The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-06-30
HOURS
OF CONGRESS
WERE ORDERLY
Reach Decisionto Make
Inquiry Into Gore
Charges.
GIVE A MILLION
GIVE A MILLION
For the Sufferers Along the
Colorado River, Who Need
Much Help.

Washington.-Taft walked out Of
the capitol at IL o'clock on the adj
journment or congress Saturday
smiling.
The second session Of the sixty
first congress had Just adjourned and
he had signed practically all the mat
ters Of legislation placed before him.
He received congratulations from the
cabinet and from members of both
branches upon the successful passage
of most Of his pet measures. Taft
shook hands all around.
Each house marked the closing |
hour by voting for an investigation
of the McMurry Indian contracts. In
stead of the usual scene Of COMPARE
lively undignifed relaxation from
business, both houses devoted serious
attention to the charges Of attempt
ed bribery and other forms of Inn
proper influence made in the senate
yesterday by Gore and subsequently
in the house by Murphy of Missouri.
Two separate Investigations were
provided for one in each house. Each
body passed a resolution creating
committee of five members to pur-
sue an inquiry to the bottom, during
the recess and report whether any
of its members are, or have been, in
terested in any Of these contracts.
During the proceedings of the sem
ate in the marble ROOM adjoining
the senate chamber we're ex-Senators
Long of Kansas and Thurston Of Ne
braska, who have been mentioned in
connection with the Indian contract
matter, as we'll as Attorney F. ]. Muir
ry of McAlester, Okla, who, Gore
named as the principal owner of the
Indian contracts in question.
Cannon appointed the following
committee to conduct the house in
v~estigation: Burke Of South Dako-
ia, chairman; Campbell of Kansas,
Miller of Minnesota, Stephens of
Texas and Saunders of Virginia.
Sherman announced the following
to conduct the senate investigations.
Jones of Washington, Burton of
Ohio, Crawford of South Dakota,
Hughes of Colorado, Percy Of Missis-
sippi.
A message from the president stat
ing that he had signed the rivers and
harbors bill, but would never again
sign another similar one enlivened
the proceedings of the senate to-day.
He states that the improvements
should be made in accordance with
an approved system, such as was not
followed in the bill, but that he sign
ed the bill in order that the import
ant improvements would not be de-
layed.
Taft say that the piecemean pol
icy of making appropriation to con-
tinue work from time to time is the
hills chief defect. He said that the
government when it enters a project
should finish it in a reasonable time
and then take up others and do the
anne He favors an expert super
vision to work out a business like
scheme.
Taft also signed the public build
ings bill.
He leaves for Beverly Tuesday.
The Appalachian forest reserve
bill, the senate agreed to pass over
until February Is next. The senate
adopted Mann's white slave" bill
which previously had been passed b,
the house, receding from its amend
ment to the sundry civil bill, provid
ing for the tests of structural stee
and the conference report bill wa
adopted by both houses.
>, The house and senate adopted {
, joint resolution appropriating 81,
100000 for the protection OF prop
erty along the lower Colorado river
, Taft having submitted a message
, calling attention to the dangerou|
conditions along the river bed.
Both houses agreed to the genera
deficiency bill; the house agreed t,
the pensions appropriation bill pass
ed by the senate. appropriating 1856.
000, 900; adopted the conference re
port Of the campaign publicity BIZ
providing for the publication o
campaign funds after the elections
and adopted the conference report o
the $2o,000,ooo issue of certificate
J. Of Indebtedness to aid the reclama
: ton project.
!. The conference report on the bill
for the creation of an employers Lid
: bility commission was adopted BY tn