Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-01-30
DOj|INGS Ofg0]g|elRl.El.S''s' [ [ 5
what Our National #IawMa kers Are
Doing From Day Hd Day

ton of the House sof r Rsliresenta tatlyes
to increase the salaries 9f Senators,
Members and Territorisl elegates
to $500 annually, and those Of the
Wee President; the Speaker Of the
House and members The Presi-
dents cabinet +o $12,06g This ac-
ton Vas taken BY vose 81 Of 50 to
21 and followed a duscdssf foneo oY near
ly three hours. An amsh dment con
fning the increase aIinet officers
and the presiding Officers Of the
Senate and HOUSE, was yotsd down.,
as was also a propositioH oH to postpone
the increase until lgl5s
4 Senator Bsvsridgs Of Indiana, be-
gan an extended addressssetting forth
the child labor conditions of the
country, in support his pending
bill prohibiting inter7S tate commerce
In articles which are tBesprod duct Of
from 3: o'clock Until 4SS0 and gave
notice that he would conclude his
address Thursday
President Roos message in
support Of the ship subsidy was re-
ceived and read BY both houses of
Congress.
After the reading the House,
the message was referred to the COM
mittee on merehant t.mnlssrine and fish
cries, from which Small subsidy
measure has just beeh reported, in
the Senate the message was sent to
the committee on commerce..
The President calls attenti n to
the great desirabiit ity: os enactment of
legislation to help American ship
ping and American TRADE by eucour-
aging the building dd running Of
lines of large and ssNafftt steamers to
South America and tie Orient.
For An Increase 6S she Navy.
An appropriation sofs about $05,-
100000 is provide for in the naval
appropriation bill agreed upon by the
House committee or,.snaval affairs.
The bill provides for an additional
battleship Of the type t agreed upon in
the naval appropria tSon bill Of last
year. It also makes DIVISION for two
torepdo boat destroy Eers and appro-
PIRATES $2,OOO,OO0 Sfor submarine.
This $2,OO0,0OO additional to the
$1,OO0,O0O for submarines provided
in the bill last year which has not
yet been expended Provision I. is
made for about g. O00s additional sail
ors and 900 additional marines.
The new :battl leshiip provided for
in the bill is. to be. .assister ship Of the
monster !anthorize dsgby Congress last
year, which thess Bill requires should
"be class tleship, carrying
as heavy armor and as powerful ar
.mament as any, Eno isyessel Of its
class, to have tie ghest practicable
speed and great tessttl prac cticable radius
action. y Il 81 the new bat
Stleship is estimas ,g0Q,0 000ss:
Abc5ishsE,se gencies.
The House voted to abolish all
pension agencies throughout the
country, ls in nubs Der, and centra-
lie the payment oH pensions in the
city of Washington. This ection was
taken on the pesion appropriation
bill after spirited opposition on the
part of those having pension agencies
in their States.
By a vote of 59 to la an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Dalzell, of
Pennsylvania, restoring the number
Of agencies to. IS as at present, was
defeated, and then an amendment
offered by Mr.. Gardner, of Michi-
gan, consolidating all the agencies in
one was adopted without division.
The pension appropriation bill car
rying $l3S,00O,O0O in round numbers
was passed.
A message from the President was
read relative to insurance, aud al
2:3O,. out Of respect to the memory Of
the late Senator Alger, of Michi-
gan, the House adjourned.
A Brief Session.
The Senate was in session Satur-
day only for a little more than al
hour, the early adjournment being
taken to permit attendance on thu
funeral of the late Senator Alger. A
few bills of minor Importance were
passed, but most of the time of the
sitting was devoted to the further dis
cussion of Senator Hale's resolution
providing for an inquiry into the. per:
sonal interest manifested by nava
officers in the navy personnel bill
The resolution was ultimately refer
red to the committee on naval affairs
Washington Treatre Burned.