The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-03-14
Congress-.
WORK OF CONGRESS
BRIEFLY SUMMED UP.

+ Private acts ... 1.oJO !
| ]. Total acts .......... 1855 :;
I. Number of joint resolutions 39J :;
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Ihe chief event Of Saturday was tn,
passage by both houses of what is known
as the omnibus public building bill. |
increases the cost of buildings in thirty
two States by 100000 The day wa.
devoid of exciting incident in either
house. though the galleries were throng
cd with sightseers. The Senate passed
the deficiency bill. Throughout the day
the House WAS in the throes of the clos
ing hours of the session. with many
measures clamoring for attention. and
with crowded galleries looking down up
on the weary legislators. Work began
| nj y a. m. and proceeded until o'clock
IN the afternoon, when a recess was tax
en- until 9:3O p. m. TO permit conference
| reports to be framed. Under suspension
| OF the rules 4 number of important bills
were passed. including those for ma
uonal standardizing bureau. for confer
ring bronze medals on the enlisted men
OF the navy and marine corps for dis
tlngulshed heroism, and to amend the
Chinese exclusion laws and the omnibus
public buildings bill.
Both houses put in large share of
Sunday under the legislative fiction that
II was still Saturday. The House was
in session from to Il in the afternoon
and resuming ut o'clock it worked on
into the night to dispose OF the confer
ence reports which crowded in upon it.
There was big fight over the Senate
amendment To the sundry civil bill, which
linked together the fate of the st. LOUIS,
Buffalo and Charleston exposition appro-
priations. The House refused to concur.
The conference report on the deficiency
appropriation bill was concurred in, thus
disposing of that measure. Conference
agreements We're reached on general def
cheney, postoilice and naval appropriation
bills, the Senate receding on Holland
submarine boat amendment TO the last
named.
Senator Carter of Montana talked the
river and harbor bill to death Monday
and the Senate adjourned at II 90 O'Clock
without giving out the pork" contained
in that great appropriation measure.
Starting in early in the morning, Mr..
Carter began his speech with the avowed
intention of continuing until the life OF
the Fifty-sixth Congress should have ex-
pired. After a few weak and futile ef-
forts TO interrupt him the other Senators
gave UP all idea Of preventing him from
completing his talk. Finally at 11:55
o'clock the Montana Senator closed his
remarkable address and Senators Hoar
Of Massachusetts, and Cockrell of Mis-
n .,1 tt,or h,
sion Of Congress had completed its work.
The action of the Senate on the sundry
civil bill was followed by the Senate re-
cedins from the Charleston amendment
to the st. Louis exposition bill, which
had passed the House as a separate meas
ure. This action passed the bill sppro-
priating S5.000.OO0 for st. Louis. Very
little interest attached to the proceedings
of the House.
Nice-President Roosevelt entered upon
the discharge of his official duties as pre-
siding officer of the Senate when that
body met on Tuesday at noon. He was
soon required to make ruling. During
the reading of the journal Mr. Money de-
sired to interrupt the proceedings, that
Mr.. McLaurin. his colleague. might take
the oath of office. Mr. Morgan objected
saying that the reading of the journal
should be completed Il am of the i'm.
preston that the rules REQUIRE the road
ing -f Tire jouruaf FRS. -r-rrr-rrurrrf-
Roosevelt when the matter was submit
ted to him for a decision The announce
ment was quietly received. although II
was noticed that the president had
Used personal pronoun instead of saw
ing the chair is Of the opinion Dur.
ng the session the Presidents pomina.
tons for cabinet positions were received
and confirmed.
If there is any applause or disorder
the sergcant-at-arms will clear the gal
eries." This was Vice President Roose
relt's stern announcement as he took his
place tn preside over the Senate on We'd |
1esday and raped sharply with his |
savei. Ii was called out by the burst of !
applause which followed his entrance into |
he chamber. Applause is strictly forbid |
len by the rules OF the Senate. and the |
new Vice-Presidcnt does not propose TO |
lllow the rules to be violated even bv |
persons who wish TO show their appre- |
'iation Of himself. Mr.. Morgan (Alal. |
who on Tuesday offered a resolution de-
,laring the nbrogaton of the Clayton-
Bulwer treaty between the United States |
md Great Britain. addressed the Senate
or nearly two hours upon his PROPOSE |
ion. His admonitions to Great Britain
were particularly sharp.
Senator Frye of Maine was on Thurs
lay unanimously elected as president pro
empore OF the Senate to preside durin:
he absence Of NicePresident Roosevelt.
Nothing WAS done in the Senate aside
rom the confirmation of Il batch of nomi-
lations and the election of the president
'ro temporc. Mr.. Morgan concluded his
emarks on his resolution for the abro-
.ation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty. Adj
niral Dewey has been rewarded for his
in the battle of Manila bv a
heck for S9.750. which represents the
Judgment rendered in his favor by the
ourt of claims.
The Senate was all ready to close its
xtra session OH Friday. but held over
day to permit Mr.. Mitchell of Oregon
o arrive and take the oath of office. 4
mall amount of routine business WIS
lone.
Odds and Ends.
kailwsys use up over 2.OO0,0 900 tons of
teel year. almost half the worlds pro-