The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-02-07
WORK OF
CONGRESS


/ The Senate was in session only for
| little more than an hour Saturday, the
early adjournment being taken TO permit
attendance on the funeral Of the late Sen
stor Alger. A few bills of minor import
snce were passed, and Senator Hales res.
olution for an inquiry into the personal
| interest manifested by naval oihcers M
III, lazy personnel bill was referred to
| the Committee on Naval Affairs. 1he
Hcuse spent the greater part OF the day
! dalarin- the agricultural appropriation
/ bill. Action ON the question OF the free
| distribution of seeds. by vote OF al 10
/ 50. was postponed until Monday. The
! Senata bill incorporating the information
al Sunday School Association OF Amer
| lea was passed. The river and haroor
ILiE was reported.
| Senator BeveridSe occupied the atten
t;on of the Senate Monday with a contin-
uation of his argument in behalf of his
| child labor bill. The Senate adopted
| resolution directing the interstate COM
meroe committee to report as 10 the posi-
/ ton in its employ held by {. ;. Hanks,
who recently stated before the Boston
Chamber Of Commerce that railroad rates
! could be reduced 10 per cent without i'm
pairing dividends. The resolution also
| asks for the facts on which this statement
was based. The diplomatic and consular
! appropriation bill, carryin. S3,OSo,41S,
with an amendment repeating the act
| providing for raising the rank Of Ameri-
| can diplomatists abroad when foreign
| governments raise the ranks of their en-.
| voys TO this country. was reported, as
also was the fortifcarions appropriation
| bill. which carries 1888. 5S9. Senator
| McCumber introduced bill to inquire
| into the salaries OF federal officers anc
| employees and report a remedy for In
eGualities. A joint resolution was adopt
ed continuing the joint postal commission
| until its affairs can be wound up. Twen-
ty bills relating TO the District OF Co
! lumbia were passed in the IIouSe. y joint
| resolution was passed granting permis-
sion to the Secretary of War to sell at
! actual cost limited Quantities of hay,
straw and grain for domestic uses TO citl-
zens of Montana. where 10000 head OF
! cattle are threatened with starvation by
reason of the blizzard now raging. The
|
commission was adopted.
The Senate Tuesday passed the diplt,
matte and consular and fortiications ap-
prCpriation bills, the former carrying 3d.
9S5477. and the latter S2,041.706. Sena-
| tor Beveridge concluded his speech in ad-
vocacy of his child labor bill. Senator
Curtis of Kansas took the oath Of office
for the uncxpired term of Senator Bur
! ton. The House passed the Senate bill
increasing the board of customs apprais
| ers in New York from tea to twelve, and
also passed the Senate bill making pro-
vision for conveying a strip of ground IN
| st. Augustine. Fla, known as the
Lines" for school purposes. Mr.. Lit
tauer sought immediate action on bill
10 loan S1.OOOOOO to the jamestown ex
position. but so much opposition devel
oped that he withdrew the measure. The
agricultural appropriation bill occupied
the House most of the day. The free SEED
distribution item was restored. The rec
concentrations Of the committee on agri
culture TO increase the salaries of the
chief forester. and the chief of the bureau
OF chemistry from $500 to $4,000 went
out on points of order. An important
amendment was adopted that no part Of
tie money appropriated for enforcing
the national pure food law should be pait
to any State, city or district official
After completing nearly fifty pages of th'
bill the House adjourned.
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Besides fixing Feb. 20 for a vote on th'
declaration that Senator Reed Smoot o
Utah is not entitled to his seat, passing Z
bill appropriating 100000 to confin'
the Colorado river to its banks and an
other placing the management of th'
Panama railway under the isthmian cana
commission, the Senate Wednesday listen
ed TO extended speeches by Senators Car
tor of Montana and Hepburn of ldah'
in criticism of the Secretary of the In
terror for his order preventing the issu
aace of patents to public lands unit
after an examination: on the ground by
special agent. The House completed tn
agricultural appropriation bill. The dip
lomatic and consular appropriation bil
was sent to conference, the managers o.
the part of the House being Cousins o
Iowa. G. B. Landis of Indiana and How
) ard of Georgia. The river and harbo
appropriation bill, carrying SS4,OOO,OO(
was taken up.
| -
Senator Rayners address on the eA
pansion of executive prerogatives, Sena
: tor Lodges brief reply and an extende
discussion of the administration of tn
public land laws by Senator Heybur
constituted the proceedings in the Senat
Thursday. The river and karbor apprc
priation bill occupied practically all tn
, time of the House. The debate was oper
ed by Mr.. Burton of Ohio, chairman Q
the rivers and harbors committee. Othe
! speeches were made by Messrs. Barthold
of Missouri, Ransdell of Louisiana
Snapp of Illinois, Lawrence of Massa