Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-04-30

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for additional surveys.
The house passed by party vote of 147 t.
10l the statehood bill coupling together Okls%
homa with Indian Territory, and also New
Mexico with Arizona
The house passed bill repeating the tax on
leaf tobacco of six cents a pound. and all
special taxes.
1O4TH DAY.
The senate completed consideration OF the
sundry civil bill and passed it with amend
Much time had been given to the provisions
for an extension of the east front of the cap
itol and for an additional Office building for
the senators. An item was adopted appro-
States FOR the building cf the prono buree9
of American Republics. An item added
of $4,000 for statue of Thomas Jefferson
The pension appropriation was laid before the
senate.
back to conference upon the provision for two
golfers, the only point left in dispute. The
dams n1 was iI passed. The senate amendment for
government ship yards WAS agreed to. A bill
was passed providing that where fixed monu-
ments mark the boundary OF mining claims
these boundaries shall control.
I05TH DAY.
Senator Hopkins by his bill would prohibit
the issuance of a patent for any drug, except
The senate passed bill to give the General
Federation of Women's clubs the privilege of
holding its biennial meetings outside OF Wash
Mr.. Gillett GMass.) has bill for the retire
ment OF superanuated clerks in government
Senator CockrelI has bill for the amend
ment OF the law prohibiting the Importation
OF adulterated tea to make it applicable
to tea sweepings and tea siftings used in the
manufacture of theme, caffeine and other
The senate passed the pension bill carrying
over $ls7 900 This leaves only two supply
measures to be considered.
The house passed by unanimous vote the
bill for the government of the Panama canal
zone. A bill was passed for the collection of
census statistics of births and deaths A rule
of the bill creating commission to investigate
the merchant marine OF the United States.
1OsTH DAY.
The senate passed bill establishing a SUI
preme court for Indian Territory.
While the general deficiency bill was before
the senate Senator Galfinger spoke at some
length on the existing tariff policy. While the
deficiency bill was being read Senator Cullom
delivered speech the house Chinese ex-
cluslon rider, expressing the opinion that there
listing exclusion laws Senator 7 lodge offered
an amendment excluding Chinese and other
aliens whose emigration IS encouraged by
agreement with any transportation company.
In the debate the merchant marine bill
Mr.. Splght (MlsS.) said he recognized that the
American merchant marine was languishing
and that too much of the exports of the Uni
Mr.. Gardner (AIrss) said that the American
tonnage was not as great today as it was a
hundred years ago.
10TH DAY.
The senate passed the general deficiency ap-
preparation bill after adding large number of
amendments, among them one to reaffirm the
Chinese exclusion law of 10 2; another exelu-
ding Chinese and other aliens coming in under
agreements between other countries and
steamship companies. 1t was stated that the
Cunard line contracted with the Hungarian
government to supply annually $4,000 immi-
grants
About go private pension bills were passed.
Ship subsidies were debated at much length
in the house Some amendments were adopted
and finally the bill for a commission to investi-
gate ship subsidies was passed.
Speaker Cannon named Mr.. Curtis, of Kan
saS, as one of the members of the house to at
tend the opening of the ST. Louis exposition.
The appointment came as complete surprise
to Mr.. Curtis.
In a purely political debate Mr.. Hepburn
Qowal spoke an hour and a half and Mr.. Cock