Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-05-04

Each Weeks Proceedings Cleaned from
the Late Press Dispatches.
Monday. "A two days debate on the
right of M. s. Quay to a seat as sena-
tor from Pennsylvania was begun to-
day. Tomorrow at p. m under
special order, the case is to be disposed
of.
Tuesday. The house today adopted
the Foraker emergency resolution to
continue the present officers in Porto
Rico in office until the appointments
are made under the civil government
act as amended by the committee on
insular affairs. The amendments re-
quire that all franchises shall be ap-
proved by the president before they be-
come operative and place certain re-
strictlons upon chartered corporations
such as the Issuing of stocks and bonds
except for cash and inhibiting real es-
tate corporations or the holding of real
sstate by corporations, except such as
is. necessary to carry out the purposes
for which they are created.
Wednesday The house today put
ITS heel upon the pneumatic mail tube
service now in operation in New York,
Boston and Philadelphia, and if its ac-
ton stands the whole service will be
crushed out. The postofice committee
had recommended an increase of the
appropriation for this service from
1925, 600 to sS75, 900. The proposed
increase was attacked by the appro-
priations committee under the leader.
ship of Mr.. Moody of Massachusetts
with such vigor and success that in the
end the house voted 81 to 80 to strike
the entire appropriation from the bill.
Mr.. Moody created sensation by the
manner in which he assailed the pneu-
matte company. The views Of many
of the members on the plan were
changed to opposition by Mr.. Moody's
store of gathered scandal.
Thursday. After four days of dis
cussion the house today passed the
postoffice appropriation bill. The at
tempt to strike out the $4,000 for
special mail facilities between New
York and New Orleans from Kansas
City to Newton, Kas., met the fate it
has ever since the appropriation was
placed in the bill, in 1898. No one de-
manded separate vote upon the
amendment striking out the pneumatic
tube provision and the house by large
majority stood by the amendment to
give extra compensation to letter car
riers foraawork in excess of forty eight
hours week, although the carriers
were, said Mr.. Cummings of New
York, to be opposed to it. The bill
to increase the salaries of supervisors
of census by two per cent. of the
amount received by the enumerators,
was passed.
Friday. The house broke all records
today by passing ninety-one private
pension bills. The conference report
on Hawaiian government bill was
adopted and now goes to the president.
Saturday. Quite unexpectedly the
senate today was brought face to face
with the proposition to extend its SYM
pathy to the Bosrs in their war with
England In the midst of consideration
OF bills of minor Importance, Mr.. Pet
tirgew, of South Dakota, called up the
following and asked for Its immediate
consideration: 'Whereas, from the
hour Of Chi ewing their own indepen-
depce, the people of the United States
nave regarded with sypmathy the
struggle of other peoples to free them.
selves from European domination
therefore, be it "Resolved, that we
watch with deep and abiding interest
the heroic battle of the South African
republics against cruelty and oppres-
sion and our best hopes go out for the
full success, Of their determined contest
for liberty" When Mr.. Lodge, Of
Massachusetts,, had formally ascertain
ed that no committee had reported the
resolution to the senate, he moved that
1t be referred to the committee on for
sign relations. Without word of de-
debate, the vote was taken, 81 senators
voting in favor of reference and II
against it. AS the vote disclosed the
absence of a quorum, an effort was
made to secure one, but it was unsuc-
cessful and the senate adjourned.
Monday. The house today entered