Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-01-17
THE DOIRGS OF CONGRESS
Items of Interest From the Nation
al Capital.
More Important Happenings in Sen.
ate and House During the
Past Week.

Past Week.
Washington. = The bill making ap-
preparations for the legislative, exec
utive and judicial expense of the gov
eminent was reported to the senate
Thursday. 1t carries s30,S55,S34,
net increase of S225,450 over the
amount as passed by the house.
All propositions for the raising of
salaries of members of congress and
members of the cabinet including tho
provision inserted by the house in
creasing the pay of cabinet members,
the vice president and speaker of the
house to $4,000 a year were rejected.
1t is expected, however that an
amendment will be offered on the
floor of the senate to restore these
items and also to raise the salaries
of members of congress.
Among the principal item of in
crease are those of $4,000 additional
to pay the expenses of investigating
trade conditions abroad; for investi-
CATION and reports by the census Of
flee on cotton and manufacturing sta
tistics $125,0OO additional
Appropriation Bill in House.
Washington. - The house imme
diately after the approval of the
journal Tuesday began the consider
alton of the military appropriation
bill. Chairman Hull begun general
debate by a comprehensive state,
ment of the contents or the army
budget which carries S2,500,000 more
than last year. Other speeches were
made by Mr.. Slayden of Texas, on his
bill to discontinue the enlistment of
negroes in the army of the United
States; by Mr.. Zenor of Indiana
against the ship subsidy bill, and by
Mr. Gaines of Tennessee, who spoke
in commemoration of the 92nd anni-
versa.ry of the battle of New Orleans.
Without finishing general debate the
house at 4:5O adjourned.
A Defense of Reed Smoot.
Washington. The first speech
in defense of the right of Reed Smoot
to a seat in the Senate was delivered
Friday by Senator Hopkins of Illinois.
Mr.. Hopkins took the position that
senators were not federal officers to
the extent that the Senate could pass
upon their qualifications and eligibi-
lily or could impeach them for high
crimes or misdemeanors. If a sena-
tor was to be punished it must be
done by the state or federal courts.
Only federal officers, he maintained,
were Improbable, and this impeach-
ment must be done for acts commit
ted as such federal officers.
Have Again Called Cromwell.
Washington, D. O. - The senate
committee on interoceanic canals
Tuesday voted to summon William
Nelson Cromwell of New York to ap-
pear before it again to relate his re-
lations with the new Panama canal
company and the sale of the property
to the United States on which SUBJ
ject Mr. Cromwell on several occa-
sions has declined to testify.
No Lieut.. General Hereafter.
Washington. In the course of
the debate in the house in committee
of the whole Thursday on the army
appropriation bill Mr. Hull of Iowa,
chairman of the military affairs COM
mittee Immediately moved to insert
the following: Provided that moth
ing in this provision shall affect the
retired list" Without debate the
provision was adopted, ayes "a, hayes
none.
LaFolIette's Bill Passed Senate.
Washington, D. c. - BY a vote of
20 to one the senate Thursday passed
bill providing that railway employees
engaged in handling trains shall not
work more than 16 consecutive hours,
which period is to be followed by ten
hours off duty. The one negative
vote was cast by Senator Pettus.
Tuberculosis Hospital for Navy.
Washington, D. c., - The army
appropriation bill passed by the house
Thursday included an amendment
opening the hospital at Fort Bayard,
N. NJ, for the treatment of tuberculo-
sis to the officers and men of the
navy and marine corps.
Pension Day in the House.
Washington, D. c. The house
Friday adjourned until Monday af-
ter breaking all records so far as pen
sion legislation is concerned. Of 700
private pension bills which were on
the calendar 62S were passed in one
hour and 80 minutes.
Senate Passes a House Bill.
Washington. - The senate Thurs
day passed house bill extending the
time in which entrymen of lands in
the Crow Indian reservation in Mon
tana may comply with the regula-
lions.
For Increase in Artillery Corps.
Washington, - Secretary Taft ap-
peared before the house committee on
military affairs Tuesday and urged in
crease in artillery corps.
To Prevent Land Frauds.
Washington An estimate from
the department of the interior ask
ing for an additional 100000 to be
used in hiring special agents to pre-
vent land frauds was sent to congress
Thursday.
Senator Allison in His Seat.
Wa shlngton. Senator Allison,
chairman of the appropriation com,
E:ittce who had been ill at his home
in Iowa. was in the senate Tuesday
for the first time during the ses-
sion.
An Insane Mans Escapade.
Tulsa, l. 7. - Rendered deranged
by fever ]. s. Hull, an oil drill
er, Wednesday night leaped through