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! of his amendment looking to the enlarge
| ment of the interstate commerce commits
sion and replied sharply to some recent
utterances by Commissioner Prouty. Mr..
| Spooner devoted speech to the technical
| features of the measure. A joint resolu-
! tion extending from June Is to Aug. Is,
| 1905, the time for opening to entry the
| coded portion of the Shoshone reserva-
| ton in Wyoming was passed. AT 90
| d. m. the Senate went into executive
session and FIVE minutes later adjourned.
| The statehood bill was taken from the
| Speakers table in the House, placed in
the hands of three selected conferees and
a request made of the Senate for con-
| ference. There was much opposition, but
| the final vote was 175 to 156. The legis-
| lative appropriation bill constituted the
subject for the remainder of the day.
| Criticism was made of the management of
the library of Congress, and Mr.. Hard
! wick (Ga.) found himself opposed by
both sides of the chamber in his endeavor
| to restrict the White House appropria-
! ton so as to eliminate social secretary
for the wife of the President.
| -
Mr.. Spooner concluded his speech OIL
the railroad rate bill in the Senate Fri
| day and Mr.. Tillman replied to his argu-
ments. The Notifications appropriation
measure was taken up and passed. 1t
carries an appropriation of $125,OO0 for
! the erection of a government powder fac
tory and provides for total expenditure
of $5,27S,993. The House continued dis
cussion of the legislative bill and great
deal of friction developed. BY strict
application of the rules Mr.. Prince (Ill.)
/ and Mr.. Hardwick (Ga.) wrought havoc
with the force of the civil service COM
mission wherever increases of salary or
| force were proposed as well as other po-
sitions for which the managers of the
bill could find no law. An amendment BY
Mr.. Gaines (Tenn.) providing 100000
| for a private car for the President was
defeated on point of order. After one
third of the bill had been considered the
House adjourned.
There was no session of the Senate
Saturday. Hazing ct the Annapolis nav
al academy was dealt with by the House
in the passage of Senate bill with a
! House substitute. An amendment, max
| ing 1t the duty of cadet officers to report
attractions of the rules was accepted.
The bill repeats that portion of existing
law which makes it compulsory to dismiss
midshipmen guilty Of hazing in any de-
gree and substitutes punishment accord
ing to the nature of the offense. Pension
| bills were taken up and 235 were passed.
| -
Discussion of the rate bill occupied
most Of Monday in the Senate. Mr..
Overman spoke at length in support OF
the measure and Mr.. Teller declared
against undue haste. Senator Foraker
offered an amendment prohibiting the is
suance Of passes Mr.. Scott one to COM
pei roads to make connections, and Mr..
Culberson one prohibiting interstate roads
from making campaign contributions. Mr..
Tillman presented letter from Millard
! +. Snyder of Clarksburg, w. Va, protest
ing against discrimination by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad against indepen-
dent coal mine operators. Mr.. Plat,
chairman of the committee on printing,
presented the report Of the committee to
reform printing and binding. Several bills
of local Importance were passed. Sew
eral resolutions intended to prevent the
wasteful printing of public documents
were passed by the House. District of
Columbia legislation occupied most Of the
| day. Numerous bills of local Importance
were passed
The Senate Tuesday listened to Messrs.
Tillman and McCumber. Mr.. Tillman
made special inquiry concerning the
status of his resolution relative to the use
| Of no fundS in, NJ
touched on the Insurance and beef cases.
| Mr.. McCumber devoted himself to the rate
! bill, finding many flaws in the measure,
but announcing that he would vote for it
If it was properly amended. The joint
resolution regulating the allotment of doc
uments in the government printing Office
and aiming to prevent unnecessary print
ing and binding, passed Monday by the
House, was adopted. bill amending the
law fixing fees and expenses of witnesses
In the federal courts in the Western
States was passed. The House witnessed
a most unusual scene when Speaker Can
non arose on the floor in the midst of a
! spirited discussion on reciprocity and
! tariff revision to reply to an attack by
Mr.. Shackleford. The urgent deficiency
bill was passed and few paragraphs of
the legislative appropriation bill were con-
sidered, Messrs. Prince and Hardwick
continuing to defeat many provisions by
point of order. A bill permitting the
building of a dam across the ST. Joseph
river in Berrien county, Michigan, was
passed.
Notes OF the National Capital.
Senate viii! amend Hepburn rate bill
so as to provide court review feature
and president will agree.
Many Senator's admit that they are
confused on the rate bill, so many plans
of settlement being offered.
Secretary of War Taft may decline ela