The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1912-05-23

was adopted to tie accompaniment OF
~thunderous applause.
The direct election of senators was
first taken up by congress in 1926.
From time to time recurring attempts
have been made to make the senate
a Popular body, and have its MEM
bers elected as are the members OF
the house. Numbers of these resolu-
tions have died in committee, while
others were passed at the last mo-
ments of a congress never to receive
the presidents signature
Senator Bristow Of Kansas, intro
duced in 1911 the present
Bryan Approves Plan.
Lincoln.-Mr. Bryan when informed
Of the action Of the house in passing
the joint resolution providing for an
amendment to the constitution to elect
United States senators by direct vote
said:
1T is the best thing congress has
done and is an epoch making reform"
Mr.. Bryan added that for 81 years he
had been working for the action taken
by the house.
An amendment by Senator Crawford
Of South Dakota to appropriate SIC, 900
for a buffalo preserve at Wind Cave
was adopted and consideration of the
bill will be continued.
Chicago.-A dispatch from Washing
ton says:
The administration purposes to use
all its influence to induce the senate
to refuse to accept the provision in
the legislative bill passed by the
house abolishing the scheme Of re-
organization of the state department
inaugurated by Secretary of State
Knox.
In a statement issued by Acting
Secretary of State Wilson it is assert
ed that the resignation of Secretary
Knox and his own would be the logical
and probable consequences of the leg
~islation.
The house bill purposes to abolish
the bureau of trade relations, the Office
of director of consular service, and
the chiefs Of all the divisions of for
eign service created under the reor-
ganization of the department in 1910.
Washington, d. c. - To expedite
the business Of congress, the Demo
cratic senators will caucus on Friday
night to consider the order of legisla-
tive business, as we'll as the provi-
sions of some of the tariff bills.
The opinion was expressed by many
that q definite program would have
the effect of at least curtailing a ses-
sion after the national party conven-
ton in June.
Senator Cummins said the postof-
fee appropriation bill alone would be
before the senate more than a month.
Speeding up of the legislative ma
chinery of congress in an effort for adj
journment by June Is was indicated
when Minority Leader Mann warned
the house that night sessions soon
would be necessary to dispose of &C
cumulated business. His reference
to adjournment was a%pplauded .
The Panama canal bill, providing
for the administration Of the canal
zone and the operation of the canal
itself, was introduced in the house.
AS q result of more than seven hours
debate opponents Of certain provisions
of the measure affected to discover a
"ioker" which they claimed would
give to Canadian railroad owned
steamships a monopoly of the traffic
through the Panama canal at the ex.
pense of the American ra~ilroad-owned
vessels, which would be barred under
| the terms of the measure. They
prophesied as a result the CONNER
cial overthrow Of Boston, Seattle and
Portland. Ore.
A bitter fight seems certain to re-
suit over the provision which would
prohibit railroad-owned vessels from
passing through the canal.