Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1908-05-27
Tiff WORK OF CONGRESS
Doings Of Our National Law Makers
Day BY Day.

An effort to a~nnihilate time BY
dllatory tactics without making pro-
gress on any legislation except that
involved in conference reports was the
chief occupation of the Senate Mon
day under the leadership of Mr.. AID
rclh. The attempt was so successful
that the net result in the way of ae-
complishment of the days session was
adoption Of tn conference report on
the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Throughout the day Mr.. Beveridge
was busy in an effort to get a vote on
the bill compensating government en-
ployes for injuries received in their
lihe of duty, but after the debate had
progressed far enough to develop va
rious objections t iothe language of
the bill, Nj. Hale arose to say he
had information from the House that
no action could be expected there on
the conference report on the public
buildings bill and until that mesaure
should be disposed of, the deficiency
appropriation bill could not be per-
fected, after which view o fthe case
he moved an adjournment.
Mr.. Beveridge resorted to some tac-
tics to keep the Senate in session to
consider his bill, but MI. Hale amid
laughter, remarked hat ''there are
some things the Senate can do with
out the Senator from Indiana 'and
1nSISt1nn 11rNnr q yynfn nn h1C MOTION
the Senate at 4:40 o'clock adjourned.
House Summary.
Working under heavy pressure,
with a single eye to adjournment at
the earliest possible, moment, the
House disposed of a great amount of
business. Early in the session it be-
came manifest that a better spirit of
feeling obtained between the majority
and minority. in consequence of which
several bills were permitted to be
passed by unanimous consent. 1t
developed when the House recessed
that the roll had been called 22S
times since Congress convened. Prior
to March Both, when the Democratic
filibuster began, it had been called
but fifteen times. The innumerable
calls since then brought about a tenn
porary breakdown on the part of the
two reading clerks, and Representa-
tive CLANCY, of Indiana, who has a
voice of good carrying quality, volun-
teered his services in that work which
proved satisfactory.
The sum total o fthe days bust,
ness was as follows:
The conference reports on the sun
dry civil bill and the pensoin appro-
priation BILLS were agreed to. thus
sending those measures to the Presi-
dent for signature and leaving only
the general deficiency and military
academy appropriation bills to be
considered in order to complete the
disposition of the fourteen supply
measures Of the government. The
conference report on the District of
Columbia child labor bill also was
agreed to, and the following bills
were passed: Amending the navlga-
ton laws: removing the discrimina-
tions against native officers of the
Porto Rico provisional regiment of
infantry; granting title t GA cemetery
in Dubuque, Iowa, to the archbishop
of tina tcity; authorizing the sale of
unalloted lands of the Spokane In
dian reservation; encouraging the de-
velopment of coal deposits in Alas
ka; and prescribing penalties against
the sale of clothing and government
property by soldiers.
The omnibus bill relating to the
disposition of the public lands was
sent back TO conference.
Following an active debate of an
hour and a half, the project for a re-
duced hall Of Representatives was de-
feated by a large majority.
An omnibus judicial bill providing
among other things for additional
Federal Judges for Alaska, Hawaii
and New Mexico; the bill revising
and making more liberal the Dick mi
litia law; land several purely local
to the District of Columbia also were
passed.