Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-22
WORK OF
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The Senate passed the army appropria-
zion bill carrying ISL 100000, Monday.
The amendment to permit the govern
ment to accept reduced rates on army
supplies and officers and enlisted men to
accept reduced transportation was defeat
ed by II point of order. An amehuhent
increasing by 20 per cent the pay OF ON
GERS and enlisted men also was aelea'ed
Nv n point of order. Amendments We're
accepted TO build monuments to ReVolu-
tionarv officers, as follows: To General
John Stark. an equestrian statue at Man
chester. y. H., $4,000: a statue to Gen
eral Nathaniel Green at Guilford Court
1 House. \. c.. $1,000; a statue to Cen
p,al James Schrivner at Midway, ia, 80
600. Senator Carter secured the adop-
ton of an amendment placing William II.
Crook on the retired list as n major. MT.
Crook served as a private through the
| Civil War and ever since has been en-
ploycd as I, clerk at the White House.
Senator Berry L~IeSented an argument Tor
the expulsion OF Senator Smoot on the
ground that the Mormon church advo-
! Gates the doctrine of polygamy, and held
that the Semitic could exclude any Senator
bv a majority vote. A special message
was received from the President urging
the enactment of a bill to grant white
nersons who have ntermarried in the
Cherokee Nation sixty days in which to
dispoSe OF improvements on lands from
which they have been disposseSed. Bills
relating TO the District of Columbia were
! considered in the House. In committee
of the whole the House went on record IN
favor of Il fat 4-cent street railway fare.
with a PROVISION for eight tickets for 20
cents. in the District of Columbia, but in
lie House the amendment was declared
defeated. Thereupon the point OF no
quo, UNI was made, and the House at
$40 D. m. adjourned. During the SEES
sion the Indian appropriation Dill was
sent to conference, the House managers
being Sherman of New York, Lacey OF
Iowa and stephens of Texas.
The Senate occupied Tuesday in argu-
ment on the bill granting the government
the right to take an appeal on points OF
law in criminal cases. NO action was
taken on the measure. The District OF
Columbia appropriation bill. carrying
S1O724,532, an Increase OF SOSi,-9S over
the amount as passed by the House. was
reported and notice has been gwen tlae
the bill would be put on its passage wed
nasdov The new Santo Domingo treaty
was received from the President. Alter
the massage of a number of bills under
unanimous consent, the House in commit
toe of the whole considered the naval ap-
propriation bill. While the bill was I'M
der consideration Mr.. Slayden of Texas
made an address in which he declared the
r,rmored danger of war with Japan as
ridiculous. The army appropriation Dill,
the Qualifications appropriation Dill ana
the omnibus light house bill were sent to
conference.
The Senate Wednesday passed the bill
giving the government the right to appeal
TO the Supreme Court for a construction
of the constitutionality of any law IN
voIved in a criminal suit. The District OF
Columbia appropriation bill. carrying
nearly $11 100000, was passed. Inc Dill
establishing an agricultural bank ia the
Philippines was taken up and the Philip
pine tariff bill, which passed the House
at the last session, was interposed as an
amendment by Senate McCreary. No
action resulted on either the bill or the
amendment. The conference report on
the immigration bill was received and
read, but action was deferred. A message
from President Roosevelt urging consid-
Grafton of legislation affecting the public
lands was received and read. The first
night session of the Senate during the
present session was held to consider prl-
vate pension bills. TIL House consid-
cred the naval appropriation bill. The
appropriation for a steel floating dry dock
to cost not exceeding $1,40O.0N was
stricken out on a point of order by Mr..
No. oc Jl1;,nic flor oonon1atiuU fOrty-
five pages of the naval bill the House ado
journed.
An attempt in the Senate Thursday to
force action on the conference report on
the immigration bill. carrying an amend
ment designed to settle the japanese con-
troversy. resulted in a flibustering move
ment headed by Senator's Bacon and Till
man. A truce was finally declared until
Friday. The agricultural appropriation
bill gave rise to considerable discussion
on the proposed increase in the salary
of the chief of the forestry bureau. No
action was taken. Senator Knox made an
address in defense of the right of Senator
Smoot to his seat. The naval appropria-
ton bill occupied the entire time of the
House, and it was almost completed. The
single remaining section is that increasing
the naval establishment.
National Capital Notes.
Representative Hepburn introduced a
bill to prevent the sale of adulterated or
misbranded seed.
The Senate passed a bill placing the
control of the Panama railroad under thu
isthmian canal commission. = ga
The Senate committee on public lands
considered the bill advocated by the adj
ministration to reserve lands which have
heretofore been open to entry.
The Perkins repatriation bill, provid-
ing that five years residence outside the
United States shall make ar alien of any
citizen, was ordered fayorably reported
By the House committee on foreign af.
fairs.
The Indian appropriation bill was re-
ported to the Senate. 1t carries S14,509,-
21O, a net increase of $6,3O6, 1872 over the
bill as passed by the House.
The credentials OF Jonathan Bourne,
Jr., elected to the Senate for Oregon for
six years beginning March 4 next, were
received in the Senate and placed on file.