Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1906 — Senate and House in Brief. [ARTICLE]

Senate and House in Brief.

Washington. April 20. The senate passed one resolution appropriating sl,000.000 to toe used in affording relief to San Francisco sufferers, and another to pay the expenses of bringing home the liodles of the Kearsarge victims; heard tlve first half of a speech by LftFollette on the railroad rate bill and witnessed an acrimonious encounter between Tillman and Hopkins concerning the recent Chicago bank failure, hut which was ended with no gore spilled. An executive session was held.

The house appropriated $1,000,00Q for the suffering and homeless in San Francisco and other California towns, sent it to the senate, where it was passed. It was immediately signed by the speaker and president of the senate, and a few minutes later became a law by the addition of the president’s signature. General debate on the District bill was completed.