion to recommit, commanded the votes of only about half the opposi- tion and of two Republicans, Mr. Mc- Call and Mr. Mann. Many of the Democrats, however, voted against the motion because they were opposed not only to the reorganization bill, but also to continuing the temporary army at its present strength. Quite a number of amendments were placed upon the bill before it was passed. The liveliest fight was mede upon a substitute offered by Mr. Lit- tletield of Maine’ for the canteen sec- tion. The substitute absolutely pro- hibited the sale of intoxicants at mil- itary posts. When thc vote was taken the amendment carried »y an over- whelming majority—159 to 651. The sections designed to retire Gen. Shaf- ter as a major general, and Generals | Fitzhugk Lee and James H. Wilson as brigadier generals, were stricken out. The oleomargarine bill» which was postponed yesterday will come up for considcration to-day. In the Senate: The senate transacted no business of importance in open _ session. Throughout almost the entire after- noon it was in executive session. The ship subsidy bill therefore received no consideration. In the House. Washington, Dec. 8. — The heuse passed the Grout oleomargarine bil by, a vote of 198 to 92. fered by the minority of the commit- tee on agriculture which imposed ad- ditional restrictions on the sale of ole- | omargarine to prevent its fraudulent sale as butter and increased the pen- alties for violators was defeated by a | vote of 113 to 178. The bill as passed | makes all articles known as oleomar- j arine, butterine, imitation butter or imitation cheese transported into any state or territory for consumption or sale subject to the police power of such state or territory, but prevents any state or territory from forbidding the transportation or sale of such pro- duct when produced and sold free from coloration in imitation of butter. The bill increases the tax on oleomargarine colored in imitation of butter from 2 to 10 cents per pound and decreases the tax on oleomargarine uncolored from 2 cents to 1-4 of a cent per pound. A long and interesting debate preceded the vote, in the course of which those who favored the Grout bill claimed the additional tax on colored oleo- margarine was the only effective rem- edy for preventing fraud upon the public, while those who opposed it eontended that fraud would be pre- vented by the substitute, and that the real purpcse of the Grout bill was to destroy the oleomargarine industry. Mr. Payne, chairman of the ways and means committee, gave notice at the close of the session that he would call up the war revenue reduction act after the disposal of the legislative ap- propriation bill next week, probably on Tuesday. In the Senate. No business of importance was transacted by the senate in open ses- sion. Practically the entire legislative day was consumed by an executive | session. In the Senate. Washington, Dec. 11, — Charles A. | Lowhe, appointed to succeed the late ! senator C. K. Davis of Minnesota, was | in attendance -at the opening of the | senate’s session yesterday. Mr. Nel- ‘son of Minnesota at once presented | the credentials of Mr. Towne and they | were read. Mr. Chandler of New Hampshire, chairman of the committee on priv- ileges and elections, called attention to the last clause of the credentials, which was that Mr. Towne should hold {his seat until “his successor was elect- | ed and qualified. He said the Constitu- tion provided simply that the ap- pointee should hold office until the | legislature had met. ‘In the creden- tials presented,” said) Mr. Chandler, “the governor has undertaken to pre- scribe the length of the new senator's term. The added clause of the cre- dentials, of course, is superfluous. 1 desire simply to call attention to this | fact and have no intention. to object | to the swearing in of Mr. Towne.” The new senator was conducted to the desk by Mr. Nelson and the oath of office was administered by Mr. Frye, the president pro tem. The point made by Senator Chandler | may be brought up again after the Minnesota legislature is in session. The Constitution provides for appoint- ment only until the next meeting of the legislature.. In case of the failure of the legislature, through a deadlock or otherwise, to elect a senator to fill the vacancy, there might be some question as to the right of Mr. Towne to yote and continue to act as senator. No business of importance was trans- acted in open session. In the House. ‘ The first of the great supply. bills, the legislative, executive and judicial apprepriation bill, was passed by the house yesterday in record time. *The bill carries” $24,496,308, and has 131 pages, but there was less than ten minutes’ debate upon it. Mr. Bingham | of Pennsylvania, who was in charge of the measure, tendered his thanks*to the house for the cenfidence shown in | the appropriations committee. It re- quired about three hours for the clerk to read the bill. No other business was transacted. Paris, Dec. 12. — The Freneh naval estimates for the coming year amount to 702,266,000 francs. Provision is made for the building of six ironclads, five protected cruisers, twenty-eight tor- pedo boat destroyers, 186 torpedo boats | and forty-four submarine torpedo boats. ‘ The substitute of-1 Her Pointed View. “” Chapple (blise)—Don't you think so- clety ts an empty thing? , Miss Fuler—I think there are lots of empty things in society.—Smart Set. Prosperity for 1001. 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After the doctor ,dressed his wounds, he called his parents, sisters and brothers to his bedside, kissed one and all fare- well and left a tear upon their cheeks. A second time he called his mother to his side, placed his little arms about her neck and said: ‘‘Mother, I am go- ing to die in a few minutes. Please for- give me for not minding you.” - With this the boy fell back; and, as the mother said, ‘Yes, my angel,” and took another look at his face, she found him dead and beyond all pain and suffer- ing.—Leslie’s Weekly. $100 Reward 8100. ‘The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in wll its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu- tional disease, requires a constitutional treat- ment. 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