Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-05-20
House Summary

.. House Summary" -
% After a debate lasting practically
ne entire session, the House by =
vote of 130 to 1874, agreed to the con.
ference report on the naval appfo-
priat;on bill, The insertion of, a j Pw
provision relating TO increase; m p pay
for officers and men of the. .marino
corps snd navy, drew. forth a good
leal of criticism Of the conferees who;
were charged with having taken lib er-:
ties and with having violated the.
;rust reposed in them by the House
AS the conferees reached a complete
agreement, the bill now goes to the
President. -. ,zs.2srs t. ~ jUt,l
Considerable interest was manifest
I'd on the floor in the announcement
that the currency bill would, be. con
sidered and disposed of on Thprsd lay
next. '' -. = d
Poytoffce Bill Passes
Consideration of the pastoffce up
preparation bill was. concluded in he
Senate after which the Bill was pass
ed. g"a. 10 HGi1@.5l'2 "a .
A point of: or1lerLwas made BY S en-
ator Clay, Of Georgia, against" the
amendment. providing. for increase Of
ocean mail service: tothe Philippin nesl
China, Australia and1South - Ameri-
can ports as general legislation. sThe
amendment wasi declared in order by
q vote q. 46, to 12i iaapd cadapted.il 10
- Tie committee provision for weigh /,
ing the mails annually, instead Of
every four years and the allowance
of 81 day expenses for railway nj all
clerks which will.ipcur an expense Of
.$1,000,OOO annually were adopted. -
When the committee amendm pnt
excluding from The second-class mail
ing privilege ."any publication. VIII hieh
contains matter that suggests, advo-
Gates or approves. the abolition, over
throw or destruction ef:any and all
government, y ETC., was reached. Sen
ator Hale. said lie hoped that Sc ma
tors generally understood its. effect in
suppressing the freedom of the, pr ess.
The amendment was agreed Itq.d The
bill was then passed. :niw us,qa al
Senate Votes to Restore MOTTO. III
The Senate committee on4o fna nee
voted unanimously to report the bill
already passed by the. House proYid-
ing for the permanent restoration of
the words '"Tn God We Trust to
gold and silver coins Of the United
States. ! The motto was taken off the
coins by order Of the, President
q aia. The Agricultural Bill 'i,s ;. :,
The Senate passed fhe, .agriicpllt,i ra!
appropriation bill carrying. Car iiin an appro-
pria,io;nD Is; aggregating1 ST., ,142, ,146.s Eo5
building roads and making eteslk ettRessk per,
maneant improvements irzt6e hatio nal
forests s$l; ;660;oO6. .fihstead, OF $5OobO0
as provided by. the House Of Repre-:
sentativcs was provided, giving ID ne
half the amount asked BY the eli liief
forester. The, bill loproridesy that 25
per! cent. Of the Income eGfrom5 the ma,
tional forests shall be paid 10 th'
States in which they are, loeatedJ this
money to be expended for road and
school improvements in the. count 1tt, lies
lin which the reserves are situated
An amendment prohibits. expendl,
lures for the publication Of any ar
ticle in relation to the forestry Ser-
vice, but it is stipulated that this
Shall not prevent the service givinaa
out information on any subject 81
public interest. - '.''s '.''' '''