Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-09
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bession took place in the House Friday
n a Democratic endeavor to defeat the
provision of the urgent deficiency bill
waving the eight-hour day for foreign
aborers on the Panama canal. The
amendment was placed in the bill after
much m%aneuvering. Secretary Wilson
.ame up for censure because OF his re-
luest that more funds be given the De.
partment of Agriculture for meat inspec-
ion. The Senate was not in session.
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The House Saturday passed the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill, with the
amendment waving the eight-hour day
Tor alien labor on the panama canal. The
vote on the amendment was 100 to 1OS.
BY special order the pension calendar
was cleared, 262 bills being disposed of
n sixty-live minutes. After reading Mr..
Mann's omnibus bridge bill. making it I'M
finished business for Monday, the House
adjourned. There was no session of the
Senate.
The House Monday passed a resolution
ealing on the President to furnish infor-
nation as to the existence Of an alleged
agreement in violation of the interstate
INT law between the Pennsylvania,
Baltimore and Ohio. Norfolk and West
.rn, Chesapeake and Ohio, Northern Cen
raj and Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington Railroad companies. Unani-
NOUS consent was given to begin on Tues
lay the consideration of the Heubnrn
,ailroad rate bill and to continue the same
Until the bill shall be disposed of. A trib-
ate to the memory of Gen. Joseph Wheel
r. was paid by naming a street in the
capital wheeler street. Ihe Mann
general bridge bill was passed with sew
Il ,n,f rocfn,tipp op,aplmnptc If nrOVideS
general provisions to be complied with
hereafter in the construction of bridges
across navigable streams. The Chinese
ooycott and the administration of the for
est reserve divided the attention of the
Senate. Mr.. Tillman offered n resolution
directing an investigation of Chinese af-
fairs and Mr.. Hepburn SHARPLY criticised
the methods of the forestry bureau. The
House statehood bill was reported favor
ably. and notice was given that there
would be a majority report. A'". "
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The Senate Tuesday passed the bill for
The reorganization of the consular service
and about forty other measures, many OF
them of considerable Importance. Sew
sral provide for lighthouses, fog signals,
revenue cutters and public buildings. The
shipping bill was under consideration for
a time and was amended so as to relieve
It from constitutional objections. 1t was
supported in a speech by Mr.. Lodge.
There also was a discussion of the bills
making common carriers liable for injury
to employees, which arose over the ques-
ton of their reference to committees.
Some Senators intimated that the COM
mittees were anxious to avoid the respon-
sibility of passing on these measures. Dis
~cussion of the rate regulation bill was
hoo,p T., tho IJn,,Sa aud fbn members
evinced a more general interest in the
matter than in any topic that has come
up for a long time. Mr.. Townsend of
Michigan opened with a speech support
ing the bill, being followed by Mr.. Adam
son of Georgia, representing the minority,
who commended the measure. Questions
by Mr.. Sherley of Kentucky and Mr.. Lit
tlefeld of Maine indicated that there is
to be some opposition, at least in debate.
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In the Senate Wednesday Mr.. Patter-
son strongly Endorsed the position of the
President in Santo Domingo and in the
matter of the Moroccan conference. MIR.
: Tillman presented II resolution request
ing the President to send to the Senate
|, all the official correspondence with the
American minister to Santo Domingo in
. 1904. 1t went over until Thursday. Mr..
, Hepburn sought an agreement to vote on
the pure food bill Feb. z, but Mr.. Tel
Ter objected. Mr.. Teller made a similar
objection when Mr.. Gallinger sought to
have a time fixed for a vote on the ship
ping bill. Considerable debate on this
measure followed, but no action was tax
en-. Discussion of the railroad rate bill
was continued in the House. Speeches
by Mr.. Campbell (Kan.) and Mr.. Mar
, tin Is. d. took a wider range and in.
hI.lol <r,.t evils W. Apothar. cpaoch in
, favor OF the bill was made by Mr.. Bart
lett (Ga.), while Mr.. Perkins On. 70
!. attacked the measure. A bill was passed
] granting a federal charter to the Carne-
gle Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching. The fund consists of ,$1O,-
100000, the income of which is to fur
} nish a pension to retired educators.
t Right TO dam the Rock river at Grand
I Detour, ILL.,, was granted.
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The Senate Thursday passed about
forty miscellaneous bills, providing fol-
a delegate in Congress from Alaska and
for lighthouses, revenue cutters and tisl
cultural stations. The greater part Of
the time was devoted to the shipping bill
Mr.. Penrose making n set speech in
favor of the measure. Mr.. Tillman's
resolution calling on the President tc
I send to the Senate all the letters from
the minister to Santo Domingo to the
;. State Department in 1904 was referred
!. to the committee on foreign relations. TIL
Z House called for the estimate of cottor
yet to be ginned, which the director Of
:, the census has compiled, but which HI
= has no authority to make public unit
March. The discussion of the railroad
d rate bill was continued. Mr.. Shelb!
d (Pa.) attacked the measure as ~socialis
$ tic. Mr.. Knapp IN. ", Mr.. Shakel
ford (Mo.) and Mr.. Helm (Ala.) sup
ported it. A resolution looking to thu
I preservation of Niagara Falls was agreed
b to. 1t requires a report and recon
q mendation from the American member
D of the joint commission appointed a few
years ago to consider, this question.
u Notes Of the National Capital.
!, The Supreme Court of the Unite'
:, States is taking a recess for the consid
= GRAFTON of cases which have been present
ed to the court.
President Roosevelt has declined to ex
tend a pardon to Charles FL. Cole, forme
. president of the Globe National bank o
!. Boston, Mass, convicted of violation o
the national banking laws.
Congress plans an inquiry into TIL