The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-01-12
THE fIFrY.tIoH1H coxeaEss.
Second Session.


Washington, Jan. 5.-Senate.-Upon
reconvening Wednesday after the holi-
day recess the senate plunged direct
ly into the consideration of the bill
for the admission of two states to be
composed Of Arizona and New Mexico,
and Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
A motion by Mr.. Beveridge to take up
the bill prevailed by twothirds ma
joritv. Mr.. Hepburn, who renewed
his effort to get up the pure food bill.
voted with the democrats on one roll
call, but with this exception the re.
publicans voted solidly to proceed
with the consideration Of the state
hood bill and the democrats solidly
against that course. motion by Mr..
Bate to recommit was voted down.
Mr. Nelson spoke at length in advo-
cacy of the bill
se.-Representative Baker IN.
" introduced a number OF resOlu-
tions containing allegations relating to
corporations and rebates. They also
allude to the presidents recent rec
ommendation for suppressing the
smoke nuisance in Washington and to
testimony given by Secretary Morton
In a railroad case before he entered
to inquire of the president and attor-
ney general concerning these ques-
tions. BY bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Gillespie (Tex) 1t is pro.
posed that United States district
judges shall have been residents of the
district for at least five years prior to
appointment and that they shall reside
continuously within the district while
tho hnnrh A r,toI ~ tho 1oc ct
provision is made high misdemeanor.
Washington. Jan. 6.--Seaate.--The
joint statehood bill again Thursday oc-
cuped the major portion Of the atten-
tion of the senate and Mr.. Nelson COM
pleted his speech in support Of 1t. The
omnibus claims bill was read in part.
but no effort was made to secure ac.
tion on It. Bills for the reorganiza-
and regulating promotions Of army Of
icers in the ordnance department
were passed.
House.-The governments cotton
statistics as prepared by the agricul-
tural department and census bureau,
formed the subject of an extended dis.
cussion in the house Thursday Rep
resentative Livingston (Ga.) attacked
the reliability of the governments es-
Inmates and charged that the inaccu-
racy of the figures had created panic
in the cotton market. He called atten-
ton to the dissatisfaction which he
said existed in the south over the gov
ernment cotton statistics and said that
the press of that section was ready to
demand the abolition OF the statistical
bureau of the agricultural department.
Washington, Jan. 7.-Senate.-Sena.
tor Bard occupied the entire time Of
the senate given to the joint state
hood bill He made an argument
against the union of Arizona and New
Mexico on the ground that the people
of the two territories do not desire 1t.
Several bills of minor importance were
passed. Adjourned until Monday
House.-The house passed the forti-
fcations appropriation bill and ad-
iourned until Monday After Mr.. Lit.
tauer IN. W had drawn lesson from
the siege of Port Arthur to show that
submarine mines had proven of the
greatest Importance in warfare, Mr..
Baker enlivened the proceedings by
President Roosevelt, who,
he said, wanted to hold himself up as
the Counterpart of Wilhelm H., the
great War God" Later Mr.. Baker
found fault with the provision in the
bill permitting the entry of such war
as might be purchased abroad
and charged the republican party as
being frauds in their contention that
the foreigner paid the tax