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congress.
~ Resume Of he Weeks
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nominations in executive session. Of
which a large number were confirmed.
A motion by Senator Gore of Okla
homa to print the inaugural address
es and the proclamation of emancipa-
ton by President Lincoln in the Con-
g~ressional Record in celebration Of
the centenary year of Lincoln's birth
brought Senator Bailey Of Texas TO
his feet with an objection to the print.
ing of the proclamation Of emancipa-
ton. Further discussion was stopped
by a reference of the entire matter to
the committee on printing.
Transacting business without even
n semblance OF a quorum, the house
of representatives yesterday passed
several bills of a miscellaneous char
acter, but Of little general public i'm.
portance.
Washington. Jan. 8. - The postal
savings bank bill was before the SEN
ate yesterday and many amendments
were proposed to IT.. some of them
requiring the deposit of postal saw
ings funds in state as we'll as nation
al banks. 1t is expected that the vot-
ing or amendments and a further dis.
cussion of the measure will be re-
newed today.
The only incident worthy Of note
In the house, and which caused a
good deal of amusement. was a brief
discussion Of the Forthcoming African
hunting trip OF the president. Incl
dentally there Val a reference to the
famous so-called Ananias club. The
whole debate hinged upon a news
paper story stating that Maj. Edgar
o. Kearns Of the army was to accom-
pany the president, and hat in order
to do so he had been put on the re-
tired list with increased rank. The
matter was brought up by Mr.. Mann
of Illinois in connection with the o
sideration of a bill authorizing the is-
suance of commissions to officers who
retire with increased rank: The re-
mainder OF the day was devoted to
the consideration of a number of mis-.
c%ellaneous bills and resolutions.
Washington. Jan. 9.-Characterizing
the action Of the president in directing
the attorney general not to p%rosecute
the United Steel corporation for the
absorption of the Tennessee Steel and
Iron corporation as another arbitrary
and lawless act Of the chief magis-
~tratc." Senator Culberson of Texas in
troduced a resolution in the senate
yesterday i~nstructing the committee
on the judiciary to report at as early
day as possible whether, in the opin-
ion of that committee, the president
was authorized to permit such absorb
ton.
Mr.. Culberson at considerable length
discussed the president and insisted
that congress had the right to give d.
rections to a head of an executive de-
partment under certain conditions.
Senator Hopkins declared hat the
Texas senator was not properly repre-
senting the president and said that
Mr.. Roosevelt had not approved the
action of the steel corporation. but
that he had merely mot felt 1t his
duty to oppose such action"
Although technically under consid-
Grafton in the house Of representa-
tives, the District of Columbia appror
priation bill was sidetracked while the
members INDUCED in general debate.
This took a wide range. the proceed
ings opening with a defense of the
rules OF the house by Mr. Olmstead of
Pennsylvania. His remarks stirred
up the subject and gave the insur.
gents. under the leadership Of MI.
Gardner of Massachusetts, an oppor-
tunity to air their grievances.
Washington, Jan. 1O.-After having
made him the target all day for criti-
cism, with here and there words OF
: commentator, the house of represent
atives last night. by a vote Of PIP to
35. rebuked the president by tabling
so much of his messages as reflected
oi IlOiilbUIo Vi SoAe S'o -
with his recommendations regarding
the secret service detectives, and also
declaring it to be the sense of the
house that they shall decline to con
slider any communications from any
source which is not in it's own judg.
ment respectful.
Chamber Is Packed.
In anticipation Of the report. the
effect of which was to administer .
rebnke to the president. there was one
of the largest a%ttendances of members
of this session, while the galleries at
all times were filled to their capacity.
In a forceful speech, Representative
Tawney OF Minnesota. who was charg.
ed by the president with being mainly
responsible for the legislation limiting
the operations of the secret service,
replied to the allegations. He de-
clared that he had been unfairly rep.
resented in the presidents message.
and read extracts to show that,
whether Intentionally or not, he had