Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02
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The House discussed the urgent deh.
cheney appropriation bill Friday, much
of the debate relating to the necessity
for curbing the department heads in
their demands for additional money.
Mr.. Perkins On. W made a short speech
favoring free hides. There was no ses.
sion of the Senate.
Abuses in the expenditure of nprro.
priations was the text of the discussions
in the House Saturday during the con-
sideration of the urgent deficiency bill.
Little progress was made with the bill.
The $2,615 Knox portrait was again n
topic of unfavorable common and de-
partment heads generally came in for
criticism. The most animated debate
| took place on the amendment to increase
the amount for the transportation of sill
YER coins. One argument advanced was
that to cut this appropriation meant
distress to the interior sections of the
country, where silver money is used, but
the opponents of the amendment de-
clarcd that the appropriation was abused
by the express companies. for whose ben
eft. it was stated the appropriation was
made. The amendment was lost by a
| vote Oh ~ 10 ~. ~ DIil was IiSScu wv
viding for the holding of a Federal court
at Grand Island, Neb. There was no
session Of the Senate.
Right to bridge st. Andrews bay. Fla,
was granted the Birmingham, Columbus
and st. Andrews Railway Company by
| the House on converting Monday. The
urgent deficiency bill was taken NJ. Dis
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until the next Monday. Senators Platt
and Depew were in their seats when the
| Senate convened, the first appearance of
| either for some time. Both gentlemen
| were given warm welcomes and were
| heartily congratulated upon their APP
| pearing in good health. Senator Clay
| addressed the Senate on his resolution
relating to the governmental power to
fix maximum future charges by rail-
| roads. .7'..a'
Tn the Senate Tuesday Mr.. Spooner
defended the course OF President loose
| Welt in appointing delegates to the No
| roccan conference and in relation 10
| Santo Domingo. =MIessrs. Tillman and
| Culbcrson also spoke, insisting that in
| the Dominican affair the executive had
| usurped the powers of the Senate. In
the House the urgent deficiency appro-
! p~riation bill was under consideration. An
| amendment %abrogating the eight-hour day
| for work on the Panama canal was de-
! feated, and another, providing that canal
commissioners may not receive additional
compensation besides their salaries, was
| passed. The item of $2,G15 to reimburse
| the Department of Justice for an oil por-
trait of former Attorney General knox
met defeat. A bill creating n new land
| district in Montana, to accommodate set
| tiers in the Great Crow reservation,
\ which will be opened for settlement in
l August, was passed.
In the Senate Wednesday Mr.. Lodge
| defended the course of the President with
regard to the affairs of Santo Domingo
and the Moroccan conference and Mr..
! Teller spoke in support of the Senates
| prerogative in treaty making. At 8 p. m.
| an executive session lasting fifteen min
utes was had and then the private pen-
sion calendar was taken up. The forces
opposed to the joint statehood bill, con-
I sisting of the Democrats and the Repub-
lican insurgents, met their first defeat
in the House when a motion ordering tho
previous question on the adoption of the
rule for debate prepared by the Republi-
! cans was passed by a vote of 1872 to 100.
1; Several members had left the chamber
when the vote on the rule itself was TAX
en-, the result being 1877 to 157. Mr..
Crumpacker of Indiana took the chair
and debate on the bill in committee OF
the whole was begun at once. After
passing a bill to create jury commission
| ers in Oklahoma the House at 5 Is p. IN.
| adjourned. ,
A discussion of foreign affairs occupied
| the session of the Senate Thursday,
l MeSsrs. Money and Heyburn speaking.