The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-11
DOINCS OF CONGRESS-
Summary Of Important Proeeedin
Enacted From Day 70 Dav.

wednesday addressed the Senate r.
support Of Senator Bacon's resolu.
uon ueclaring that the Senate has q
| right to any information in posses.
sion OF the executive departments
and cited various precedents to sus.
tam his contention. He claimed that
only In exceptional cases is the Pres.
ldent warranted in withholding in.
FORMATION and declared that Congress
mad never failed to respect such ac.
ton on the part of the executive
when it has been based on considera.
tons of public interest.
The Senate remained in executive
session during most of the day con.
sider1ng the nomination of DIR. W. d.
| Crum, to be collector of customs at
charleston, S. c., and at 5:27 ID. m.
adjourned.
General debate Or the agricultural
appropriation bill in the House af.
1orded critics and defenders Of the
department of Agriculture an excel
lent field day.
Mr.. Lever, of South Carolina, led
off with an attack on the appoint
ment and work of the referee board
or consulting chemists in the depart
meat. Mr.. Hefin, Of Alabama, asked
on behalf of cotton growers for
governmental monthly report on the
consumption of cotton. Mr.. Sturgis,
OF West Virginia, urged an extension
OF the forest service. Mr.. Humphrey,
OF Washington, took an exactly OPP
Posite view, while Mr.. Mondell, of
| Wyoming, declared the bureau of
forestry the most autocratic govern
ment bureau outside of Russia. Mr..
| Bartholdt, of Missouri, urged the is
sue of bonds for inland waterway
improvement and Mr.. Gambler, of
Mississippi, complained Of the tariff
on agricultural implements. Chair
man Scott, of the agricultural COM
mittee, closed the debate with ex-
| planatory remarks on the work done
by the department during the past
year.
While the bill was under considera-
tion under the five-minute rule, an in
crease Of $500, to the salary of Solic-
itor George P. McCabe, making it
$4 $500, was stricken out on q point
of order.
/ <hh lhSiSdSe VI tHc LII
rector Willis B. Moore, Of the wealth
er bureau, from $1,000 to $4,000 suf-
fered similar fate.
Before the bill was taken up i'll
general debate the House passed the
Senate pension bill for Federal
judges.
The monotonous tones of the read
| ing cleark of the Senate as he labor
ed through the bill Of over 100 pages
making appropriations for the Dis
trict of Columbia constituted the
'hief feature in the proceedings of
that body Thursday. There was an
evident intention on the part of the
authority to lengthen the time neces-
sary to dispose of the measure, it ne
ing the only obstacle to an executive
session for the further consideration
of the nomination of William d.
Crum to be collector of customs at
Charleston, S. G..
On the Democratic side there was q
persistent demand for the most care
full reading of the bill and OCCASIONAL
| ly members of the minority became
involved in spirited debate on items
usually left to the judgment of the
committee reporting the measure
| When the Senate adjourned at . :IS
O'Clock the reading Of only half of
the bill had been completed.
In the House the forest service got
its usual annual drubbing Thursday,
the criticisms against it coming prin-
cipally from Mr.. Smith, of Califor-
MIA, Mr.. Cook, of Colorado, and Mr..
Mondell, of Wyoming, all of whom
charged extravaganza in administra-
tiOn and the eXtortion of money from
miners, farmers and even the owners
Of bee hives. Mr.. Cook attributed to
Mr.. Pinchot, the chief forester, the
ulterior motive of scheming for Sec
retary Wilson's seat in the Cabinet.
Both Mr.. Pinchot and the forest SER
vice were vigorously defended by
Messrs. Mann, Of Illinois, and Weeks,
Of Massachusetts.
All attempts to amend the bill in
any important particular failed. It's
consideration was about two-thirds
completed when the House at 5 30 p.
m. adjourned.
| The Senate Friday concluded con-
sideration of the District Of Colum-
bia appropriation bill, carrying an
aggregate of about $11, 100000. A
conference report on the urgent def
cheney bill was agreed to. It appro-
PIRATES $4,000 for the purchase,
care and maintenance Of automobiles
for the President" and $150,0OO to
enable the Secretary Of Agriculture
/ To cnntinne to cnmhat the foot and