The National tribune., 1908-03-04
CONGRESS.
Brief Digest Of Proceedings from Day /,
Day.
Senate.

Monday. Feb. 24.-Senator Whyte, of
| Maryland, and Senator Simmons, o:
North Carolina, addressed the Senate
on the Aldrich currency bill.
Senator Gallinger, ofsNew Hampshire,
and Senator Depew. of New York, spoke
on the formers mail subsidy bill.
Senator Burkett gave notice that he
will call up the Dolliver school bill and
ask that it be considered for passage.
Four minor District bills. were intro
duced. ga ----
| Consideration of the penal code bill
in Committee of the Whole was con-
cluded. So nj
After a short executive session the
Senate, at 5:13 p. m. adjourned.
House.
A bill authorizing the presentation of
four condemned brass cannon to the
Monument Association OF Franklin,
Tenn, was passed. IN n
Six bills affecting the District of CO.
| lumbia were passed.
The House in Committee of the
Whole began the consideration of the
Army appropriation bill.
AT O'Clock the committee arose. and
the House adjourned.
Senate.
Feb. Ex-senator Owen. of Okla
for two hours and a half in opposing
the Aldrich bill and attacking the ac-
tiyity of banks in stock gambling trans
actions.
Senator DoIliver. of Iowa, reported to
the Senate the Gallinger bill to regulate
child labor in the District of Columbia,
| recommending that it pass.
The Committee on Naval Affairs be-
gan an investigation of recent charges
that the Navy is defective in construc-
ton and efficiency.
The Indian appropriation bill was
given its first reading.
The Committee on Military Affairs
voted on the Brownsville investigation,
| the guilt of the negro soldiers being
sustained by eight members of the com
mittee. including five Democrats. and
the remaining five Republican mem
berS, including Senator Foraker, voting
to exculpate the negrOs
AT 4:40 D. m. the Senate adjourned.
House.
The House devoted practically the
entire time of the session to general
debate. In Committee of the Whole,
for consideration of the Army appro-
priaton bill, several political speeches
were launched.
The House appointed three conferees
| on the Union Station trackage bill.
At STA the committee arose and the
| House adjourned.
Senate.
Feb. Ex-senator Culberson, of Tex
as. Democrat. and Senator Nelson, of
Minnesota, Republican. spoke in oppo-
sition to the Aldrich bill, and severely
| arraigned Wall Street and the New
York banks.
Senator Burkett failed to secure con-
nf ha
owing to the press of other business.
Admiral Capps testified in the naval
| investigation, denying the truthfulness
of criticisms regarding the Navy.
Senator Foraker introduced a bill to
reinstate the dismissed negro soldiers
accused of taking part in the Browns
vile outrage.
Two District bills were passed and
several others were introduced.
| The penal code bill was passed.
The President submitted the report
of the Inland Waterways Commission.
The Senate. at 4:16 p. lm., went into
executive session, and after confirming
a number of nominations, adjourned at
4:25.
NJ. B. Thistelwood, who takes the
place made vacant by the death of Geo.
w. Smith, of the 25th Illinois District
|
Saturday afternoon, March Z. was set
aside for the delivery of eulogies upon
the late Campbell Slemp. Representa-
tive from the Ninth Virginia District.
A bill authorizing second entries un-
der the desert land act In certain cases
was passed.
| The House in Committee of the Whole
began the further consideration of the
Army appropriation bill.
| At $40 the committee arose, and the
House adjourned.
Senate.
| Feb. 27.-Senators Curtis and Owen,
both of whom have Indian blood, en-
| gagged in a dramatic forensic encounter
over the rights of the Five Civilized
| Tribes.
Senator McCreary. of Kentucky. made
an address in opposition to the Aldrich
| bill
The Indian appropriation bill was
discussed for two hours. but its con-
sideration was not completed.
Unable to secure unanimous consent
to fix a date for vote on the mail sub
sidy bill, Senator Gallinger gave notice