The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-25
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
BY THE FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
The Record of the Body That Is Soon to Finally
Adjourn

a service pension bill, but it stopped
when the executive issued a general
order, making age an evidence of phys
zeal disability to perform manual Ia
Dor.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company received a loan of $4,600000
from the government of which $780,
900 is to pay the expenses of board
of lady managers. An act was passed
to protect foreign exhibitors at the
exposition in their copyright and patent
rights. The government is to partici-
pate in the exposition to be held at
Portland, Ore, in 1905, for the COM
memoration of the one hundredth an
niversary of the exploration of the
Oregon country by the Lewis and
Clark expedition, to the extent of an
exhibit to cost $450,000, and an Alas
kan exhibit to cost S25,000
The only direct dealings which the
Congress had with the postal scan
dals', was the investigation by the
House of the connection of its MEM
bers with clerk hire increases in third
and fourth-class postoffices, and repre-
sensations regarding leases. This in
vestigation cleared every member from
any improper conduct in the matter.
The House, by independent action,
directed an investigation of the alleg-
ed beef trust" by the Department of
Commerce and Labor.
The extension of the east front of
the Capitol building was provided for
in the sundry civil appropriation bill
and provision was made for an office
building for senators. These build
ings are to cost in the neighborhood
of 100000 each.
Impeachment proceedings were be-
gun in the House against Federal
Judge Charles Swayne of the north
ern district of Florida, but after a
majority report from the committee
favoring Impeachment the matter was
sent back to committee and made a
special order for the next session.
The creation of two additional states
in the Union was provided for in a
bill which passed the House, but not
the Senate. Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory were united as Oklahoma,
Arizona and New Mexico as Arizona
Legislation directly affecting the la
Dor interests of the country received
consideration in the committees of the
two houses, but final action was not
taken.
In the Senate the confirmation of
Gen. Leonard Wood as a major gen
eral was accomplished after much in
quiry and objection.
The right of Senator Reed Smoot OF
Titan TO his seat in the Senate resulted
in an investigation, in progress, in
volving the Mormon religion and prac-
tees.
Senator Hanna and seven members
of the House have died, namely, Rep
resentatives IT. II. Tongue of Oregon
Vincent Boering of Kentucky R. Fl
Foederer of Pennsylvania, Henry Burk
Of Pennsylvania, w. w. Skiles of Ohio
G.. w. Croft of South Carolina and c.
w. Thompson of Alabama. T. H. Ball
of Texas resigned. His place is filled
by j. NJ. Pinckney. George B. McClcl-
| Ian of New York. resigned and was
succeeded by w. Bourke Cochran
Charles Dick of Ohio resigned to sue
| coed Senator Hanna in the Senate
George Cowel of Pennsylvania was I'M
seated in favor of William Cornell, and
]. F. Shafroth of Colorado resigned in
favor of R. w. Bonynge. who contested
his election.
In the House there were 1898 bills
389 resolutions and 1872 joint resolutions
and 81 concurrent resolutions intro
duced. OF these 1888 passed the House
In the Senate there were 5,645 bills in
troduced.