The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-04-01
FlFTY-EIeHTH coHeRess.
Regular Session,

Washington. March 29.-Senate-
The senate Monday for three hours
! discussed the recent order of the PEN
sion bureau making old age an evil
dence Of disability, and then passed
the District of Columbia appropriation
! bill. The discussion of the pension
order was based on the resolution Of
fered some days ago by Mr. Carmack
directing the committee on the Judi
clary to inquire into the authority Of
the executive branch of the govern
ment To make such an order. Mr. Car-
mack commended that no such authority
exists, but several republican senators
argued that the order was in line with
the regulation issued by Judge Loeb
rem, commissioner Of pensions under
Mr.. Cleveland, fixing So years of age
as an evidence of infirmity
House-The sUndry civil bill was
before the house, but debate took q
wide range. Mr.. GiIIett (Mass.) de-
voted considerable time to answering
some of the statements recently made,
on the floor by Mr.. Spight (Miss.) re-
gardIng the race question. He defend
ed the president in inviting Booker T.
Washington to dine with him and said
the president was a man with a big
heart as we'll as birth, breeding and
cultivation. A strong plea for the to-.
baccO growers was made by Mr. Trim
bic (Ky), who urged the removal of
the tax of six cents pound on raw
tobacco, in order that the producers
might sell direct to the consumer.
Washington, March SO.-Senate-
The bill authorizing the erection of an
additional executive department build
ing in Washington Tuesday was given
the subject of spirited debate in the
senate and after several hours debate
1t remains Enacted upon. Senators di-
vided largely on the question of Ioca-
ton but there also was talk as to the
necessity Of better Office accommoda-
tons for the senate and the supreme
court. During the day there was re-
newed effort to pass the bill prohibit
ing the misbranding Of salmon, but
owing to the opposition of senators
who hold that the bill is calculated to
Interfere with the rights of Individual
states under the guise of an effort to
control Interstate commerce a vote
was not reached.
HOuse-FOr the want of speakers
general debate on the sundry civil ap.
preparation bill in the house was clos
ed several hours before the time agreed
on and the bill was read for amend
ment. Seventy-ive pages were dis
posed of, the only important amend
ment adopted being one providing for
an initial appropriation of $500 900 for
the completion of the capitol building
according to the original design. Mr..
Campbell .(Kan.) and- Mr. Williams
CID were the pricipal speakers, the
former defending the protective tariff
policy Of the republican party and the
latter denOuncing the republicans fer
failing to investigate the post office de-
partment.
Washington, March 31.-Senate-
The senate Wednesday begun consid-
Grafton of the post office appropriation
bill and it was the signal for a revival
of the democratic demand for an in
VestigatiOn into the charges of corrup-
ton in the>pOst office department. The
debate was initiated by Mr. German,
who spoke for almost two hours in
criticism of the course of the repub-
lican party in the senate in refusing
an inquiry, at the same time charging
the post Office committee with undue
haste in reporting the bill. as he did
the republican party with a desire to-
adjourn congress at an exceptionally
early date in order to meet the wishes
of the president Mr. Clay contended
that there should be a congressional
inquiry saying that the charges
against Mr.. Heath, ex-irst assistant
postmaster general, were such as to
demand investigation. Mr. Penrose
and Mr.. Lodge spoke for the republic
an side of the chamber, defending the
committee on post offices against the
charge of haste and also the admins
tration.
House-Substantia progress was
made by the house in the considera-
ton Of the sundry civil bill, 81 pages
being disposed of, leaving only 81 to
be read. No amendments of general
Importance were made. Mr. Bartlett
tGa.) briefly replied to the statements
OF Mr.. Gillett (Mass.) made last Mon
day on the Negro question. He said
that the Massachusetts member had
fectured the south for disregard CT
violations of the law, whereas in the
city of Marion, Mass, persons who
had tarred and feathered a man and
woman had been acquitted and were
paraded through the streets as heroes.
He believed that the people of the
south are entitled to work out the Ne
gro problem Gas God shall will it."
Mr.. Crumpacker (Ind) declared that
5000 persons have been mObbed and
put to death in the last 25 years in the
United States.