Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-21
Sixty-first Congress.
Second SESSION.
Washington, March 81.
SENATE

Washington, March 81.
SENATE
Seustor Smith dem. 9. o. was sp-
pointed member Of the special commit
| tee to investigate the increased coat Of
living. He will Eli the vacancy occasion
ed by the resignation OF Senator Sim
mons.
Senator Onllom snncu iced that aitlr
careful examination he had no further
oh lection to having the two bills for the
protection OF fur seals In Alaska referred
| to The committee on the conservation OF
national resources. The reference was
! made without debate.
Since latt Thursday Senator's Aldrioh,
| CulIom and other regular republican
leaders have strongly contended thtt the
bills could 90 to the committee on for
eign relations. The progressives aud
| democrats opposed this plan, saying II
was merely a cor tiuusnce Of the old
systsm by which few poserful commit
| tses controlled all important legislation.
To avert defect for the leaders, Ssr-
ator Gu lom surrendered and let the bills
70 to the committee OF which Senator
Dixon is chairman.
When The administration railroad bill
was laid before the Senate, Chairman
Elkius, of the Ssoste commit ee that re-
ported the mestu'e, urged 1t, adoption.
He sls1 replied to the criticisms oi
II q. T.. he
He said thst the purpose In tssb'sh-
log court o. commtrcs was to expedisie
the hearing OF cases, prevent delsy aud
hss;eu the observance of orders of the
Iute;tlte Commerce Commission. The
QUIT had the same jurisdiction IS fed6-
raj circuit courts, Eikins commended.
Tt e seDat r then took up each section
of the bill in detail, explsiuing lis pro-
visions and answering criticisms. His
speech was received with close attention.
TIE Senate passed House joint resc-
luton adding the words IN tionality
eud mother tongue" to The data that
shall be collected by census enumerators
in connection with the population
| schedule.
The Senate passed bills giving per-
sions of So, 600 a year to Mrs. GroStr
Cleveland and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison,
idow OF ex presidents.
The Mo- m Der bill to place ex-presi-
dent on the retired list an commanders
in che's OF the army and navy was de-
fat d.
Theodore Roosevelt Is the only living
ex president and the bill doesn't arouse
any great enttu iasm 10 the $ nate.
A bill to encourage rife practice was
PISSED. The secretary Of var istu:ho'
rizsd to furnish msgsziue rifles to rife
clubs orgsOlzsd II der appropriate regu-
lstione. Provision Is also made for
colleges aud schools, An appropriation
iftlO0, 900 was made to make the bill
effective.
The mll,t,ry academy appropriation
bill carrying 800, 900 less than ls't
| year was reported.
The bill to enli rye the Capitol gre Il IDS
by purchasing the lsud as far as the
Union Station Plaza was passed.
HOUSE.
When the Bcu,e convened today, the
galleries we're filed With exptc.sut visit.
ors and nearly TIE ert're membership
of the House was Oh hsnd filled with
members asking "whsts the next move"
Mr.. Carrier, chairman of the rel ub-
lican caucus, was questioned by r5put'
licans as 80 when he would call caucus.
There was general sentiment among
republicans Il al the csucEs should net
be held for some time.
Speaker Cannon had hard work to
!.uppress the buzz oil conytrsatlon. "The
House mutt be In ORDER" he said, ''in
order to do business. The chair reminds
the House that on this calendar, the
speaker Is relieved Of all responsibility
of scruliniz Dg bills aud II The House
does not malr lin order and give atter-
| ton, somebody will get hurt"
| A bill to abolish cayeits In the patent
Office introtu ed By Mr.. Kustermsnn
was passed. The action Was taken upon
recommendation OF the pstsnt com nis.
siorer.
Among the bills introduced we're The
following;
To extent the ranking pTlVllfgs to
ex- presidents of the United States and
widows Of ex. presidents.
To prohibit The imr )rtstion OF d.
essed nursery stock and to eitlblish 8
quarantine under the secretary OF Agr!-
culture for the examination of all horti-
cultural stock before 1t enters the
country.