The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-29
OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
F@IFTx.EIeHTH CONGRESS.
lEfrst SESSION.

Senate-The senate, on the 18th. con,
tinued consideration Of the sundry civil
1t. A number of other bills We're passed
during the day, including measure ratify.
ing agreements with the Indian and Fort
Devils Lake, Rosebud and Flathead res
ervations, located respectively In North
| Dakota, South Dakota and Montana:..:..
| House-The house passed the last OF the
erai deficiency appropriation measure,
after a stormy session, which lasted TIL
SIS in the evening. Contest was a party
one over the deficiency appropriation for
effectively to amend by incorporating as
a law the recent executive age disabiiity
pension order. An effort was made by
Mr.. Moon CTenn.) to secure a yea and
nay vote on his amendment as to the age
disability order, but the speaker refused
to recognize him for this purpose, On a
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 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 ine cay
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 le1t
by Architect Walters. and the other Tor
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. NIL ouse-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
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 (Ariz.) opposed the bill. 1t was ia.
vored by Delegates Rodey IN. M ana
Mcclure (Okla.). House adjourned at 5:N
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 the
sundry civil appropriation bill, again de-
voting much time to the provisions for an
east front of the capitol and for an addl-
tional office building for the senate. The
office building amendment was agreed to
as reported from the committee. but the
paragraph was so modified as to prac-
tically provide for plans, only, the ap-
preparation being reduced to $5.0 W:..:..
House-The house, after an extended de.
bate, sent the naval appropriation Dill
back to conference, the only disputed
senate amendment accepted being that
DTONlOlIS LOT lIlc III III t'S no
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 for It's
immediate consideration.
Senate-The pension appropriation bill
carrying ar appropriation OF over Sl3i ,oVl-
0C0, and the emergency river and harbor
appropriation bill. which carries $3,OU.0W,
were passed, on the 21st. by the senate,
leaving only the general deficiency ana
the military academy bills of the entire
list of supply measures still to be consid-
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
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
and Scott, the latter declaring that he
favored a service pension of 50 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.
A rule was accepted, after the democrats
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
S~enate-The general deficiency appro-
p~riation 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 deficfen-
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-
ton re-enacting exclusion laws, but op-
posed the remaining portion of the house
resolution, and moved to strike it out.
House-President Roosevelt was ~assailed
bitterly by Claude Kitchin On. c., who
included in his c~astigation Gen. Grosve-
nor, whom he charged with having hui
inflated Theodore Roosevelt, the vice
presidential candidate, whom, in a recent
speech in the house, he had glorifed as
the worthy successor of Mr.. Mckinley.