The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-02-07

in severe arraignment of the bill, de-
claring 1t to be a 'lawless, piraticai
raid upo the public treasury in the
interest OF n few private benelciaries
and committing the government to ex-
penditures a~ggregating s27o,0 900. 900. Be-
fore the session closed the committee
amendments were informally agreed to.
The Indian appropriation bill was
passed early In he day.
In the House.
The house spent the day upon the
agricultural bill. It was used as a
vehicle for the introduction of several
general speeches. Mr.. Thayer Of Massa-
chusetts discussed the ship subsidy
bill. Mr.. White of North Carolina, the
colored member who goes out Of con-
gress March 4, delivered his valedic-
tory upon the general subject Of the
aspirations Of his race, and Mr..
Caine of Tennessee discussed the linn
itations OF the constitution in connec-
ton with our insular possessions. Mr..
Corliss OF Michigan made a vicious on
slaught pon the bureau OF animal in
dustry of the agricultural department.,
but his attack raised a host OF de-
tenders and his amendment to reduce
the appropriation for the bureau was
overwhelmingly defeated.
In the House.
Washington, Jan. 81. - The anti
polygamy crusade which resulted in
driving Mr.. Roberts out of the house
of representatives at the last session
had an echo In the house yesterday
during the consideration Of the agri-
cultural appropriation blu. When the
section making the appropriations for
agricultural colleges Of the several
states was reached Mr.. Lands OF In
diana offered an amendment providing
that no money should be paid TO the
college In Utah until the secretary OF
agriculture was satisfied that no trus-
tee or teacher in the institution prac-
ticed polygamy. The amendment came
as a complete surprise. Mr.. King, VINO
succeeded MIR. Roberts, tried IN vain 10
head 1t off with a point OF order anu
! Their inveighed against ii as simply an
| aftermath of the Roberts crusade. he
insisted that polygamy was a tnlhs Oh
the past. Mr.. Lands replied by al
leging that two Of the professors OF
the Utah agricultural college were
polygamists, and that one OF the trus'
tees had seven wives and thirty-seVeh
c,,ildren. Upon this showing the
house adopted the amendment, where
unon Mr.. King retaliated by offerins
an amendment providing that none OF
the money should go to agricultural
colleges in any state whose Instructors
or trustees have engaged in lynching
or beer guilty of adultery or fornica'
ton. He afterward modified 1t so as
to apply only to the agricultural col
lege OF Indiana. Subsequently when
the bill was reported to the house the
Lands amendment was stricken out
by a vote of SO to 10. The friends or
the farmer were very much in evil
dence during the day and against an
aggressive opposition led by Mr.. Ma
hon of Pennsylvania voted into the BIZ
an additional appropriation of s5O.ooo
for farmers bulletins" There was
also considerable discussion Of the ir-
rigation of the arid lands in connec-
ton with the paragraph providing for
an investigation of that subjsct. The
bill was passed.
In the nat
The ship subsidy bill was kept to
the front, yesterday. No appreciate
progress-was made, most OF the time
being occupied by Mr.. Turley of Ten
nessee and Mr.. Jones of Arkansas In
speeches opposing. the bill and severe,
ly arraigning it's alleged favoritism.
Mr.. Jones declared 1t should be en-
titled "a bill to permit a select coterie
of ship owners to loot the United
States treasury" After the speeches
the formal reading Of the bill was
completed, but the consideration OF
amendments was mot entered upon.
Early In the day an unsuccessful eff
fort was made to secure agreement
to the conference report on the army
reorganization bill.
In the Senate.
yv~aebippton Feb. AFTER an event