Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1907 — OUR NATIONAL LEGISLATURE [ARTICLE]

OUR NATIONAL LEGISLATURE

Synopsis of the Proceedings in the Senate and House—Bills, Keselutions, Etc. Washington, Jan. 29. Beveridge occupied the attention of the senate throughout the day with a continuation of his argument in behalf of his childlabor bill. He spoke for four hours, and will conclude probably today. The speech occupied nearly the whole session, and was its feature. Twenty bills relating to the District of Columbia were passed in the house. A joint resolution was passed granting permission to the secretary of war to sell during the next three months to citizens of Montana at actual cost to the United States at the place of sale, limited quantities of hay, straw and grain for the support of cattle of settlers, which are reported In dire need of those products. Washington, Jan. 30. The senate began its session with a lecture from Hale, who contended that too much talking and not enough work-was being done. The result was that the senate passed the diplomatic and consular and the fortifications bills. Beveridge concluded his speech injadvocacy of his child-labor bill, which had occupied three days. The house passed the senate bill increasing the board of customs appraisers at New York from 10 to 12, and also passed the senate bill making provision for conveying a strip of ground in St. Augustine, Fla., known as the “Lines,” for school purposes. The free seed feature was retained in the agricultural appropriation bill, fifty pages of which were completed. Washington, Jan. 31. The senate fixed Feb. 20 as the day to vote on the declaration that Senator Smoot, of Utah, is not entitled to his seat, passed a bill appropriating $2,000,000 to confine the Colorado river to its banks, and another placing the management of tlie Panama railway under the isthmian canal commission, and listened to a speech by Carter of Montana in criticism of the secretary of the interior, because, as alleged, the secretary Is holding up patents to public lands because of suspected fraud. The house completed and passed the agricultural appropriation bill. Tlie diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was sent to conference. The river and harbor appropriation bill, carrying $84,000,000 in round numbers, was taken up.