The Bourbon news., 1904-03-11
FIFTY-EIaATH CONGRESS.
Re1uIar Session.

Washington, March -Senate-The
senate Monday passed ,the naval ap-
preparation bill which has been before
it for the past four or FIVE davs and
then took up the army bill. The prin-
cipal question debated in connection
with the naval bill related to the price
and method Of supplying armor plate
for battleships and it grew out of an
amendment suggested by Mr.. Patter,
son providing for a government arror
plant He ultimately withdrew the
amendment but offerad several others
all Of which were laid on the table
The reading of the army appropriation
bill had not been concluded when the
senate adjourned.
House-P0stal affairs engrOssed the
attention Of the house Monday. practi-
caIIy to the exclusion of all else. The
subject was introduced by NJ. Over
street, chairman of the committee on
post offices and post roads, who sub
mltted the report of that committee on
the Hay resolution calling for certain
information regarding the use of ''in-
huence by members of the house to
secure increase in salary for postmas.
ters. The matter was postponed ur.
I'll wednesday. The post office apprU-
priatiOn bin was then taken up and
Mr.. Moon (dem., Tenn). the ranking
minority member of the post office
committee, arraigned the present sys.
tenn employed in the post office depart.
ment and made an appeal for q general
investigation of the affairs of the de-
partment. Without debate the house
unanimously adopted the resolution.
Mr. Martin (rep.. S. d. directing the
secretary of commerce and labor &c
investigate the causes for the differ.
ences which exist between live cattle
and dressed beef
Washington, March 9-Senate-Th
senate spent almost the entire day dis.
cussing the committee amendments tc
the army bill concerning provisional
troops in the Philippines and the con
SolIdatlOn OF the adjutant generals of
nee with the record and pension of
flee. The Porto Rican amendment was
objected to by democratic senators as
tending to more pronounced military
form OF government. Both amend.
ments ultimately were accepted. The
Dill was amended so as to provide for
an increase in the engineer corps. II
was still pending when the senate ad.
journed.
HOuse-Tuesday in the house was
set apart for consideration of claim
bills. Thirty-twO bills of this charac.
ter were passed. One. relating to the
granting of an American register tG
the ship Beaumont, gave rise to con
siderable debate. Mr. Stevens (Minn.)
made the point that to admit such
ships into registery would be detri
mental to the interests of American
wCrkmen. He was seconded by Mr..
Humphrey (Wash.). The friends OF
the bill which was passed. were
Messrs. FOrdney, William A. Smith
McMOrran (Mich), Thayer (Mass.)
and Dunwell IN. W Shortly after
the house convened Speaker Cannon
in ruling on the conference report on
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, stood by a former
precedent, holding that conferees could
not insert new matter.
Washington, March 1O.-Senate-
During consideration of the army an
preparation bill in the senate Wednes.
day Mr.. Bacon protested against the
acceptance Of the statue of Frederick
the Great Of Germany, rendered by
Emperor William, on the ground that
the former German king was not il
sympathy with American institutions.
Mr. Stewart defended Frederick
against what he characterized as Mr.
BacOn's gross Misrepresentation The
army appropriation bill was passed.
The senate also passed the Philippine
shipping bill, after speeches in oppo
sition by Messrs. Culberson and Pat.
tersOn.
House-That an investigation of the
post office department by the house OF
representatives will result from the
publication of the report involving
members of congress in that connec
tion was indicated by every express.
sion possible short of a vote in that
body Wednesday.