Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13

March, 1902, which was cur out OF the
bill on a point of order Tuesday, was re-
| stored under a special rule. The Senate
bill providing for a lock canal at Panama
was passed. The conference sought by
| me Senate on the bill creating a United
| States District Court for China was
agreed to, and Messrs. Perkins, DENLY and
: howard were named as conferees.
The Senate Thursday passed the public
building bill, reported from committee
with q net increase of S4,0S4,5OO over the
total as passed by the House. A confer
ence report on the agricultural appropria'
ton bill. complete except for the meat IN.
s~oection measure, was accepted and an
other conference ordered on the disputed
POINT Consideration of the conference re-
mort on the pure food bill was delayed IN
III Friday. Conference reports on the
Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal bill
and the measure creating q United States
court for China were accepted. Senator
Tilnan made his long-deferred speech on
the election of Mrs. Minor Morris from
the White House. The general deficiency
appropriation bill, the last OF the srea,
sunplv measures, was reported and a
hight session held for its consideration
1t carries a total of ll,o49,3oo an IN
crease of S6S4,405 over the amount Votee
bv the House. and was passed IN tha'
form. The House adopted the conference
report on the railroad rate bill and ac
cepted a partial report on the Agricultural
appropriation bill, instructlng It's con
farnas not TO recede from the meat inspec
ton amendment by the vote OF 1913 TO 10
Under a special rule the conference re
- -,,+, hill tho Chimes
court measure and a number of minoi
.c+s we're nut through. Fifty-hve bill,
were passed, including the following: I.
nav $1,000 each to the widows OF Cap
tain Charles w. Dakin and Thomas Hen
Messy of the San Francisco fire depart
ment. who lost their lives fighting the hr'
on board the transport Meade; to pen
sion Gen. E. F. Bragg of Wisconsin; ap
propriating $4,000 to raise Commodore
Perry's flagship Niagara, to be kept on
free exhibition in the Pennsylvania Sol
diers' and Sailors Home. The resigna
ton of Timothy D. Sullivan IN. W a
a member of the House was read.
The Senate Friday adopted the confer
ence reports on the railroad rate and pur'
food bills Il the meat inspection amend
ment to the agricultural appropriation
bill. The action on the rate bill passed
the measure. Senators Tillman and Bar
ley engaged IN a heated controversy OF
the subject of passes for railroad lawyers
The conference reports on the sundry civil
and general deficiency bill was sent II
conference, and at II o'clock Senate,
Scott reported that there were fourteen
items of difference between the tive
houses, and it would be impossible t.
complete the work that night. After I
discussion without action on the La Fol
lette bill, limiting the hours of labor fol
trainmen. the Senate adjourned. Tn,
House adopted conference reports IN tn,
following bills, completing their passag,
through Congress: Agricultural appropri
alton with the meat inspection provision
pure food, sundry civil, creating a bureau
of naturalization and immigration, ant
Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal
Bills to simplify the collection of reve
nues and to aid the Alaska railroad in thu
construction of a railroad and telegraph
and telephone line from Cordova bay t,
Eagle and the Yukon river were passed
Considerable feeling developed during tn
consideration of the bill to grant an e1
tension of time for the completion Of tn
Alaska Central railroad, but it was pass
ed. A bill to extend the time for the con
%struction of a bridge across the Missis
sippi river near South Omaha, Neb., ais
went through. Final action on the gen
eral deficiency bill was taken. The ON
nibus public building bill was sent to con
ference, but late in the evening Represent
ntive Bartholdt reported a disagreement
on fourteen items. A motion instructor,
the conferees not to agree on the Senat,
amendment appropriating 100000 fol-
the purchase of a site in Washington TO,
a building for the Departments of State
Justice and Commerce and Labor wa,
adopted by a unanimous vote.