Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-30
58TH CONGRESS.
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natives Of Alaska which he declared
/ to exist. He said the people of this
country have gone i'll there in search
OF gold and have changed conditions
surrounding the natives. Game laws
have been passed even to protect the
ferocious bear while the native IS lett
TO die of starvation. The Alaskan
Indian, ne said, is the only Indian th't
has never raised Il hand against tne
white men. Legislation should pH
enac ted to preserve the Indians III
stead OF game he said
SuIZer. y. Y. made an unsuccessful
effort 10 amend the bill by inserting
an item Of 81 900. 900 for the purchase
of the site for q new post ONCE IN
%av. Work. city. recommended by the
commission, authorized by law for that
purpose.
| rhairn,an Uemenway made the point
cc order against the amendment that
if wax = new public work thar had not
been authorized by law
oI,,ctead in the chair. sustained the
roi,t If order and the amendment was
lost.
Al amendment annrODriating $J301 to
,oiroburse the owner OF the tug Hust-
Iar which was run down by the United
ctotes warship Yankton, was adopted.
an motion of Mondell. Wyo.. the APP
,r,rriILi0n for the expense for the
t,.trict land officers was increased
r,..r, 53J. 900 to $4,000 on account of the
Increasing volume Of business. Before
n. adoption Il discussion on alleged
land frauds was precipitatcd
discussion was also preCipItated
bv the motion of Hay, Va. to restrict
The. purchase of newspapers by the
secretary of commerce and labor to
those Of Il professional character. the
bill providing simply for newspapers"
Lind. Mimi thought that an official
of the cundor and frarkness of the sec
rotary of commerce and labor could be
trusted With the expenditure of few
dollars for newspapers. The proposed
failed.
When the paragraph relating to
mileage of members was reached. Hem
cnway called attention TO the fact that
provision for the mileage of senators
had been omitted from the bill by an
oversight and il WAS inserted.
Maddox, Ga. raised 4 point of order
against the item. He asked for rul-
ing as to whether the mileage provided
for the regular session had been applied
to the special session. the House could
now appropriate mileage ior lts MEM
bcrs.
Litileheld Maine. took the ground
that there vas 40 intcrregnuln between
the two sessions and that one merged
into the other. lie said no motion was
made TO terminate the session without
date ana that there had been 10 adj
iournment by reason of conSitutlon1l
limitation. Therefore, he argued, this
has been continuous session and the
item for mileage was unauthorized by
law.
LittleEeld made a legal argument il
support of the point of ORDER lie held
that in the early days when an cXtraor-
binary meeting of Congress extended
beyond the day of Converting of II"
regular. they regarded it as continue
Gus session. He cited preeedents, par
t;cularly the session of the 4oth Cen
gress.
When he had concluded his legit.
presentation he was Piled With ques-
tons involving the law and c"nstitu-
ton. TO one Of them he replied that
in his opinion the House WAS in session
under the call Issued by tho President.
There We're few empty sea-; On either
side of the chamber when lie discus
sion was we'll under WAY. VI" Dermott,
y. j.. held that there was distinction
between regular AM an extraordinary
session.
Al so p. NJ. the House adjourned
until tomorrow.