Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-03

Resume Of tho Weeks
Proceedinfs.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The routine
business Of the senate yesterday was
broken into by an executive session OF
the Panama canal treaty. After the
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The point was finally withdrawn and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 JIG" had made its 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 FIVE
minute rule small progress was made.
Washington, Feb. rs. - Two storm
centers were encountered in the con-
sideration of the naval appropriation
bill in the house yesterday. First, the
Great Lakes training station went out
of the bill on a point of order after a
wordy battle. The building program
proposed in the bill her 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 ont, 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 ves-
sells than any European country ex-
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-
lure to inspect imported food products
when misbranded or suspected @. i'm
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substituting the provision of the act
of 1900 bearing on the same point.
Consideration of the bill practically
was concluded, but final action on 1t
was postponed until to-day.
Washington, Feb. 26.-The building
program of the navy as contained in
the pending naval appropriation bill
was discussed in the house during the
day and the fight is by no means over.
The minority members of the naval
committee, who, under the leadership
of Mr.. Meyer of Louisiana, first gave
their Endorsement to the measure, are
campaigning for a reduction In the
number OF ships to be authorized.
The amendment to strike out the one
battleship made Wednesday by Mr..
Burton Of Ohio was defeated. The
cruisers were then put to the test
and enough friends for them were
found for their retention. Construc.
ton of the ships in government yards
proved to be a fruitful topic for dis
cussion, and an amendment by Mr..
Bell Of California requiring one collier
to be built in a government yard was
adopted.
A proposition for a preferential Of
4 per cent In favor of bids from the
Pacific coast was defeated after Mr..
McDermott of New Jersey had de-
livered a humorous speech in which
the shipbuilding trust and the State
Of New Jersey were put forward for
the charitable consideration OF the
house.
The senate yesterday passed both
the agricultural and executive, legis-
lative and judicial appropriation bills.
An amendment to the agricultural
bill, suggested by Hepburn Of Idaho,
caused an animated discussion. II
contemplated supervision OF interstate
commerce so as to prevent the trans
fer of plants or shrubs not properly
marked from one state to another.
The amendment started a debate on
paternalism. 1t was ruled out on a
point of order.
Washington, Feb. 81. - The house
passed the naval appropriation bill
yesterday after having had it under
consideration for a week. There was
a party contest on a number OF prop
ositions during the day, especially on
en- effort of different minority mem.
bers to secure an amendment to fix
the price of armor plate at the figure
bid by the Midvale Steel company.
Several amendments were ruled out
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 of
| the navy. An Intellectual attempt was