The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-03-12
FETY-ssytxla CONGRESS-


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senate Monday passed the general De
f,clency bin after foaf hours consit
eration ami after u had been amend
ed In several particulars. An amend
rncrt By afr Ra~iins calling for sn
appropriation ol $50 900 ooe 20 further
the work of irrigat!ue the ARID lands.
furnished material for considerable
discussion TIE a0cndmsnts vas re-
jected on a point of order.
WashinRton. March f--Scnate--T7he
frai defeat of the Alarick financial /
bin was witnessed is thc seEste Tues- ,
day. when Il was displaced by the
Philippine tariff bill Mr.. Aldrfch ex-
pIasned IN detail his measure and said j
that a small number cf men In the
senate had deliberately. with malice
aforcthouEht. murdered Il. One of
the features % the session was the
fact that for the FIRST time in two
years Delaware was represented in
the senate J. Frank Anec and J.
{ Heisler BAN. elected for the long and
short terms respectively. appeared ~
. the senate and we're sworn in by Pres
ident Pro Ten. Frye. The senate Ter
the first time in four years had rs
I ffu membership OF 30. The senate at
4 s O'Clock took a recess until 5 O'Clock
Tuesday evening. Wednesday at 4: 80
a. m. the senate agreed 20 the con-
ference report on the naval bill and
Mr. Hale Immediately followed II up
With the conference report on the
general deficiency bin. which was Ia
ter concurred In
Horsc--Tucsday was almost 4 rope
ttion of Monday In the house, SLOW
" but surely through the operation n
ceaseiess roll calls the conference re
ports to complete the necessary legis.
lation we're ground out and when the
house at Z O'Clock recessed until 10
o'clock Tuesday night only two con.
ference reports on appropriation bills
were still undisp0scd of-the general
deficiency and the naval. The demo.
cratic opposition did not abate and will
be continued until congress expires
7 at noon March 4
, Washington. March 5-The hfty
seventh congress- ended by statute Of
limitation Wednesday at noon. The
senate was called 10 order At ir
, O'Clock for the last sitting OF the fifty
4 seventh congress. but business did not
], heEln until some time later The De
e lay was due TO the absence Of a quo
/ rum aud 90 the fact that Nr. CoCkrci
y insisted upon the presence of the nee
a cssary number before taking up IN
work OF the day Mr. Allison. chair
man Of the committee on appropria
tiOnE made a statement regarding thl
p amount of money Appropriated By m
n present congress as compared Will
the appropriation OF the fifty-sixtl
@. congress The total appropriation n
Ia the present congress. ne saws. was 81
. b5i.toS.51S. as compared with 81 ffo
4 fS9 .t3S Tor the ffty-sixth congress
was a curious but necessary thing. "a
10 said. to make this comparison NOR
Is In detail than by a mere statement q
Ok aggregate The FIRST most imnortau
N itom included tn this statement a.
-n the present congress is an appropril
.f tlon of $50. .i3n 600 Tor the Panama ct
nal he said. accounts for nearly on
half OF the increase.
Extraordinary Session.
d Washington. March 6.-In obcd
.e' ence 10 the presidents proclamaiio
~ the senate Of the 5Sth congress col
al vened In extraordinary session
IN. noon Thursday. An Immense CROW
~ witnessed the interesting cercmor
ed Echoes Of the 57th congress had M
u, died away when President Pro Tel
FRYE called the body TO order. ar
Vs. soon thereafter the senators vi
were reelected and those who we
m 10 take their seats for the hrst tim
nd with the exception Of MT Gorma
nm who had seen long service In the So
ate were sworn In. Frsends and =
mirors OF the senator's loaded doy
their desks with beautiful forai trl
utes. ono - the features OF the ops
FOR ing ceremony was the ovation accol
ed Mr.. German. Mr.. Caunon's spec
I'm the house Of representatives ear
Wednesday morning In presenting
conference report on general dcncl'
OF cy bill in which he charged that {
Tor senate conferces had resorted TO leg
ect lative blackmRi and attacked the ru
ard OF the senate formed the subject
nth some feTvcd remarks hy Mr.. Tillm
tor and by the senate conferees. Mess
yav Hale. Allison and Teller. The sem
At 3.15 adjourned until Monday