The Canton times., 1903-03-13
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
(Second SESSION.

The senate on the "a, passed the gen, e n
eral deficiency bill; When the Aldrich
tinued his remarks begun Saturday. He
was followed by Mr.. Carmack. During
! the course of the day the conference re-
port on the fortificati1ns Il bill and the me
| The immigration and omnibus public
building bills were sent to conference. -.
In the house the conference report on the
Alaskan homestead bill and the immigra-
tion bill were adopted. The Often bill to
prohibit tobacco dealers from giving
prizes, the bill to provide for delegate
W. c. Gongas to the rank of assistant
of Lieut.. B f. Handforth We're passed.
Since last Thursday, when the filibuster
have been over sixty roll calls, as against
December /, 1901, to July g. 1902
The senate, on the Sd, displae;e;d b,t e! tn the
bill, practically defeating the Aldrich
measure. For the first time in two years
Delaware was, represented in the senate,
J. F. Alice and L. H. Ball. elected for the
long and short terms respectively, were
sworn in. In the course of the debate
Mr. Elkins declared that the republican
party had been false to its pledges in
three successive platforms with respect
to statehood for Arizona, Oklahoma and
New Mexico. He declared that upon the
republican party rested the responsibility
for the defeat q, Of ,5e,a several important
business done during the eight hours of
the day session consisted of the adop-
ton of the conference reports on the i'm
migration, public building and sundry
civil bills the reference of the presidents
veto message of Virginia claim bill to
the committee on war claims, the adop-
tion Of resolution ESQ to correct Ct; clerical er
passage of senate bill to authorize the
treasury department to coin souvenir
coins for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
association
At noon, on the 4th the Fifty-seventh
congress expired by limitation. The Bit
ter partisan feeling that sprang up in the
house during the past week reached a
pitch which prevented the speaker from
house when the usual resolution of
thanks and courtesy was offered. More
than this, the resolution had to come
from the republican side, and while this
has occurred before, it is not the usual
custom. The usual resolution of thanks
to President Pro Tempore Frye was
all the important supply bills had passed |
before the two house took a recess |
Wednesday morning, no legalsation was
necessary and none was attempted The |
bills which had passed and reached the |
stage of enrolment We're all signed by |
President Roosevelt, who, with members |
Of his cabinet, occupied the presidents |
room in the senate wing of the capitol.
Mason, whose term expired,
talked an unimportant bill to death, but
in his valedictory he lectured the senate
for it's unlimited debate which allows
bills to be killed in that manner. and he
also made final plea for the freedom of
the Filipinos.
In obedience to the presidents procla-
nation, the senate of the Fifty-eighth
congress convened in extraordinary ses-
sion on the 9Th. Echoes of the Fifty
seventh congress had not died away when
President Pro Tenn. Frye called the body
20 order, and the senator's who
we're reelected and those who were to
AXE their seats for the first time, with
he exception of Mr.. German. were
sworn in. One of the features of the
opening session was the reception to Mr..
German Mr.. Cannon's speech in the
house on Wednesday in which he charged
hat the senate conferees had resorted to
legislative blackmail and attacked the
'ules of the senate. formed the subject of
some fervid remarks by Mr. Tillman and
1y the senate conferees, Messrs. Hale,
Allison and Teller. In executive session
he senate referred all the pending treat
es to the committee on foreign relations,
and at 3:15, adjournment was taken to
Monday