The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-06-07
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING
THAT is Being Done Day by Day By
the National House and Senate.
Saved the Bin.

ROOF In the House of Representatives
when Mr.. Murphy OF Missouri, rose
Ito present what ne denominated a
privileged resolution.
The conference reports on the rate
ind statehood bills had been made
nd ordered printed when the Mis-
+, sour congressman presented a
luton resembling the action of the
Ht Use sending the statehood bill to
conference and providing for a vote
On the Senate amendments.
Mr., Payne, of New York, the floor
leader of the majority instantly made
the point that the resolution was not
privileged. The Speaker with smil-
ing face, held that the resolution was
not privileged, as the papers In the
case were with the Senate and he had
serious d subt if the resolution you'd
be privileged even If the 1apers were
with the House Confusion ensued,
Mr- Murphy and a number of Demo
springing to their feet to take
exception to the ruling of the Speak
er.
Above the din Mr.. Murphy was
heard to say: "Let's have a square
deal Mr. Speaker. i appeal from the
decision of the chair but the Speak
er was obliyious to the motion for an
| appeal and adjourned the House at
$50 until neon on Thursday on mo-
ron of Mr.. Bonynge, of Colorado,
Leaving Mr. Murphy's gesticulating
Oh the floor.
The House spent the day consider
ingsthe naturalizing bill but did not
complete it. The '"nub" of the ma
turalization bill, the educational test.
was debated during much of the. ses-
SION, to be finally amended by. MI.
Kennedy, of Nebraska, whose amenx-
ment reads as follows: "That no alien
shall hereafter be naturalized or adj
mItted as a citizen of the United
States who cannot speak the English
Language" The test as laid down in
the bill makes it obligatory that the
intending citizen must write his own
language and read, speak and under
stand the English language"
Senate Passes Postofice Appropria-
ton Bill.
The senate passed the p~ostOfice ap-
preparation bill carrying an appropri-
alton of 1892 S5 900 and immedi-
ately afterward adjourned over Mem
orial day until Thursday. The entire
day was devoted to the consideration
of the bill as a whole and TO spe-
cial features of the bill. The debate
dealt with the questions of the fast
mail train to the South, second class
matter, including the admission to the
mails of the publications of colleges,
universities and charitable and edu-
cational Institutions as second class
matter, subsidies for Pacific mail
steamships, and questions relating TO
the boxes used on rural free delivery
routes.
~ Dilatory Tactics.
Aftermath of Tuesdays flibuster-
ing, ending in arrest and hearing be-
fore house of number of members, IL
order to complete a quorum, came in
the house of representatives on the
approval of the journal.
A number of the members, who
were arrested" by the ~sergeant-at-
arms during the call Of the house at
night, were still In a savage mood
when the house convened and they had
personal reasons to assign why they
were absent on roll call.
Throughout the whole of the ses-
sion which was precipitated by the
motion to approve the Journal, the
speaker of the house sat almost i'm
movable, now and then indulging in
asquiet chuckle over the discomfort
of his friends.
When his right to direct the issu-
lance of the writ of arrest was at
tackled, the speaker following an ex-
position of the rules, terminated fur
ther argument by asserting that "'the
gentleman had been legally arrested
The rules of the house, as to the
presence of members, were brought
home to the members and during the
rest of the day, while the house had
runddr consideration the diplomatic
and consular bill, a quorum was con-
'tinuously present.
After completing most of the bill
the house at 5 o'clock adjourned un-
til 400 on Thursday.
The Immunity Bill.
The Senate passed the Knox i'm
munity bill and the omnibus light
house bill, with practically no de-
bate, passed the military academy
bill, and was only prevented from
passing the employers liability bill by
"a motion at 2 p. M, to go into exc
'cutive session. Most Of the afternoon
was devoted to consider alton in exc
cutive session of the nomination of
Judge James Wickershan to be judge
of the United States CO Irt for the
district of Alaska, but lie was not
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