Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-02-25
DOINCS OF CONGRESS


| est controversy Of the season occur
Penrose, the former charging that
important bills were held to the last
and rushed through without delibera-
ton and the latter retorting that the
former was derelict of duty in his
| committees.
The controversy over the leglsla-
tive appropriation I'LL, in connection
with the much discussed salary Of the
| Secretary Of State, involving the eli
| gibility Of Senator Knox for that Of
/ fee, 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
il in disagreement. This gives the
committee power to reduce the pay
from $4,000 to $4,000. its former
figure The Republicans were caught
mapping whenra@ 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 a year, the bill revising,
codyfying and amending the lpeI:al.
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 Notifications appropriation
bill was discussed. The cruise Of the
battleship fleet and the question of
battleship construction received at
tention. :.
The bill was pending when the
House at 5:19 1. m. took a recess
until Ill a. "a. Friday.
Not during the present session Of
Congress- has such a large amount Of
legislative business been done by the
Senate as was accomplished Friday.
The army bill, carrying %appropria-
tons amounting to $102,636,05O, and
the pension bill. with appropriations
aggregating $16O,S69 900 of which
$3.50, 0OO, 900 was for pensions and
$S69,000 for fees, ETC., were passed
Forty-fve other bills, forty Of which
had previously been favorably acted
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
2 pleted and went over to the Senate
5 the sundry civil bill was reported ant
the postofice appropriation bill wa;
sent to conference. :.
The Indian appropri alton bill oc
cupied almost the, entire time Of tn
Senate Saturday and was passed wit
1 appropriations aggregating over SO,
100000. Of this amount about 81,
500, was added to the bill by Sen
kate amendments.
: Two more of the annual suppl
e bills, Tire diplomatic eand consular an
o. the smailHary academy measures, wer
i passed by the House of Represents
d tives Saturday in a comparativel
Ol1C1 4I1u1C. 1NcttuCI. CACltcu uIuCu IN
bate nor were they amended in an
: important particular. The rivers an
e harbors bill also was passed undt
!. suspension Of the rules, after NJ
|. Keifer lOhio) had inaugurated q full
fedged flibuster against it in the e,
pectation Of securing an amendmel
providing for a survey of the prope
+ ed Ohio canal. The Ho~use~also SCI
the pension bill to conference.
!, Following a speech by Mr.. Hitcl
cock (Nebraska) advocating the II
E position of an income tax, the sundl
civil bill, carrying an appropriate
e Of $137 900, goo. was called up and
agreement reached whereby two hou
S. we're to be devoted Monday to gener
re debate.
# At 5:57 til House adjourned I'm
e Sunday at noon when q special Sc
sion was held for the delivery
.eulogies on the late Senators Alliso
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