The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-04-22
NEWS in BRIEF.
Complied from varioug Sources,
riFrY.rloHrH CONGRESS.

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Gcnutr- The Cuihcrsou amendment 20
TN post office appropriation hui pr"vld-
Ing fog q commission 60 iuv' ugni" ~"
poat nmD" dtpatfWcut WIS., before ~.
nut Ut order in modified form WIS pend.
irg when the HDuHtr adjourned. Mr.. tur-
mHu made nn earnest pirt for in iut'lu.
CATION saying Tho post "ilcr dop1rithHht
had cost reflections upon inoWb co. 81
tuurr,HH mud ihHt y UIorItteu tNHmi1'-
tiou should %. hld. ST. Aidrich uusvsr
meant u"iliin. thgt " ~ NV, lll9!,
was 20 be- ha1 % should be- "a i've one
.... lluuH" Tho huuH" uIHHFi il' hil 90,
ported tr th" committee uu ritgtH utUl
hurbuir appr"puHtiuE G""o1 FOR mo
rrltorItiuu nr maintDuuut " channels,
NJ ~ other river Hhd h.fhur ilrr"n'
committee. w explaining the Dill ur:"l
the adoption ~ settled principles MIN
regard 10 river and htrhnt w,fk Ar.
Clark Nipl made % plea for M" Improve
numbsr ~ bills of niinor importance were
passed AZ 300 O'Clock =. IA. the huus"
adjourned.
sount,-A shurp collnduy occurfcd ~
the senate. un IA" i2ih between senators
Teller aud tloI Eina. growing out NJ the
rcHdlng by Mr.. Teller Of u letter written
by the ln,s H,n ~ Tsom2s g, IN.
istfltion Of The treasury department. The
Incident secured In runu"cuuu WIN ~"
dlycusslnn "f the post ollie" appropriation
bill That measure was under discussion
uuring The tlrHt hall ~ the session, aud
was passed. ~ ~nm"ndment7 offered by
the democrats being voted down Tho
hNl providing u form pt government Tor
IN" Panama canal zone was taken ~.
but debate, On u had not br"n begun
when the senate adjourned nnu." .
The race uupftiuu WIS again Injected
into Tho proceedings pf the house 1T rep
roH,ntbtiNys when Mr. !cntt tkuri de-
nycrcd H long address. ~ which be -.
fsrfed To- hi previous rtitUn"ut thft n
Wnf curtrut IN EnnFiv th1t cN.pr" id'ut
cleveland had dlnrl e. H. y Tatinr. q
knnsHs Negro. politician IN IL spirited
reply, Mr. william tMiF..L The minority
H. idpr. defended thu attitude 81 tho south
Toward tho utffr
Senate Tho sputc. on the 18Th. began
consider alton Of he bill providing fur th"
government ~ tho Panama canal zuut.
Tie greater put 81 the day wns u,ruui'd
by Mt Morgan, ~ support NJ amend
m'utH offered hN lsmHuf Nnr' rt tltnn
were accepted. tutt the reading ul tho hIli
wac n,triy hHif completed Mt MORGAN
attacked the new Panama 'Hunl company.
ltt ,Hut"ndHd that she luti,l Sttu
pruNlHiuuH uf thH treaty With Panama. re-
gurdl,HH ~ tho demands Ut thnt company
tt,, House Under - special rue Tho
hin amending the ltw relating to the
philippine ialpudr ~" provision ln ~"
hill Ia reference ~ tt" granting n Uiii.
rprd frInchiso4 md III" gu1rlntcrinE .of
i've per cent on IN" cash capital actually
Invested IN ruch railroads wlH uppuIri
hV Sir Jonps Nt1. Whu altered that
bfltah aud belgian capitalists were r"ii,
10 build the roads without SUCH rulrln.
tee. ~ Gar y m tho huufn adjourned.
Senate THE senate devoted The entire
dNN, ON tho I'M &" confederation "f tie
htn for the ~rpN..nm.nt "i the Panama
canal zone. and MI Morgan Hgalu u,yu.
pied thU floor most 90 III" dHt, Thr Ills
rusHiuu related principally To details nf
governing ~" ,tuiu, but some tuuHld'rt-
ton also was given to Mi. titlV'E amend
mont requiring the urr VI American bot
toms In ~" shipment ~ canal supplies
To- IA" Zone, Consideration ~ ~" It'll
was not CuutludUl when h"unb al
louru,d .,.,.. iiuuaC tho huuvU ut repre-
sentative, passed the rhillnrlns hill, ful-
lowing which there WA au extended de-
hate over . resolution 10 purmit cot,
corps ~ the army. H. serve ~ the nd
NiFuiv board ut consulting engineers w
connection with Internal improvements IN
the state uf New York, the guurrll de
ticiDncN I'LL was taken M, ana MI llin.
lton tMlrhl discussed capital aud intut,
while Mr.. Cochran MO- rriticisrd ~,
"~uHurputiun uf the legislative " hy
tho executive nud said that I'rosi'
den Cleveland had given the mast nutt'
bile Instance ~ such uHut patton I'm forcing
MS h1ih,ill policies "l the people, le
declared Mr., cleveland had been put
into exile. never again To he rvlusiatod
In the confidence uf the people. Al 81,
y. M. house adjourned.
scnatc-Anor q duy devoted To- rouiin,
| proceedings, tue senate, on Tho 10Th, wal
treated 10 u spirited speech hy Mt iiniley,
Jn't before adjournment on the Question
1T ciNil service, The subject Cumo ~ N
connection with a paragraph IN tho fun.
dry ciNU appropriation Tin. Nc, iiil',
announced la plain terms hat he had ~
sympathy with the ltrldrtreut dream nj
rlNil service. lie declared that each ptrty
should control the patronage while II
power, and nVowcd him .'lt a spokesman
u CiNn service appropriation blll WA
taken ~, and When ~" r"nntc udluurnr,
about half OF II had been read. At b. u
the senate adjourned .,t... Cvnsid
GRAFTON Of tho general deficiency blll wal
resumed IN the house, after a number nj
minor bills had been passed. The presi
hCnts recent order regarding fcrViCr pen,
sions WAS attacked hN Mr.. tndcrwon,
tA!al, who cuntouded hat there wus n,
warrant In law for II, The president ais,
was criticised hy Mr.. Hay NdL bccaus,
| 81 certain Suspensions ct the tiNil gVFNic,
A rules and IpWIlutiuua