Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-23
FiFTY.EIcHTH CONGRESS.
REGULAR Session.

Washington. March 1..-Senate-
another entire day OF the senate was
devoted To consideration. in executive
session. Of the nomination OF Gen
Leonard Wood TO be major general.
Senator blackburn. resuming his
speech. occupied little more than two
hours and was followed by Senator
Cuarles, VINO consumed the balance OF
the day and expects To take another
-Four Thursday II is predicted now
that vote will be reached before nd.
Journment Friday. In addition to tho
set speeches which will be made by
Senators Teller and Foraker. Senator
AlGer. formerly secretary OF war. will
take 10 or 20 minutes In defense OF
Gen. Woods executive ability He will
speak from personal point OF view.
House-Subsidics to railroads for
special mail facilities came in for con-
siderable criticism by Mr.. Robinson
UndD and Mr.. Gaines (Tenn). the
latter charactcrizing them as q legal.
lied steal Rural mail carriers found
many friends on the floor. who advo.
Gated increased pay for them and the
privilege or acting as agents for news.
papers and trades people. MIR Flood
Na.l denied that Perry :. Heath was
entitled to credit for inaugurating ru.
raj free delivery. He said Heath made
the claim. Notwithstanding the fact
that ne had not emerged from the pos.
tai scandal with name as unsullied
rs the Alpine SHOWS thrice bleached by
northern blasts"
Washington. March rS-Senate-
With the paraphernalia for playing Jai
Aial, game which figures conspicu-
ousiy In the contest against the CON
frmation of Gen. Leonard Wood TO be
major general. the members of the
United States senate amused them.
selves for more than an hour Thurs.
day afternoon, protected from the gaze
or the public by the closed doors OF
an executive session. lively inter.
est was manifested in the game. It
was stated by members of the commit
tee that the game will be introduced
at the st. Louis exposition. Senators
Proctor. Cockrell. Quarles. Foraker.
Teller. Scott, Pettus. Blackburn and
others who participated i'm the hear.
inss before the military affairs com
mittee, where the game was explain.
cd by experts. were the opponents of
Jai Alai
House-Througho,r the day the post
ofhce appropriation bill was under dis.
cussion and little progress was made
The minority leader declared the most
Office was rotten from turret to foun.
I
trying to reorganiZe IL on an appropria.
ton bill. Just before adjournment Mr..
| Southwick IN. YD precipitated n brief
but lively debate by having read an
| editorial from the New York World
| giving republicans credit for anti.
trust legislation and the merger prose.
cution. II was offered by way of reply
TO Mr.. Williams who asked Wednes-
day If the merger decision was to be
used by the republicans as a theatrical
political brick.
Washington. March 19.-Senate-In
executive session the nomination of
Brig. Gen. Wood to be major general
was confirmed by vote OF IS to 1G.
Housc-The house was i'm session n
llttle over three hours Friday. an early
adjournment being taken to permit
members To make trip to- the site OF
,he proposed jamestown exposition
Although the post Office appropriation
bill was under discussion the entire
time. only one page was completed.
making ii pages in all disposed of
several amendments were adopted. the
principal one being the inserting OF
new paragraph in the bill providing
for an appropriation OF $500 900 for
unusual business" at third and
fourth-class post offices. The post.
master general, however is requested
To make public the regulations under
winch the allOtments are to- be made
Defore using any part of this amount
and a similar requirement. was i'm.
posed in the case OF the expenditure OF
the $1.OOO.OO0 for separating mails at
third and fourth-class post Offices. The
paragraph appropriating $50 900 per
annum for the lease OF post office
building in New York city to be erect.
ed by the New York Central railroad
was agreed to after it had been amend
ed so az to not interfere with the dis
cretion given the postmaster general
In the matter OF the selection OF a
site.