The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-04-30
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
FIFrY.EleHTH CONGRESS.
First SESSION.


con,te-Th senate. on the Goth, listened
TO a set speech of almost two hours uu and
tion on the trusts by Mr., Doilver, anno
completed CONSIDERATION OK do
slIndry civil appropriation bill. again ue,
voting much time to the PROVISIONS iaddi.
east front of the capitol ana LOT III The
tional office building for the senate.
office building amendment was agreed no
as reported from the committee, put Tue
paragraph was so modified as 70 an
ticaIly provide for plans only; tne ~p
nropriation being reduced TO VOW;
House-The house, after an eNtenueu Mi
bate, sent the naval ppropr dtsnuted
ssnnte amendment accepted being that
providing for the construction IN .nc
val yards OF two cohl re- lands Of the New
York Indians was passed under a. Ieso-
luton of the committee on rules iol It's
immediate consideration
s~enate-The pension appropriatlso1 q o no.
carving an appropriation OF over SiSt.vvo,-
600 and the emergency river ana naIDoI
annropriation bill, which carries S3,VOoVvo'
Nesving oniy the general deficiency anc
the military academy bills OF the e
list of supply measures stlll 10 De a. uI a.
cred bv the senate The mouse plh IA
crea sing the size of homestead entries IN
western Nebraska to $40 acres alsoTeceIVeo
favorable consideration. Whlle the riHSl
and harbor measure was under consiu,
eration Mr.. German sharply criticized
the failure to bring in a general IlNcI
and harbor bill: Speeches were maze h on
and Scott. the latter declaring tnat ns
favored a service pension OF 20 pc
month. ..... House-The mouse gave W ~
dence of approaching adjournment DS
nassing a large number of bills, among
them being one to provide a temporary
government for the Panama canal Zone:
4 rule was accepted. after the democrats
had forced a roll call, for the consioer@-
ton at any time OF the oti crea ar :
committee to inxestigate the nd me she Bill
marine of the United STATES anu 'H0 0"'
was then laid aside.
Senate-The general deficiency appro-
priation bill occupied most OF the senate :
time, on the 23d. but before II was oahhehh
up Mr.. Gallinger spoke at some Lemgen
on the tariff policy of the repuDlcan
narty. While the reading of the denclen-
cy bill was in progress. Mr.; Cult 0hr ee
nXcInsion rider. He expressed the opin
ion that there should be explicit IeglsIa-
ton reienaeting ; gXcl n9rfion 'a of the house
resolution. and moved to strike II OUT;
House-President Roosevelt was aSsalle|
bitterly by Claude kitchln ~: ~ Wno
;ncIrded in his c~astigation Gen. GrosVe
nor. whom he charged with having nu-
inflated Theodore Roosevelt, the vice,
presidential candidate, whom IN a reee ns
speech in the house. he had g!orlneu as
the worthy successor OF MI. McrthieS'
Senate-The general deficiency appro-
priation bill was passed by. the senate, on
the 23d. leaving but one or APPROPRIATE
hills Enacted upon by that body. A large
number of amendments We're adopteu'
among them one limiting the Chinese eX,,
cIusion legislation to a reat1rmatloh OF
the exclusion law of 1902 and other exist
ing exclusion laws. About 200 private
nension bills were passed during the day
At 523 d. m. the senate ad1ourned...
House-TWo of the heavyweight speak
ers of the house of representative heiG
SWAY in that body. Incidentally the OIL
, for a commission to investigate the Ques-
tion of shin subsidy was passed. Repre-,
sentative Hepburn (Ia-) first aroused anc
held republican enthusiasm al a nigi
pitch. After,an hour and a half ne yleloec
the floor, which was taken possession ~
; nv ROurke Cochran On. ", who brough'
{ from his democratic colleagues thunder'
, Gus applause and cheers. Mr.: COCHRAN
l smoke for two hours. House adjourned a
5:96 p. m.
: Senate-Whether the president shall or
der the construction OF the oattiesnll
provided for in the naval appropriation
hin or wait until the war in the far cas-
demonstrates the comparative utl1ty U
i the big sea fighter and the torpedo ooa
s or submarine craft was a quesCoi
raised in the senate. on the 18Th, by MI
{ Hale CMe.O. on the adoption of the con
S ference report. The military academ.
: bill. the last of the general approprlat0
! measures. was under consideration at TN
G hour when memorial services for the lat
Representative Thompson (Aia;) were pe
m. .House-HOuSe passed a large mum
her of bills, including Alaska delegate oil
The bill to authorize the construction Q
a lighthouse and fog signal statlon q
i m ShOal, n. G, occasioned u ION
debate, but frally passed without dlvis
ion. An objection to d request by Nj
Grosvenor for leave to print brought
d mild protest from him which aroused M
Gaines CTenn.), who charged that M
Grosvenor had printed everything IN IN
: record about President Roosevelt Whlc
the president aid not do. At $40 p. n
the house adjourned.