Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-01
WORK OF
CONGRESS


An agreement to vote the next Gay on
The conference report on the immigration
bill. which includes the provision intend
ad TO settle the California-Japanese ques-
ton. was reached in the Senate after an
entire day of discussion Friday The
naval appropriation bill, carrying &c.,
100000. was passed by the House. An
amendment to strike out the provision for
an additional battleShip was defeated by
a vote of ia to 146. The postofice APP
propriation bill was taken up and an
agreement made that general debate
should cease at - O'Clock noon the tol-
lowing Tuesday. The conference report
an the Diplomatic and consular bill was
adopted.
The administration plan to settle the
California Japanese situation was APP
nrovad bv the Senate in the adoption of
the conference report on the immigration
hill Saturday. This report contains a
provision which authorizes the President
+, exclude Japanese laborers from the
United States at his discretion. The
nostoffice appropriation bill was taken up
bv the House, but general debate was not
concluded. During the morning hour a
number of bills were passed. among them
being measures permitting the special de-
livery of letters carrying ordinary stamps
and limiting to Jan. l, 1909, the opera
tion of acts to reimburse the governors OF
states and territories for expenses in
Cured in aiding the United States to
raise troops in the war with SPAN.
1872
As the result of more than five hours
consideration of the agricultural appro-
n~riation bill Monday, the Senate in
creased from So. 800 to $1,000 the salary
of Clifford Pinchot. chief of the bureau
of forestry. Practically no progress was
made on the bill. Under a suspension of
the rules the House adopted the confer
ence report on the immigration Dill by a
vote of 1877 to 1O1. The House refused
to s,,snend the rules and pass the bill rec
commended by the interstate and foreign
commerce committee as a substitute Tor
the so-called La Toilette bill limiting en-
ployment on railroads to siXten hours, the
Democrats voting solidly against the sub
stitute. Mr.. Overstreet OF Indiana ASKED
thar general debate terminate on the post
Office appropriation bill at 4 O'Clock Tues
day afternoon. A resolution was adopted
authorizing the clerk to insert a provis-
ion in the bill looking to the reduction OF
the compensation to railroads for carrying
mails to take effect July 1.
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Senator Reed Shoots address in de-
Tense of his position as Senator was the
feature of the Senate session tuesday. lie
was supported by Senator Dillingham; or
Vermont in a speech analytical OF the
evidence submitted. The Senate spent
several hours in further consideration OF
the forestry provisions in the agricultural
appropriation bill, with the result that
several amendments were agreed to when
restrict the operations of the bureau IN
several respects. The section of the bill
had not been completed when a recess was
taken for the evening session. At the
night session several bills which were not
of general Importance were passed. After
passinc a number of bills under unani-
nous consent the House resumed consider
alton of the postoffice appropriation bill.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Gillespie
of Texas, Murphy of Missouri, Robinson
of Arkansas, Padgett of Tennessee, Lloyd
of Missouri, Stevenson of Minnesota,
Finley of South Carolina and Stafford of
Wisconsin. Mr.. Macon of Arkansas made
a point of order against the paragraphs
increasing the pay of clerks in first and
second class postotfces and carriers IN
the city delivery service. A spirited pass
age of words ensued between Mr.. Macon
and Mr.. Fitzgerald of New York, wherein
me latter gave uctlSe' tHut " "'NAN ~
that a point of order was made against
the section providing for the increase TO-
rural carriers. Mr.. Macon refused to
abandon his position and the chair sus-
tanned the points of order.
The Senate Wednesday. by q vote OF
% TO 40. rejected the resolution declaring
Reed SA,oot not entitled to a seat as a
Soma for from the State of Utah. Prevl-
ously. by a vote of 40 to Y. on MOTION
of Senator Hopkins, an amendment was
adopted providing that two-thirds OF the
Senators present must vote 70 uhseae
Senator Smoot in order to make the order
effactive. The Senate then took up Sem
otor Aldrich's financial bill, winch was
debated for an hour, when adjournment
was taken until evening. AT inc night
session the naval and rivers ana harpors
anpropriation bills were passed. Inc posi-
Geo annropriation bill was passed by the
House. All the provisions relal'hs y ~
oroosed nav affecting 30 per cent OF the
.a.+,l onnloyes were restored to the bill.
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"A nh Senate ~complrted the reading OF
tho .gric,,ltural bill Thursday after most
oe +he DIV had been spent in debate on
+ha Forestry system and the grazing land
nrovision. Smarting under what they con-
s;dered uefair treatment, the Democrats
resorted to a systematic series of objec-
tons against. provisions in the sundry
civil hill in the House. They compelled
tho Republicans to maintain y members
for a quorum of the committee OF the
whole and forced the reading of the bill
in full. for the first time at this session OF
Congress, wasting nearly three hours
time. Several times. on demand. a quo
ru,n was counted at the night session.. and
many of the members appeared in evening
dress. At 10 40 p. m. the committee rose,
having completed ninety-six pages OF the
bill, and Immediately thereafter adj
j%ourned.
National Capital Notes.
The House committee on labor has
made a favorable report on the Bartholdt
bill creating a board of trustees to accept
and administer the Nobel prize of nearly
$4,000.
Representative Bartholdt introduced an
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