The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-03-25
Mr.. BAKER
OF NEW YORK CAUSED A
COMMoTloN
BY LEAVE TO PRINT"
Something They Didn't
Want Printed.

Washington, d. C. March 21.-The
speech Of Representative Baker, Of
New York, which appeared In the
Congressional Record of Friday under
a previous leave to print" was today
ordered expunged in its entirety. This
was not accomplished without debate
and q roll call. !
The offensive matter whs an extract
from New York newspaper charging
that Mr.. Babcock (Rep., Wis.,, had
loaded down the mails with franked
matter during the period Of the an
nual weighing, to the great financial
advantage of certain railway corpora
tions in the state. Mr.. Hepburn
(Rep., Iowa), denounced the publica-
tion as gross violation of the rules.
Mr.. Williams (Dem., Miss), the minor.
ity floor leader, while deprecating its
appearance, excused the New York
member. He sought to save Mr.. Bak-
er's remarks on the postal scandal,
but the indignation under which the
house appeared to labor, demanded its
full pound of flesh in the entire elimf
nation of the speech.
The house their adjourned out Of re-
spect to the memory of the late Rep
resentative Thompson of the Fifth Ala
bama district, as did the senate later
in the afternoon.
After, but not before 1t had heard
read a>resolution of inquiry introduc-
ed by Mr. Carmack (Dem., Tenn.), rel
ative to the legality of the recent PEN
sion order, of the secretary of the in
terror, passed a few bills and briefly
discussed measure appropriating $4..
100000 for building for the depart
ments of state, justice and commerce
and labor.
The Carmack resolution went over
day under the rules and may pro-
woke debate tomorrow,s although a
movement is noI foot oto' avoid this by
having its author agree to it's refer
ence to the committee on pensions
instead of the judiciary committee.
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep., Idaho), gave no-
tice that he would call up his pure
food bill Wednesday but 1t is under
stood that the consideration OF the in
dian appropriation bill. which will be
called up tomorrow will again side
track 1t.
SENATE
Washington, d. c., March I'll
When the senate convened today a
bill was passed selecting Milwaukee,
Oshkosh and Green Bay as places for
holding the circuit and district courts
in the eastern district of Wisconsin |;
also a bill ceding certain custom
house land In ST. Joseph, Mo-, for
street purposes.
Mr.. Hoar (Rep, Mass), in intro
ducing bill creating colonization
bureau and providing for the settle
ment of public lands by the poor, an
nounced that 1t has been drafted by
the Salvation Army; that it had been
supervised by the alate Senator Han
ma, and that IT had been Mr.. Hanna s
intention to, urge It's passoge. The
senator said he approved of 1t in the
main but Thought that there might be
certain matters of detail that he
would not fully endorse
Mr.. Carmack (Dem.. Tenn, Offer
ed the following resolution:
Resolved, That the committee on
Judiciary be instructed to enquire and
report to the senate whether, in the
opinion of said committee, there is
any authority of law for recent order
Of the secretary of the interior to the
effect that all persons who served in
the army OF navy of the United States
during the war of the rebellion and
who have reached the age of so years,
N IN n
such disabilities as to entitle them to
receive pensions under the act of con-
gress June 81, 1890"
Upon request of Mr.. Carmack, the
resolution went over one day.
Mr.. Stewart tRep., New, reported
the Indian appropriation bill and an
nounced that he would call il up for
consideration tomorrow.
After the passage Of a number of
private bills, the measure providing
for the erection OF building for the
departments of state, justice and COM
merce and labor, was taken up.
Mr. Stewart, (Rep, Ney.), during
. discussion of architecture declared
that he was ashamed Of the charac-
ter OF buildings erected In Washing
ton since the war, He said that when
one looked at most OF the public build
tngs in the capital, he felt sorry.
While the measure was still under
consideration, Mr.. Morgan (Dem,,
Ala), offered a resolution of respect
to the memory of the late Representa-.
tive Thompson Of the Fifth Alabama
district which was agreed to. The
chair named Senators Morgan, Pet.
tis, Cnlberson, McLaurin, Overman,
Spooner, Nelson and Dolliyer as the
committee from the senate to join a
committee appointed by the house to
arrange for and attend the funeral
services
The senate then, at 3:20 o'clock, as
q further mark of respect. adjourned