The Tupelo journal., 1904-02-19
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
First SESSION.

oSoeioAisJ
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 Levi and Clark EXPOSE
ton ut Portland, Ore. The bill was
amended so as to close the exposition on
Sundays, and the provision for a perma-
nent memorial to Lewis and Clark was
eliminated. The senate, at b:35 p. m, ad.
journed. -. House-The house debated at
length the proposed loan Of $4.6oo,QVo to me
as provided for in the senate amendment
to the urgent deficiency bill. and 1t was
still pending when the house adjourned.
The house -non-concurred in all other
analyzing and testing at the 81. Louis
fair, under direction of the geological
survey of the Goals and lgnites OF th uhr
fuel values. With the loan amendment
still pending, at ass the house adjourned;
Senate-The senate on, the 9TH, passeu
the diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill without debate and then renewed CON
sideration of the isthmian question. Mr;
Fulton spoke i'll supper of the course %
the administration in connection with .ne
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
doubtful member of the senate. Inc
speech was Mr.. Overman's maiden effort
in the senate. Mr.. Fulton concluded at
A.Of -. III, ana lIllltuIdttly dilSi NoAN 49,
senate went into executive session; ana
at 4:4e adjourned. .House-The mousse
devoted the entire session to consideration
of the resolution reported from electlons
committee No. 3, unseating Mr.. HoWeli
and declaring Mr.. Connell, who contested
the election, to have been elected from
the Tenth Pennsylvania district. ny
agreement it was decided the vote would
be taken on the 10th. Mr.. Thayer tMass.l
opposed the unseating of Howell, and
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 lotn,
was devoted to a speech by Mr.. McCum-
Der, who supported the Panama canal
administration in connection with the re
cent revolt, and after passing a number
of private pension bills the senate ad-
2Gepned at If PA; ~ p, Gnnne siiTIu c ng notsd
election case from the Tenth Pennsyl-
wanna district in favor of Mr.. Council. Mr..
Council was promptly sworn in and took
his seat. The house then resumed con-
sideration of the senate amendment pro-
posing a loan of 81. 10000 for the Louisi-
ana Purchase exposition. Mr.. CoWherd
fair. and Mr., Harrison On. - and Mr..
Gillett (Mass.) objected to the loan. AT
sos 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 encroachments 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 I2 to 1B, con-
Cured in the senate amendment to the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill, au-
thorizing a loan of $500, 600 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-
We're passed. among them measures rati-
flying agreements with Indians in Minne-
sofa and Montana. At 4:8 p. m. the
house adjourned.
Senate-The senate, on the 18th, listened
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 10000 TO
ex-Queen ~Liliuokalani, of Hawaii.
Speeches in support of the bill We're made
by Mr.. Blackburn and Mr.. Mitchell, and
in opposition by Mr.. Spooner and Mr..
Platt Comm. The senat then, at 4 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 155 minutes. The
bill was passed to construct a dam in the
Mississippi river at Hancock, III. At $40
O'Clock the house adjourned until the 18th.