Woodruff County news., 1908-04-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
 WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Eoreion Lands, Throughout the Ma ton, and Particularly From the
 Great Southwest.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Although senators went to the cap ,tol Thursday expecting to devote tboir time to considering the currency hiu their attention was diverted to the credentials of Senator-elect John walter Smith of Maryland. The result of a long debate was the admission of MT. Smith to his seat.
 The committees on patents of t&S two houses of congress began a series of joint meetings Thursday for the pur- nose of giving dramatic and musical authors and others interested in com prebensive copyright law, an oppor- tunity to be heard on the bills intro duced by Senators Shoot and Kilt ridge and Representative Curriers' and Barchfeld. The hearing Thursday was confined to the dramatic authors.
 The sub-committees on laws of the house committee on naval affairs re- ported favorably a bill Thursday to modify the punishment of deserters from the navy in time of peace by an nulling the loss of citizenship clause. This would reduce thd prescribed pun ishment to dishonorable discharge and one years imprisonment.
 More shafts of sarcasm and invect- i've were aimed at President Roosevelt in the house of representatives Thurs day. In one of the most scathing ar raignments of a public officer ever heard in that chamber Mir. Beall of Texas charged the president with hay ing been guilty of disgusting usurpation of power" not only to- ward the national legislature, but the judiciary as well. Congress had, he said abdicated to him it's powers and the judiciary of the country felt the effects of his influence. God and the future alone knew, he declared, just what niche he was to occupy ia the temple of his country.
 The agricultural appropriation bill was considered for amendment and when it was laid aside for the day, there had been stricken out the pro vision for new weather stations in the states of Texas, Kansas, Virginia, Michigan, Vermont, Missouri and In diana
 A senate joint resolution authorizing the secretary of war to permit the en- trance to West Point Military acad- emy as cadets of not more than seven native Filipinos on graduation to be eligible to commission in the Philip pine scouts was agreed to Thursday by the house committee on military af- fairs
 The Aldrich financial bill was taken up in the senate Wednesday. Sena- tor Aldrich offered an amendment in creasng the limit from 75 to 90 per cent of the par value of the securi, ties which may be accepted as basis for circulation. It was agreed to. Amendments eliminating railroad bonds; limiting the retirement of cir cuating notes to S9,000,00 in any one month and accepting Porto Rican ponds for circulation, were adopted.
 When MT Scott of Kansas, in charge ;ef the agricultural appropria- uon bill, Wednesday sought unani- nous consent to limit to five hours further debate on the bill, MT. Sulzer or New York objected. That action forced the house to a vote and it was agreed to confine general debate 10 four hours instead of five The mousse disagreed to all the amend ments to the legislative bill and it was sent to conference, Messrs Gil lett Of Massachusetts, Brick of Indiana ana Livingston of Georgia being ap- pointed conferees on the part of the house. Further commendation of the worK Of the agricultural department came rom Mir. Smith of Missouri, who strongly advocated the encour asement of agricultural education through experiment stations.