The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-03-04
CONGRESS
Resume of the Weeks
Proceedings.
Proceedings.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Washington. Feb. 25.-With its war
paint on, the house of representatives
yesterday by sweeping majorities
many times defied the senate by re-
jecting its amendments to the legisla-
tive appropriation bill providing for.
salary increases for the president. the.
vice president, the speaker, the judi
ciary, and for the creation of the Of
fees Of under secretary and fourth,
assistant secretary of state. Party
lines were obliterated completely.
1t was a regular field day in the
lower body, where oratory ana confu-
sion We'd with each other for honors..
Not during the present congress has
the speaker been compelled to WELD.
his gavel with such force to bring
about order. OF parliamentary tan
giles there were many. but the veteran
presiding officer emerged from all of
them with his decisions undisputed.
The battle waged for more than six,
hours, at the end of which the bill.
was sent to conference. The agricul-.
tural appropriation bill was under dis
cussion in the senate during practi-.
cally the entire session yesterday.
Consideration Of the bill was not con-
cluded.
Washington, Feb. 26.-By an over,
whelming vote, and without party dis
tinction, the house of representatives
yesterday sustained the committee on
appropriations in again reporting a
provision in the sundry civil appropri.
alton bill restricting the operations OF
the secret service detectives of the
treasury department. The president
was scathingly dnounced by Mr. Cook
(:sep., Colo.). while Mr.. Smith (Rep.,
1owa), member of the appropria-
tions committee and one of those
named by the president in his mes
sage OF Jan. last as being responsi-
BILE for the secret service limitation.
seemingly employed all the invective
at his command in an attack on that
service. He compared the secret
service detectives with common
liars" and declared them to be worth.
less.
Consideration of the sundry civil
bill was continued into the night
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.
The entire time of the senate was
occupied yesterday with the consid
Grafton of the agricultural appropria-
ton bill. Many items of the bill pro-.
viding for various Investigations and
matters relating to new legislation
were stricken from the bill on points
of order.
Washington. March /. - The river
and harbor bill was considered in the
senate Saturday, and there was long
discussion over the st. Mary's river
provisions.
The military academy bill was re-
ported from the military affairs COM
mittee.
The committee on appropriations re-
ported in favor of continuing the Sc
cret service investigation.
Another partial report of the con-
ferees on the naval bill was made.
The senate passed the river and
harbor bill, carrying about $4,000 900.
The committee on territories by adj
journing without fixing date for an
other meeting practically kills the
statehood bill this session.
In the house the general deficiency
bill was reported from the appropria-
lions committee.
The house considered the bill to re-
store men involved in the Brownsville
shooting ARRAY to the army. The bill
was passed by vote of 21O to 101.
The house appropriated $4,000 for
the tercentenary celebration of the
discovery Of Lake Champlain.
Washington, March 2--Transacting
its business amid scenes of great con-
fusion, the house yesterday gave every
evidence that the present congress is
drawing to close.
In his endeavor to maintain a SEM
blance of order the speaker was con-
stantly pounding his gavel and adj
monishing members to cease conversa-
ton.
After two hours of stormy debate
the so-called Appalachian and White
mountain forest reserve bill. amended
so as to apply its provisions to all
states, was passed by narrow ma
jority Of ten.
BY the terms of the bill the national
forest reservation commission is Gre
ated for the purpose of acquiring by
purchase or condemnation the lands
needed to promote or to protect the
navigability of streams on whose wa
tershed they lie.
The final conference reports on the
army, naval and Notifications appro-
priat!on bills were agreed to and the
measures will now go to the nresident