Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1903 — Page 6

SOUTINE WORK IN CONGRESS

Outline of Business Transacted by the Members of Both Houses. WITH NATIONAL LAWMAKERS Brief Summary of the Doing* of th* People’* Servants in Session at Washington Cleverly Condensed by Special Correspondents. Tuesday, Feb. 24. The Indianola, Miss., postofflce case occupied the major portion of the time of the senate. Mr. Tillman spoke for three hours on the race question and was followed by Mr. Carmack. During the morning hour consideration was given the bill to further provide sos the safe keeping of public money on deposit in national banks. Amendments were agreed to excluding the bonds of street railway companies as security for deposits in national banks; accepting as security the first mortgage bonds of any railroad company which has paid dividends of not less than 4 per cent per annum "regularly and continuously” on its entire capital stock for a period of not less than ten years previous to the deposit of the bonds; that the United States shall have a lien on “current” assets of banks in which public moneys are deposited; that any legally authorized bonds issued for municipal purposes by any city or county may be accepted as security for deposits, and requiring the secretary of the treasury to report at each session of congress the amounts deposited in Individual national banks. A resolution was adopted calling on the postmaster general to furnish information regarding the effect on the revenue of the postofflce department tn the event of the adoption of the amendment to the postofflce appropriation bill giving all periodicals the same rate and terms as those now given weekly periodicals. A bill was passed authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue .a number of souvenir medallions for the benefit of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial association of the United States.

The house passed the Philippine currency bill, accepting the senate bill so far as it relates to the islands. The committee amendment striking out the International monetary conference was agreed to. The contested election case of Wagoner vs. Butler was under consideration for a time and the Democrats began a filibuster, which they threaten to continue if the case is pressed.

Wednesday, Feb. 25.

The Senate made rapid progress. The statehood riders to the agricultural and postoffice appropriation bills were withdrawn and both bills passed. The House amendments to the Philigpine currency bill were agreed to. The sundry civil bills were also completed. A large number of pension bills were also passed. There was a lengthey discussion of the appropriation of $200,000 for Queen Liliuokaianl for the loss of the crown lands in Hawaii, in the course of the day Civil Service Commissioner Foulke was severely criticised on account of a letter written by him to Mr. Spooner regarding the dismissal of an employe of the surveyor general’s office, Idaho, who had been charged with receiving campaign contributions. The House adopted the conference report on the army appropriation bill. The bill to establish a union station in this city also was finally passed. Twe Fowler currency*'bill was debated) In a desultory way. Mfc, Ctaytoa (Ala.) delivered a mock funeral oration on the bill. Thursday, Feb. 26. The advisability and legality of the appointment by the President as members of commissions formed the subject of considerable discussion in the Senate. The sundry civil bill was under consideration and Mr. Hale, having in mind the amendment which was adopted authorizing the appointment of an international monetary commission, started the debate by calling attention to'the fact that the Senate had reprobated the policy of appointment of Senators on commissions and on one occasion had refused to confirm two Senators nominated by the President for such service. During the discussion it was made clear that no reflection was intended on, Mr. Lodge and Mr. Turner, who have been selected as members of the Alaskan boundary commission. The bill was passed after a number of amendments had been added to It. Mr. Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, filed an additional protest against the admission of Reed Smoot as a Senator from Utah. The Senate executive session and devoted the remainder of the day to the Panama canal treaty. ( The House, after filibustering by the Democrats and repeated roil calls and

Slain in a Carnival Riot

Vigo, Spain, cable: Two persons were killed and four were wounded in a conflict between municipal guards and people Using part in the carnival. The trouble grew out of the ill treatment of a masquerader by the guards. ■ , . . ./friuiwji

Free Land in Montana.

