Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
WORK OF


Tho Senate was in session only tor 4
little more than an hour Saturday, the
,,rlv nd iournment being taken to permit
on the funeral of the late sen
,tor Alrer. A few bills OF MINOR import
,nce were passed, and Senator ilaies res
,lution for an inquiry into the persohal
interest manifested by naval ohcers III
tn, navy personnel bill was reIerreu ~
the Committee on Naval Aialrs. Inc
House spent the greater part OF Ing Jay
debating the agricultural appropriation
dill. Action on the question oL
1;stribution of seeds, by II vote OF ~ TO
60 ,ro nostponed until Monday. The
Senate bill incorporating the lntefhaton-
II Snnday School Association OF Amer
lea was passed. he river ""'
Iii! was reported.
Senator Beveridge occupied the atteh-
ton of the Senate Monday with a contin-
rotion Of his argument in behalf OF ms
hid labor bill. The Senate adopted Il
resolution directins the interstate com
mcrCe committee to report as TO lhe posi-
rion in it's employ held by G. ). Ilanks'
who recently stated before the hoStoh
Chamber of Commerce that railroad rates
could be reduced 10 per. cent without LII
M ring dividends. The resolution also
asks for the facts on which this statement
was based. The diplomatic ana consular
,ppropriation bill. carrying ~S3,on',4'o,
With an amendment repeating the act
providing for raising the rank OF Amerl-
,an d~ipiomatiSts abroad when loteiSh
Governments raise the ranks OF their en-
VOWS TO this country, was reported as
also was the fortificationS pproprhIlon
bill, which carries S1,313,!S9. senator
NcCumbcr introduced Il bill to inquire
into the salaries of federal ofhcerS anu
employees and report a remedy ZOE ~
aGualities. 4 Joint resolution was auoP'-
ed continuing the joint postal commission
until it's affairs can be wound up. IsWeh-
tv bills relating to the District OF 20
l,,mbia were passed in the House. A joint
resolution was passed granting permits
sion TO the Secretary of Wa to sell at
actual cost limited quantities OF hay,
straw and grain for domestic uses to cltl-
zens of Montana, where 2O,OOO head OF
cattle are threatened with starvation by
reason Of the blizzard now raging The
Joint resolution continuing the postal
commission was adopted.
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The Senate Tuesday passed the diplo-
matte and consular and fortitlcatlonS ap-
| pfc p~riation bills, the former carrying %"'-
9S5.477, and the latter S2,O41,'U6. sepa-
for Rcyeridge concluded his speech IN ad-
vocacy of his child labor bill. Senator
Curtis of Kansas took the oath or ONCE
for the unexpired term of Senator Bur
ton. The House passed the Senate OH
increasing the board of customs appralS-
ers in New York from ten to twelve anu
olso nossad the Senate bill making pro-
vision for conveying a strip OF ground IN
| st. Augustine. Fla, known as the
Lines for school purposes. ME-. Int
| tarer sought immediate action on a Dill
TO loan 100000 to the jamestown cx-
p~osition. but so much opposltlon ueVel-
oped that he withdrew the measure. Ihe
agricultural appropriation bill occupied
the House most Of the day. The tree seed
distribution item was restored. Inc rec
lamentations of the committee on ayr
culture to increase the salaries OF the
chef forester, and the Chief Oh the bureau
OF chemistry from $500 to S4,ooo went
ont on points of order. An important
amendment was adopted that no part OF
tke money appropriated for enforcing
tb, national pure food law should be paid
to any State, city or district official.
After completing nearly fifty pages OF the
bill the House adjourned. =
49,
Besides fixing Feb. 20 for a vote on the
declaration that Senator Reed Smoot OF
Utah is not entitled to his seat, passing a
bill appropriating 100000 to confne
the Colorado river to its banks and an
other placing the management OF the
Panama railway under the isthmian canal
commission, the Senate Wednesday listen
ed to extended speeches by Senators Car
ter of Montana and Hepburn of Idaho
in criticism of the Secretary of the In
terror for his order preventing the issu-
ance of patents to public lands until
after an examination on the ground by a
special agent. The House completed the
agricultural appropriation bill. The dip
Iomatic and consular appropriation Dill
was sent to conference, the managers on
the part of the House being Cousins OF
Iowa, G. B. Lands of Indiana and How
ard Of Georgia. The river and harbor
appropriation bill, carrying SS4,OOo,UO0,
was taken UP.
Senator Rayner's address on the eS-
p%ansion of executive prerogatlves, Sena-
tor Lodges brief reply and an extended
discussion Of the administration OF the
public land laws by Senator Heybdrn
constituted the proceedings in the Senate
thursday. Inc river anu haipoi app
p~riation bill occupied practically all the
time of the House. The debate was open
ed by Mr.. Burton of Ohio, chairman of
the rivers and harbors committee. Other
speeches were made by Messrs. Bartholdt
of Missouri, Ransdell of Louisiana,
Snapp of Illinois, Lawrence of Massa-
chusetts, Caudrey of Missouri, Morrell
and Moore of Pennsylvania, Bannon of
Ohio, Rhodes of Missouri and Juloi Tar
-insga of Porto Rico.
National Capital Notes.
The President nominated Richard A.
Ballinger of Seattle, Wash, to be COM
missioner of the general land Office, to
succeed w. A. Richards, who is to retire
March 4.
1t is semi-officially announced that
Brig. Gen. William S. McCaskey, COM
handing the department of Texas, will
be promoted to the grade of major gen
eral on the statutory retirement on April
IA of Major Gen. James +. Wade, com
manding the Atlantic division at New
York.
a petition for a writ of certiorari was
received by the clerk of the Supreme
Court in the case of Edward L. Flick
niger, under sentence in Ohio to seven
years imprisonment on the charge of con-
soiring to wreck the Gallon National
bank.
b. ]. Particle, confidential agent of the
Treasury Department at Berlin, Ger
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