Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
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for ar investigation of the ownership or
coal and oil properties by the railroads
was passed by the House, after being
amended so that it will have to so back
to the Senate for consideration. The
famous Mussel Shoals bill, providing for
the development of water power On the
Tennessee river in Alabama. sent back
by the President for amendment, was
passed.
The Senate was not in session Sntur-
day. In the House several minor bills
were passed by unanimous consent. Ihey
included a bill authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior to reclassify the public
lands in Alabama. Also the following
bills To extend the provisions of the.
homestead laws to certain lands of the
Yellowstone forest reserve: to extend the
time one year in which the kensington
and Eastern Railway Company shall
complete its bridge across the Calume
river in Chicago. At l O'Clock the pen
sion calendar was taken up ana 4lo biiiS
were passed in sixty-four minute
Tn the Senate Monday Senator Illlman
reported the Hepburn railroad rate Dill.
Senator Aldrich made a brlef statement
of the position of the five Republicans
who opposed it in committee. Mr. Cul-
larson moved that his own bill on Inc
subject be substituted for the Hepburn
measure. and it was ordered printed ana
laid on the table until the rate Dill IS
taa..n up. Mr.. Clapp called up the rHi
to dispose of the affairs OF the hve CIV
i,izcd tribes in Indian Territory, and it
was discussed at length. Mr.. DICK, 10
fine afternoon, occupied the floor, speaking
in baiaalt of the statehood bill. A num-
Ter of bills of local importance We're
passed., including one for the erection or
q $4,000 public building at Alton, ~.
LEGISLATION for the District Oh ColuWo'a
occupied the first hour of the House SEES
sion, eight local bills being passed. Two
hours of hot debate on the question Oh
allowing the Incorporation OF the LAKE
Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal CoLl-
n,nv followed, but the matter did not
come to a vote. Repre- sentative klet2r
81 Ohio introduced a bill providing TO-
the reduction of the representation OF fbe
Southern States in Congress because OF
the t;sfl anchisement of the negro.
The Senate Tuesday agreed to vote on
the statehood bill Friday, March y. Mr..
HOPKINS made Il speech in support Oh the
measure. The remainder OF the day was
devoted to a discussion OF the Dill pro.
vidins for the settlement OF the a1alrs OF
the five civilized tribes of Indians, the
rveater part of the time being given to
the provision for the disposal of the coal
lands in Indian Territory. a bill was
nassed extending the time allowed to The
Kensington and Eastern Railroad Com
uany for the construction of a bridge
across the Calumet river in Illinois. Mil
il.ry matters held the attention OF the
House, the army appropriation bill being
under consideration for amendment. mat
Gems. Corbin and Macarthur might be-
come lieutenant generals the provision
abolishing that rank was eliminated. Only
eight of the fifty pages of the Dill were
passed upon. The Dalzell bill charterins
the Lake Erie and Ohio Ship Canal Com
pany. with an authorized capital of $780,
600. was passed. A resolution of inquiry
aimed at the State Department was or
dered Cancelled and destroyed, as MIR. Van
Duzer (Nevada), by whom it was pur-
ported to have been introduced, repudi-
ated il.
Senator Foraker's speech opposing rail-
way rate legislation occupied three hours
of the session of the Senate Wednesday.
A further discussion of the railroad land
grant in Indian Territory followed, with
the result that a resolution was passed
extending the tribal government of the
five civilized tribes until March 4, .
An executive session was had at fla ..
H., but the doors were eopened ten min
utes later and the remainder, OF the day
was devoted to the passage OF private pen
sion bills. The army Appropriation oc-
cupied the attention of the House, but
it's consideration was not completed. Ihe
discussion was marked by a controversy
between the members of the appropria-
lions and military committees over the
amounts carried in the bill, and honors
were about evenly divided. A proposed
amendment to pay $1,000 each to the
widows of two San Francisco firemen
who lost their lives in the recent fire on
the transport Meade was ruled out of or
der. Provision for more than 300 clerks
EMPLOYED in the staff and at army divis-
ion Headquarters also went out when 1t
was SHOWN that there was no authority IN
law for their employment. A resolution
was adopted calling on the Postmaster
General for all information on which he
based his order Withholding the rights and
privileges of the mails from the Peoples
United States Bank of st. Louis.
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Tho discussion of the railroad rate
question was continued in the Senate
Thursday by Mr.. Dolliver, who spoke in
support of the Doiliver-H Hepburn bill. The
remainder of the session was devoted to
the bill providing for the settlement OF
the affairs of the FIVE civilized tribes OF
Indians after the termination Of their
tribal relations. No action was taken.
The House passed the army appropriation
bill, carrying about $69, 100000. Provis-
ion for a cable ship fer the Atlantic coast
and for a ship for mine planting on the
Pacific was eliminated on points of order.
The powder trust came in for an attack
in the debate, and an attempt by Demo
Gratis to have the government begin the
manufacture of its own powder consumed
considerable time, but met with defeat.
Notes of the National caDital.
An investigation Of alleged railway
ownership Of oil and coal companies has
been ordered by the interstate commerce.
committee Of the House.
President Roosevelt has decided to veto
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