The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-03-13
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
tsecond SESSION.

The senate. on the "a. passed the gen.
ernl deficiency bill. when the Aldrich
n%n nn = btu Mss taken emu. ~ NJ Tellsf e9ma r.
was followed by Mr.. Cnrmack. During
the course Of the day the conference re.
per, on ne fo~,,ins1ti2n. elli and me
The immigration and omulLuH public
building bills were sent TO conference.
In the house the conference report on the
ton bill were adopted. The Often bill to
prohibit tobacco dealers from giving
prizes, the bill 10 provide for "A delegate
from Porto Rico. = bill to advance Mai.
W. g. GonRar TO the rank Of assistant
surgeon general. and n bill for the relief
Of Lieut.. IF. liandforth were. passed.
WAS ~inaunurated by the democrats. there
have been over sixty roll calls. as against
O. for the entire long %scrslon. lasting from
December I. 1901. to July ., 1912
Aidrich n%nanciSir BIZ Tor the Philippine
bill, practically defeating the Aldrich
measure. For the hrrt time IN two years
pe,ewsre was rsprssen,sd r. q: ,ena,e,
long and short terms respectively. were
sworn ~. In the course q the debate
Mr. Eiklns declared that the republican
tire. successive pin ,forms with rcspcc,
20 statehood for Arizona. Oklahoma and
New Mexico. lie declared that pom the
Tor the defeat Of several important
mearurcs.....in the house the actual
business done during the cIght hours OF
ton Of the conference reports oi the i'm.
migration. public building and sundry
civil bills, the reference OF the PRESIDENTS
veto message OF u virginia claim bill to
lion Of "a resolution to correct clerical er.
rorr In the immigration bill and the
passage 81 a senate bill TO authorize tho
treasury department to coin souvenir
coins Tor the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
association.
A. noon. on the 9Th, the Fifty-rcventh
ongr. expired by limitation. The bit
ter partisan focllng that rprnng w In the
house during the past week reached a
pitch which prevented the speaker from
receiving. tho unanimous approval OF the
thanks and courtesy was offered. More
than this. the resolution Ind to come
from the republican side, aud while this
custom. The usual resolution of thank
to President Pro Tempore Frye WAS
unanimously adopted IN the senate. AZ
nv the Important supply bulls had passed
Wednesday morning. 10 ~icgaiiration was
ncccrrnry and mono was attempted. The
bills which had passed and reached. the
stage Of enrolment were all signed by
President Roosevelt. who. with members
OF his. cabinet. occupied the presidents
loom in The senate wing % the capitol
talked an unimportant hill TO death. but
In his valcdiclory he lccturcd tho senate
for It's unlimited debate which allows
hills to be killed In that manner. and he
also made a hnal plea for the freedom ~
the Ftlipino-.
In obedience to tho presidents p%rocln-
nation, the senate OF the ~ilfty--ighth
congress convened IN. extraordinary SEES.
sion on the 9th. Echoes Of the Fifty-
seventh conHress had moi died away when
President PRO Tenn. Frye called the body
TO order, and the senators who
were ER.9l9aNfH aud thaNa kVha uggF. Ia
take their seats for the mr.. time, with
the exception OF Mr.. German. were
sworn Ia. one Of the features of tho
opening session was the reception to Mr..
porman. Mt, cannon'H speech In Tho
house on Wednesday In which he charged
that the senate conferces had resorted to
legislative blnckmRil and attacked the
rules OF the senate, formed N. subject ~
some fervid remarks by Mr.. Tillmnn and
by the senate .conferees. Mcssrs. Hale.
Allison and Teller. In executive session
the senate referred all the pending treat
les To the committee on foreign relations,
md, NJ aiih. adjournment was taken 10
Monday.