The Green Forest tribune., 1908-03-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
 WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands Throughout the Ma tlon and Particularly From the
 Great Southwest.
CONGRES ESSIONAL.

Despite the apparently set desire ot
 congress to make a record for econo- my on the eve of the election, it is probable that public buildings bill carrying $1S,0O0,0OO to $20,000,0OO, will
 be put through with the sanction of the leaders.
 The house Friday formally agreed to the item in the army appropria- tion bill for the increase of pay of en- listed men and non-commissioned off cers of the army.
 The standing committee of core spondence Friday restored the privi- . leges of the press galleries at the cap- ltol to two newspaper men who were suspended temporarily by reason of charges made by Representative Lilley ! that they had accepted money from the Electric Boat Co. It was held that the transaction occurred, if at all, while the newspaper men were not un- der the rules made for the govern < ment of correspondents.
 
 introduced in the house a bill, at the request of General Jacob s. CoXey, "to provide for public improvements and employment of the citizens of the United States to encourage industry and produce prosperity and to procure i money to purchase and pay for public utilities and for the redemption of said money"
 The senate Friday confirmed the nomination of William l.. Day to be United States district attorney for the Northern district of Ohio. MT. Day is son of Associate Justice Day of the United States supreme court.
 Senator Tillman Friday introduced a resolution directing the secretary of the interior to send to the senate all tnformation in his possession concern ing the alleged bribing of various per- sons interested in the proceedings of the legislative court of Indian terri tory in 1905. when descendants of Choctaw or Chickasaw Indians were deprived of their rights to tribal prop erty.
 ] Representative Jenkins of Wiscon- Sin, chairman of the house committee on judiciary, Friday introduced a bill to amend the act of March 2, 1907, providing for writs of error in certain instances in criminal cases The bill permits appeals in criminal cases where the decision is adverse to the government, the object being to test the correctness of decisions in the ] lower courts. Chairman Jenkins ex- plains that the bill of last year was too limited to secure the result hoped for.
 By vote of Ii to 5, three members being present and not voting, the house committee on banking and cur rency Friday authorized it's chairman, Representative Fowler of New Jersey, to report to the house the Fowler cru 2 rency bill, with the recommendation that it pass.
 By the narrow margin of one vote, the house Friday, after an allday dis cussion, rejected by 59 to 60, an { amendment by MT. Foster of Illinois to the army bill appropriating $1000,00 ! for joint maneuvers of the militia or ganizations and the regular troops. The Indian appropriation bill was Friday passed by the senate. As passed by the house, the bill carried an appropriation of $S,215697, to which the senate added $1,610,1 ,123. In several senate to strike out or dimit the au- thority of the secretary of the interior as provided in amendments reported by the committee on Indian affairs.