Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-12
Senator Allison Is INDIGNANT.

thing moro to regret than having spoken
these words"
Senator Allison Is Indignant.
Senator Allison, also member of the
conference committee, said he COM
mended and approved every word SEN
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. The sem
ate committee never had sought to go
back on the appropriation bill present.
ed by the house and inquire whether
any item in it was passed by the other
house in violation of its rules. Neither
house, he said, Is to be lectured by the
other rs to what Its rules are or should
be. Utterances OF that character are
not in accord with the comfy between
the two houses.
Speaking with emphasis and With
considerable Indignation, Senator Alli-
son said: II think II is fitting that we
should say not orce, but always. that
the rules of procedure OF this Body will
be settled by the body itself, In accord
ance with its own best Judgment
He declared that ii the deficiency
bill had failed it would not have been
due to the rules of the senate, but TO
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 Its own could not take the or
derby and usual proceeding and 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 palned to see what
seemed to him to be 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 gibbet 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 had existed for n hundred years,
and If any changes are made in those
rules. added Senator Allison it will be
by the senate and mot by any outside
body"
Senator Teller of Colorado, the dem
ocratic member of the conference COM
We're 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 sem
ate In extraordinary session to consider
treaties concerning which 1t proved inn
possible TO take action during the session
of congress just ended. / ask your special
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 between the two countries
The great and far-reachins 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 fol
the position of baker Qesnale) in the
ssger school, ok2ahlsshHHS i IL at sa. salars
s6U0 per annuH. Full information cal
be obtained by addressing the civi
service commission. WASHINGTON.