Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-12
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Congress.
Observation-Disclosures
WORK OF CONGRESS
BRIEFLY SUMMED UP.


Z Total acts .............. 1,5e0 :
J. Number of joint resolutions. 395 $.
The chief event of Saturday was the
passage by both houses of what is known
| as the omnibus public building BILL Ii
increases the cost of buildings in thirty
two States by S2,000000 The day was
| devoid of exciting incident in either
house, though the galleries were throng-
ed with sightseers. The Senate passed
the deficiency bill. Throughout the day
the House was in the throes of the clos
ing hours of the session, with many
measures clamoring for attention, and
with crowded galleries looking down up
on the weary legislators. Work began
at Il. IN. and proceeded until o'clock
in the afternoon. when Il recess was tax
en- until $50 p. M. to permit conference
reports to be framed Under suspension
of the rules Il number of important bills
We're passed, including those for a ma
tional standardizing bureau, for confer
ring bronze medals on the enlisted men
of the navy and marine corps for dis
tinguished herosm. and to amend the
Chinese exclusion laws and the omnibus
preparation bill was also finally disposed
Of. and many conferences were advanced.
Both houses put in Il large share of
Sunday under the legislative fiction that
it was still Saturday. The House was
in session from > to & in the afternoon
and resuming at s o'clock it worked on
into the night to dispose of the confer
ence reports which crowded in upon ii.
There was big fight over the Senate
amendment to the Sundry civil bill, which
linked together the fate of the St LoulS,
Buffalo and Charleston exposition appro-
priations. The House refused to concur.
The conference report on the deficiency
appropriation bill was concurred in thus
disposing of that measure. Conference
agreements were reached on general def
cheney. postodice and naval appropriation
bills, the Senate receding on Holland
submarine boat amendment to the last
named. The Senate passed bill urged
by labor men regulating safety appli-
ances ON railroad trains.
Senator Carter of Montana talked the
river and harbor bill to death Monday
ana the Senate adjourned at II 80 O'clock
without giving out the pork" contained
in that great appropriation measure.
Starting in early in the morning, Mr..
Garter began his speech with the avowed
intention of continuing until the life of
the Fifty-siXth Congress should have ex-
PRED. After 4 few weak and futile cf-
forts to interrupt him the other Senators
gave up dll idea of preventing him from
completing his talk. Finally at 1855
o'clock the Montana Senator closed his
remarkable address and Senators Hoar
of Massachusetts and COckrell of Mis-
souri, announced that the Fifty-sixth SEES
sion Of Congress had completed its work.
The action of the Senate on the sundry
civil bill was followed 10y the Senate re-
ceding from the Charleston amendment
to the st. Louis exposition bill which
had passed the House as Il separate meas
ure. This action passed the bill appro-
priating SJ,000000 for st. Louis. Very
little interest attached TO the proceedings
of the House. Most of the time was
consumed in recesScs, these being taken
mt frequent intervals in anticipation Of
conference reports on appropriation bills.
The bill carrying appropriations for the
postal service was passed and the suudry
civil bill was finally acted upon.
Nice-President Roosevelt entered upon
the discharge of his official duties as pre-
siding officer of the Senate when that
body met on Tuesday at noon. He was
soon required to make Il ruling. During
the reading of the journal Mr.. Money de
sired to interrupt the proceedings, that
Mr.. MCIaurin. his colleague, might tak,,
the oath of office. Mr.. Morgan objected.
saying that the reading Of the journal
should be completed. II am of the i'm
preston that the rules require the read
ing of the journal first" announced Mr..
Roosevelt when the matter was submit
ted to him for decision. The announce
mcnt was quietly received, although il
was noticed that the Vice President had
used a personal pr0noun instead of say
ing the chair is Of the opinion" DIR
ing the session the Presidents nOmina-
tionS for cabinet positions were received
and confirmed.
''Ir there is any applause or disorder
the scrgcant-at-arms will clear the gal
lcrics." This was Vice President Rnosr-
vclts stern announcement as he took his
place to preside over the Senate on Wed
nesday and raped sharply with his
gavel. 1t was called out by the burst Of
applause which followed his entrance into
the chamber. Applause is strictly forbid
den by the rules Of the Senate, and the
new Nice-PrcSidcnt does not propose To
allow the rules TO he violated even by
persons who wish to show their apprr-
citation of himself. Mr.. Morgan (Ala.D,
who Oh Tuesday offered Il resolution de
claring the abrogaion Of the Clayton
Bulwer treaty between the United States
and Great Britain. addressed the Senatr
for nearly two hours upon his PROPOSE
ton, Ills admonitionS to Great Britain
were particularly sharp.