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The pension and the District Of Columr
bia appropriation bills were passed BY the
Senate Tuesday. In addition, the special
message Of the President urging . legis-
bative program was read, and another
chapter Of Senator Warmers speech o
the Brownsville ARRAY was heard. The
resolution Of the House to give govern
1ent aid to cyclone sufferers In the South
was passed. The resolution to extend the
time when the commodity clause Of the
railroad rate Law shall become operative
Was called before the Senate By Mr.. FL
klns, but went over under objection from
Mr.. Culberson. Ostensibly considering
the sundry civil Appropriated bill. the
House devoted most OF ito time to-day
to speeches covering . wide range Of sub
j<cts and concluded the session By giving
an attentive hearing to the PresIdeot's
special message referring to the multi
millionaire whose son II = fool and his
daughter . Apreign princess" WAS reached
there was . storm Of applause.
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Senator Davis Of Arkanaas created .
mild sensations il the Senate Wednesday
when In discussing his resolution calling
on the Secretary Of the Interior for in
formation about the tribal rolls Of the
homa be declared that 10000 names were
being kept Of the rolls BY the secretary
and instanced . case in which be Mid
nine members Of . family were rated a
negroes and only one ~ an Indian. Ad-
vancins toward Mr.. Foraker Of Ohio, his
voice Numbered throughout the chamber
and adjacent halls A. be asked, II the
Ohio Senator loved nigsers" - well. why
did he not come forward and defend those
members Of that race. Only laughter
greeted this and Mr.. Foraker requested in
q mild tone that the Senator speak loud
er. Later Mr.. Davis resolution was
passed. All the pension bills on the cal
endar and man other measures of minor
Importance were passed during the day.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
under consideration In the House and the
greater part Of the time was consumed
in general debate and discussion under the
fve-minute rule. Mr.. Fowler, New Jer-
sey. denounced the Aldrich currency bill
and pleaded for the passage Of his bill to
create q currency commission. Mr.. Will
Jams, Mississippi, presented . petition,
signed by 164 Of the 1913 Democrats COM
posing the minority, asking the speaker
to recognise some member Of the House
to move the discharge OF the ways and
means committee from further considera-
tion Of the Stevens bill for the removal of
the duty on wood pulp and print paper
and to pass that bill or q similar one. Mr..
Dalzell Of Pennsylvania offered an amend
ment to the sundry civil bill appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the establishment of a
national art gallery in the Smithsonian
Institution. The amendment was reject
ed On 4 point Of order. The House disa-
greed to the Senate amendments to the
naval appropriation bill and the bill was
sent to conference.
The Senate had under consideration all
day Thursday the agricultural appropria-
ton bill. Practically all the committee
amendments were disposed Of except those
relating to the forest service, which will
be taken up Friday. Consideration Of
the sundry civil appropriation bill was
resumed in the House. Mr.. Townsend Of
Michigan offered an amendment increas-
ing from $4,000 to $4,000 the appro-
priation for the enforcement by the in
terstate commission Of that
clause of the Hepburn act directing the
commission to cause to be made examina-
lions Of the accounts of the interstate
railroads Of the country to determine
whether that law Is being violated and to
make public the results Of such examina-
tons. After . debate lasting four hours
the amendment was agreed to. The House
disagreed to the Senate ~amendments to
| the District of Columbia and pension ap-
preparation bills and sent those bills to
conference.
The time Of the Senate was taken M
Tor two hours Friday with q speech BY
Senator Jef Davis Of Arkansas, asking
that the committee on the judiciary be
discharged from further consideration Of
his bill for the suppression Of trusts. The
remainder Of the day was given over -
the consideration Of . r~ssolutioa By Sc.
ator Elkins, s~uspending until Jan. 1,
1910, the commodity clause oe tAe Hep
burn railroad rate hw. The resolution
provoked - much debate and q many
amendments were offered dealing with
cher phases ct the milroal lsgislation
thAt IL whole natter wenk osse uatil
Asnday. TIE House spsat oil q u
day's essaion in csnsidesine ord passing
nrasrspA b. paragraph undsr s-nspsnsios
e The rules tie cnndry civil appropeia-
ton bill. 4 determined effort Vas made
to strike from The bill . restricttoa pro-
hibitine the employnent % sscrse sers4cs
employees in any detective work Other
than tAs guarding u The President and
IT, running dewa % coa&erfeitera bat the
| limitation was agreed to and the pass-
graph finally adopted II systematically ito
original form. Objectiea b. Dsnocratic
members to unanimous consent defeated
the passage a . bill for the printing and
| Distributes Of 100000 copies o. Z special
report BY the Department oe Agriculture
| describiug diseases OF cattle.
NATIONAL CAPITAL UoTU
The coaference report On the Indian
appropriation bill was approved b. the
| Senate.
The Senate passed Senator Hepburn's
r~esolution calling OF the Names Of en-