The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-04-29

~ Resumo Of The Wook'e
Proceodinfs.

\
ate amendment accepted being that
providing for the construction in
navy yards of two golfers. A bill
providing for the allotment OF the
lands of the New York Indians was
passed under a resolution of the com
mittee on rules for it's Immediate
consideration.
The senate yesterday listened to a
set speech of almost w hours dura-
ton on the trusts by Mr.. Deliver n
afterward completed consideration OF
the sundry civil appropriation bill,
again ~devoting much time to the pro-
visions for an extension of the east
tional Office building for the senate
The office building amendment was
agreed to as reported from the com
mittee, but the extension paragraph
was so modified as particularly to
provide for plans only. the a%ppropria-
ton being reduced to STE, 900.
Washington, April 22.-The pension
appropriation bill carrying an appro-
priation Of over $137, 600, 200, and the
emergency river and harbor appro-
priation bill. which carries So. 900 900.
were passed yesterday by the senate.
leaving only the general deficiency
and the military academy bills of the
entire list of supply s still to
be considered by the senate. The
house bill increasing the size of
homestead entries in Western Ne
braska to $40 acres also received IA
vorable consideration.
The house yesterday gave evidence
Of approaching adjournment by pass
iinig a large number of bills, among
them being one to provide a tenn
porary government for the Panama
canal n
Washington, April 23.-Late yester-
day President Roosevelt was assailed
bitterly by Mr.. Claude Kitchin OF
North Carolina. who included in his
castigation Gen. G~rosvenor, whom he
charged with having Inundated Theo-
dore Roosevelt, the vice presidential
candidate whom, in a recent speech
in the house he had glorified as the
worthy successor of Mckinley. Mr..
Kitchin likened President Roosevelt
in this connection to the ant hill talk
ing the place of the mountain. the
owls screech taking the place of the
tomb's symphonies. and to the min
now taking the place of the whale. Ia
his opinion the president. whom he
said while governor of New York had
styled the members of congress as a
herd of cattle. was unfit to holS Office
and a dangerous man.
Gen. Grosvenor admitted that four
years ago he opposed the nomination.
of Mr.. Roosevelt for vice president.
but said Mr.. Roosevelt during the
campaign had conducted himself in a
dignified manner and had won the
confidence and esteem of the people
by his acts from the time he was
elected to preside over the senate.
and that he reached the supreme
heights when he declared at Buffalo
that he would carry out the policies of
Mckinley. Preceding this episode
the house debated the bill to create a
commission to investigate the mer-
chant marine. but took no action on it,
The general deficiency appropria-
ton bill occupied the major portion of
the senate's time. hut before it was
taken up Mr.. Gallinger spoke at some
length on the tariff policy of the Re
publican party. While the reading of
he deficiency bill was in progress.
Mr.. Cullom delivered a speech on the
house Chinese exclusion rider. He
expressed the opinion that there
should be explicit legislation
ing existing exclusion laws, but OPP
posed the remaining portion of the
house provision and moved to strike
it out.
Washington, April 26.-Whether the
president shall order the construction
OF the battleships provided for in the
naval appropriation bill, or wait until
the war in the Far East demonstrates
the comparative utility of the big sea
fighter and the torpedo boat or sub
marine craft was a question raised i'm
the senate yesterday by Mr.. Hale of
Maine, on the adoption of the confer
ence report. 1t was developed that
the language of the bill was permits
sive and that the president and secre-
tary of the navy could defer action if
they deemed it advisable. Mr.. Hale
declared that if he we're secretary OF
the navy he should not dare to go ON
now and commit the government to
the building of an immense battleship.
for 1t would not surprise him if events
in the Russian-Japanese war demon
strated that the $3.50, O00, 900 paid for
big battleships were a bad investment
for this government
The house yesterday passed a large
number OF bills, including the Alaska
delegate bill. The bill to authorize the
construction of a lighthouse and fog
signal station at Diamond shoal. N. c..
occasioned a long debate, but finally
passed without division.