Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-23
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Oklahoma, and to be composed of the
present territory of Oklahoma n Indian
Territory. 1t was the House joint state
hood bill with all the provisions relat-
ing to Arizona Inc New Mexico stricken
out. Thu motion to eliminate these terri
tories from the measure prevailed by a
vote Of 81 to So. The House railroad
rate bill was made unfinished. business.
During the morning hour" a bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the improvement of
the mouth of the Columbia River was
passed. The House passed 4OS private
pension bills and devoted three hours to
the consideration of a bill providing for a
uniform system Of naturalization, the
chief feature Of which requires al alien
to wfite either his own or the English
language and to speak and read the lat
ter, and to declare his intention to re-
side permanently in the United States
before he can become an American citi-
zen. 1t met with many objections. n
resolution calling on the Postmaster Cen
eral to inform the House why the INDIA
homa Union Signal of Shawnee, Okla. is
excluded as second-class mail matter was
laid on the table. Both houses adjourn
ed until Monday.
Acrimonious debate over the PreSi-
dents recent message scoring the resolI-
ton for an inquiry into the coal roads as
being inadequate occupied the early part
of the Senate session Monday. Senator
Tillman. who framed the resolution, bit
terly condemned the Presidents attitude.
Senators Lodge and Spooncr took the
position that the President was warrant
ed in making the criticisms. At , o'clock
the rate bill was called up and Senator
Culberson spoke on the subject of a bill
which he has introduced to take the place
of the House measure. Several bills Of
local Importance were passed. The state
hood bill was returned to the House from
the Senate and was laid on the Speakers
table without comment.
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The Senate Tuesday passed a number OF
bills, including the following: Provid-
ing for the punishment of government OH
Gals for the premature divulgence of Sc
cret information of government bureaus
in such matters as crop reports, granting
executive authority over the construction
of bridges over navigable streams, giving
government sanction to the efforts on
the part Of Delaware and New Jersey to
adjust their long pending boundary dis
pute, authorizing the construction OF a
public building in Denve at a cost or
50 1900, 900, authorizing the disposal or
800, 900 acres of land in the Kiowa, Co
manche and Apache reservations in Okla
homa to the highest bidders under the
provisions of the homestead laws, author.
izing the erection CT a monument IN
Washington to the memory of John Paul
Jones at a cost of $4,000. Mr.. Simmons
made the speech of the day or the rail-
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ure. The House began the consideration
of the legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill, and incident to it dis
,cussed the question of eliminating aged
clerks from the government service, the
placing of alcohol used in the arts on the
free list, the restriction of japanese and
Korean immigration, and finally conditions
in New York City resulting from immi-
grafton.
A controversy over. the provisions OF
the railroad rate bill occupied the Senate
Wednesday. Mr.. Rayner was the chief
speaker. and his criticism of the suspen-
sion feature of the measure drew replies
from Messrs. Foraker, Lodge, Dolliver,
: Aldrich. Tillman and Knox. A bill was
nassed authorizing Rear Admiral &. IL
Davis to accept gifts offered him by the
British and Russian governments, and
also a resolution calling on the Secretary
of War for copies of reports and other
communications between the Wal Depart
ment and officials in the Philippines re-
speeding the recent battle on Mount DaJo'
The second day of general debate in the
House on the legislative, executive and
judicial Appropriation bill developed a linn.
tied discussion &C the plan to retire aged
IL al ,,i.1 cyaach on
statehood by Mr.. Babcock (Wis.), one
on the restriction of immigration by Mr.
Gardner (Mass.) ond a presentation OF
reasons why the jurisdiction of Fed0~a'
courts should be restricted IN ''"'t:.in
cases where jurisdiction = .,"ldlred be-
cause the litigants arc oi.izens of different
| States by NJ. Garrett Tenn.). Mr.
Grosvencr (Ohio) attacked the civil ser
! ";ce laws.
The report of MI. Tillman on the House
J rate bill, the reading of the views of Mr.
| Newlands and a Speech by Mr.. Nelson
| On that subject occupied the time the Sen
ate devoted to the regulation measure
Thursday. The message Of the President
regarding the recent Moro battle wa
read, and Mr.. Bacon spoke Of the affail
as a "sldughter:V MI. Lodge urged that
criticism be withheld until all the facts
should be made known. The House reso'
luton, broadening the powers of the In
terstate Commerce Commission in its in
v%estigation of charges of discrimination
against railroads, was adopted. A resolu'
tion by Mr.. Stone directing an inquiry
into the Postofice Departments rulings
on the admission of college publications
to the mails as second-class matter was
passed. The additional power which
President Roosevelt suggested should be
given the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in making the special investigation
into the relations of the coal and oil in
dustries with the railroads was conferred
by the House in the passage of the Town
send resolution. During debate or the
legislative. executive and judicial appro.
p~riation bill severe criticism of the recent
battle in the Philippines was made by
Mr.. Jones (Na.).
y delegation of Porto Ricans appealed
to committee on insular affairs for re-
lief from graft in islands.
The Washington and office has decided
that a man who has made homestead en-
try and lives a year on the land does not
forfeit his claim by absence while serving
in the army.
Chairman Burrows of the Senate COM
mittea on privileges and elections, has
agreed with Senator Smoot and his coun-
sci to hear the evidence in rebuttal in