Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-03-11
flfTY-SEVeATn CONGRESS.
Second Session.

Washington. March 3.-Senate-The
senate Monday passed the general de-
nciency bill after four hours consid.
Grafton and after II had been amend.
ed in several particulars. An amend.
ment by Mr.. Rawlins. calling for an
appropriation OF $50 900 900 TO further
the work OF irrigating the arid lands.
furnished material for considerable
discussion. The amendments was re.
Jected on point OF order
Washington. March 4-Senate-The
hnal defeat OF the Aldrich financial
bill Was Witnessed I'm the senate Tues
DAY, when IL was displaced by the
Philippine tariff bill. MIR. Aldrich ex.
plaincd I'm detail his measure and said
that small number of mon i'm the
senate had deliberately. with malice
aforethought. murdered a. One of
the features OF the session was the
fact that for the first time In two
years Delaware was represented In
the senate. j. Frank Alice and j
Heisler Ball. elected for the long and
short terms respectively. appeared ir
the senate and were sworn in by Pres
ident Pro TEN. Frye The senate for
the first time In four years had It's
full membership OF 90. The senate nj
O'Clock took n recess until s O'Clock
tuesday evening. Wednesday Mt 40
n. m. tho senate agreed to the con
terence report on the naval bill and
MIR. Hale Immediately followed IL mr.
with the conference report on the
general deficiency bill. which was Ia
ter concurred in.
House-Tuesday was almost rene
tition OF Monday in tho house. SLOW
ly but surely through the operation If
no u.N1. .s..I n. 4.
ports tn complete the necessary lepls
lation were ground out and when the
house at o'clock recessed until ID
o'clock Tuesday night only two con
ference reports on appropriation bills
were still undisposed of-thc genera,
deficiency and the naval The demo
cratic opposition did not abate and viii,
be continued until congress expircg
at noon March 4
Washington, March 5-The hftv.
seventh congress ended by statute OF
limitation "Wednesday at noon The
senate was called to order at 10
o'clock for the last sitting OF the fifty.
seventh congress. but business did NOT
begin until some time later The do.
lay was due to the absence OF n quo.
rum and to the fact that Mr.. Cockrell
insisted upon tho presence OF the nee.
essary number before taking up the
work of the day. Mr.. Allison. chair
man or the committee on approprla.
tons, made statement regarding the
amount OF money appropriated nv tho
present congress as compared with
the appropriation OF the fiftysixtb
congress. The total appropriation for
the present congress. he says. was ST.
BOD .lOS.5lS. as compared with S11tO.-
4o943S Tor the fiftysiXth congress II
was curious but necessary thing hc
said. to make this comparison moro
In detail than by a mere statement OF
aggregate. The first most important
Item included In this statement for
the present congress is an appronrio.
ton OF $50. 1870 900 for the Panama ca.
nal. he said. accounts for nearly one.
half OF the increase
Extraordinary Session.
Washington. March en- obedi.
ence to the presidents proclamation
the senate OF the 5Sth congress con.
vened in extraordinary session nj
noon Thursday. An immense crowd
witnessed the interesting ceremony
Echoes of the 57th congress had not
died away when President Pro TEN.
Frye called the body to order. and
soon thereafter the senators who
were reelected and those who were
to take their seats for the frst time.
with the exception Of Mr.. German.
who had seen long service In the sen.
ate. were sworn in. Friends and adj
mircrs Of the senator's 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. Mr.. Cannon's speech
In the house OF representatives early
"Wednesday morning in presenting tho
conference report on general dcfcicn.
cy bill In which he charged that the
senate conferees had rcsorted to legis.
lativc blackmail and attacked the rules
OF the senate formed the subject OF
some feryed remarks by Mr. Tillman
and by the senate conferees. Mcssrs
Hale. Allison and Teller The senate
at 2 10 adjourned until Monday.