The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-04-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
FlFTY.EicHTH CONGRESS.
Tirst SESSION.

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Senate-The senate, on the 18th, began
consideration Of the bill providing Tor the
government of the Panama canal zone;
The greater part of the day was occupied
ments offered by himself. None of them
were accepted. and the reading of the bill
was nearly half completed. Mr. Morgan
attacked the new Panama canal company,
ard commended that the United states
should proceed to carry into enect the
provisions of the treaty WIN PanaIna, re-
CARELESS of the demands OF that company
-. Householder a special rule the
house devoted itself to consideration OF d
bill amending the law reiatlng 70 thhe ~
Philippine islands. The provision In the
bill in reference to the granting or RAN
road franchises and the guaranteeing or
five per cent. on the cash capital actualy
invested in such railroads was opposed
nv MIR, Jones CVa), who alleged that
British and Belgian capitalists We're READY
to build the roads without Sucn guaran-
tee. AT $50 p. m. the house adjourned.
Senate-The senate devoted the entire
day, on the 14th, to consideration or the
bill for the government or the Panama
canal zone, and Mr.. Morgan again ocGu-
pied the floor most oe the day. the dlsS
cussion related principally to details OF
governing the canal, but some cohsldera-
ton also was given II Mr.: HaleS amend
ment requiring the use of American bot
toms in the shipment of canal SuppileS
to the zone. Consideration of the Dill
was not concluded when senate ao-
iourned. $3.50. House-The house OF repre-
Sentatives passed the Philinnine bill, fol-
lowing which there was an extended De
bate over a resolution TO permit Coz.
Thomas w. Symons. of the engineer
corps of the army, to serve on the ad-
visory board of consulting engineers IN
Connection with internal improvements IN
the state of New York. The general de-
fciency bin was taken up, and Mr.. Ham
ilton (Mich.) discussed capital and labor,
while Mr.. Cochran (Mo) criticized the
"usurpation of the Legislative power by
the executive" and said that ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland had given the most nota-
BILE instance of such uSurpation in forcing
his financial policies on the people. he
declared Mr.. Cleveland had been put
into exile, never again to be -einstateC
in the confidence of the people. AT Sic
p. m. house a~djourncd.
Senate-After a day devoted to routine
proceedings, the senate, on the 18th. was
treated to a spirited speech by Mr.. Bailey,
just before adjournment. on the question
of civil service. The subject came up in
connection with a paragraph in the sum
dry civil appropriation bill. Mr.. Bailey
announced in plain terms that he had no
sympathy with the irridescent dream OF
civil service. He declared that each party
should control the patronage while in
power, and avowed himself a spokesman.
The civil service appropriation bill was
taken up, and when the senate adjourned
about half of it had been read. At 5:4t
the senate adjourned. .....H ouse-Consid-
Grafton of the general deficiency bill was
resumed in the house, after a number OF
minor bills had been passed. The presi-
dents recent order regarding service pen
sions was attacked by Mr.. Underwood
(A!a.), who contended that there was no
was criticised by Mr.. Hay CVa.). because
of certain suspensions of the civil service
rules and regulations.
Senate-The entire day in the senate, or
the 18th, was given up to the considera-
ton of a bill for the modification of the
agreement with the connections of the
Devils Lake reservation in North Dakot
for the sale of their lands. Messrs. Du-
bois and Teller opposed the bill. because
it did not provide for the acquisition OF
the lands in the reservation under the
Messrs. Hansbrough, McCumber and 9TH
erS. No decision was reached. At 4:1O the
senate adjourned. .House-The routine
work on the general deficiency bill was
ing this. the District of Columbia was
legislated for in several minor matters:
criticism on Theodore Roosevelt, the re-
publican presidential candidate" by Rep
resentative Patterson ITenn.). House ad-
journed at Sis o'clock p. m.
Senate-The senate, on the 18th, con.
tinued consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill, but did not conclude
1t. A number of other bills were passed
during the day, including measure ratify-
ing agreements with the Indian and Fort
Devil ) Lake, Rosebud and Flathead res
ervations, located respectively in North
Dakota, South Dakota and M~ontana......
House-The house passed the last of the
eral deficiency appropriation measure,
after a stormy session, which lasted till
S:15 in the evening: Contest was a party
one over the deficiency appropriation for
pensions, which the democrats tried in
effectively to amend by Incorporating as
a law the recent executive age disability
pension order. An effort was made by
Mr.. Moon CTenn.) to secure a yea and
nay vote on his amendment as to the age
disability order, but the speaker refused
to recognize him for this purpose. On a
pro forma motion to recOmmit the bill,
the democrats, angered by the speakers
refusal to recognize Mr.. Moon, secured
a roll call, but after the vote had been
taken, all further opposition ceased and
the bill was passed. Q