The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-04-07
THE FlFrY.ElsATA CONGRESS.
Miller 81 Kansas Presided When ll6
Pension Bills Passed Ii ~ Minutes
SRA DAY

S5TH DAY
The bill authorizing the erection Of an add.
tional executive department building In Wash
ington WINS again the subject Of spirited de-
bate In the senate for several hours but no no.
tion was taken on the bill.
There was another effort To pass the Bill pro.
hibiting the misbranding Of salmon, but IL
failed to reach vote
For the want Of speakers, general tebate on
the sundry civil appropriation bill In the house
was closed several hours before the time
agreed upon and the bill was read for amend
ment. Seventy.fve pages were disposed OF,
the only important amendment adopted being
one providing for al initial appropriation Of
sN0,iO0 for the completion Of the capitol build
ing according to the original design.
| Wis 88TH DAY. 78t.
Among senate amendments 10 the postal ap.
preparation bill Is an allowance to third class
postmasters whose salaries exceed 81 ZOO, for
clerk hire not to exceed slO0 to any one office.
Among new items inserted by the senate are''
s2,0DO year each to seven assistant superin'
tendents; an addition Of 0OOlfor information
al transportation OF mails, Mail messenger
service by underground electric cars was cut
out In the railway mail service the pay Of
clerks has increased materially, showing In all
classes Of these clerks an increase from $l2,'
$4,000 to $lo,sSs,OOO
The house still had up the sundry civil bill
Mr., Campbell (Kas.) discussed the tariff ques'
ton ana said a protective tariff was the only
means Of raising money for the support Of the
government, and asserted that protection was
not the mother Of trusts There were 81
pages Of the bill disposed Of with no amend
inents Of general Importance
S7TH DAY. 4
The senate passed Joint resolution for the
printing Of 1900 copies Of the record Of the
| Northern Securities merger case In the su-
preme court. .....
The attention Of the senate was divided be-
tween the bill for the repeal Of the desert land,
| the timber and stone and the homestead com.
mutation laws and the postofice appropriation
bill, .,
Senator Clark (Wyo.) Is the father Of bill
providing right Of way for irrigation on the
public lands and reservations &a
The house concluded consideration Of the
Sundry Civil bill and was about to vote upon
its passage when 1T developed that there was
no quorum. During the day there had been
warm discussions Of the propriety Of states
reserving the pensions received by inmates Of
the state Soldiers homes,
The item for the erection Of new stable for
the White house was dropped when 1t was
announced that the president did not want 1t.
8STH DAY.
The day was spent by the senate in almost
continuous political discussion. Senator Car
mack resolution proposing an inquiry into
the legality Of the recent executive old pen.
sioner order was discussed
The postotfice appropriation bill WASH order
but no progress was made with IT, thespeeches
being in the main political and general in
character. There was spirited debate on the
propriety Of congressional investigation OF
the postoffice department, during which the
prospective presidential nominees were dis.
cussed Senator Patterson proposed, by bill
on amendment to the Chinese exclusion act Of
l0Og.
A bill was passed authorizing the free trans.
mission through the mails Of books for the
blind.
A resolution has been introduced In thehouse
requesting the secretary Of commerce and la
Dor TO investigate the methods Of mining com
panies in floating stocks in the use Of mails in
advertising mediums The resolution charges
frauds.
The house passed the sundry civil bill. The
conference report on the army appropriation
bill was discussed. The house had disagreed
to important senate amendments, especially
the amendment to allow civil was officers to
retire OF the next higher grade met with strong
opposition. The unanimous report Of the cleo.
tions committee giving Delegate Mcclure, Of
Oklahoma full right to his seat was agreed to
without dissenting vote
89TH DAY.
Senator Warren occupied the greater part Of
the senatc's time with speech attacking the
Gibson bill to repeal most Of the existing land
laws. He commended that the land laws were
benefcent and in the main honestly anminis-
tered, and urged that there was no demand for
repeal
Senator Mallory concluded hts speech on the
old age disability pension order Of the secre-
tary Of the interior.
The postoffce appropriation bill was side
tracked.
The house sent to conference the resolution
for the appointment Of the board Of managers
for the national home for disabled volunteer
soldiers.
The house has commenced tine consideration
vi ptllblUu DlllS dINl WolO phobUu III WV
hours, all by unanimous consent.
Delegate Mcclure has placed q bill on the
calendar to create and establish % territorial
park in Woods county, Oklahoma, the land to
be paid for at $!.5 an acre by the United
States and to furnish necessary funds to be
expended by custodian.
GOTH DAY
With the postoffice appropriation before the
senate nearly all day the debate was about.the
general land laws, but centralized upon the
bill to repeal the desert land act and the com.
mutation clause Of the homestead act.
Amendments were made to the postal bill
TO provide for the transfer Of the free delivery
service from the office Of the fourth assistant
to the first assistant postmaster general Sen
ator Fairbanks presented an amendment pro-
viding $50 ,,U0 to purchase site for an addl-
ton to the general postofllce
An attempt was made and defeated by the
house to suspend the rules and consider the
$4,000 appropriation for the Lewis and Clark
centennial at Portland, Oregon.
The military academy appropriation was
taken up and another string Of political
speeches followed not germane to the bill.
The bill was passed authorizing the recorder
Of the general land office to issue certified
copies Of patents, records books and papers,
such copies to be valid in evidence.
Mr., Miller Kas.) has broken the record
while presiding over the house by the passage
Of ll6 pension bills in fortytwo minutes,
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