Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-01-17
WORK OF CONGRESS
What Our National Lawmakers Are
Doing From Day to Day
Senate Still Taking.

Taking but a brief time to pass the
legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill, carrying nearly
thirty-one million dollars, the Senate
devoted the remainder of the day to
the Brownsville ARRAY.
President Roosevelt's message, ac-
companied by many additional afr
davits and a cigar box of bullets and
empty cartridge shells, was received
read and ordered printed. The
speech-making on the subject then
began and continued until $50
o'clock. 81 81
MI. Foraker, saying he was not
going to make a speech, "but a few
remarks" observed that the testi-
moEy amounts to a great dssfsss'e ffot
the President tells us it is conclu-
sive."
"But it does not remove. the OBJ
lection / have had from the beginning
Of this proceeding. What ! have been
trying to contend for, and I hope I
will be successful, is to secure a hear
ing for the men charged with this
serious crime. This testimony has
been taken as the other was, behind
closed doors without anybody rep
resenting the men.
"That is the reason / shall not de-
sizt, notwithstanding what the Presi-.
derr has said as to the character Of.
it, from pressing for an investigation
Of the subject where especially the
men who are charged with the crimes
Of murder, purjury and conspiracy
can be heard to the end that if they
can establish any facts in their favor
they have an opportunity to do 3d."
House on District Bills.
The House spent most Of Monday
considering legislation pertaining to
the District of Columbia and proposed
q number Of bills, after which con
s~;deration of the Notifications appro-
priation bill was resumed. There was
c considerable debate regarding the
proper refenses at the mouth Of
Chesapeake Bay and notice was given
by Mr.. Maynard, Of Virginia, of an
amendment providing for surveys
looking to that end. e..
A War-Of Words.
The House took on the appearance
Of the clog days Of the 55th Congress
commonly known as the "war Con-
gress," when alterations between
members became frequent. Mr.. B.
Gaines, Of Tennessee, and Nh. Ma
hone, Of Pennsylvania, were only pre-
vented from meeting in personal en-
counter by the intervention Of other
members. MI. Gaines was making q
speech on his bill to "dock" members
pay for absence from the House and
was being twitted by both sides of
the chamber, to his evident embar-
rassment, when he charged Mr.. Ma
hone with being absent from the
House 95 per cent. of the time. Pre-
vious to this sweeping assertion, Mr.
Gaines had read excerpts from The
Record in relation to the withholding
of pay in the 53rd Congress and the
part Mr.. Malone had played at thai
time. - .a..
When Mr.. Gaines had concluded
Mr.. Malone rose. He explained how
in the 53rd and 55th Congresses, b,
had had $1,000 due him and that tn,
then Speaker, Crisp, had given him al
order, or the sergeant-at-arms for tn:
amount, which was paid. Then com
ing to the cruix Of Mr. Gaines MI
Malone Numbered:
: "Any man who charges me witt
being away from this House 95 pc
cent of the time, tells an untruth."
| Mr.. Gaines started down the aisl
| from his seat.
"No man can call me a liar,' ex
claimed the Tennessean.
Mr.. Mann Interferes.
Then Mr.. Mann, of Illinois, VIII,
was in the chair, took a hand in tn
alteration. Both men were ordere,
to their seats, Mr.. Malone obeyin
the command, while Mr.. Gaines stoo
two seats away from the centre. O
the chamber, shaking both fists an
: head at the Pennsylvania.
: When order had been restored M,
n Malone again rose. Having bee
cautinoed by the chair that it wa
a against the rules to address a men
Der in the second person he measu1
e ed his words saying he would spea
n in "the fourth person. He the
q said:
It "The charge Of the gentleman fro1
q Tennessee that I am away from tn
d House IS per cent of my time is
deliberate falsehood."
: By a vote Of 20 to ] the Sena1
passed a bill providing that railwa
employees engaged in the handling (
trains shall not work more than ]
: consecutive hours, which period IS
: be followed by 10 hours off duty. FL
one negative vote was cast by Sen;
tor Pettus.
This accomplishment was reache
! after an entire day spent in consi.
: GRAFTON of the subject. The parli
mentary situation was confused du
!. ing the entire time, caused by the I
. pending amendments and the thr,
y substitutes for the original bill, q
Of which had to be disposed of.