Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-03-31
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
F~IFTY-EIeHTH CONGRESS.


Senate-Consideration in the senate, on
the 21st, of the bill for the purchase of a
site and the erection of a building for the
departments, state, justice and COM
merce and labor, was made the occasion
for adverse criticism of the architect b
planned the White Hous offices. Messrs.
Teller and Hale led the charge on the
architect and Mr.. Newlands defended
him. During the morning a number OF
bills were passed. .House-After being
in session an hour and twenty minutes
the house adjourned out of respect to the
memory of the late Charles w. Thomp-
son, of Alabama, who died Sunday. con-
sideration of other business was object
ed to by Mr.. Williams, whereupon Mr..
Wiley. of Alabama, announced the death
of his colleague, Hon. Charles Winston
Thompson, and offered the usual resolu-
lions of sympathy and respect. which
were agreed to. The speaker appointed
a committee to represent the house of
representatives at the funeral. At l:2o
o'clock p. nj. adjourned until Tuesday.
Senate-The senate, on the 22d, spent
the greater part of the day on the indian
appropriation bill. Late in the day Sem
ator-elect Dick 90 appeared in the
election. He went direct to Senator For
aker's seat and was cordially greeted.
but their conference was cut short by the
announcement of an executive session,
taken the oath of office, was excluded
under the rules of the senate. At 5:15
senate adjourned ...... House-Outside of a
few routine matters; the house Of rep
further discussion of the post office APP
preparation bill, put disposed of only one
page of the bill. Mr.. Butler Pa.) en-
deavored unsuccessfully to have passed
an amendment designed to transfer back
to the Office of the first assistant post
master-general jurisdiction of the free
delivery service. An amendment by, Mr..
Tawney (Minn), which was agreed to,
prohibits the postmaster.general from
ordering out of the post offices, telephone
companies other than the Bell company.
An amendment by c. B. Lands Qnd.),
prohibiting the further rental of cancel
ing machines, was adopted after a spir-
tied debate. Adjourned at $40 p. m.
Senate-The senate, on the 23d, again
spent the greater part of the day consid-
ering the Indian appropriation bill. Three
cussion of a claim of $1,000 for services
rendered the Choctaw Indians. 1t finally
was eliminated from the Indian bill. The
amendment exempting agency farmers
agreed to, and without concluding consid-
GRAFTON of the bill the senate, at 1874 p.
M, went into executive session.. and at
$3.50 p. m. adjourned $50. House-When the
house adjourned some progress had been
made in the reading of the post office
bill for amendment, but only six pages
We're disposed of. The appropriation for
the railway mail service was carefully
scrutinized, and in the case of inland mail
transportation by star routes, the appro-
p~riation was scaled down from IS. 100, 900
to 1850, 900.
Senate-The senate, on the 24th, passed
the Indian appropriation bill. After the
routine features of the bill had been dis
posed of, Mr.. Bacon again raised the
question of civil service appointments,
basing his remarks upon the statement
ators from states of political faith differ
ent from that of the president should be
consulted in the matter of appointments
to office. Mr.. Gibson spoke in support of
his bill for the repeal of the desert land,
the timber and stone laws, and of the
Communication clause of the homestead law.
The senate, at 500 p; m, went into eX-
e%cutive session, and at 5:2 adjourned go.
again put itself on record against any
investigation of the post office depart
ment. The question of a. Investigation
of the post Office department was brought
up by Mr.. Williams, the minority leader,
who proposed an amendment providing
for a select committee of five members
of the house and three senators to make
a complete investigation into the alleged
frauds in that department. The chair
sustained a point of order by Mr.. Over
street against the amendment, and when
Mr.. Williams appealed, the chair was
sustained, 1873 to SO.
senate-senator Hansbrough charges
in the senate, on the &th, that the move
ment to secure the repeal of the desert
and law, the timber and stone law, and
the Communication clause of the home
stead act was due to the efforts of a
lobby composed mainly Of holders of
lands bought in large tracts from railroad
companies, with a desire thereby to In
crease the demand for their property.
Senator Dubois intimated that the pres
sure for repeal was due to large holdings
of forest lieu lands by the railroads 80.
House-The house passed the post office
appropriation bill. after a prolonged de-
bate o. the paragraph affecting rural
letter carriers, which was stricken out,
but which was inserted with enthusiasm,
on the 18th, under a special order of the
committee on rules. Every amendment
and substitute offered to this paragraph
was voted down. Mr.. Moon made an un-
successful attempt to recommit the bill,
with instructions to strike out the APP
preparations for special facilities over
trunk lines south of Washington and
west of Kansas City.