The Tupelo journal., 1904-03-25
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
F~iFTY-EleHTH CONGRESS.
(First Session.)

senate-In the senate, on the 14th, Mr..
Hoar reported from the committee IN ju-
dietary a bin for the purpose of correct
ships to the United States and it was
passed. Mr.. Clark. senator from Mon
tana, was in his seat for the first time
lions appropriation bill was then taken
up. Mr.. Berry made a point of order
against the appropriation OF $4,000 Tor
the purchase Of "a submarine TORPEDO
marine defense for experimental pur-
poses. Mr.. Perkins argued in favor of
the appropriation: ..... House-The special
committee of the house to investigate the
post office indictment" of members of
congress continued its work behind closed
doors for three hours Monday and then
a detailed study of each case in the re-
port. 1t will first determine those cases
in which there appears on the sur
face an indication of wrongdoing on the
part of members, If there are any such,
before taking the testimony of witnesses.
cation bill on the 18th, after a three
hours discussion of the amendment au-
thorizing the purchase of an experimental
torpedo boat and the provision for the
the Hawaiian islands. The torpedo boat
provision was stubbornly fought. but the
amendment suggested by the committee
on appropriations was retained. Senate at
sos p. m. adjourned. -. HOUSEKEEPING the
discussion of the post office appropriation
bill in the house the recent report of the
sional solicitation of clerk hire allow
ances and rental of quarters to the gov
eminent was again brought up. Mr.. Bur-
ton % delivered a carefully-prepared
speech on the question OF increases In
national expenditures and warned the
house against extravaganza. AT $50 p.
m. the house adjourned.
Senate-Senator Lodge. on the 10Th, in
PRODUCED a resolution authorizing the
printing of L, 0W copies of the decisions
of the supreme court of the United States
in the Northern Securities case and of a
complete record in the suit, including the
briefs of attorneys and the opinion of
the United States circuit court of Mime
sofa. The resolution went to the COM
mittee on printing. The committee o.
public lands, after a contest extending
was made to repeal all of the general
land laws of the country, authorized a
favorable report on Senator Quarles' bill
to repeal the timber and stone act. AT
1850 o'clock p. m. the senate adjourned
...... House-ln the house, during the dis
cussion of the post office appropriation
bill, Mr.. Spight tMfss.0 discussed the ne
gro question. and declared unjust the at
tacks. on the people of the south who
had been charged with brutality and
siGies to railroads for special mail IA
by Mr.. Robinson Qnd.l and Mr.. Gains
(Tenn.). Mr.. Flood (Va.) denied that
Perry S. Heath was entitled to credit
for inaugurating rural free delivery. He
said Heath made the claim, "notwith-
standing the fact that he had not yet
emerged from the post office scandal with
a name as unsullied as the Alpine SHOWS
$40 o'clock p. m. the house adjourned.
Senate-On the 18th a bill authorizing
the secretary of the interior to dispose
of timber on public lands, chiefly Valu.
able for timber, was passed. Thu com
mlttee amendment providing that the
proceeds of such sales. shall be made a
part of the irrigation reclamation fund
was accepted. Mr.. McLaurin presented
and had read a letter from the Cincin-
natl firm which supplies the pictures, on
account of which arrests recently were
made at lndianola and Leland, Miss, to
which Mr.. McLaurin referred on Satur-
day last. The firm denied that it manu-
acter. The senate, at 1888 o'clock p. m,
went into executive session, after which
senator Quarles resumed his speech in
defense of Gen. Leonard Wood. At ass
O'Clock ?. m. the senate adjourned. .....
House-Just before adjournment Mr..
Southwick On. " precipitated a brief,
lively debate by having read an editorial
publicans credit for antitrust legisla-
ton and the merger prosecution. 1t was
oliered by way OF reply to Mr.. Williams,
VINO asked II the merger decision was
to be used by the republicans as a the.
atrical political trick.
Senate-The senate, on the 18th, passed
the bill authorizing the Incorporation OF
the American academy in Rome. The
senate then went into executive session
and later adjourned until Monday.
House-The house was in session a little
more than three hours, an early adjourn
ment being taken to permit members &c
make a trip to the site of the proposed
Jamestown exposition. Although the post
office appropriation bill was under discus
sion the entire time, only one page was
completed, making II pages in all dis
posed of. The paragraph appropriatine
$4,000 a year for the lease of a post office
building in New York city, to be erected
by the New York Central railroad. was
agreed to after it had been amended SC
as to not interfere with the discretion CIV
en- the acknowledgement in the selec-
ton of a site.