Great Falls, Mont.. dispatch: The focal land office has received word from Washington, D. C.. of the retarn of about one million acres of land tn norther h Montana, to enter

wait* while a quorum was b*(pg mcured, unseated James J. Bntler of Missouri and seated George C. R Wagoner in hi* place. Friday, Feb. 27. The senate passed the naval and military academy appropriation bills. Mr. Blackburn, secured a vote on his motion to take up the Littlefield antitrust bill, but his motion was lost, 28 to 38. The senate from 1:45 p. m. to 5:15 was in executive session. When the doors were opened a number of bills were passed without objection. The immigration bill was considered and a number of amendments made to meet various senators’ views, but the bill failed of a vote on objection from New England senators, who feared it will exclude French Canadian labor. After a stormy session of the house, during which the Democrats continued their threatened filibustering tactics, all that had been accomplished was to get the agricultural, sundry civil, military academy, and postofflce appropriation bills into conference and to adopt the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill.

Saturday, Feb. 28. The Senate passed the fortifications appropriation bill and the House immigration bill, with amendments. The general deficiency bill, the last of the appropriation measures to be considered, was reported from the committee. The greater part of the' day was given up to the consideration of the Aldrich bond-deposit bill, which was debated at length, but upon which a vote was not reached. While the bill was under discussion Mr. Aldrich said that the Republican party would undertake the reduction of the revenues at the next session of Congress, provided there was a surplus. The Democrats continued filibustering in the House, the little business accomplished being opposed at every point. The net result of the day’s session was the sending to conference of the naval and fortification appropriation bills, the adoption of the conference reports on the railroad safety appliance bill, and the military academy appropriation bills, the postofflce, the omnibus public building bill, and the bill to settle the accounts of officers during the Spanish period, and the adoption of the Senate amendments to two other comparatively unimportant measures. Sunday, March 1. The Senate devoted the day to eulogies of the late Representatives Peter J. Otey (Va.), James Moody (N. C.), John N. W. Rumple (Iowa), and Thomas H. Tongue (Ore.) At the conclusion of the addresses several resolutions of regret were adopted, and as a further mark of respect the Senate adjourned.

The House held a four hours' session and put the District of Columbia bill through its last parliamentary stage in the face of the Democratic filibuster. The previous question on the conference report on the Alaskan homestead bill was ordered and the vote on its adoption will be taken when the House reconvenes at 11 o’clock Monday. The Democrats attempted to block legislation at every and jt required six roll calls to accomplish wbat was done.

ACCEPT CHALLENGE.

Democratic Desi Results in Killing Littlefield Measure. Washington dispatch: The Littlefield anti-trust bill was killed tn the senate. Senator Blackburn, acting upon the authority vested in him by the Democratic caucus, served notice upon the senate at the beginning of the session that he would prevent all legislation by unanimous consent unless the Littlefield bill was taken up and disposed of. The Republicans promptly accepted the challenge. They were obviously willing to stand by- their record as creators of such anti-trust laws as. have been:, passed during'the present session. The Democrats insisted upon consideration of the Littlefield bill on the ground that it would strengthen the laws enacted. Mr. Blackburn’s motion was defeated—2B to 38—a party vote with the exception of Mr. McComas and Mr. Wellington of Maryland and Mr. Nelson of Minnesota. Mr. Quay said he wanted to state that if the vote came upon the bill direct he would ask to be excused, as he owned stock in some of the socalled trusts affected by t£e btyl, but he reserved the right to vote upon taking It up.

Railway Mail Service.

Washington dispatch: An amendment made by the senate to the postoffice appropriation bill providing that no . shall be created in the item for railway mail pay is attracting the attention of members of the house. The actual appropriation was reduced from $38,000,000 as passed by the house to $36,000,000.

To Succeed Sigsbee.

Washington dispatch: It is understood in naval circles that Commander Seaton Schroeder will succeed C. D. Sigsbee as chief of the bureau of naval intelligence. Commander Schroeder is now returning from the island of Guam, where he has served since 1900 as its naval governor.

Fireman Dies in Collision.

