Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-05-11

road rate bill. There was more discus
sion or the necessity for fixing a day
for a vote ON this measure aud Mr.. Till
man gave notice that after Che next Mon
day he would insist that the Senate shall
proceed to vote IL Senator'S are NOT pre-
pared TO speak. All the private pension
bills on the calendar were passed and
Mr.. Clarp gave notice that he would call
up the Indian appropriation bill. The
tariff debate in the House was further
continued by Mr.. Williams (Miss.l, who
held the hoor for two hours expoundins
the Democratic doctrine Of tariff FOR reve-
nue. only.
The Senate Saturday passed the In.
dian appropriation bill. An amendment
providing for the removal of the ~restric-
lions on the sale of the allotted lands
OF the ChOCtaws, Cher0kees, Chicka "a VS..
Creeks aud Saminoles was offered, but
Mr.. Spooner raised a ront Of order that
was fatal to il. Bills were pa ssed "a
, follows Providing FOR the purchase of
land in Washington "a sites for build
ings for the Departments of State, jus
tirp and Commerce at a cost of $4,000
600; prohibiting tho Use Of foreign built
dredges IN the United States. In the
, House Mr.. Williams concluded his speech
on the tariff. Mr.. Cushman (Wash.)
started to reply. but was taken from the
floor before he really had begun, owing
to the conclusion Of the general debate
on the agricultural appropriation bill,
which was before the House. Mr.. Foss
1 Gll> reported the naval appropriation
bill 70 rthe fiscal year of 1907.
The next Friday was set by the Senate
Monday "a the day for beginning to vote
on the amendments to the railroad rate
bill. Mr.. Tillman endea vored to have
May o set as the date for voting on the
bill as a whole, but failed. Senator Clark
of Arkansas occupied most of Monday
with n speech opposing the pending meas
ure. The House emergency bill hpprO-
priating $4,000 for the Mare Island
navy yard aud the San Francisco post
office was passed. Discussion of the ag-
riculturnl appropriation bill. and incident
ally the distribution of free seeds, occu-
pied most of the day in the House. Res
o~lutions that the thanks of Congress be
rendered GentHorace Porter for his work
in recovering the body of Jean Paul Jones,
and that Gen. porter's speech at Annapo-
lis on the occasion of the internent of the
body be printed in the Congressional Rec
ord were passed. Representative Hearst
introduced a resolution that an additional
50. 200, 900 be appropriated for the relief
of the San Francisco fire and earthquake
sufferers. t..
-
Mr.. Daniel occupied n Large part Of
Tuesday in the Senate with his speech Oh
the rate bill. After debate the resolution
thanking Gen. Horace Porter for recover
ing the body of John Paul Jones was
referred TO the committee on foreign re-
~lations. Mr.. Allison explained the dispo.
sition which has been made of the money
! appropriated for the relief of the San
Francisco sufferers. Mr.. Tillman pre-
scented n resolution directing the commits
tee on the District of Columbia to invesa
tigate the election Of Mrs. Minor Morris
from the White HUtsa. aid respectfully to
inauire whether the superintendent OF po-
lice and one of the chief witnesses against
Mrs. Morris have since received reeoghf-
ton by the appointment of near relatives
TO Office No action was taken. BY q
vote Of 1913 to 5S it was decided to con-
tinue the free distribution of seeds. Many
Of the items In the agricultural appropria-
ton bill broadening the scope OF the de-
20 pa rtInent Of chemistry were eliminated.
!" Mr.. Newlands on Wednesday introduced
n resolution directing the finance commit
tee of the Senate and the ways and means
. COMMITTEES oil the House TO consider the
feasibility Of the government guarantee
ing bonds to be issued by San Francisco
to provide money for the reconstruction
of the city. Both Mr.. Flint aud Mr..
Perkins of California deprecated the in
PRODUCTION of the measure at this time,
and said the California delegation should
have been consulted. Tie resolution was
referred to the committee on finance. Mr..
Daniel concluded his speech on the rate
bill, and then the army appropriation bill
was read. An amendment appropriatihg
81, 100000 for a supply depot at Fort
Mason, San Francisco, vas accepted, az
was one ap]propriating $9OO,OCO for a
cable to Panama. In the Hose the agri
cultural appropriation bill was completed
and passed, including the provision for
the free distribution Of seeds. which was
carried by q vote Of 153 to 81. The bill
/ carries S74St.440. The military acad-
envy appropriation bill, carrying $685.
III also was passed. after the deficiency
spproprfation of 81 ,5OO,0OO to complete
improvements at West Point had been
stricken out.
The last day of the general debate on
the railroad rate bill in the Senate Thurs.
day brought out much criticism OF federal
Z Judges. Mr. TIlman, by citing individual
cases. attempted to show that the power
OF granting temporary fnjbnctions should
be taken from the inferior United States
courts in interstate commerce commission
cases. tie was followed by Messfs. Ba-
con. Bailey. Teller and Foraker. The
array appropriation bill, carrying about
Z s74.OOO.Oo0, was passed. The naval ap-
propriafion bill, which carries nesrly
S1oO,000,O0O, was taken up in the House.
| Mr.. floss (Ifi.y explained the nneasars
and the general debate which followed at
once took on other lines. The tariff again
| forged to the front. with the prices of
sreel rails abroad as the main object Of
interest. IA
votes Of the National CAPITAL.
The President has sent TO the Senate
| the nomination. OF Julius Jacobs 10 be-
assistant tre$surer of Che United States
at San Francisco, Cal.
For the first time in twenty-nine years
! the Supreme Court Of the United States
| called its docket Of o~riginsI cases, with
thc end in vte~ ef eliminating seime Of
| them if possible.
Senator Lodge denies the report that
| he will offer The Philippines tariff bill as
| an amendment 70 the Houses bill removing
| the tax from denatnred alcohol, and also
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