The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-05-07
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

The pension and the District OF Columbif
appropriation bills were passed by the Sen
ale on the 2Sth In addition, the spccla
message Of the President urging q egisla
tive programme was read, and another chap
ter of Senator Warmers speech on I'M
Brownsville ARRAY was heard. The resolu
tlon Of the House TO give government ald !.
cyclone sufferers in the south was passed
The resolution 10 extend the time when IN
commodity clause of the railroad rate law
shall become operative was called before IN
Senate by Mr.. Elkins hut went over undeI
objection from Mr.. Culberson. The Senate
AT 5:27 p. IN. adjourned.
Senator Davis OF Arkansas created milo
sensation in the Senate on the 18th when II
discussing his resolution calling on the sec
rotary of the interior for information hOou'
The tribal rolls of the Choctaw and Chickn
saw Indians of Oklahoma he declared ina
10000 names were being kept OF the tol'
by the secretary and instanced case IL
which he said nine members OF a family
were rated as negroes and only one as an
Indian Advancing toward Mi Foraker oi
Ohio. his voice Numbered throughout IN,
chamber and adjacent halls as ne asked, u
the Ohio senator loved niEErrs SO wen
why he did not come forward ana DEFEND
those members Of that race. Only lhuEhteG
greeted this and Mr.. Foraker requested III
n mild tone that the senator speak louder
Later Mr. Davis resolution was passed
All the pension bills on the calendar ana
many other measures Of minor Importance
were passed during the day senator
Warner Of Missouri, being III with a c9Id'
agreement was Etdt Utl 10 I'Ilull bl tl'i
senators to read for him the remainder OF
his Brownsville speech. At 40 ,, ~ the
Senate adjourned.
The senate had under consideration all
day on the 3Oth tn" agricultural apprpprIa
ton bill Practically all the commit tee
amendments were disposed 81 except those
relating 10 the forest service, which viii br
taken up next day. Al 40 =. ~ the sen
ate adjourned,
Tho time Of the Senate was taken up for
two hours on the LIST with speech by sen
Rtor JEFF Davis 81 Arkansas, asking that tn.
committee on the judiciary be discharged
from further consideration Of his bill e.
the suppression of trusts. The rolnaind"t
of the day was given over 90 the consider.
alton Of n resolution 10y senator Elkins, SuS'
pending until January J, 1910, the com
modify clause Of the Hepburn railroad rate
law. The resolution provoked so much d"
hatr and SO many amendments were offered
dealing with other phases Of the railroad
legislation that tn" whole matter went over
until Monday At i2o =. m. the Senate
adjourned
The policy sought 10 be- established by
the government OF providing and cQulpplug
buildings for its ambassadors ~ European
capitals received "A setback on the 2ud In
the senate. whore the diplomatic BIZ WAS
under consideration Through q, point OF
order by Mr. Culbcrson Of Texas, an
amendment approprnting SipO,OrO for such
81 building at Paris was stricken out. The
bill was then passed, following when
culogics on the life and public services ct
the late Senator Mallory and Bryan or
Florida were delivered, ana as Il further
mark Of respect the Senate at 10 p. IN.
adjourned.
senator BuIkcIrv Of Connecticut, "A mem
Der Of the military affairs committee. spoke
AT length in the SENATE uu the Ith uu the
Brown syil" ARRAY. lie declared his belief
Ia the Innocence ~ the negro soldiers ~ the
Twenty -hfth Regiment ana said the rioters
in the town on the night Of August 1874.
1906. In his Judgment. were lHWlpss MrNi-
cans from outsid" the town assisted hy the