Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-11

| COuSXOCI dLkOl1< DIS A 0OOuU
completed when the House at 500 p.
IN. adjourned.
The Senate Friday concluded con-
sideration Of the District Of Column
bia appropriation bill, carrying an
aggregate Of about $11, 800, 000. A
conference report on the urgent def
cheney bill was agreed to. It appro-
pirates $4,000 for the purchase,
care and maintenance Of automobiles
for the President" and $150,O00 to
enable the Secretary Of Agriculture
| to continue to combat the foot and
mouth disease in horses and cattle.
A resolution was adopted directing
the committee on military affairs to
investigate military posts and various
| phases Of army administration.
After en- executive session, in which
the nomination Of William D. Crum
to be collector Of customs oee Charles
ton. S. c., was considered.
Private claimants by the score had
their innings in the House Of Repre-
s~entatives, the whole session being,
given over under a special order to
their consideration. The debate was
not without its incidents. both humor-
Gus and exciting. Mr.. Mann provok-
ed the House to laughter by question
ing the value Of two Kentucky thor
oughbred horses, and he charged hiatt
the committee had accepted the valu-
alton Of the animals as fixed by San
idiot' as against that of the claim
ants committee r. conduct his at
fairs. But it was left to Messrs. Hep
burn (Iowa); Macon, Of Arkansas,
and Gaines, Of Tennessee. to furnish
Che exciting feature Of the proceed
ings. The Speaker became involved
in the controversy and was called up
on to make a ruling, and then Mr..
Gaines threw the House into an up
roar by charging that the rules pro-
,ibited a :siuare deal' to claim
.nts.
The Presidents message vetoing
The census bill was read just before
&C adjournment.
The splendid qualities of mind and
character Of the late Senator William
3. Allison, OF Iowa, IS years a United
States Senator, and eight years a
member Of the House Of Represents
tives. were the subject Of many eulo.
gies In the Senate Saturday. Nine.
teen Senators spoke in praise Of the
public services of Senator Allison and
] during most Of the day the number OF
Senators in their places on the foo1
and the attendance in galleries wa
: large. The delivery Of the eulogie.
S consumed the entire day. The Sen
ate adj ourned at 1855 D. M.
Under special order, the House o.
t Representatives considered the bill
. amendatory Of the national bankrupt
e cy law. By way of a substitute MI
: Clayton, Of Alabama, offered al
: amendment repeating the .bankruptc,
e law Of July LIST, 1898, with a provis,
that proceedings under the law begun
prior. to the time the act shall take eff
t feet shall not be affected.
The first business of Importance Il
q claim the attention of the House o
: Representatives was the President ,
message vetoing the census bill. MI
e Crnmpacker moved the reference o
8 the bill and message to the censu
committee.
The committee on rivers and har
8 bors improvements practically hH
i completed its consideration of the BIZ
providing for emergencies for survey
IT. and for maintenance, which is to b
y, reported within a few days. The BIZ
1 carries a total appropriation of slight
r ~ less than $40 1000, 200. A survey fo
r. the Atlantic deeper waterways pre-
m ject, which contemplates an insid
a. water route from New York to Flor
NJ. da, is provided for, as well as a SUI
rs vey for he-intercoastal canal throug
TO Louisiana and Texas. to. connect til
re Mississippi and Rio Grande rivers.
Having for its object the preyentio
It. Of the importation Of deceased nu1
= sery stock a bill has been introduce