The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-03-26
CONGRESSIONAL

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| house of representatives Monday
passed the bill providing for the
| restoration OF the motto In God We
Trust" on gold and silver coins of
the United States.
The Notifications bill, carrying
total appropriation of $8,2lOG11 in
stead Of the SIS, 443, 945 asked for by
| the war department. was reported to
! the house committee on appr0pria
tions by Chairman Smith OF the sub
| committee felt, aside from other con-
siderations. that to recommend an APP
preparation of s3S 100000 fer fortiica-
tiCls at this time was an action which
might be reasonably construed by
| Japan as an official declaration that
! the United States was preparing
| against a war with that nation.
The bill TO increase the efficiency
of the medical department of the
army was passed by the house OF rep
resentatives Monday under suspension
| of the rules
The claims Of the Southern Pacific
! company for $f,G00.000 reimburse
ment for expenditures in damming and
controlling the Colorado river in
| Southern California was Monday re-
! ferred to a subcommittee with in
! structions to confer with the secre-
| tary of the interior department as 70
what portion OF the full claim should
be paid by the government and what
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company.
Bills to require telegraph and tele-
| phone companies to place on all mes
sages the time of receipt and the
time of delivery and making it unlaw-
full to give the ranking privilege were
up for hearing Monday before the
house committee on interstate and
| foreign commerce. President W. W.
Beattie and General Secretary Wes-
| ley Russell of the Commercial Teleg
raphers' union addressed the commit
tee.
a number were passed. including
one providing for the restoration Ct
the motto In God We Trust" on
American coins. and another increas-
ing the efficiency Of the medical de-
partment Of the army. other bills
passed being the following:
Providing that appeals from the Dis.
trict court Of Alaska may be heard
either at Seattle. Wash. Portland
Ore. or San Francisco. Cal; granting
to local steamboat inspectors author
ity to pass upon the fitness of officers
and crews OF steam vessels; reorgan-
ing the consular service, and amend.
ing the game laws Of Alaska 50 as 10
substitute the license system for the
present permit system.
Under the guise of discussing legis
lation. the session of the senate Nor
day was devoted to political discus
sion. in which Senate. Tillman o.
South Carolina and Senator Beyeridse
of Indiana were the chief participants.
The senate considered the confer
ence report on the Indian appropria-
ton bill and after some criticism Of
the action Of the Conferees on minor
provisions the report was disagreed to
and another conference asked.
The house bin appropriating s403,-
030 10 pay the archbishop of Manila
as representative Of the Roman Cath
olic church for damage to church prop
erty during the Spanish war also
passed
Declaring that the recent financial
stringency was brought about by the
influence of STANDARD OH and J.
Pierpont Morgan. Senator La Toilette
Of Wisconsin. in speech practically
closing the debate on the Aldrich cur
rency bill Tuesday denounced men
high in the financial world
The senate Thursday passed the
widows pension bill providing that
every soldiers widow now receiving
less than s12 per month shall receive
minimum OF $12 hereafter upon
proof of her husbands death and
without proof that his death was from
causes incident to his military service.
The bill has already passed the house.
Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts
Thursday strongly Endorsed the pend
ing currency bill in the senate and de-
clared th%t it would be serviceable as
an emergency measure and would not
prevent the enactment of a general
currency law which. he declared. he
hoped to see realized in the future on
the basis OF central bank.
The purchase of three new steam
golfers with a coal carrying capacity
of 1000 tons, at a cost each of s525.-
600, was agreed to Friday by the
house committee on naval affairs.
Referring to Senator Depew's recent
remarks about night riders" and
barn burning in Kentucky, both
Senators Paynter and McCreary of
that state condemned such lawless-
ness and denounced the tobacco trust
Senator Nelson OF Minnesota gave
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