Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
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The Senate Monday passed the agricul
ural appropriation bill. carrying nearly
10000, 900; the poStotice appropriation
bill, carrying $21O,O00,OOO; the pension
appropriation bill. carrying Sl4o,o0,oo
And the bill authorizing the establishment
IF an agricultural bank in the Philippines.
The principal amendment to the agricul-
tural bill was offered by Senator lever
idge, which requires the date of canning
and inspection to appear on the label.
Another amendment offered by Mr.. Bcver-
idge, to require the packers to pay the
cost of administering the meat inspection
law. was defeated. The Senate also pass
ed a bill granting q service pension OF SD
a month to army nurses who have reached
the age of 81, So a month at 40 years,
md 500 at -. Senator DepeW addressed
the Senate on his resolution for an inves-
~tication of the currency system. At the
night session the Senate ratified the
Santo Domingo treaty by a vote of l3 to
10. and passed 300 private pension bills,
clearing the calendar. The House de-
voted the first hour of its session to eulo-
gies for the late Representative John f.
Rixey of Virginia. and as IL further mark
of resnect took a recess for half an hour.
reassembling a resolution reported
bv the committee on rules was adopted
providing for five hours of debate on The
Littauer substitute for the Senate ship
subsidy bill and for Il vote on the measure
GOT later than ) o'clock Friday afternoon
The Senate Tuesday passed the SundrS
civil appropriation bill, carrying Sll4,-
600, 1000. 1t also passed the Aldrich cur
rency bill by a vote of 43 to IA. Con-
ference reports were adopted on the naval,
army. Notifications and District of Co.
lumbia appropriation bills. The confer
ence report on the bill allowing the gov
eminent the right of appeal in criminal
cases was agreed to, as was also that on
q bill opening for settlement 1,OOO.OUO
acres of the Rosebud Indian reservation
in South Dakota. General debate on the
so-called ship subsidy bill was begun in
the House and under an agreement con-
tinued throughout the day. The confer
ence reports on the Notifications appro-
p~riation bill and the omnibus revenue
! cutter bill were adopted. The conference
| reports on the army Appropriation bill
and the river and harbor bill were pre-
| scented. Conferees We're appointed on the
postofice and agricultural Appropriation
bills. An order was adopted authorizing
the consideration in the House as in the
committee of the whole of private bills
reported from certain committees.
After listening to IN argument by Sen
! ator Patterson Of Colorado in favor OF
o~r,orcb;n Of railroads thu
Senate Wednesday agreed to the confer
ence report on the river and harbor APP
preparation bill. The Senate passed with
ont discussion the Daniel bill establishing
'the foundation for the promotion OF IN
dustrial peace.' with the Nobel peace
prize received by President Roosevelt. The
expatriation bill also was passed. The
House bill to prevent shanShal1nS and
fifty minor measures were passed. Con
ference reports were agreed to by the
House on the naval, river and harbor and
District of Columbia appropriation bills.
The House concurred in the Senate
amendment to the army bill providing for
the retirement of certain %brigadier gem
erals who served in the Civil War, with
the rank of major general. The President
returned to the House without his ap-
prevail a bill for the relief of }. M. Bauer
and others growing out of their failure to
make returns for special tax as retail du'
ties on oleomargarine. The conference
reports on the commercial appeals bill and
the bills authorizing the allotment and
DISPOSAL of surplus lands in the Rosebud
Indian reservations in South Dakota were
agreed to. The House disagreed to the
Senate amendments to the sundry civR
appropriation bill and appointed con-
ferees. The ship subsidy bill was debated
throughout the day.
The Senate Thursday passed the bill
extending government aid to the Alaska
Yukon-Paciic exposition to be held in
1905 at Seattle, and debated for several
hours the denatured alcohol bill, reaching
no conclusion on the latter measure. The
conference report on the army appropria.
ton bill was presented, and by the Sen.
ate receding on the point in controversy
its provision for the retirement OF pay
masters clerks a complete agreement be.
tween the two houses resulted. The con.
ference report on the military acadmy bill
was agreed to. The Mexican boundary
treaty was ratified, and the nominations
of isthmian canal commissioners sent to
the Senate Feb. Is, including Chairman
Shonts and Chief Engineer Stevens, were
confirmed. General debate on the ship
subsidy bill was closed in the House and
the measure was read for amendment un.
der the fve-minute rule. An amendment
was adopted providing for a line of six.
teen-knot ships from the Gulf of Mexico
to Brazil, while one excepting the steam.
SIS Sierra, Sonoma and Ventura OF the
Oceanic Line from the operations OF tni
bill was defeated. The general deficiency
bill, carrying $9,S47,3 96, was reported
The conference reports on the military
academy appropriation bill and the expat.
ration bill were agreed to-. The night
session was devoted to bills on the private
calendar, but little was done, because Mr..
Mahon of Pennsylvania, smarting under
his treatment when bills from the commit.
tee on war claims were under considers.
ton, raised the point of no quorum, and .
1uorum was not secured until 10 :45.
National Capital Notes.
The Senate has passed a bill to es-
tablish an immigration station in New
Orleans.
The House has passed a bill creating
a new land district in Valley county,
Montana.