Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-03-03
DOINGS OF. CONGRESS

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Summary of Important Proceedings
Enacted From Day to Day.
The Indian appropriation bill oc.
cupied almost the entire time Of the
Senate Saturday and was passed with
appropriations aggregating over $9,'
100000. Of this amount about ST..
100000 was added to the bill by Sen
ate amendments.
Two more of the annual supply
bills, the diplomatic and consular and
The mailitary academy measures. were
passed by the House Of Representa-.
lives Saturday in a comparatively
brief time.
| For two hours and half Monday
the Senate discussed the postal say.
ings bank proposal but an attempt to
reach an agreement as to day fol-
voting on the measure that Senator
Carter, Of Montana, is urging, failed
The reading by Senator McLaurin,
pf Washington's farewell address
consumed the first hour Of the ses-
sion. Senator Aldrich obtained the
consent of the Senate to resolution
continuing the committees Of the
Senate as they now exist until their
successors are chosen in the next reg
ufar session.
The agricultural appropriation bill
was taken up. The Senate adjourned
at 4:40 p. m.
A second speech by Mr.. Rainey, Of
Illinois, reiterating his former state
ments concerning the Panama canal.
and bitter arraignment Of Mr..
Rainey by Mr.. Burton, of Ohio, fur
nished the principal incidents in the
House Of Representatives Monday.
After the Illinois member had spoken
for an hour in further denunciation
Of William Nelson Cromwell, Mr..
Burton took the floor to make reply.
he vigorously defended Mr.. Crom.
we'll, Charles P. Taft, President-elect
Taft and others whom Mr.. Rainey on
former occasion had made objects
Of his attack Mr.. Rainey, he said,
had furnished no proofs Of wrong do.
ing in connection with the purchase
Of the Panama canal franchise, but
instead had conjured up wrongs and
buttressed them with SANDER and
Halsehood, thereby placing himself on
a level with "the scurvy politician. u
Mr.. Lowering, of Massachusetts,,
joined in the discussion and insisted
that Mr.. Rainey had proven nothing.
The incident was closed by decla,
ration by Mr.. Cochran, Of New York,
that persons whose regulations were
attacked in the House should have an
opportunity to defend themselves in
the same place.
Following the sending of the army
and Indian appropriation bills to con-
ference, consideration Of the sundry
civil appropriation bill was resumed,
and it was pending when the House
at 6:12 p. m. adjourned.
The President is authorized to ap-
point a court Of inquiry to determine
the qualifications for, re-enlistment of
discharged soldiers Of the Twenty
fifth Regiment who were accused of
shooting up Brownsville, Tex, on
the night of August 13th-14th, 1906.
The Aldrich bill for this purpose was
passed in the Senate by a vote of So
to 26.
The Senate also passed the fortif-
cations bill, with appropriations ag-
gregating $S,32G111 and the diplo-
matte and consular bill, carrying 3d.
648,3S6 Of appropriations.
Appropriation bills mainly occu-
pied the House Tuesday. The sundry
civil bill was considered but progress
with it was slow. The Notifications,
legislative, executive and judicial,
diplomatic and consular and postof-
fee appropriation bills were sent to
conference
Mr.. Clarke, Of Florida, unsuccess-
fully attempted to secure an investi-
CATION by the committee on the Judi
ciary into the writing Of the recent
letter by Secretary of State Bacon
apologizing for Mr.. Rainey's remarks
regarding President Obaldia, of Pan
anna, Mr.. Clarke's object being to as.
certain if Mr.. Bacon's reference to
Mr.. Rainey constituted an abuse OF
the privileges Of the House.
The agricultural appropriation bill!
was under discussion in the Senate
during practically the entire session
Wednesday. Senator McCumber, o.l
North Dakota, discussed at length
the right of Congress- under the con-
stitution to fix standards for grain.
and declared that present practices
makes impossible the sale of Western
grain at the prices to which it Is
really entitled.
With its war paint on, the House
of Representatives Wednesday by
sweeping majorities many times de-
fed the Senate by rejecting It'll
amendments to the legislative appro'