Baraboo, Wls., dispatch: A freight train crashed into a switch engine in the Northwestern yards, instantly killing Fireman John Donahue of Baraboo and fatally injuring Fireman Lawrence Malloy of Escanaba.

Volcanic Dust in Rain.

London cablegram: Rain in several parts ot England the last few dayr was discolered, apparently by volcanic dust. The downfall left a grayish brown sediment resembling the dust thrown out by volcanos.

THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS FOR WESTERS CANADA.

"There will be thousands of Americans coming up here in the spring,” was the remark made by a farmer , from the vicinity of Langdon, North Dakota, when he arrived in Winnipeg. Manitoba, the capital of Western Canada, a few days since. He was the advance guard of a large body who are following him, and he has already invested in several farming sections for himself and others and purposes to take up his permanent abode in this country. He went on to say: "Hundreds are coming from my district alone. I know this to be a fact for many of them are neighbors of mine. The chief topic of conversation with the farmers is the coming immigration in the spring. “The impression general in the part of Dakota where I live that farmer* can get from 10 to 15 cents more a bushel for wheat on the American side of the line than on the Canadian has not prevented people from turning their eyes to Canada as a place to live in. They know they can get land in this country which is every bit as fertile as that in Dakota at about onequarter the price. It is safe to say that the exodus from Dakota into Canada this year will exceed the expectations of all Canadians." The government has established agencies at St. Paul, Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Kansas City, Mo.; Chicago, I1L; Indianapolis, Ind,; Millwaukee, Wls.; Wausau, Wls.; Detroit, Sauit Ste. Marie, and Marquette, Mich.; Toledo, Ghio; Watertown, S. Dakota; Grand Forks, N. Dakota, and Great Falls, Mtfnt., and "the suggestion is made that by addressing any of these, who are the authorized agents of the government, it will be to the advantage of the reader, who will be given the fullest and most authentic information regarding the results of mixed farming, dairying, ranching and grain-rais-ing, and also supply Information as to freight and passenger rates, etc, etc.

New Word Coined.

A new word, and one of the best we have seen, is offered to the public by the English press, “oysterta”; and with its suggestion of hysteria it connotes the fear of typhoid from shellfish. The English oysters come mostly from the mouth of the Thames, and Londoners are in the midst of one of their frequent typhoid scares, and there ds complete collapse of the oyeter trade. One Billingsgate merchant was at the pains to secure a medical certificate for his oysters, setting forth that his beds were inaccessible to sewage.

Deafness Cannot Bo Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by aa inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken put and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition oi the mucus surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for Circulars, fr-e.

F. J. CHENEY A CO.,

Sold by Druggists, 75c. . Ha.U’4 Family Pills are the beat

Longest Submarine Telephone.

The telephone cable which has just been laid between this country and Belgium, and which shortly will be opened to the public at the charge of Bs. for a three minutes’ conversation, is the longest submarine telephone in the world. It crosses the Channel from St. Margaret’s bay, near Dover, to a point on the Belgian coast, near Ostend, a distance of over sixty miles. —London Chronicle. Another edition of “In Merry Mood,” a book of cheerful rhymes, by Nixon Waterman, has recently been published by Forbes & Co., of Boston. To those unacquainted with Nixon Waterman and his style of verse, -the "Chicago Record-Herald” gives the following apt Introduction: “One of our most natural and musical singers, his verses have been quoted in every newspaper in the land and have gone straight to the heart of ’just common folks.’ He is always an optimist The world is better—both happier and better—for such verses as those of Nixon Waterman.”

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The great high road of human welfare lies along the highway of steadfast well-doing, and they who are the most persistent and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful. —Smiles.

