Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-06-14

mouse last night at 1890 took a reoass
until 10 O'clock to-day the two cham.
Ders OF the national legislature with
hedds down and horns locked v,ero In
u desperate struggle over the item in
the naVal appropriation bill RELATING
W ocean surveys. The final adjourn
meht OF congress Is postponed until r.
is over. "H'i II
IL proceedings in the house DURING
the day were tame and without dra,
matte incident. This was partly Jna
10 the fact that the firm position taken
by the house on the armor plate nro.
vision transferred the fight TO the door
OF the senate and to the obstinate ~.
fusal of Mr.. Lentz. an Ohio Demo-
erat, 10 permit any unanimous consent
leslsiation until the Republican lead
ers agreed to allow the testimony of
the Occur d'Alene investigation to he
printed. Mr.. Lentz held the house nv
the throat all day, and except for
privileged matters things Legislative
were practically at a standstill. Rut
last night there was enough excite
ment to compensate for the dizziness
or the days session. The house 90,
lts dander up over the failure Of ire
coLferees to abide by their instruc-
tlons on the Ocean survey item. and af-
ter ar exceedingly sensational dehat.
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
or the b%ittereSt and most heated of the
session.
n 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 armOr plate question.
which for five years has been a burn.
. question in congress, upset the SEN
ate leaders and caused their well laid
plans to go awry. 1t was a day of
strife and turbulence in the senate.
Early the conferees on the naval bill
reported a 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. A
conn r0mise proposition was presented
by Mr.. PenroSe Of Pennsylvania, and
after hours Of debate, finally was
adopted by n vote of 80 TO 80. 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 4 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, il 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 Il brilliant scene, the gal
lerieSbeing thr0ngcd with a gay and
fashionable audience. All were web
entertained as Senators Carter or
Montana, Mason of Illinois, Turner of
Washington and Money Of Mississippi
kept the senate on edge with rafting
political speeches.
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