The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-22
OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
FlFTY-EIeHTH CONGRESS.
First SESSION.

(FtrSt SESSION.
Senate-The Culberson amendment to
ing for a commission to investigate the
post office department was before the
senate. on the 18th, and after being ruled
out of order In modified form, was pend
ing when the senate adjourned. Mr. Cor
man made an earnest plea for an invests
cation, saying the post office department
congress and that a thorough examina,
ton should be had. Mr.. Aldrich answered
that the amendment finally modified
m Was to h be hnda it 'n should K i be "as Giii i've one"
..House-The house passed the bill re-
ported by the committee on rivers and
harbors appropriating $3,0oo,0O for the
restoration or maintenance of channels,
or of other river and harbor Improve
ments: Mr.. Burton, chairman of the
COMMITTEES, in explaining the bili, urged re;ed
regar to river and harbor work. Mr..
Clark (Mo.) made a plea for the improve
ment Of the Missouri river. Quite a large
number of bills of minor Importance. were
passed. At sos o'clock p. m. the house
adjourned.
Senate-A sharp colloquy occurred in
the senate, on the 18th, between Senators
reading by Mr.. Teller of a letter written
by the late Gen. H. H. Thomas, OF chi
cago, attacking the civil service admin
istration of the treasury department. The
incident occurred in connection with the
discussion of the post office appropriation
bill. That measure was under discussion
during the first half of the session., and
was passed, all amendments offered by
the democrats being voted down. The
bill providing a form of government Tor
the Panama canal zone was taken up,
but debate on 1T had not been begun
when the senate adjourned:
The race question was. again injected
into the proceedings of the house or rep
resentatives when Mr.. Scott (Kas.) de-
livered a long address, in which he re-
ferred to his, previous statement that 1t
yrnc n.tr - IN INC that "
Cleveland had dined G. H. j. Taylor. a
Kansas negro politician. In a spirited
reply, Mr.. Williams (Miss.). the minority
leader, defended the attitude of the south
toward the negro.
Senate-The senate, on the 18th, began
consideration of the bill providing for the
government of the Panama canal zone.
The greater part of the day was occupied
by Mr.. Morgan, in support of amend
ments offered by himself. None of them
We're accepted, and the reading of the bill
was nearly half completed. Mr.. Morgan
attacked the new Panama canal company.
and .contended that the United, States
should proceed to carry into erect the
provisions of the treaty with Panama. re-
CARELESS of the demands of that ompany
house devoted itself to consideration of a
P PHI amfedi isian 1he T !nw p resSishg i in the the
bill in reference to the granting of rail-
road franchises and the guaranteeing of
five per cent. on the cash capital actually
by Mr.. Jones (Va), who alleged that
British and Belgian capitalists were ready
to build the roads without such guaran-
tee. At $50 p. m. the house adjourned.
Senate-The senate devoted the entire
day, on the 14th, to consideration of the
bill for the government of the Panama
pied the floor most of the day. The dis
cussion related principally to details of
governing the canal, but some consldera-
ton also was given to Mr.; Hale.s amend
mont ranIIirinO tho 1ISa nf American hot 1
toms in the shipment of canal supplies
to the zone. Consideration of the bill
was not concluded when senate ad-
journed ...... House-The house of repre-
sentatives passed the Philinnine bill, fol-
lowing which there was an extended de-
bate over va resolution It to tb permit ang,1 Sol;
corps of the army, to serve on the adj
visory board of consulting engineers in
Connection with internal Improvements in
iciency bill was taken up, and Mr.. Ham
flton (Mich.) discussed capital and labor,
while Mr.. Cochran (Mo) criticized the
the executive" and said that eX-Presi-
dent Cleveland had given the most nota-
BILE instance of such usurpation in forcing
his financial policies on the people. He
declared Mr.. Cleveland had been put
into exile, never again to be reinstated
in the confidence of the people. AT Sic
p. m. house adjourned.
Senate-After a day devoted to routine
proceedings, the senate, on the 18th, was
treated to a spirited speech by Mr.. Bailey,
just before adjournment. on the question
of civil service. The subject came up in
with a paragraph in the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. Mr.. Bailey
announced in plain terms that he had nc
sympathy with the irridescent dream of
civil service. He declared that each party
should control the patronage while in
power, and avowed himself a spokesman.
The civil service appropriation bill was
taken up, and when the senate adjourned
about half of it had been read. AT 5:4
the senate adjourned. 49,. House-Consid-
of the general deficiency bill was
resumed in the house, after a number of
minor bills had been passed. The presi-
dents recent order regarding service pen
was attacked by Mr.. Underwood
who commended that there was no
in law for it. The president also
criticised by Mr.. Hay (Va.). because
of certain suspensions of the civil service
rDlaa and raOl1la finnc