The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-25

Penrose, the former charging that
important bills were held to the last
and rushed through without delibera-
ton and the latter rstozting that the
former was derslicts Of duty in his
|committees. - ~
The controversy over the ,legisla-
tive appropriation bill, in connection
with the much discussed salary of the
Secretary of State, involving the ELI
glblllty of Senator Knox for that Of
dee, was settled in the House Thurs
day when the bill was sent to con-
ference and the committee authoriz-
ed to consider the salary provision as
II IN disagreement. This gives tho
committee power to reduce the pay
from $4,000 to $4,000, its former
figure. The Republicans were caught
mapping when a resolution by Mr..
Fitzgerald was adopted disagreeing
to the Senate amendments creating
the Offices of under secretary and
Fourth Assistant Secretary of State.
After being discussed at different
times for q year, the bill revising,
codyfying and amending the penal
laws Of the United States was passed.
Vigorous attacks on the House
rules were made by Messrs. Hubbard
and Hepburn, of Iowa. The latter
asserted that members had betrayed
their trust and Frustrated themselves
at the feet Of the Speaker who, he
said, had been made a tyrant.
The fortifications appropriation
bill was discussed. The cruise of the
battleship fleet and the question of
battleship construction received at
.ntion. :.
The bill was pending when the
House at 5:19 p. m. took a recess
until IL n. m. Friday.
Not during the present session of
Congress has such large amount of
legislative business been done by the
Senate as was accomplished Friday.
The army bill, carrying appropria-
lions amounting to 102,636,O5O, and
the pension bill, with appropriations
aggregating $160,S69,00O of which
$160,0OO.000 was for pensions and
SS69,000 for fees, etc, were passed.
Forty-five other bills, forty of which
hau UcCl ldNOEdUlN dCIGu
upon by the House was passed.
Three of the great supply measures
of the government passed through
various stages of enactment into law
in the House of Representatives Fri
day. The Notifications bill was COM
pleted and went over to the Senate;
the sundry civil bill was reported and
the postofiice appropriation bill was
sent to conference. ..
The Indian appropriation bill oe-
cupied almost the entire time of the
Senate Saturday and was passed with
appropriations aggregating over So
Ooo,0OO. OF this amount about ST.
3o0,0O0 was added 10 the bill by SEN
ate amendments.
Two more of the annual supplv
bills, the diplomatic and consular and
the mallltary academy measures. were
passed by the House of Representa-
tives Saturday in comparativelv
orlef time. Neither excited much de-
pate nor were they amended in anv
important particular. The rivers and
harbors bill also was passed under
suspension OF the rules, after Mr..
Keifer (Ohio) had inaugurated full
redged fil!buster against it in the ex-
pectation of securing an amendment
providing for survey of the propos-
ed Ohio canal. The House also sent
the pension bill to conference.
Following speech by Mr.. Hitch
cock (Nebraska) advocating the i'm
position of an income tax. the sundry
civil bill. carrying an appropriation
OF $l3I.00O,0O0. was called up and an
agreement reached whereby two hours
were to be devoted Monday to general
debate.
At 5:57 tn House adjourned until
Sunday at noon when special ses-
sion was held for the delivery of
eulogies on the late Senators Allison.
OF Iowa, and Latimer of South Caro-
lima, and Representative Wiley of
Alabama.