The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-03-01
Con&ress.
~ Resume of the Week,
!, Proceedings.

Washington, Feb. 10. - Under sus-
pension of the rules the house yester-
day adopted the conference report on
the immigration bill, although the
Democrats generally made a party is
sue against the passport provision, as
we'll as to that requiring increased air
space in vessels.
hours consideration of the agricultu.
raj appropriation bill, the senate in
creased from $500 to $1,000 the sal
airy of Clifford Pinchot, chief of the
bureau of forestry.
Practically no progress was made
on the agricultural bill.
Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Reed
Shoots address to the senate yester-
day in defense of his position as sen
ator was the feature of the session.
He was supported by Senator Dilling-
ham of Vermont in a speech analytical
Of the evidence which had been sub
mitted in the case.
The senate spent several hours in
further consideration of the forestry
provisions in the agricultural appro-
priation bill.
After passing a number of bills UNI
der unanimous consent yesterday, the
house resumed consideration OF the
postotfice appropriation bill.
Washington, Feb. 21.-The four-year
contest against Reed Smoot as a sena-
tor of the United States from Utah
was ended yesterday when 40 of his
colleagues voted TO sustain him, as
against % for the resolution to unseat
him. Added to this there were nine
pairs, making the actual standing on
the resolution 81 to 81. Senator Smoot
did not vote, and Senator Wetmore
was absent and not paired.
A night session was held, at which
the naval appropriation bill and the
river and harbor appropriation bill
were passed.
In the House.
h postott1ce appropriation bill, the
largest ever reported. passed tho
house yesterday. All the provisions re-
lating to increased pay, affecting 90
per cent of the postal employees and
which yesterday were stricken out on
points of order. were restored to the
bill.
Washington, Feb. 22.-Smarting un-
der what they considered unfair treat
ment the Democrats resorted to a sys-
tematic series of objections against
provisions in the sundry civil bill yes
terday in the house. They compelled
the Republicans to maintain 100 mem
bers. a quorum of the committee of the
whole. The house passed a number
of bills and resolutions including one
charging the act relating to shanghai
ing.
The reading of the agricultural bill
was completed in the senate after
most of the day had been spent in de-
bate on the forestry system and the
grazing land provisions. and the meas
ure will again be considered to-day for
final action.
Washington. Feb. 23.-The senate at
ltSL hight ScSSlOl passed lIle Ulll
making appropriations for the support
of the military academy.
A discussion lasting throughout the
entire day, to which was added a futile
night session, failed to secure final ac-
ton on the amendments to>the agricul-
tural appropriation bill purposed to
make an increase of $1,000, 900 in the
bill for the support of the forest re-
serve service.
The house in committee Of the
whole placed itself sauarely on record
yesterday in favor of limiting the pow
er of special agents Of the department
of the interior by a vote restricting the
use of the appropriation of $250.000
covered by the sundry civil %appropria-
ton bill to pay the salaries of such
agents.
Washington, Feb. 25. The house
Saturday passed the sundry civil APP
preparation bill.
Under a rule reported from the COM
mittee on rules by Mr.. Dalzell of Penn
sylvania, the house amended Its sub
stitute for the La Toilette sixteen
hour railroad employees bill by an af-
frmative vote of 279, there being no
negative votes cast.
The house agreed to the confer
ence report On the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial bill.
Although the senate devoted -four
hours to legislative matters. nothing
was done.
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