The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-03-04

~ Resume Of tho Woohso
preceedints.

washington, Feb. 24.-The routine
business Of the senate yesterday VA
broken into by an executive session On
the Panama canal treaty. After tho
vote on the treaty work was begun on
the agricultural appropriation bill.
More than two hours were consumed
in discussion of an amendment max
ing an appropriation for experiments
in stock feeding, against which q point
of order was made by Mr.. Lodge.
The point was finally withdrawn and
the amendment adopted, but not until
Rule 16" had made it's annual IN
roads into the valuable time OF the
senate. The agricultural bill remains
the unfinished business.
Although the house devoted the en-
tire day to the consideration Of the
naval appropriation bill under the ave-
minute rule small progress was made.
Washington, Feb. Is. Two storm
centers were encountered in the con-
sideration of the naval appropriation
bill in the house yesterday. First, the
"a|oh 'ohC NaiiihS oS"CioH "SAS "
of the bill on a point of order after q
wordy battle. The building program
proposed in the bill then met criticism
and blocked further progress OF the
measure for the day. Mr.. Burton Of
Ohio, the echoes of whose sensational
speech for peace on Monday had hard
ly died out, moved to strike out the
provision for the single battleship au-
thorized. This motion is now pending.
1t served as a text, after Mr.. Burton
had supplemented his Mondays speech
with figures showing that the United
States was building more naval yes
sells than any European country *
cept Great Britain, for several Repub-
lican speeches, in which Mr.. Burton
was declared not to be in line with his
party.
The senate spent the greater part
bf the day discussing an amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill
striking out the house provision giving
authority to the secretary Of agricul
ture to inspect imported food products
when misbranded or suspected OF i'm
purity. The discussion was closed by
substituting the provision OF the act
Of 1900 bearing on the same point
Consideration of the bill practically
was concluded, but final action on il
was postponed until to-day.
Washington, Feb. 26.-The building
program of the navy as contained II
the pending naval appropriation bill
was discussed in the house during thu
day and the fight is by no means over
The minority members OF b nava
committee, who, under the Leadership
of Mr.. Meyer of Louisiana, first gAv'
their Endorsement to the measure, arr
campaigning for a reduction in TIL
number Of ships to be authorized
The amendment to strike out the ont
battleship made Wednesday by MI
Burton Of Ohio was defeated. TIL,
cruisers were then put to the ties
and enough friends for them wer'
found for their retention. Construc
ton Of the ships in government yard'
proved to be a fruitful topic for dis
cussion, and an amendment by MI
Bell OF California requiring n collie
to be built in a government yard wa
adopted.
A proposition for a preferential o
4 per cent in favor OF bids from tn
Pacific coast was defeated after MI
McDermott of New Jersey had de
livered a humorous speech in whicl
the shipbuilding trust and the Stat
OF New Jersey were put forward TO
the charitable consideration of Tn
house.
The senate yesterday passed boil
the agricultural and executive, legis
lative and judicial appropriation bills
An amendment to the agriculture
bill, suggested by Hepburn of Idaho
caused an animated discussion. I
contemplated supervision of interstat,
commerce SO as to prevent h trans
fer of plants or shrubs not prOperl.
marked from one state to another
The amendment started a debate OF
paternalism. 1t was ruled out on
point of order.
Washington, Feb. q. - The house
passed the naval appropriation bill
yesterday after having had it undel
consideration for a week. There wa,
a party contest on a number of prop
ositions during the day, especially OF
an effort of different minority mem
bers to secure an amendment to fl,
the price of m plate at the figure
bid by the Midva1e Steel company
Several amendments we're ruled ou1
on points of order and the Republic
an leaders by skillful parliamentary
tactics left the matter of armor plate
in the discretion of the secretary o.