The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-15
The House.

Washington, June {. When the
house last night at 1920 took recess
until 10 o'clock to-day the two cham
bers of the national legislature, with
heads down and horns locked, were in
a desperate struggle over the item in
the naval appropriation bill relating
to ocean surveys. The final adjourn.
ment Of congress is postponed until it
is over.
The proceedings in the house during
the day were tame and without dra.
matte incident. This was partly due
to the fact that the firm position taken
by the house on the armor plate pro-
vision transferred the fight to the floor.
of the senate and to the obstinate re
fusal of Mr.. Lentz, an Ohio Demo-
cr'at, to permit any unanimous consent
legislation until the Republican lead
ers agreed to allow the testimony of
| the Occur d'Alene investigation to be
printed. Mr.. Lentz held the house by
the throat all day, and except for
privileged matters things legislative
We're practically at standstill. But
last night there was enough excite
Of the days session. The house got
its dander up over the failure of it's
cohferees to abide by their instruc-
lions on the ocean survey item. and af-
ter al exceedingly sensational debate
in which Mr.. Cannon, the chairman Of
the appropriations committee, made
! some startling disclosures as to the
manner in which Commander Todd,
the photographer of tie navy, had
waged his campaign against the stand
| taken by the house in favor of the
coast and geodetic survey doing ocean
survey work, the house rejected the
conference report by an Overwhelming
majority, and the speaker took the al
most unprecedented course of appoint
ing new conferees on the Part of the
house who are not members of the
naval committee. The debate was one
of the bitterest and most heated of the
session.
The Senate.
Inability to reach an agreement upon
the naval appropriation bill forced the.
senate to abandon the adoption of the
house resolution for final adjournment
yesterday. The arnor plate question,
which for five years has been burn
Ing question In congress, upset the SEN
ate leaders and caused their well laid
plans to go awry. 1t was day of
strife and turbulence in the senate.
Early the cOnferees on the naval bill
reported 4 disagreement and the sen
ate was told plainly that the house
would not consent to the amendment
providing for an armor plate factory
to be operated by the government. \
compromise proposition was presented
by MI. Penrose Of Pennsylvania, and
after hours Of debate, finally was
adopted by a vote Of 80 to So. The
discussion of the proposition devel-
oped an unusual bitterness of feeling
and charges of robbery and political
corruption were hurled about the
chamber With an abandon which, if
they had not fallen from the lips Of
grave senators would be regarded as
reckless. Little worse ever was heard
in the heat of a political campaign.
Three o'clock, the hour agreed upon
for final adjournment, was passed and
Still the senate was held by the armor
question. When the Penrose propo.
sition finally was adopted, 1t was sup.
posed the way was clear, but late last
night another, disagreement was re-
ported upon the naval bill, and the
senate took an adjournment until II
o'clock to-day. The evening session
presented brilliant scene, the gal
leriesbeing thronged with gay and
fashionable audience. All were well
entertained as Senators Carter Of
Montana. Mason of Illinois, Turner Of
Washington and Money of Mississippi
kept the senate on edge with rafting
political speeches.
Washington, June 8 Congress adj
journed sine die at s o'clock yesterday
afterno on. For the senate it was q
day Of waiting. The naval appropria-
tion bili-the stumbling block to final
adj ournment could not be agreed to
by the conferees OF the two houses
and the disagr eenent was reported to-
the senate early Ia the day The re-
port was accepted by the senate, which,
REFUSED 81 to request other conference
lief that an agreement might rs a1.
rived at. There was IN evident ,iis. I
position on the part Of the senate sto5
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