Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

mons use of the words Legislative
blackmail," Senator Hale declared, were
unfortunate, improper and q breach OF
the privileges, which IL they are not in
the written law, practically stand in the
Judgment of all good men rs the comfy
between the two houses.
Senator Hale said he believed that
when Mr.. Cannon read his remarks the
next morning he regretted them,
Let the subject be forgotten said
Senator Hale. 1T will pass to the Cd"
livion to which 1t ought to be con-
signed. The man who made IL VIII go
on to a higher place, and In his life ne
will have n hundred things 10 turn 10
in pride, but he will neY nave any
thing more to regret than having spoken
these words"
Senator Allison Is Indignant.
Senator Allison, also a member Of the
| conference committee, said he COM
mended and approved every word Sell
ator Hale had said respecting the re-
markable speech made in the other
house at the close OF the last session
The conference, he declared, had been
conducted IN good temper. Tie SEN
ate committee never had sought to go
back OH the appropriation bill present
ed by the house and inquire whether
any item in 1t was passed by the other
house in violation of its rules. Neither
house, he said, is TO be lectured by the
other as to what its rules are or should
be. Utterances OF that character ais
not in accord with the comfy between
the two houses.
Speaking with emphasis and with
considerable indignation. Senator Ali
son said: II think it is fitting hat we
should say not once, but always, that
the rules of procedure of this ,ody VIII
be settled by the body Itself, in accord
ance with it's own best Judgment
He declared that If the deficiency
bill had failed it would not have been
due to the rules OF the senate, but 10
the situation which was presented in
the house.
Therefore, whatever of dictatlon,
whatever there was as respects this
item, 1t was because the house for rea-
sons OF it's own could not take the or
derby and usual proceeding n meth
Cd of legislation by taking these items
into the house and into the senate and
having the judgment Of the two houses
upon them"
He said he was panied to see what
seemed to him TO be q violation of the
rules Of the house itself. Mr.. Cannon's
speech had been applauded, he said.
why? Because the senate had been
held upon the Gibbct of public opinion
as TO its rules compared with the rules
of the house, so sanity in their nature
and character"
The house conferees had sought to
put the blame on the senate rules,
which a existed for a hundred years,
and If any changes are made in those
rules, added Senator Allison, 1t will be
by the senate and not by IN outside
body"
Senator Teller Of Colorado, the DEM
ocratic member of the conference COM
mittee, said that Mr.. Cannon's remarks
were inappropriate and out of place."
The Presidents Message.
President Roosevelt sent the follow
ing message to the senate:
To the Senate-I have called the SEN
treaties concerning which 1t proved i'm
possible to take action during the session
Of congress just ended / ask your speciaI
attention to the treaty with the rePubIc
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 between the two countries.
The great and far-reaChtng Importance OF
these two treaties to the welfare of the
United States, and the urgent need for
their adoption, requires me to impose up
on you the inconvenience of meeting at
this time. Theodore Roosevelt.
At 3:15 the senate adjourned till
Monday.
Civil Service Examination.
The civil service commission an
nounces that examinations will be held
at Sioux City, Des Moines, Fort Mad
ison and Mason City on March 81 for
the position of baker ~(feSnale) in the
Pawnee school, Oklahoma, at a salary
Of $400 per annum, anu 81 April Z for
the position of nurse (female) in the
Seger school, Oklahoma, at a salary Of
$500 per annum. Full information can
be obtained by addressing the civil
service commits sion. Washington.