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M G S OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS
Saturday, March 28.
Washington, March 18 — But little
progrsas was made \n the hoaee today
in oomidorlngg the agricultural bill.
The disoaseion dwelt mainly upon the
propjerd esablishmentof F, dera I stand
ard* of ootton grades and Fedscal In
epeotlon of grains.
Mr. Crnmpaokat
and others opposed a section providing
for the establishment of Federal labor'
atories for examination of samples of
seed or grain.
The clause o f the section providing
that the reports made as result of such
laboratories! examinations “ shall
as a basis lor the fixing of definite
grades, soon grades to become the offi
d e l standards for the grading of grains’
wss stricken oat on a point of ordtr
after a lively debate.
The section was then adopted
amended.
the sanction of the committee received
any substantial support. Tha amend
ments report 3d by the committee were
all adopted without opposition and
than one senator after another offered
additional amandmeate which, exM
in the cases of on« proposed by Dupont
by Lodge, were voted down, V
Washington, March 2 6 .- ^ Ia tha
of a bitter denunciation of tbs
president, on the floor of tha boose of
representatives today« Stanley, of Kao
tucky, oompared him with Alexander
Hamilton, whom be designated “ an
obscure adventurer," and both of
whom, ha said, bad profound oon
tempt for th « constitution and display
ed everlasting impatienoe with its re
■treinta. The president - was s mat
who relished glamor and who beoanu
intoxicated by applause. On the other
hand, ha said, lt r . Bryan had tha re
spect of the country as a statesman and
was trusted M a
Whan Scott, taohargs of tha agricul
tural appropriation bill, today sought
unanimous consent to lim it to five
hours farther debate on the bill, Sul
of New York, objected. That ac
tion forced the house to a vote, and it
was agreed to confide general debate to
four hours instead o f five.
A plea for homesteads for farmers
of 920 seres instead of 160 aeres
made by French, of Idaho.
The remainder of the sees ion wee de
voted to brief speeches by Griggs, of
Georgia, who gsve notice of an amend-
meoot increasing by $100,000 the ap
propriation fo> the Investigation of
■oils; by Ball, o f Georgia, who favored
governmental aid to public roada; E L
lerbe, of South Caroloia, who also fa
voted Inereessd appropriations for soil
investigation. r -_______
Friday, March 27.
Washington, March 27.— The Aid-
rich bill was parsed by the senate to
day by a vote of 42 to 16, in tbs main
a party vote.
Previous to th
of the vote on the Aldrieh bill, a
was taken on the Bailey anfaetiote au*>
authorising the government, instead of
the national banka, to leans the emer
gency circulation for which the bill
provides.
The vote on the substitute
stood 42 to 18, and this vote was en
tirely partisan, even La Follefcte cast
ing his vote w ith the Republicans. The
b ill baa been before the senate tinea
January 2. The vote was not reported
until after 6 p. m. and the galleries
were practically empty.
As passed, the b ill provides for not
more than $600,000,OOQ of emergency
currency to be issued to national banks
upon the deposit bp them o f state,
county and munieipnl bonds to be ap-
oved by the secretary o f the treasury.
Tuesday, March 24.
ta currency is to be issued with a
Waahlngton, March 24.— Upon tbs
view of seeming an equitable distribu oonelueion of Booster La Follatta’s
tion of the currency over tbs United speech on the Aldrieh currency bill in
States, end in accordance with the un the senate today, a plan waa decided
impaired capital and surplus o f banks upon by which Senator Aldrich w ill
la each state-
Banka are to pay for tomorrow move to take up the b ill and
Mils emergency clrenlstion one-naif of oon tinos its consideration until it *
one per cent a month daring the first bean disposed of.
four months it is circulated and after
Aldrich asked for unanimous oon sent
ward three-quarters of one par sent a to dispone of tha b ill before adjourn
month.
ment Thursday, but to that proposition
The b ill provid(M that national banks La Toilette objected, on the ground that
shall not pay lasa than 1 par cent on be feared debate would be curtailed by'
government funds deposited with them. such procedure.
As amended today, the bill carries
The colloquy which resulted in A ld
an important change in banking laws rich’s snnqpDormant followed the con
relating to bank reserves. This amend clusion of tne third and last installment
ment provides that o f the 16 per cent of La Follette’ s speech in opposition to
reserve required to be kept by banks tha Aldrieh bill. La Follette declared
not in reserve eities, four-fifths is to be the statement that the Industries of
kept in the vaults ot the banks, and of this country were controlled by leas
that amount one-third oan be in the than 100 men had been s'tacked aa sen
form o f securities of the kind required. sational. Declaring that each waa not
the cas«, be mid that ha had been too
Wabington, March 27.— The house conservative, and that in fact a much
parsed 360 private pension bills, at the smaller number of men dominated the
rate of ten a minute.
industries.
