The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-09
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
CONGRESSIONAL PRoCEED1NGs

e,s- (First SESSION.,
Senate-The senate, on the 2Sth, dis
cussed for three hours the recent order
of the pension bureau making old age an
evidence of disability, and then passed the
District of Columbia appropriation bill.
The discussion of the pension order was
based on the resolution offered some days
ago by Mr.. Carmack, directing the COM
mittee on the judiciary to inquire into
the authority of the executive branch of
the government to make such an order
scutv sea Session and at M m adjourned
g.. .House-The sundry civil bill was be-
fore the house, but debate took wide
range. Mr.. Gilett (Mass.) devoted con-
siderable time to answering some of the
statements recently made on the floor by
Mr.. Spight (Miss0, regarding the race
question. He defended the president for
inviting Booker Washington to dine with
him, and said the president was man of
big heart, as well as birth, breeding and
cultivation. Mr.. Clark (Mo) made a
equivocally in favor of the tariff pro-
gramme for the democratic party. A
strong plea for the tobacco growers. was
made by Mr.. Trimble (Ky), who urged
the removal of the tax of six cents
pound on raw tobacco. House ADJOURNED
at 5:19 p. m.
senate-The bill authorizing the erec-
ton of an additional executive depart
ment building in Washington was again
the subject Of spirited debate in the sem
ate on the 2Sth, and after several hours
CGDiIS IL TCIHdlIlS uIldClGu upOH. Oel-
ators divided largely on the questions of
location. During the day there was re-
newed effort to pass the bill prohibiting
the misbranding of salmon, but owing to
the opposition of senators, who hold that
the bill is calculated to interfere with the
rights of individual states under the
guise of an effort to control interstate
commerce, vote was not reached. 49,.
House--FOr the want of speakers, general
debate on the sundry civil appropriation
bill in the house was closed several hours
| hnf f-n fhn f1y1on nn6 an nd
was read for amendment. Mr.. Campbell
| .(Kas.) and Mr.. Williams Qll) were the
principal speakers, the former defending
the protective tariff policy of the repub-
!ican party, and the latter denouncing
the republicans for falling to investigate
the post Office department. At 4:15 p. m.
the house adjourned.
| Senate-The senate, on the 30th. begun
consideration of the post office appropria-
| tion bill, and it was the signal for re-
vival Of the democratic demand for an
Investigation into the charges of corru up
|. ton in the post office department.. The
debate was initiated by Mr.. German, who
spoke for almost two hours in criticism
of the course of the republican party in
ed that congress could not make an in
quiry that would be as thorough as that
already made by the post office depart
ment. He charged the democratic attack
| to desire to find political issue.
House-Substantial progress was made by
| the house in the consideration of the sum
Wy ClNl Jill, u pd6CS bClII6 OlopOSCu vi
| leaving only p to be read. No amend
ments of general Importance were made.
Mr.. Bartlett (Ga0 briefly replied to the
statements of Mr.. Gillett (Mass) made
last Monday ON the negro question. He
believed that the people of the south are
entitled to work out the negro problem
| Qnd) declared that 5000 persons have
been mobbed and put to death in the last
% years in the United States. At Sic
! O'Clock p m. the house adjourned.
IT.
the 31st, was divided between the bill for
the repeal of the desert land, the tim
Der and stone and the homestead COM
mutation la S ana nd. the post 1fee ap
the post office bill was confined largely
to speech by Mr.. McCreary and Interrupt
tons by republican senators Mr. Mr. Nc Nc
policy of an early adjournment of con-
gress had been adopted in order to avoid
legislation not desired by the republican
| journed. 80. .House-Consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill was con-
| GUIDED in the house, and the bill was
forced a roll call on a motion to commit
the bill. with instructions to strike out
the paragraph approprlating SIS goo for
The vote showed quorum was not pres
ent, and adjournment was taken until
Saturday.
senate-Good Friday was devoted by
of political questions. The time until two
o'clock was devoted to consideration OF
the Carmack resolution, proposing an in
quiry into the legality of the recent ex-
ecutive old age pension order. Mr.. NAL
lory was the principal speaker. The lat
ter half of the day was devoted to the
post Office appropriation bill, but no APP
preciable progress was made with that
measure. the speeches on it being, in the
main, political and of general character
49,. House-The house passed the sundry
civil aDnrODriatiOn bill. after voting down
proposition by Mr.. Sulzer to recommt
1t, with instructions to strike out appro-
priatio of $136,600 for rent of the New
day was devoted to discussion of the
conference report on the army appro-
priation bill. With the exception of one
in the signal corps, the house disagreed
to all other special senate amendments
and the bill was sent back to conference.
House adjourned at 5:25 p. m.