The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-18

tentlon in the enate yesterday, and
indications point to protracted debate
before any Of the pending resolutions
on the subject are voted on.
h house yesterday passed a bill
providing for q judicial review of or
ders excluding persons from the use
of the United States mail facilities.
after a debate extending over the ma
jor portion of the day.
Washington, Jan. 10. - The senate
occupied itself yesterday In discussing
the Brownsville affair. Senator Daniel
of Virginia made a speech in support
OF the presidents action. Senator For
aker said that other speeches were to
be made and indicated that he would
defer closing the argument until a
later date.
Senate Overman On. J. addressed
the senate in opposition to the pro
posed federal child labor laws, his op-
position being based on the broad
ground Of state rights.
Washington, Jan. 11.-After a gen
>Aot q
was reached in the senate yesterday
j%ustifyins the expectation that a vote
on the general service pension bill
would be taken next FRIDAY.
The remainder of the day was de.
voted to a discussion of the bill limit.
ing the hours of railway employees.
The house began the consideration
Of the army appropriation bill by sec
lions. A point Of order. was made
against the paragraph in the bill abol-
ishing the grade Of lieutenant general
with the retirement of the present
lieutenant general. Arthur Macarthur
which point was sustained.
Washington, Jan. -. - After more
! than five hours spent in a lively con.
sideration of the subject of limiting
the hours of service of railway EN-.
ployes, the senate yesterday passed a
substitute for the pending bill and
amendments on that subject, of which
Senator La Toilette was the author, as
he al of the original bill. The sub.
Btitute limits the time of train EN-
ployeS to sixteen consecutive hours OF
service, to be followed by ten hours
Of rest. There was but one negative
vote to this action, that of Senator
Pettus Of Alabama.
Exceptions Made.
The bill provides that under certain
contingencies and in case of accident
the time fixed may be exceeded. The
enforcement of the law is placed in
the hands Of the interstate commerce
commission and the federal courts, tn,
penalty provided being a fine of moi
less than s100. nor more than $1,000
The act is to apply to trains doing al
interstate or foreign m e busj
ness.
Row in House.
The house yesterday not only was
the center of a threatened persona
encounter between Representative
Gaines (Tenn.) and Representative
Mahon (Pa.), growing out of Mr.
Gaines bill to dock" members fol
army appropriation bill and began the
consideration of the Notifications bill
Several amendments were made TO tn.
army bill.
Washington, Jan. 10. = A genera
service pension bill was passed by the
senate yesterday which. if it becomes
a law, will give to survivors of tn.
Civil and Mexican wars who have
S12 per month; SIS to those of sevent!
and $40 to those of seventy-five year:
of age.
The first argument in behalf of Reet
Smoot was made by Senator Hopkin:
of Illinois, who commended that thu
senate had no authority to pass judg
ment on the private acts of its mem
bers.
The legislative appropriation bill
was taken up and read. Amendment!
to this bill, including the proposed in
creases in the salaries of the vice pres
dent, speaker and cabinet members
were not considered yesterday, bu
will be taken up later.
House Breaks Record.
The house yesterday in an hour ant
thirty-five minutes passed 62S private
pension bills, an average of W bill
per minute, exceeding the highest rec
ord ever made before.
Washington, Jan. Is. All conten
tons that the race problem and pom
ties are moi involved iii the BROWNS
Vile affair were upset Saturday Whel
Senator Tillman uncorked the phla''
of his vituperation in an assault upo
President Roosevelt and a dlssertat
ton on the negro that was SO ln1eln
perate that it called forth a stlnSlh
rebuke from one of his Democra'l
colleagues, Senator Patterson OF Colo
RADIO.
In the name of the Democracy OF tn
North Senator Patterson repudlatet
the peculiar Democracy expounded D.
Mr.. Til1man in regard to the prope
treatment of the negro.
In summary it may be said that Sen
ator Tillman charged the preSiden