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An urgent defleiency appropriation
b ill appropriating 98,000,000 for carry
Washington, Marph 24.— Determine
ing on the work of the Washington tion to condoct a filibuster on ail occa
naval gun factory was Visaed.
sions where opportunity presented it
self, In order to force the Rebpublioans
to action cn an e m p lo y e »’ liability bill
Thursday, March 26.
Washington, March 26.— Although and other measures deemed neoeasiary
the senate met today with the inten of enactment was announced by W il
tion of devoting the entire time of the liam ms, of Mississippi, in the house
cession to the currency bill, the cre of representatives today during the con
dentials of Senator-eleot John Walter sideration of the agricultural b ill. He
8>nith, of Maryland, early became the ■aid he had waited until today to see
subject of s discussion that consumed some evidences of an intention to trans
nearly four b o o n and destroyed all act business which the people were de
hcpe of disposing of the currency bill manding, bat, finding none, had reach
ed the conclusion that the tim e was
before adjournment todey.
The result of the debate on the pro ripe to force the hand of the Republican
priety of swearing In Mr. 8mlth was a party* The Democrats cheered the an
vote of 84'to 80 in favor of receiving nouncement.
his credentials and leaving the regu
March 28.
larity of his election to be considered
Washington, March 28.— The senate
by the committee on privilege« and
today for tha fifth time in the present
elections, and by the senate later.
session adjourned because death had
Waahlngton, March 26.— More shafts robbed the body of one of its members.
The untimely death of Senator Bry
o f sarcasm and invective were aimed at
President Roosevelt In the (house of an, who was fam iliarly known as the
representatives today. In ona of the “ baby" of the senate, a title which he
most scathing arraignments of a public took pride in, came home to the senate
officer ever heard tn that ohsmber, w ittf more foroe than any which had
Beall, of Texas, charged the president preceded it. There was no other sub
with having bean guilty of “ a disgust ject of oon venation prior to and after
ing usurpation of pow er," not only the session than the feet that the m or
toward the national legislature, hut tality reeord of the present session is
greater than in any previous entire
tlye judiciary as well.
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When the agricultural appropriation oongress.
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b ill was read for amendment todey,
Macon, of Arkansas, endeavored to
have inserted as a new provision his
b ill prohibiting tha dealing in futures
in agricultural produota, but the chair
sustained a point of order againct it.
Scott, of Kansas, in eharge of the bill,
expressed hie entire sympathy with the
proposition which, however, he insist
ed should be acted on independently.
On a point of order the several new
stations were stricken from the bill.
These stations were proposed to be . lo
ca ted in Texas, Kansas, Virginia,
Michigan, Vermont, Missouri and Indi-
Wednesday, March 28.
Waahlngton, March 26.— A good deal
o f progress was made by tha senate to
day In disposing of proposed amend
ments to the Aldrich currency b ill. It
was evident throughout the session that
the bill w ill be perfected in the form
approved by the finanoe oommittee, as
no proposition that failed to receive
Washington, March 29.— A wane
somewhat out of tha ordinary waa en
acted in the house of representatives
today because of a charge made by
Mann, Of Illinois, that Suiter, ol New
York, had put into the oongreaaional
Record what purported Jo be a speech
delivered by him last Saturday, but
which Mann charged was not tbs one
delivered.
I t all had to do with Suiter’s claim
that be, and not Mann, was the aathor
of the legislation that brought the de
partment of commeroe and labor into
being.
A letter addressed to Speaker Cannon
from Representative Charles E. L ittle
field, of Maine, tendering hia resigna
tion aa member of oongreas, to take
effect September 30 next waa read.
After pasting a number of measure«
relating to the District of Columbia,
among them an amendment prohibit
ing betting on horse ranee at Benning-
fcon’s track, tha bona« adjourned out of
respect to the lata Senator Bryan.
W av* Appeal fo r Compatriot.
Wsshlngton, March 26.— Represents-
re Bebath, of Chicago, today laid ba
re tha president a petition signed by
0,000 Slavs and Bohemians in this
untry requesting that the United
atea make representations to Hungary
r the release from prison of Frank
ilakvlo, a naturalised American citl-
n, who wss imprisoned for tinging an
jectionable Slavonian hymn.
The
esident R ill take up the matter with
a State department.
Favor Country’ s Ships.
Washington, March 26.— Tha house
committee on interstate and foreign
oommeroe agreed today to report favor
ably the senate resolutions to" restrict
to vessels of United States register the
transportation from th « United Stata#
to tha Panama Canal sons of material
for tbs asnal. Tha resolution author-
lass th# Isthmian Canal commission to
parchas« or ohartsr and operate veaaela
of the United States for the transporta
tion of auoh material and of asnal mall.
