The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-05-15
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Senator Bulk<lcy OF Coan~cficuf.
nenab~r Of the military Affairs commit
tee. spoke 1t lengrh in III. Senate Nor
day on the Brownsville ARRAY. lie de-
ciafed his belief In th. Innocence ss t.gs
negro soldiers Of the Twenty-if,h Reg
ment and said the rioters in tie tDsa
on the night Of Aug. 1914. Iosi. In his
Judgment, were lawlexs Mexicans frpn
outside the torn. assisted By TIE IawI~a
class within brownsville. The iIo1sc
resolution appsoprsatinx $4,000 to RE-
leve the recent cyclone sufferers in Ala
hama. Georgia. Mississippi end Loa!$-
lana was passed. Til. House completely
o7errode the committee on appropriations
In connection with several items In thu
supdry civil appropriation BILL When
the measure was laid aside for TIE day
&2.5O.OOO had been added to the snnn
granted by the committee. which i1cIaa-
ID 100000 for Yanginy the streams aul
determining the water supply of the Uni
ted States an increase Of $4,000 in the
appropriation for testing structural mate
rails and $4,000 for testin; coal, iig-
Mites and other fuel substances.
An extended speech in opposition to til.
forestry service was made BY Senator
Hepburn Of Idaho in the Senate Tuesday.
while the agricultural appropriation bin
was under consideration. He criticised
the practice Of speaking OF .any mans
policy" saying that the only policies Of
the government that are not fictitious are
those that are written in the laws Of THE
land. Mr.. Warner OF Missouri continued
his speech on the Brownsville ARRAY. but
did not conclude. A lively debate was
kept mp all day in the House on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. Repeated ef-
forts were made by Messrs. Gaines OF
Tennessee and CLANCY of Indiana, sup
ported by many other members. to pro-
cure Al appropriation for any ~investi-
cation looking to increasing safety in min
ing. and they had about got Chairman
Tawney to the point where he would con-
sent to an appropriatiom Of $4,000. when
Mr.. Underwood Of Alabama objected and
the proposition. for the time at least. wa,
dropped
The Senate Wednesday passed a bill.
prohibiting the employment within GER
thin hours Of children under IA years Of
age in the District OF Columbia. The
Senate also adopted a resolution offered
by Mr.. Foraker of Ohio directing the in
terstate commerce commission to Inform
the Senate whether the commodity clause
of the interstate commerce act had been
complied with since May 1. 1908, and il
not whether the noncompliance by the
railroads has .ecn due to any agreement.
arrangement or understanding between
the railroad companies and the authori-
ties. The conference report on the army
appropriation bin carrying an aggregate
of s9.l.3s ZIG was adopted. Senator
Warner OF Missouri concluded his speech
on the Brownsville affair. his closing re-
marks calling forth n statement from
Senator Foraker that a Western paper
had announced that the President recent
~ wrote to Senator Smith of Michigan
to the effect that he had not changed his
mind as to the guilt Of the negro soldiers
Of the Twenty-hfth Regiment. Mr.. Fora
ker suggested that the introduction OF
that letter in the record would be inter-
esting. BY a vote of 167 to 46. and fol-
lowing a two hours debate. the House
again went on record against the re-es-
Establishment of the canteen in national
soldiers homes. In the course Of the
discussion a man giving his name as
George E. Gridley Of Providence. r. l..
unfurled an American flag and proceeded
to make an address from the gallery on
the temperance question. He was prompt
" taken out. Perhaps the real sensation
Of the day was al admission by Mr.. Ben
net Of New York. a member of the immi-
grafton commission. that he had. under
the old immigration law. railroad
ed the naturalization of many for.
eigners in one day. With the excep-
tion OF the adoption Of the conference re-
port on the bill recognising the consular
service. the sundry civil appropriation
bill was under consideration the entire
lay.