Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
DOINCS OF CONGRESS
Summary Of Important Proceedings
Enacted From Day to Day.

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Enacted From Day to Day.
The entire time Of the Senate was
occupied Thursday with the consid-
Grafton of the agricultural approprla-
ton bill. Many items Of the bill pro-
viding for various Investigations and
matters relating to new legislation
were stricken from the bill en- points
of order. The forestry service was
again severely criticised by Senators
Carter and Hepburn.
The conference report on the post
office appropriation bill was agreed
to during the. day and the naval bill
was sent back for further conference.
In an effort to finish consideration
of the sundry civil appropriation bill
the House held a lengthy night ses-
sion.
The passage Of the agricultural ap-
preparation bill by the Senate Friday
| night followed an extended debate on
the forestry service, which occupied
| the entire session. AS passed, the
measure appropriates $1:.075 |, ZIG,
which is an increase Of $191, 800 over
| the bill as passed by the House.
After having dragged along for a
week, the sundry civil appropriation
bill, carrying in the aggregate $137,-
| 100000, was passed by the House
Friday night, with numerous material
amendments.
Earlier.in the day a resolution was
adopted appointing. a committee. Of
five to report whether or not the re-
marks Of Mr.. Cook, of Colorado, de-
livered Thursday attacking the Presi-
dent, should be expunged from The
Record.
Later the conference report on the
E1dipiomatic appropriation bill also was
agreed to-.
Following the passage Of more than
three hundred private pension bills,
the House adjourned.
The river and harbor bill, carrying
an appropriation Of about $780,
900 was passed by the Senate Satur.
day. All paragraphs giving authori-
ty to the Federal government to de.
velop and lease w~ater-power were
stricken from the bill except in the
case Of the St. Mary's river in which
case it was provided that the consent
of Michigan should be obtained be
fore making any such lease. Thi'
action was to maintain the principles
that the water-power belongs exclu
sively to the States in which it is 10
Gated.
Eulogies were delivered upon tn
lives of the late Senator Latimer, O.
South Carolina, and the late Repre-
sentative Powers, Of Maine; Wiley
Of Alabama; Meyer, of Louisiana
Brick, of Indiana; and Granger, 0
Rhode Island.
The long fight Of the discharge
negro soldiers Of the Twenty-ffth In
fantry for an opportunity to prov
their innocence in connection wit
the "~shooting up" OF Brownsville
Tex, on the night of August 15tl
1906, was wen Friday. .wheps .th
House hysa vote. Of 210sto 16l rpasse
the Senate bill to that end. Violen
opposition was encountered frol
members Of the Texas delegation an
others, as the vote shows, but the
efforts were unavailing.
The general deficiency bill was tai
en- up and passed, the aggregat
amount carried by it being we ST.
: 100000.
! A number Of miscellaneous bill
: and conference reports were also di
posed Of.
A lively tilt between Speaker Ca
: non and Mr.. Gaines, of Tennessee
: furnished something of a seen
: Each claimed the other had insulte
him, and before Mr.. Gaines wou
: take his seat the mace, the emblem
authority, was ordered from its pla,
:, and the sergeant-at-arms directed
I place. it before the Tennessee mer
Der. Nj. Gaines sat down before Il
: official got to him and was thus spa
:, ed from the disgrace implied
. such acts. The last occasion !,
> which the mace was similarity us,
was in the F~iffv-fonrfh Conoroce