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DELAY BUSINESS BY ROLL CALL

Democrats Resent Action of House in Unseating Mr. Butler. MAKE EFFORT TO FILIBUSTER Endeavor to Have Mr. Wagoner's Election Declared Illegal, and, Being Unsuccessful, Try to Block the Work of Congress. Washington dispatch: Thirteen roll calls marked the proceedings of the House of Representatives Friday and emphasized the determination of the Democrats to .obstruct proceedings in retaliation for the unseating of one of their members. The delay caused by these tactics can be appreciated when it is stated that about forty minutes are required for each roll call. Democrats Are Angry. The methods by which Mr. Butler was unseated have made the Democrats fighting mad. They are especially incensed at the refusal of Mr. Dalzell, speaker pro tern., to recognize the lack of a quorum voting to unseat Butler and arbitrarily construing a protest as dilatory. They tried to rescind the action of Thurtrday, Mr. Fleming of Gerogia introducing a resolution reciting that no quorum was present when Mr. Wagoner was seated and Butler unseated, and declaring: “That the announcement by the speaker pro tem. that said resolutions were adopted was in fact untrue, and that the said James J. Butler is still entitled to his seat in this house and that the said George C. R. Wagoner is not now entitled to the same.” Adopt New Rules. The resolution was laid on the table by a party vote. To weaken the filibuster and to facilitate the passage of the appropriation bills through the several stages with as few roll calls as possible a special rule was adopted by the Republican majority eliminating all the usual routine in the treatment of appropration bills returned with Senate amendments. A second resolution adopted continues the legislative day of Thursday until March 4th.

Financial Measure la Introduced in House Under New Caption. Washington dispatch: Representative Payne, chairman of the house committee on ways and means, introduced the Aldrich bill to permit the secretary of the treasury to deposit government funds with national oanks, with municipal and other bonds as security, but with some few changes swim the provisions of the measure'’ now before the senate. Mr. Payne gave his bill a new title, styling it “A bill to raise revenue from the deposit of public money, for the safekeeping thereof and for other purposes.” Apparently one reason for the change in title was to secure reference of the measure to the ways and means committee. The most important difference in the bill from the measure reported in the senate committee is the provision relieving depositories of the necessity of keeping a 25 per cent reserve against government deposits. Another change provides that in determining the value of taxable of a city street railway bonds shall not be included. The hill was referred first to the committee on ways and means,, but the speaker decided that it should go to the banking and currency committee, and so directed. Chairman Fowler conferred with members of the banking committee after the change of reference was made relative to a meeting of the committee for the consideration of the Payne bill, but no conclusion to call a meeting was reached. It is believed by the Republican leaders that the Aldrich bill is dead for this session. The receipt of a strong protest against the measure in its present form from Chicago bankers has not helped its chances. In the existing condition of the affairs in the house the leaders say they will have all they can do to get the appropriation bills through, and do not hope to pass the Aldrich bill.

Toledo, O.

Refuses to Permit Senate to Vote on Panama Treaty. Washington dispatch: A determined effort on the part of Senator Cullom, to obtain Senator Morgan’s consent to fix a time for voting on. the Panama canal treaty was made while the senate was in executive session, and was met .by determined opposition on the part, of the Alabama senator. “I think,” said Mr. Cullom, “the senator is making a great mistake.

Honolulu cablegram: The Island of Tutuila and the Samoan group generally were visited by a tremendous hurricane Feb. 12. The fury of the wind both on land and on sea was terrific. Much damage was done.

Sioux Falls, S. D., dispatch: An earthquake shock was felt at Oacoma, in Lyman county. It lasted several minutes, split rocks asunder and broke up the ice in White river.

ALDRICH BILL.

MORGAN IS OBDURATE.

Hurricane Does Damage.

Shock Breaks Ice.

