The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-30
TOPICS OF TIE DAY.
NEWS FROM EvERYM-,pv
FlFrY.EloHTH CONGRESS.

H'irst Session. wv
senate-The senate, on me min, Ell cswil
appropriation bill, but did not conclude
ii. A number of other bills We're pn,sasssu
during the day, including measure ai VIZ
ing agreements with the indian ana fort
Devils Lake, Rosebud and Flatheaa res
ervations, located respectively N Nor'h
Dakota, South Dakota ana montana; '; ~:
House-'rhe house passed the iast VI tne
supply bills Of the government, the gen
erai deficiency appropriation measuIei
after a stormy session, when iasteu w ~,
sis in the evening" cTn aappropriaon FOR
pensions, which the democrats tried IN
effectively to amend by incorporlatttlIg u, ~
law the recent executive ase u naede Nv
Mr.. Moon CTenn.) to secure a yea ana
nay vote on his amendment as 10 me e aed
disability order, but the speaker retu
TO recognize him for this purpose; On a
pro forma motion to recommlt the Dill
the democrats angered by me speaker
refusal to recognize Mr.. Moon secHaeu
A roll call but after the vote had peeil
taken. ali further opposition ceased ana
the bill was passed.
| Senate-The question OF addltlonal hc
commodations In the way OF once ana
committee rooms occupied tne at tha a :,
| on the 18th. The subject arose IN con-
nection with the provisions IN the sunory
civil appropriation bill, one Tor an eNtenI
sion Of the east front OF the capl oe,
building In accordance with sketches lei.
bv Architect Walters, and the other Tor
an outside senate office and committees
building Much variety of opinion was eA-
pressed, and the question was stlli unae e5
| consideration when the senate adJourheu
at $3.50 D. M. .House-After debate
extending through dne n en for Joint
| statehood of oklahoma and indian terri,
tory under the name Of Oklahoma, aho
of Arizona and New Mexico un tha rule ME
which had been reported by the commit
tee on rules, providing for imm iista y, :
consideration Of the bill, Mr., Wlillains
publican had any idea that the. bill wouie
become law at this session. Delegate VII
son (Ariz9 opposed the bill. II was IA
vored by Delegates Roaey w, ~ ~ s s.S
p. M
Senate-The senate, on the goth, listened
to a set speech of almost two hours dura
ton on the trusts by Mr.; Doiiiver, an an
afterwards completed consideration or IN
sunday civil appropriation bill, again oe
voting much time to the provisions Tor az az
east front of the capitol and for an addl
tiona office building for the senate. i n
office building amendment was agreed 7
, as reported from the committee, but IN
paragraph was so modified as TO prae
ticaliy provide for plans oniy: 75 t me "p
House-The house, after an EXTENDED as
, bate, sent the naval appropriation 81 q
/ back to conference, the only dlspute
| senate
! providing for the construction IN the ma
: val ya:ds of two Golfers. A bill PROVE
ing for the allotment of lands or the NeN
York Indians was passed under rest
luton of the commlttee OH ruies ioi -
; immediate consideration.
! Senate-The pension appropriation bli
carrying an appropriation OF over SiShvvve
900, and the emergency river ana 60 H naa az
appropriation bill, which carries S3ooo,oo
We're passed, on the 2lst; by the sena a.,
leaving only the general deficiency an
= The military academy bills of the entil
list of supply measures still to be consi.
: cred nv the senate. The house bill II
creasing the size of homestead entries
western Nebraska to $40 acres also receive NV
favorable consideration. Whlle the riJ'
and harbor measure was under consl'
grafton Mr.. German sharply critlcize
the failure to bring In general NV
and harbor bill; Speeches were maze ma, Il, !,
and Scott, the latter declaring that
favored a service pension of SO p
month. House-The house gave eI
dence of approaching ad Ia 11rIs a,no'
Them being one to provide Temporal
government for the, Panama canal zon
N A rule was accepted, after the demoG 9r
had forced roll call, for the consiiaer
ton at any time of the bill creating
committee to investigate the mercna
h marine of the United States, ana the
was then laid aside.
Senate-The general deficiency Apr
q nriation bill occupied most of the senate
y time. on the Odd, but before it was tax
m Mr.. Gal!inger spoke at some leng
on on the the tariff policy of the republic
party. While the reading Of the defcie
= cy bill was in progress, Mr. CuIi 6,El,,e
T exclusion rider. He expressed the o,p
ion that there should be explicit legis
e ton re-enacting exclusion laws. put
posed the remaining portion OF the ho'
!. resolution, and moved to strike 1t out.
" House-President Roosevelt was assai
|. bitterly by Claude kitchin a. e. Nv "
~ nnr whom he charged with having
o inflated Theodore Roosevelt, the Vi
10 presidential candidate. whom, IN rec
e speech in the house, he had gIorl4n9es zee,
)L the worthy successor of Mr.. Mchlhi