The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-10
TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-SEvENTH CONGRESS.

In the senate. on the S0th, the bill for
the purchase of the Rosebud reservation
in South Dakota and the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill We're considered, but no
action was taken on them. A resolution
offered by Mr.. Patterson (Cal.) for the
recall of Maj. Gardner from the Philip
pines to testify before the Philippine
commissioners, precipitated a warm dis
cussion. ..... In the house, the agricultural
appropriation bill was passed and con-
sideration of the District of Columbia APP
preparation bill was begun. The Goidfogel
resolution, calling on the secretary. OF
state for information whether American
citizens of Jewish faith were excluded
from Russia, was adopted.
In the senate. on the LIST, both the Rose
bud reservation bill and the sundry civil
service appropriation bill received consid-
Grafton, but not final action. When the
Philippine government bill was taken up
Aguinaldo became the special subject of
discussion. the failure of the Philippine
committee to call him as a witnesses beins
(Tenn.l and others and justified by SEN
ator Foraker. lin the house. most OF
the day was given to discussion OF the
District of Columbia appropriation bill,
which was not completed. Mr.. Shuttuo
(O.) spoke on industrial conditions, and
Mr.. Gaines CTenn) in criticism of condi-
lions in the Philippines.
In the senate. on the I'd, during the dis
cussion was precipitated by Mr.. Pritchard
n c., charging corrupt and cruel prac-
tees in North Carolina to defraud the
negro Of his vote, against which Mr..
Simmons IN. c. entered Il general de-
NAL. The Rosebud Indian reservation bill
and the sundry civil bill were again consid-
cred, but not completed. In the house the
anti-Conspiracy bill reported from the jul
dietary committee was passed without n
word OF ebate. Among the other i'm
portant bills passed was the bill to pro-
vide diplomatic and consular officers for
the Republic of Cuba.
In the senate, on the Sd, during the
discussion of the Philippine government
bill, the republicans abandoned their
practice of allowing the democrats a clear
field in the debate. and Messrs. Spooner
fWis.), Lodge Mass.1 and Foraker CO.l
turned upon the denouncers of the adj
m~inistration, the army and Gov. Taft,
speaking hotly, almost unrestrainedly in
Of those whom they charged with
traducing them, and a most spirited de-
was the result. Later the senate
adjourned out of respect to the memory
Of Representative Cummings, Of New
York, whose death was announced. ...
death of Representative Cummings
by Mr.. Payne IN. - and the appoint
mcnt of a funeral committee, as a mark
Of respect adjourned.
In the senate. on the 9Th, the sundry
civil appropriation bill and the Rosebud
Indian reservation bill were passed. after
the Philippine government bill was
again taken up for discussion. Mr.. Lodge
made a set speech In |vtndlcatlOn
Of the president the secretary of war, the
generals in the field and others who had
been charged with cruelty toward the
Filipinos. In a brief reply, Mr.. Rawtins
Utah reiterated the charges as against
he president, the secretary and senators
ike Senator Lodge. The house was not