The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-01
TOPICS OF Il DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
FIFTY-EloHTH CONGRESS.
(First SESSION.

IN the senate, On
the 21st, of the bill for the purchase OF. a
site and the erection Of a building for the
departments. state, justice and COM
merce and labor, was made the occasion
planned the White House offices. Messrs.
Teller and Hale led the charge. on the
architect and Mr.. Newlands defended
him. During the morning a number OF
bills were passed $50. House-After being
in session an hour and twenty minutes
the house adjourned out of respect to the
memory of the late Charles w. Thomp-
sob of Alabama, who died Sunday. Con-
sideration of other business was object
ed to by Mr.. Williams, whereupon, MT.
Wiley, of Alabama the death
Thompson, and offered the usual resolu-
tons of sympathy and respect, which
were agreed to. The speaker appointed
a committee to represent the mouse OF OF
representatives at the funeral. AT 1:2v
O'Clock p. m. adjourned until Tuesday.
Senate-The senate, on the 22d, spent
the greater part of the day on the lnalan
appropriation bill. Late in the day sen.
senate chamber, the first time since his
election. He went direct~to Senator For
aker's seat and was cordially greeted.
but their conference was cut short DIV the
announcement of an executive session,
from which Mr.. Dick. not yet having
taken the oath of office, was excluded
under the rules Of the senate a Sio
senate adjourned. OF q
few routine matters, the house OF rep
resentatives devoted the entire day to
further discussion of the post once ap-
preparation bill, but disposed OF only one
page of the bill. Mr.. Butler CPa.) en-
deavored unsuccessfully to have passed
an amendment designed to transfer back
to the Office of the first assistant post
master-general jurisdiction of the free
delivery service An amendment by MI.
Tawney Minn.). which was agreed to.
prohibits the postmastersgenerai from
ordering out of the post offices, telephone
companies other than the Bell company.
An amendment by c. B. Lands Qnd.l'
prohibiting the further rental OF cancer
ing machines, was adopted after a splr-
tied debate. Adjourned at $40 p. m.
Senate-The senate, on the 2Sd. again
spent the greater part of the day consld-
ering the Indian appropriation bill. Ihres
hours of the time was given Sn to tue Gus
rendered the Choctaw Indians. 1t nnaliy
was eliminated from the Indian bin; me
amendment exempting agency farmers
agreed to, and without concluding consid-
GRAFTON of the bill the senate, at 5:S4 p.
m, went into executive session, and az
b:36 p. m. adjourned. ..House-When the
house adjourned some progress had been
made in the reading of the post once
bill for amendment. but only six pages
were disposed Of, The appropriation 19r
scrutinized, and in the case of inland mail
transportation by star routes, the appro-
priation was scaled down from S.lN,W
to ST, $50, 600.
Senate-The senate, on the oath, passed
the Indian appropriation bill. After the
routine features of the bill had been dis
posed of, Mr.. Bacon again raised the
question of civil service ppointm nm an;
made by Mr.. Hoar yesterday that SEN
ators from states of political faith ditrer-
ent from that of the president should be
consulted in the matter of appointments
to office. Mr.. Gibson spoke in support or
his bill for the repeal of the desert land.
the timber and stone laws, and OF the
Communication clause of the homestead law.
The senate, at $40 p. M. went into ex-
ecutive session, and at SIS adjourned......
House-The house of representatives
again put itself on record against any
investigation of the post office depart
ment. The question of an investigation
of the post office department was brought
up by Mr.. Williams, the minority eader,
for a select committee of five members
of the house and three senators to make
a complete Investigation into the alleged
frauds in that department: The chair
sustained a point of order by Mr.. Over
street against the amendment, and when
Mr.. Williams appealed, the chair was
sustained, 1873 to SO.
Senate-Senator H~ansbrough charges
in the senate, on the 18th, that the move
ment to secure the repeal of the desert
land law, the timber and stone law, and
the Communication clause of the home-
stead act was due to the efforts OF q
lands bought in large tracts from railroad
companies, with a desire thereby to In
crease the demand for their property.
Senator Dubois that the pres
sure for repeal was due to large holdings
of forest lieu lands by the railroads..
House-The house passed the post office
appropriation bill, after a prolonged de-
letter carriers, which was stricken out.
but which was inserted with enthusiasm,
on the 18th. under a special order of the
committee on rules. Every. amendment
and substitute offered to this paragraph
was voted down. Mr.. Moon made an I'M
successful attempt to recommit the bill.
with instructions to strike out the ap-
preparations for special facilities over
trunk lines south Of Washington and
west of Kansas CITY