The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-02-17
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

(First SESSION.
Senate-After listening to speeches by
Mr.. Hopkins and Mr.. Clay in support OF
the Panama canal treaty the senate, on
the Sth, passed the bill granting assistance
to the Proposed Lewis and Clark lie; ssxpos s
amended so as to close the exposition on
Sundays, and the provision for perma-
nent memorial to Lewis and Clark was
tourned. -. House-The house debated at
length the proposed loan of 81, soc, 600 to the
Louisiana Purchase exposition at ST. Louis
az provided for in the senate amendment
to the urgent deficiency bill. and it was
still pending when the house adjourned.
The house non-concurred in all otner
ansSans and fHef esnf that at e ST.
fair, under direction of the geological
survey of the Goals and lignites OF the
fue e vaTes Wiz " Sro the 70 1oan Amendment
still pending, at 1855 the house adjourned.
Senate-The senate, on the 9Th, passed
the diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill without debate and then renewed con-
sideration of the isthmian question. Mr:
Fulton spoke in support of the course or
the administration in connection with the
Panama revolt and Mr.. Carmack and Mr..
Overman in opposition thereto: Mr.. Over
man had not hitherto made his position
on the treaty known, and his speech re-
vealed the attitude of probably the last last
speech was Mr.. Overman's maiden effort
in the senate. Mr. Fulton concluded at
2:54 p. M, and Immediately afterward the
senate went into executive session; ana
at 4:40 adjourned. 800. House-The house
devoted the entire session to consideration
of the resolution reported from elections
committee No. 8, unseating Mr.. Howell
and declaring Mr.. Council, who contested
the election, to have been elected from
the Tenth Pennsylvania district. BY
agreement 1t was decided the vote would
be taken on the 10th MI u mayer aweI mass s59
when he had concluded the house, at 4:4S
p. M, adjourned.
Senate-The major portion of the time
of the senate in open session, on the 10TH
was devoted to a speech by Mr.. McCum-
Der, who supported the Panama canal
treaty and justified all the acts OF the
administration in connection with the re-
Of private pension bills the senate ad-
journed at $40 p. m House1Ihe mouse
disposed of the Connell-HoweH contested
election case from the Tenth Pen9syl-
vania district in favor of Mr.. Connell. MT
Connell was promptly sworn in and took
his seat. The house then resumed con-
sideration of the senate amendment pro-
posing a loan of s4,6o0,0O0 for the Louisi,
ana Purchase exposition. Mr.. Cowherd
(Mo) made an appeal for the st. Louis
fair, and Mr.. Harrison IN. - and MT:
Gillett (Masso objected to the loan AL
SOB the house adjourned.
Senate-The senate was in executive
session more than four hours, on the
18th, and after the agreement to vote on
the canal treaty had been reached, nearly
the entire time was devoted to general
discussion of the entertainments OF the
senate and the president on each others
prerogatives under the constitution. The
senate at 4:47 p, m, adjourned: House
The house, by a vote of III to lob, con-
Cured in the senate amendment to the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill, au-
thorizing a loan of $4,600,000 by the gov
eminent to the, Louisiana Purchase ex-
position, after amending it with respect
to the manner in which the money shall
be paid. The proposition was strongly
opposed in the debate, which covered por-
lions of three days. A number of bills
were passed, among them measures ratt-
flying agreements with Indians In Mime
sofa and Montana. At 4:08 p. m. the
house adjourned.
Senate-The senate, on the 18th, listened
to the reading. by Mr.. Carmack of
speech prepared by Mr.. Morgan in oppo-
sition to the presidents policy with ref
erence to an isthmian canal, and also con-
sidered the bill appropriating 500, 600 to
ex-Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii.
Speeches in support of the bill were made
by Mr.. Blackburn and Mr.. Mitchell, and
in opposition by Mr.. Spooner and Mr..
Platt Comm. The senate then, at p.
M, adjourned until the 18th. House
Speaker Cannon took the bit in his teeth
and ran completely away with legislative
precedent in the house. Incidentally he
broke all previous records in the dispatch
of private pension bills. Under his guild
ance 800 of these measures of relief were
passed by the house in 1856 minutes. The
bill was passed to construct a dam In the
Mississippi river at Hancock, Ill. At $40
o'clock the house adjourned until the 18th.