The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-06-05
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In pa1age. Senator AidsicA briefly ex.
planned the measure and ! little political
ay-piay wAs introduced By Senators Cui-
bersou Of Texas and bacon Of Georsis.
Who tainted memb~rs Of the majority
With disiaciination TO pass anti-iniunetion
and campaign contribution publicity bills
before adjournment. which called forth
iaim& Of interest in both measnr~s by
Senators on both sides. but care no prom
h of action Ut this session. senators
Teller at Colorado. Owen Of Oklahoma
and N~wiands of Nevada oil spoke Ia op-
position TO the currency bill. and. no other
senators desiring 10 speak. the latter part
II the session MAS devot~d to considering
saob3~csed - bills on the calendar. House
bills were passed requiring Interstate rail-
roads 10 Equip locomotives with ashpans
that viii not r~qaire employees to 20 n
DIR the locomotive 10 dump and clean
Them. and to promote the safs Transports.
tfon Of explosives. In the House the
following measures we're passed To es-
sablisA two or more Ash cultural stations
on Puget sound. Wash: amending the
laws al transportation between Hawaii
and the United States hy removing the
penalty for carrying passengers from Ha-
wali 70 this country providing for the
eatry OF agricultural lands in forest re-
erres.
When the Senate convened FRIDAY IL
bcca me apparent that a flibus,er. small
In numbers but determined, was aheu;
10 try TO defeat the currency bill. SEN
ssor CuiberSon spoke AT SOM length alter
The report Of the ccnferees was introduced
sud scored President Rooseyeif's admia-
isirstion for extravaganza During this
speech Senator La Toilette conferred with
senator Stone, who had just arrived sr I'm
Missouri The Wisconsin Senator ,Aitd
for q roll call every time il appeared tnc,.
was no quorum present while Mr.. Culber-
son was speaking. When the speses
AGAINST the administration was finish 4
Mr.. Il Toilette took the floor and al
foanced hrs intention of taking the ctr.
bill to death. He rcsorted to men nv
devices to pass the time and keep the
floor. calling for roll calls. reading from
and answering questions. He
took the Door At l O'Clock in the after
and held 1t till late at night. The
situation in the Senate on the currency
question. combined with the oppressive
ness Of the heat and indisposifion to do
further business. caused the House at
8 % O'Clock to take q recess until
IT night. With the greatest diff
Guilty q quorum was maintained, a large
number Of members already having left
the city. A bill wa passed providing for
making allotments Of the Fort Peck In
dian reservation. Montana. and a lot of
miscellaneOus business way transacted,
bmfag mostiy dhagreements to Senate
= amendments to minor bills. Up to the
tine Of taking the recess the Democrats
had forced Eve roll calls. But eighteen
members were in their seats when the
House ~reconvened. After nearly an hours
wait for . quorum TO appear, during
which time all the our of the ser
geanf-at-arms were employed. the House
ok . recess until II a. m. Saturday.
The passage Of the government en-
ployes' liability bill and the adoption Of
conference reports on the public buildings
and the deficiency appropriation bills i'm
mediately followed final action on the
.Aidrich- vreeland compromise currency
measure in the Senate Saturday. This
disposed Of most u the remaining i'm.
portant legislation before that body. The
deficiency bill carries appropriations AZ
greeating so, 7l6,S4S, Of which $l2. AGO.
80 Is for beginning work authorised BY
the public building bill. The Senate at
4.27 in the afternoon passed the Aidrich-
vreeland currency bin By . vote Of - to
p this action being taken after q day
devoted to . 6iibuster against the meas
ure. Senators Stone Of Missouri and
Gore OF Oklahoma occupied the time Of
the Senate after 7.O0 O'Clock in the
morning. when Mr.. La Toilette retired.
Mr.. Ii Toilette broke the record for long
speeche& holding the door continuously
for eighteen hours and forty-three min
ufes. At 9 o'clock In the evening the
Senate took . recess for two hours. when
. resolution tor sine die adjourn ent IT
II 80 was adopted. Having concluded
its labors for the session the House short
ly after o p. m. adopted . resolution to
adjourn sine die It ten minutes before
midnight. The news that the currency
bill bad passed the Senate quickly reached
the House and evoked great applause.
From dat time on business moved with .
rapidly that signi6ed q speedy termina-
ton Of the first session Of the Eixtieth
Congress. The conference report on the
public buildings bill, which bad been held
ND pending action on the currency ques-
ton. was quickly brought out and agreed
to. This action Was Immediately followed
By the adoption OF the conference report
the general deficiency bill. thus clear
ing the decks Of all important peEdins
legislation. Other measures put through
were Providing life-aavinG Apparatus on
the Farraione Isiands Cd California
granting pensions to the surviving o6cers
and enlisted neu Of the Texas volunteers I:
ssthosising the issuance Of guns and am
msnitiou 70 the Memorial University OF
Masou City. Iowa. and providing for CON-
pensation to government employees tor In
turies received while In the performance
Of their duties. Several pensioa bills also
we're passed. At IL 80 the House I'd.
t0urned sine die.
TOLD n yBW xun :
An operation on Jacob Ritz. who shot
himself at New York. removed four ounces
81 his brain, bat he retains all his fAcui-