Free press., 1907-03-02
THE DOlHGS OF CONGRESS
items of Interest From the Nation
al Capital.
Mere Important Happenings in SEN
ate and House During the
Past Weak.
Rcd smoet Remains.

ashington.-Senator Reed Smoot
retains his seat in the United States
Senate. This was decided Wednes-
day by a vote of AZ to %, ending
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
na:red.
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 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 romonstrance against Mr..
Smoot. These women secured many
thousand signatures to their petitions.
An investigation Postponed.
Washington. = The senate COM
mittee on Pacific railroads Friday
failed to get a quorum to consider
Senator Heyburn's resolution direct
ing the committee to make an inyesti-
cation of the recent reorganization
of the Northern Pacific Railroad
company. 1t was the opinion of the
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 defi-
cheney bill SO amended that il 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 $2,500,OOO as
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Another Special Message.
Washington. = President Roosevelt
Tuesday transmitted to congress
special message in which he recon-
mends legislation referring to the
court of claims the controve rsy be-
tween the government and the Sac
and Fox Indians over lands and mon
ey. The president vetoed bill af-
fecting n settlement of this contro-
versy at the last congress.
Cost of Government.
Washington. 1t costs just a little
more than twice as much to run the
government of the United States now
as it did ten years ago. One session
of the Fifty-Ninth Congress by the
time it has completed its labors will
have appropriated more than both
sessions of the Fifty-fourth. Ten
years ago the per capita cost of gov
ernment was So, now it is $12.50
FiIibustered in the House.
Washington. Smarting under
what they considered unfair treat
ment, the democrats resorted to a Sys-
tematic series of objections against
provisions in the sundry civil bill
Thursday in the house. They compel
led the republicans to maintain 100
members, a quorum of the committee
of the whole.
The House Hears EuIogies.
Washington. = Eulogies en- the lives
of the late Senator Russell A. Alger of
Michigan and the late Representative
= Zeny Cullom Adams of Wisconsin;
William S. Flack of New York and ].
H. Ketcham of New York were pro.
nounced Sunday in the house, which
convened to pay tribute to the states,
men.
A Conference Agreement.