The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1904-04-30
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
FIFTY.EIeHTH CONGRESS.
(FIrst Session

Senate-The senate, on tho 18th. con.
mned RI, ht OF l6 he na smn1 noncnd.
II. A number of other bills were passed
during the day, including measure ratify.
ing agEeements with the Indian and Fort
Devil's Lake, Rosebud and Flathead res
ervations, located respectively In North
Dakota, South Dakota and Montana ;..;..
House-The house passed the last or the
supply bills of the government, the gen.
eral deficiency appropriation measure,
after n 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
law the recent executive age disabllity
pension order. An effort was made by
nay vote on his amendment ms 10 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 ana
the bin was passed.
Senate-The question of additional ac.
commodatofR in the way of office ano
committee rooms occupied the attention
of tho senate the greater part OF the day
on the 18th The subject arose In con-
nection with the provisions In the sundrs
civil appropriation bill one for an exten.
sion of the east front OF the capito
building In accordance with sketches LEFT
by Architect Walters. and the other TOT
an outside senate. office and committee
building. Much variety of OPINION was eX-
pressed, and the question was still under
consideration when the senate adjourned
at $50 p. No.. .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. ane
of Arizona and New Mexico under the
name of Arizona. In discussing the rule
which had been reported by the commit
tee on rules, providing for 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 Will
son tAriz) opposed the bill II was Ia.
yored by Delegates RoFy On. M ano
Mcclure (Okla.). House adjourned at 5:s
p. m.
Senate-The senate, on the goth, listened
to a set speech of almost two hours dura-
ton on the trusts by Mr. Dolliver, and
afterwards completed consideration OF me
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
as reported from the committee, but the
paragraph was so modified as to prac.
tically provide for plans only, the np.
preparation being reduced to $f5,OD. =.
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 the ma
val yards of two colliers. bill provid-
ing for the allotment of lands OF the New
York Indians was passed under a. reso-
luton of the committee on rules for its
immediate consideration.
Senate-The pension appropriation bill
carrying an appropriation of over Sl3ivD,-
600, and the emergency river and harbor
appropriation bill, which carries S3,oeO.OD
were passed, on the 2ist, by the senate
leaving only the general deficiency and
the military academy bills of the entire
Il
cred by the senate The house bill in.
creasng the size of homestead entries In
western Nebraska to $40 acres also received
favorable consideration. While the river
GRAFTON Mr.. German sharply criticized
the failure to bring in general river
and harbor bill: Speeches were made OF
the pension bill by Messrs. McCumbei
and Scott. the latter declaring that he
favored a service pension of $25 pei
month";. :. House-The house gave evi
dence of approaching adjournment by
passing a large number of bills, among
them being one TO provide temporary
government for tho Panama canal zone
A rule was accepted after the democrat:
had forced a roll call, for the eonsidera'
tion at any time of the bill creating 9
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
time, on the 3d. but before IL was takeI
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. Cullom de-
livered a speech on the house Chinese
exclusion rider. He expressed the opin-
ion that there should be explicit legisla.
tion re-enacting exclusion laws. but op.
posed the remaining portion of the house
resolution, and moved to strike 1t out.
House-President Roosevelt was assaied
bitterly by Claude Kitchin IN. ca, who
included In his castigation Gen. Grosve-
nor, whom he charged with having hui
INFLATED Theodore Roosevelt, the vice.
presidential candidate. whom. in recent
speech in the house. he had glorihed as
the worthy successor of Mr.. Mckinley