The whole country recognizes his great services.of the last twenty years in ‘the interest of a cknal connscttng the two oceans. Indeed, he may bo called the father of the isthmian canal, but it certainly would seem that by his present opposition to the Panama treaty he is strangling his own offspring.” To this Senator Morgan replied with spirit. He said that his Interest in a canal is now as great as it ever was, that be felt he owed it to himself and the country to exert himself to the utmost to prevent the ratification of a treaty which he felt to be so full of defects. He then complained of the refusal of the senate to allow him to discuss the treaty in open session, declaring that the country ought to know just what it was going into. Most senators believed that the refusal to fix a time for a vote means that the treaty cannot be ratified before the close of the present session.

WAGONER IS SEATED.

Butler Is Ousted From the House Amid Exciting Scenes. Washington dispatch: Amid scenes which recalled the exciting days o! the fifty-first congress when party feeling ran fiercely and the house of representatives resounded with denunciations of the high-handed methods of the majority, James J. Butler of Missouri was unseated by the house and George C. R. Wagoner was seated in his place. The democrats had decided at their caucus that if the case was called up they would prosecute a filibuster from now until March „4, regardless of consequences to legislation, and they began the fight as soon as the gavel fell. • Roll call followed roll call and It took over three hours to approve the journal. Then when the decks were cleared the case was called. A spirited debate of two hours followed, and finally after repeated roll calls the case was brought to a vote. Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, who was in the chair, refused to recognize a demand for a division, and Mr. Richardson, the minority leader, denounced his course amid the jeers of the republican side. The few democrats present were overriden roughshod and Mr. Wagoner was seated.

Army Transfers.

Washington dispatch: Brig. Gen. Francis Moore probably will be assigned to command the department of the Visayas as the relief of Brig. Gen. F. D. Baldwin, who is coming to the United States to assume command of the department of the Colorado. Gen. Funston is to be transferred to the Vancouver barracks to command the department of the Columbia.

Anthracite Report.

Washington dispatch: The anthracite coal strike commission has gone over practically all the important points -involved in the settlement by arbitration and a tentative agreement has been reached on some of them. The actual framing of the final report, it is expected, will be definitely undertaken soon.

Adopt Cullom’s Amendment..

Washington dispatch: The sundry civil bill is to contain an appropriation of 350,000 for the expenses of the Alaskan boundary commission. Senator Cullom proposed the amendment and it was adopted.

SAY INDIAN KILLED THE SQUAW

Relative of Chief Thunder Is Charged With Woman’s Death. La Crosse, Wis., dispatch: Thomas Thunder, a near relative of the famous chief, Tom Thunder, of the Winnebago tribe of Indians, is under arrest at Black River Falls, charged with being implicated in the death of Mary Hlnsley, squaw, on Feb. 7. He was brought before Justice Livingston and the case was adjourned until March 5. The squaw, who was the wife of a petty chieftain of the tribe, was found dead in the snow on the river banks, her face distorted and her body bearing evidence of a violent death. Indians claim her death part of a vendetta against her family. Thunder is the first to be arrested on a charge of implication in the affair. Other arrests will probably be made shortly.

MAY OPERATE A LINE OF BOATS

If Pere Marquette Road Abandons Route Another Fleet Will Cover IL Holland, Mich., dispatch: The recently published intimation that the Pere Marquette railroad was going out of the passenger steamboat business and would discontinue its MilwaukeeOttawa Beach line brings forth the assertion that the Grand Rapids, Holland and Lake Michigan railway may operate a line of boats on that course if the Pere Marquette railway abandons it.

University for Hamburg.

Berlin cablegram: A committee has been formed at Hamburg with the object of founding a university. The state of Hamburg being unable to bear the expense, the committee will appeal to the rich merchants to follow the American example.

Commits Murder for Child.

Noblesville, Ind., special: In a dispute over the possession of his child Benjamin Anderson shot Bert Lane, with whom the child was living. Anderson is in jail and will be charged With murder in the first degree.

Roosevelt Speaks to Methodists.

New York dispatch: President Roosevelt spoke at the bicentenary celebration of the birth of John Weslay, the founder of Methodism, which waj held in Carnegie hall.

MOVE SOUTH.

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Business Chances.

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