Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-02
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
Something of the Talks and the Acts.
of Both Branches.

The stirring scenes of the liftv-tirs
congress. when the members Of the minor
i1y were charging down the uisles pro
testing the rules of Speaker Reed. wer,
recalled Friday in the turbulent scene
and protests made by the minority
against the chairs rulings during the con
sidcration of the naval appropriation bill
The ruling in effect compelled the mem
bers to confine their remarks under tn,
five minute rule to the subject before til,
house, and was made against Mr.. Hart
man of Montana. who attempted to make
political speech. The ruling was de
nounced as a usurpation and appeal after
|appeal was taken. When all else failed
every eNpedient was resorted to to block
progress with the bill AS a result bu,
four pages We're disposed of.
During the debate on the naval appro
priation bill Saturday in the house every
utterance i'll favor of aggressive action
against Spain was applauded to the echo
by the crowded galleries. a strong eli
fort was made to increase the appropria-
Another effort to have the government
uniform the naval militia also failed. The
main contest Of the day was over Il prop
osltlon to decrease the number of timber
drydocks authorized by the bill from foul
to three. MIR. Cannon chairman of the
appropriations committee, who made the
motion to discuss the whole question OF
war preparations and to inveigh against
undue extravaganza, was voted down. No
point OF order was made against the pro-
posed timber docks, but MIR. Cannon gave
notice that he would raise 4 point against
the proposed steel dock at Algiers. La, on
the ground that a dock necessarily in
volved in the future the esta blishment of
navy ward. There was some further
discussion OF the relative merits of large
battleships and smaller craft, in which
the temper OF the hul,>" seemed about
equally divided. but the paragraphs rela-
tive to the ships had not been reached
when the house adiourn~d
Presidcnt'> Message Received.
Every available inch in the senate pub
lie galleries was occupied Monday and all
the senate galleries were packed to the
doors by o'clock. In the diplomatic gal
le1y We're Abner Mckinley, the president 5
brother, and Mrs. Captain Sigsbee The
attendance OF senators was unusually
large. At the conclusion of the reading OF
the president $ message, Senator Davis OF
Davis of Minnesota. chairman of the COM
mlttee on foreign relations. amid a buzz of
whispered conversation, rose and request
ed that the findings of the court of inquiry
be read At the conclusion of the reading.
Senator Davis moved the message of the
president, the findings of the court of in
quiry and the testimony taken before the
court be referred to the committee on for
eign relations and ordered printed
A big crowd WAS present in the house.
At exactly - o'clock the speaker called
the house to order. There were no pre-
liminalies. While the journal was being
read, Chief Executive Clucrk Pruden ap-
peared with the message. which was an
nounced as soon as the reading of the
journal was concluded. When the read
ing OF the message was concluded, Il wave
OF applause swept over the floor and the
galleries. The speaker Immediately an
the reference of the message to
the committee on foreign relations, under
the rule. Mr.. Bailey, the democratic lead
er, asked if the report of the board of in
qul1y had not accompanied the message
The speaker replied that foot note to the
message contained the information that
the testimony had been transmitted to the
senate.