Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-04-28
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
fFirst SESSION.


Senate-The senate, on the 18th, con,
tinued consideration OF the sundry civil
appropriation BILL but did not conclude
It 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 Montana:
House-The house passed the last OF the
supply bills of the government, the gen
eral deficiency appropriation measure;
after a stormy session, which lasted TIL
Sis in the evening. Contest was a party
one over the deficiency appropriation Tor
pensions. which the democrats tried IN
effectively to amend by incorporating as
a law the recent executive age o1saDiiity
pension order. An effort was made py
Mr.. Moon (Tenn.) to secure yea and
nay vote on his amendment as TO the age
disa bility order, but the speaker refused
to recognize him for this purpose; ON
pro forma motion to recommlt the Dill,
the democrats, angered by the speaker
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.
Senate-The question of additional ac-
commodations in the way of office and
committee rooms occupied the attention
of the senate the greater part OF the day
on the 18th. The subject arose in con-
nection with the provisions in the sundry
civil appropriation bill, one for an exten,
sion of the east front OF the capitoI
building in accordance with sketches leIt
an outside senate office and committee
building. Much variety of opinion was eX-
pressed, and the question was sun under
consideration when the senate adjourned
at $50 p. NJ. House-After a debate
extending through the entire session. the
house passed the bill providing for joint
statehood of Oklohoma and indian terri,
tory under the name Of Oklahoma. and
of Arizona and New Mexico under the
name of Arizona. In discussing the rule
which had been reported by the commit
too rr,1a IN immediate
consideration of the BILL Mr.. Williams
the minority leader, declared that no re,
publican had any idea that the bill would
become law at this session. Delegate VIII
son (Ariz9 opposed the bill. 1t was ia,
vored by Delegates Rodey On. M and
Mcguire (Okla.). House adjourned at 5W
p. m.
Senate-The senate. on the 10th, listened
to a set speech of almost two hours dura--
ton on the trusts by Mr.. Dolliver, ana
afterwards completed consideration OF the
sundry civil appropriation bill. again de-
voting much time to the provisions for an
east front of the capitol and for an addi-
tional office building for the senate The
office building amendment was agreed 10
paragraph was so modified as to prac-
tically provide for plans only, the up
preparation being reduced to SO, ,0o
House-The house, after an extended de-
bate, sent the naval appropriation bill
back to conference, the only disputed
senate amendment accepted being that
providing for the construction :, IN n, the na-
val yards of two Golfers. A bill provid-
ing for the allotment of lands of the New
York Indians was passed under a reSo-
luton of the committee on rules Tor lts
Immediate consideration.
Senate-The pension appropriation bill,
carrying an appropriation of over $l3l ,ooo,-
)OO and the emergency river and harbor
appropriation bill which carries S3,O0J,00o
were passed, on the 2lst. by the senate,
leaving cnly the general deficiency and
the military academy bills of the entire
list of supply measures still to be c0nsld-
cred by the senate. The house bill in
creasing the size of homestead entries in
western Nebraska to $40 acres also received
favorable consideration. While the river
and harbor measure was under consid,
Grafton Mr.. German sharply criticized
the failure to bring in a general river
and harbor bill. Speeches were made on
the pension bill by Messrs. McCumber
favored a service pension of IS per
month House--The house gave evil
dence of approaching adjournment by
passing a large number of bills, among
them being one to provide a temporary
government for the Panama canal zone. 4
A rule was accepted, after the democrats
had. forced roll call Tor the consideEa-
ton at any time of the bill creating a
committee to investigate the merchant
marine of the United States, and the bill
was then laid aside.
Senate-The general deficiency appro-
priation bill occupied most of the senate s
time, on the 23d, but before it was taken
up Mr.. Gallinger spoke at some length
on the tariff policy of the republican
party While the reading of the deficien-
cy bill was in progress, Mr. Cuilom de-
livered a speech on the house Chinese
exclusion rider. He expressed the opn-
ion that there should be explicit legisla-
ton re-enacting exclusion laws. but op-
posed the remaining portion of the house
resolution, and moved to strike it OUT.
House-Presdent Roosevelt was assailed
bitterly by Claude Kitchin On. CO, who
Included in his castigation Gen Grosve
nor. whom he charged with having hu-
inflated Theodore Roosevelt, the vice
presidential candidate, whom, in n recent
speech in the house, he had glaxified as
the worthy successor of Mr.. Mckinley.