Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-15

sundry civil appropriation bill. When
the measure was laid aside for the day
100000 had been added to the sum
granted by the committee, which nclud
ed 100000 for gauging the streams and
determining the water supply Of the Uni
ted States an increase of $4,000 in the
appropriation for testing structural mate
rails and 100000 for testing coal, lig-
Mites and other fuel substances.
An extended speech in opposition to tn,
forestry service was made by Senator
Hepburn of Idaho in the Senate Tuesday,
while the agricultural appropriation bill
was under consideration. He criticised
the practice of speaking of ANY mans
policy" saying that the only policies Of
the government that are not fictitious are
those that are written in the laws of the
land. Mr.. Warner of Missouri continued
his speech on the Brownsville ARRAY, but
did not conclude. A lively debate was
kept up all day in the House on the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. Repeated eff
forts We're made by Messrs. Gaines of
Tennessee and CLANCY of Indiana, sup
ported by many other members, to pro
cure an appropriation for any investi-
cation looking to increasing safety in min
ing, and they had about got Chairman
Tawney to the point where he would con-
sent to an appropriation of $4,000, when
Mr.. Underwood of Alabama objected and
the proposition, for the time at least, waf
dropped
The Senate Wednesday passed a bill
prohibiting the employment within GER
tain hours of children under IA years Of
age in the District of Columbia. Tha
Senate also adopted a resolution offered
by Mr.. Foraker of Ohio directing the in
~terstate commission to inform
the Senate whether the commodity clause
of the interstate act had been
complied with since May !, 1908, and If
not whether the noncompliance by the
railroads has been due to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding between
the railroad companies and the authori-
ties. The conference report on the army
appropriation bill carrying an aggregate
of S95,311 ,246 was adopted. Senator
Warner of Missouri concluded his speech
on the Brownsville affair, his dosing re-
marks calling forth a statement from
Senator Foraker that a Western paper
had announced that the President recent
~ wrote to Senator Smith of Michigan
to the effect that he had not changed his
mind as to the guilt of the negro soldiers
of the Twenty-fifth Regiment. Mr.. Fora
ker suggested that the Introduction OF
that letter in the record would be inter
esting. By a vote of 1G7 to 46, and fol-
lowing a two hours debate, the House
again went on record against the re-es-
adjustment of the canteen III national
soldiers homes. In the course of the
discussion a man giving his name as
| George e. Gridiey of Providence. r. L.,
u~nfurled an American flag and proceeded
to make an address from the gallery on
the temperance question. He was prompt
ly taken out. Perhaps the real sensation
of the day was an admission by Mr.. Ben
net of New York, a member of the immi.
| grafton commission. Chat he had, under
the old immigration law, railroad
| ed, the naturalization of many for
| eigners in one day. With the excep-
| ton of the adoption of the conference re-
mort on the bill reorganizing the consular
service. the sundry civil appropriation
bill was under consideration the entire
lay.
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The forestry provision of the agricul
rural appropriation bill was before the
Senate several hours Thursday. Senator
| Teller of Colorado denounced that service
as unwise and its administration as arbi-
trary, while Senator Depew spoke in ad.
vocacy of the extension of the work OF
the forest reserves. An address in sup
! port of the bill to establish postal saw
ings banks was made by Senator Carter
of Montana. Senator Culberson of Texas
called the attention of the Senate to news
paper publications to the effect that the
| President and the interstate
| commission had agreed to allow the rail.
roads to increase freight rates. This sng.
gestion precipitated a discussion as to the
powers of the President or the commits
ion to make such an agreement. The
| Senate passed n bill appropriating 5000
toward the erection of a monument to
Poca hontas at jamestown, Va. After ten
DAYS discussion consideration of the sum
dry civil appropriation bill was completed
by the House, but before putting it on ita
passage a recess until Friday was taken.
The bill carries a total appropriation Of
| S1O6, 966.369, or $1,241,0O0 more than aa
| reported by the committee. A provision
providing that salaries and wages for
work on the banana canal should not ex-
coed by more than % per cent the sal
aries and wages paid in the United States
sor similar work was defeated, 10 to 1OL
RATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.