The Montgomery tribune., 1904-02-05
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
coScnEss,oxAL puocEnpiSGs.

fFirat SESSION.
Senate Tho time ~ the senate, on tho
Grafton VI the Panama question and other
subjectA There was only one speech on
the canal and y was made by Mr. sl9ne.
~ Missouri. who spoke to resolution
directing the senate committee on for
eign relations 60 mako an lnvesugntion
Into The Panama revolt " son'endSd
piicity on the part of the United states
IN tho secession Of panamn, ana urged
name all the facts should be- known. The
senate. az 5:O5 went Into executive ros-
rion. and ~ b.ll y. M adjourned 80; ;
llousc. Mr lioutclie' OF ll,lnois nidrsssI1d .I,i
10 Atntemcnt- made by Mr.. Williams, ~
Mlsaisaippi. 10 his stand pat speech.
d,, NJ Wllllams; ms: H. . turn 5'pIsGh nGsr 20 s,nsgd M
GRAFTON nt the time the urgent deficiency
bill. Mr liouieiio received close attcn.
tl9n % both ridss ot INC eh"mpnhr ,h ihnn ins,
trace ~ bitterness between the north aud
tho south. he was loudly npplnuded on
both sides. A, b;G y. m. the house sd-
senntc-Thc senate proceedings, on the
18th, Included q speech by Mr., Slmmpnr,
Of North Carolina. IN support of the Pan
anna canal treaty, nnd the passage OF n
number of bills aud resolutions. The res
olutinn giving authority Ia the committee
on privileges and elections 20 proceed
with the inyrs,lgation Of the CHARGES
The senate went into executive sc.sion At
a'ts. and at i:io adjourned House
dcnciency bill digrcsscd 10 a discussion
Of political topics, the race question nnd
aerial navigation, MIR burk.tt, Ncbrankni
led on with discussion OF IN. p.iticni
aud MIR. Cochran. Missouri. spoke. for tho
democratic. nr e. u. landis. Indiana,
closed The day IN political ,s sssseh dos last.
Welt would be- nominated on the record
Of his administration. for his platform
Al b.2n the house adjourned.
sennte-The time of the senate. on the
18th. was devoted to debate, rather than
to set speeches, on the attitude OF tho
United states toward the Panama tcvo-
intien Their was a rcpe,''h,on' hn h9,wsy.r ,,n,ls
to the right Of the president H. Withhold
information called Tor by the nate. III.
was participated in by Mcssrs, Gurmnn
and Bacon. On the democratic side of Tho
chamber. and by Mcs-rs. cullom. Apoonrr
and l.odgr. On the republican slide. At
b.il the senate adjourned, ,liouse-Thc
houS" for an hour WAS entertained by a
speech by J. Adam Iiedo. republican
member from Minnesota, who made hls
maiden "rort and won spur. Ills re-
marks were replcto with wit and humor,
~ well ~ serious Thought New ana
then, for. purposes ot illustration. he
the auditors There also was discussion
of nnnnc" by MIR I'M. Connecticut. and
Mr.. Williams, MifkiHfiupl, besides frtrt-
cnccz to the Panama canal aud the race
problem In tho south.
Hcnntc-Tho senate. on the 9th. adopted
the resolution introduced by Mr.. tulhrt-
son for the democratic caucus, which
calls on the president to state whether
tho senate has been supplied oil the facts
bearing nn the controversy of Panama.
There was during the debate frequent u.s.
aurauc.H that notwithstanding tho modi-
ncation all tho papers bearing nn the
question would he sent 60 the senate. The
senate. ut $50, went Into executive Hrs-
Hion, aud at 5;is adjourned .,,,, House
Tho house considered whether members
of congress are entitled To mileage "A Sec
nnd time. The controversy arose on an
item IN tho urgent deficiency bin, provide
Ing for twn paymcnts of mileng" for scn-
nturs and members nf the house on nc.
count of the extra session, which merged
into the regular session. A point of order
wun raised by Mr. Maddox, of Georgia,
over tho payment of mileage "a second
time, and he was supported by Mr., i.ittle-
Hold, uf Maine, who cnntcndod that there
had been no intcrregnum, aud conScquent-
~ hut one session NJ congress-. and there
was no authority of law for Il second ap-
proprlation for mileage.