Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-28
THE DOINGS OF CONGRESS
Items of Interest From the Nation
al Capital.
More Important Happenings in SEN
ate and House During the
Past Week.
Reed Smoot Remains.

etains his seat in the United States
Senate. This was decided Wednes-
lay by vote of ~ to IS, ending a
long contest. Eighteen senators were
paired, making the actual standing OIL
the resolution 81 for and 81 against.
Senator Smoot did not vote and
Senator Wetmore was absent and not
paired.
The Smoot resolution was called up
soon after the senate convened. Every
seat in the galleries was filled and
during the actual voting the standing
room on the floor of the senate was
crowded by members of the house
and employees of the senate. Seldom
had there been a proceeding affect
ing the standing of senator that has
attracted such marked attention. In
the audience were representatives of
a number of prominent women's or
CARNATIONS which have been active
in circulating and having presented
petitions of remonstrance against Mr..
Smoot These women secured many
thousand signatures to their petitions.
An Investigation Postponed.
mittee on Pacific railroads Friday
failed to get a quorum to consider
Senator Heyburn's resolution direct
ing the committee to make an investf-
cation of the recent reorganization
of the Northern Pacific Railroad
hA Of a
members present that the matter
should be postponed until next ses-
sion of congress, as it was agreed
that no action could be had during
the short time that remained of the
present congress.
Deficiencies Were Less.
Washington, D. C. - AS a result
of the action of Chairman Tawney OF
the house appropriations committee
last year, in having the general def.
cheney bill so amended that it pro-
hibited heads of departments from
creating deficiencies without full eX
plantations to congress and then only
in cases of extraordinary emergency
the amount of deficiencies for this
year will be only about S2,500,O00 as
against S33,O00,00O last year
Violated Safety Appliance Law.
Washington. - Attorney General
Bonaparte has directed that suits be
instituted against a number of rail
road companies to recover penalties
for violation of the safety appliance
law. Information upon which these
prosecutions will be based were re-
ported to the Interstate Commerce
Commission by its safety appliance
Inspectors. Seventy eight violations
in all are alleged
Another Special Message.
Tuesday transmitted to congress q
special message in which he recon
mends legislation referring to the
court of claims the controversy be
tween the government and the Sac
and Fox Indians over lands and mon
ey. The president vetoed a bill af
fecting a settlepent of this contro
versy at the last congress.
FiIibustered in the House.
Washington Smarting under
what they considered unfair treat
ment, the democrats resorted to a sys
tematic series of objections agains
provisions in the sundry civil bill
Thursday in the house They compel
led the republicans to maintain 1O(
members, a quorum of the committee
of the whole.
Sunday Civil Appropriations.
Washington. - Appropriation -ag
gregating S1O4, $40 are carried il
the bill providing for the Sundr!
civil expenses of the government il
1908 reported to the house Tuesday
by the committee on appropriations
The amount carried in this bill fol
1907 was Sill, 146,SS4
A Conference Agreement.
Washington, D. C. - After a con
ference lasting for one month the con
ferees of the house and senate OIL
the legislative, judicial and executive
bill have finally agreed on a measure
carrying S32,921 900. This is $1,450
600 more than the bill carried whel
passed by the house.
May Consider Ship Subsidy.
Washington, D. c. = Until afte
another conference of republican lead
ers Thursday it will not be deter
mined whether the Littauer ship sub
sidy bill it 10 be considered at thi
session of congress.
Another Measure Signed.
Washington. The president Fri
day signed the diplomatic and consu
lar appropriation bill, the first of tn,
regular supply measures to be actet
on by congress.
Postoffice Appropriations.
Washington, d. C. = The postoi
flee appropriation bill, the larges
ever reported by the committee Of
postoffices and post roads, passed tn
house Wednesday. All the prov
sions relating to increased pay al
fecting 80 per cent of the postal en-
ployes which Tuesday were stricke
out on points of order, were, Wednes
day restored to the bill. This actio
was accomplished by a rule presente
by the committee on rules after tn
bill had been reported to the house b
the committee of the whole.
Financial Bill Considered.
Washington, D. C.-Senator AiG
rich Wednesday secured an hour"
consideration of his financial bill afte
the senate had disposed of the Smoo
case. The measure was not passed
1t was laid aside at 6 o'clock and wa
not taken up at the night session.
One Court-MartiaPs Work.
Riga, Russia The court-martia
at Tukum, which has, been trying in
surrectionists have concluded its Ia
bors. Seventeen men have been ser