Mexico Missouri message., 1904-03-03
NATIONAL SOLONS
At WASHINGTON
Matters Before the Senate
and House Briefly Set
Forth.
REVIEW OF LEGISLATIVE WORK
poIngs In Both Branches Of Congress
Put Up In Condensed Form for the
Public by Clever and Competent
Correspondents.
tuesday. Feb. "a,

Tuesday, Feb. %.
In tire senate Messrs. Bacon OF Geor-
Eia. Berry OF Arkansas and Teller OF
Colorado spoke on the Panama canal
treaty. after which the senate went into
executive session. When the open ses-
sion was resumed the agricultural APP
amendment providing for an additional
$4,000 for stock breeding experiments
was opposed by Mr.. Lodge Of Mas3achu-
sets and Mr.. Bailey OF Texas After
some controversy the amendment was
agreed to. Tho senate at 5:25 o'clock y.
m. adjourned.
The naval appropriation bill was taxi
en- Up in the house. and two amendments
providing for additional appropriations
OF 5000 and tl.5OO0O0 for the New York
navy yard were defeated. Both we're Of
feTed by Mr.. Fitzgerald Of New York.
An amendment onered by Mr.. FitcncOck
Of Nebraska providing for the enlarge
ment of the government gun factory at
Washington was defeated. Mr.. Legare
Of South Carolina secured an amendment
to the bill providing a total increase for
the Charleston navy yard OF S656,500. The
fight on the appropriate for the ILL
noia naval station was begun, The house
authorized the printing OF 1880 copies OF
directions for destroying mosquitoes. The
District OF Columbia appropriation, car
yg q; S 81 WAS T TsPoT.sd from from conn
mlttec. The house at $50 o'clock p. m.
adjourned.
Wednesday, Feb. "a.
Most OF the day was spent in the Sem
ate discussing an amendment to the ag-
ricultural appropriation bill. striking out
the House provision Swing the Secretary
OF Agriculture authority to inspect i'm
ported food products when misbranded or
suspected of imnurity. Finally the Sem
ate agreed to substituting the act Of 1900
bearing upon the same point but amend
ed to make the provision applicable to
impure food only. leaving out all regula-
tons relating TO mishranded and falsely
labeled articles. Mr.. CullOm reported the
legislative. executive and judicial appro-
prlation bill. A resolution by Mr., Daniel
asking the Judiciary committee to inves-
tigate the cXpedieucy OF cnaCtlRg a law
prohibiting members OF Congress from
accepting emoluments OF any executive
office, agency or commission, while in
Congress, was adopted. MIR Proctor in
troduced n bill to Increase the efficiency
Of the medical department Of the army.
The Senate passed the following bills:
Providing for the reimbursement OF the
state OF Iowa 10 the extent OF S2O.500 for
moneys expended IN eguipping troops IN
the Spanish war: the limit Of navigation
OF the Usage river in Missouri author
lzing the YanlSton and Norfolk Railroad
Company TO construct a bridge across
the Missouri river at Yankton, S. d.
The great lakes training station went
out OF the naval appropriation bill after
wordy battle I'm the House. Mr.. Burton
Of Ohio moved to strike out the prOvi-
sion, for the single battle ship authorized
ed cruisers and to place limit of 1858
a ton as the maximum price for armor
plate factory to cost not more than 81
| 10000 provided the plate cannot be pro-
cured at the price limit; also that all
vessels provided for in the bill under
The head of increase of the navy eX-
,ept the battle shins be constructed in
sOgC-. mcut yPrGS. Reprase- G.'ve -" ms
Of Pennsylvania introduced blil .IiulI
Ing to $1,000 the number of aliens to be
admitted to the United States In any one
year from any foreign country, Canada,
Mexico and Cuba excepted.
Thursday, Feb. 25.
When the senate convened the agri-
cultural appropriation bill was taken
up again, and after number of minor
amendments were made II was passed.
An amendment offered by Mr. Hey
burn authorizing the secretary of ag-
riculture to prohibit interstate ship
ments Of misnamed and misbranded
fruit trees provoked long discussion.
In which Messrs. Hepburn, Clark OF
| Wyoming, Tillman, Lodge, Hale, Tel
Her, Proctor and Bailey talked at
length on economy Of government. The
agricultural bill was passed. The leg
islatlve, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill also was passed.
Mr.. Meyer Of Louisiana opened the
debate on the naval appropriation bill
J In the house, leading a campaign by
' the minority To EGuuEc tlAc hlAAbNA VI
ships authorized. He wanted the bill
! recommitted with instructions to elm
mate two cruisers but his amendment
was defeated. as well as that offered
! by Mr.. Burton of Ohio 20 do away
with the one battleship authorized, Mr.
Bishop of Michigan was the only other
Republican to support Mr. Burton's
amendment. Mr.. Foss opposed the
iamenoment to strike out two of the
cruisers. Mr.. McNary of Massachu'
setts offered an amendment for the
construction of ten torpedo boat des'
troyers Mr.. Foss opposed, saying thai
Japan's success at Port Arthur wal
not due to preponderance of such craft
| but to the fact that Russia was moi
prepared for war. The amendment wa'
defeated. Mr.. Humphrey Of Washing
ton offered an amendment TO give &
preferential OF 4 per cent to Pacific
coast builders bidding for construction
OF ships authorized in the bill Mr.
McDermott of New Jersey made hu
morous appeal in behalf Of the ship
building trust of his own state, saying
that charity as well as economy de
manded that his coast be given ana
advantage offered. The amendmen