The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-13
Con&ress.
~ Resume Of the Weeks
Procesdints.
In the Senate,

Witnessed IN the senate yesterday
when it was displaced by the Philip
pine tariff bill. Mr.. Aldrich explained
in detail his bill, and said that a small
number of men in the senate had de-
llberately with malice aforethought
murdered it. One of the features of
he session was the fact that for the
first time in four years Delaware was
fully represented in the senate. ].
Frank Alice and L. Heisler Ball, elect
ed for the lOnd and short terms re-
spectively, appeared in the senate and
were sworn in by President Pro TEN.
Frye.
In the House.
Yesterday was almost a repetition
of the day before in the house. Slowly
but surely, through the operation Of
the ceaseless roll calls, the conference
reports to complete the necessary leg
islation were ground out and when the
house at 7 o'clock last night recessed
until 10 o'clock only two conference
reports on appropriation bills were
still undisposed Of - the general de-
ficiency and the naval. The Demo-
cratic opposition did not abate and
will be continued until congress *
pires at moor to-day. During the de-
bate OF conference reports, members
on each side got in political speeches
and several times party passion t1ared
up.
Washington, March 5. - The Fifty
seventh congress expired at noon yes
terday by limitation.
In many respects the closing scenes
were similar to those at the end OF
every congress. But there has not
been In many years such a demonstra-
ton in the house as occurred yester-
day, owing to the fact that Speaker
Henderson was retiring, not only as
presiding officer, but from the house
as a member.
President Roosevelt sent a letter to
Speaker Henderson in which he con
graduated him on the work accom-
plished by congress.
Congress Spent $1,554, 1O8, 515.
The total appropriations of the con
gress have been 1854, los, 51S.
All the regular appropriation bills,
including the public building bill.
were passed.
The Panama canal treaty a not
ratified and the Aldrich financial bill,
the statehood bill and the Philippine
tariff bill failed.
The expenditures for the past ses-
sion by bills were as follows: Agri-
culture, s5,97s,160: army, $7s,13s,752;
diplomatic and consular, 81 ,968, $50;
District of Columbia, $8,647, 497; fortf-
fications, S7,1SS,416; Indian, $S,512.-
$50; legislative, executive and judicial,
1927, 595, 953; military academy, $685.
24S; navy, $S1 81 1921; pensions, $780,
SAT, 955; deficiency, $21 .561. 672. Per-
manent annual appropriations, $780,
$50, 800; miscellaneous, $3,250,0 600.
Two Thousand Bills Passed.
The number of bills introduced dur.
ing the Fifty-seventh congress aggre-
gated 1850, of which 1913 were re-
ported and more than 1000 passed.
The house calendar is clearer at the
close of this congress han it eve has
been before, only IS bills remaining
undisposed of.
Washington, March Elm obedience
to the presidents proclamation the
senate of the Fifty-eighth congress
convened in extraordinary session at
noon yesterday. IN immense crowd
witnessed the interesting ceremonies.
Echoes of the Fifty-seventh congress
had not died away when President
Pro Tenn. Frye called the body to
order, and 0 thereafter the senators
who were reelected and those who
were to take their seats for the first
time, with the exception of Mr.. Cor.
man, who had seen long service in the
senate, were sworn in. Friends and
admirers of the senators loaded down
their desks with beautiful floral trib-
utes. One of the features Of the open
ing ceremony was the ovation accord
ed Mr.. German.
Presidents Message.
The president sent the following
message to the senate:
81 have called the senate in extra
ordinary session to consider treaties
concerning which it proved impossible
to take action during the session of
congress just ended. I ask your spe-
cial attention to the treaty with the
republic of Colombia, securing to the
United States the right to build an
isthmian canal, and to the treaty with
the republic of Cuba for securing a
measure of commercial reciprocity be-
tween the countries. The great and
far-reaching importance of these
treaties for the welfare of the United
States, and the urgent need for their
adoption, requires me to impose upon
you the inconvenience of meeting at
this time"
Mr.. Cannon's speech in the house Of
representatives early Wednesday
morning in presenting the conference
report on the general deficiency bill
in which he charged that the senate
conferees had resorted to legislative
blackmail and attacked the rules of