Formal C hars* FUod Against
of
The NEWBERG GRAPHIC
San Francisco, March 27.— In
Chang and Ming W on Chun, tha Co*
rean patxlota who elected to k ill Dur
ham W7 Stevens for what they believed
to be treaehary to the Herm it Kingdom,
ware this morning charged with mar*'
der. They must flaee trial for their
deed in the eourta o f this city. Held
fat detention pending tha struggle for
life which the oouragaon# diplomat
mad«, the two man wees charged an
the police blotter aa soon aa nawa of tha
and waa conveyed to poliet
Ia Whan Chang, tha Coraan who
fired the shots which proved fatal to
Stevens, whan Informed last night
at the ja il of hia victim ’s death, re
ceived the news without surprise and
with manifest delight. Since the day
of tha shooting Chang ha
pressing the hope that Stevens’
might prove fatal. Last night, whan
asked if ha w et sorry for what be had
dona, Chang said: “ N o; I am glad.
Ha waa no friend o f Ceres, and he ia
better deed."
There ia a movement on foot among
tha Japanese to erect a monument to
8tev«ns.
Japanese commenced going
■bout among their fellow ooontrymen
this morning broaching tha idea ana
suggesting that subscriptions be forth
coming. Tha proposition i r still ta
tha tentative stage, but, judging from
tha feeling tha Japaneses show toward
tha dead A mar lean, there w ill be no
difficulty in bringing it to acoomplieh-
m ent Whether the monument shall
be «tooted In this city, in Tokio or In
Seoul, the theater of Stevens
to Japan, has not yet been decided.
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Chicago, March 27.— An
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city employs« and big bosioasa firms,
and extending back through
yuan, has been discovered hi the water
department. Two employes, including
• division head, ware removed, and 88
subordinate employes w ill be dis
charged. Soma of them may be in
dicted.
Through tampering with meten
the oonnlvancs o f city employes,
ral large corporations have defrauded
the city of hundreds of thousands of
dollars ia water taxes. City employes
bare sold meters to Junk dealers and
bartered mateiiala for drinks in sa
loons.
Supplies never used by the eity
purchased ostensibly for tha water de
partment and then need by plumbers
in private baeinesee
The payrolls were padded with idlers
and Incompetents. The fores, .which
originally numbered 200 men, wa# re-
duosd by Superintendent W . J. Mo-
Court, of the water bureau, to 60.
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Seattle, Wash., March 27.— Troops
have been ordered from Fort Seward,
at Haines, Alaska, to preserve order at
the Treadwell mines, on Doug less
island, where 800 miners have gone on
a strike. The troops are due to arrive
at Treadwell early tomorrow morning,
and aerioua trouble Is anticipated.
United States Marshal Shoup, who has
just returned from Washington, leit
for the scene of the trouble, an reoeipt
of dispatches from bis ohisf deputy.
Tha miners have threatened to blow
up the works if troops are landed on
h e island. They stole 10 kegs of dy
namite today from the mine stores.
Colonel Green, in command of one
oompany of the Tenth infantry, left
Haines tonight with a gatling gun, and
should reach tha mines at so early hour
this morning.
Tbs other companies
stationed at Fort Seward have been or
dered to be in readiness to relnforoa the
first company if needed.
Just before his departure for Juneau
at 9 o’clock last night, Marshal Shoup
received a message from his chief depu
ty that no serious disturbances have oc
curred, but trouble of a serious nature
is anticipated when the troops are land
ed on the island in the morning.
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Bribery la Charged.
San Francisco, March 27.— Ipnight
it waa learned that the n «A grand jury
which today heard the teetlmonv of
odkny of the witnesses who appeared
before the Oliver grand jury, when Pat
rick Calhoun, Th ey L . Ford, George M.
Abbott, ex-Mayor E . E. Behmits and
Abraham Ruet were indicted on many
oounta for bribery In the granting of
the United railroads trolley franchise,
have voted to bring three joint indict
ments for tha same offenses against Cal
houn, Ford and RueL Submits ia lift
out of tha new lndictmaots.2
D o «« N et Want Hill.
Berlin, March 27.— The German gov
ernment has Informed President Roose
velt that Dr. David J. H ill, at present
American minister [at The Hague, la
not acceptable to it as ambassador at
Berlin. Charlemagne Tower, the pres
ent ambassador, declined today to eith
er confirm or derv this statement.
From other tournee it wee* learned that
tha grounds are that Dr. H ill is not rep
resentative enough for the United States
to sand to Germany.
Mora Warships to Haytl.
Wsshlngton, March 27.— Two addi
tional war vessels were ordered to Hay
tl today following a conference of offi
ciate of the State and Navy departments.
The Dee Moines already had been sent
to the scene of the reoent outbreak.
The two vessels dispatched today are
the gunboats Marietta and Paducah-
both of which have bean at Guantana,
mo, Cuba, preparing for target practise.
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