Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-23
IN THE HOUSE.

Rural free delivery, reciprocity with Can
ada and the new Republic of Panama were
topics of discussion in the House on the
10th. The subject of rural free delivery
was introduced by Mr.. Maddox Dem Ga.j,
who claimed that certain states had been
favored in the establishment of routes Mr.
Hepburn (Rep., Iowa. and Mr.. Hemenway
Rep., Ind9 among, others replied on the
Republican side. Mr.. Crumpacker Rep.,
Ind) defended the course pursued by the
administration in dealing with the Central
American situation Representative De
Almond of Missouri introduced a bill pro-
viding for the ranking and promotion of of
ficers of the United States army on merit
Representative lands of Indiana intro
erection of a public building at Kokomo,
Ind. Mr.. Williams of Mississippi intro
duced concurrent resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution to give Con-
gress power to collect taxes on incomes,
and providing that such tax shall not be
construed to be direct tax within the
meaning of the constitution. He also in
PRODUCED the following bills: To put upon
the free list when coming from countries
which permit identical products of ours to
enter free, hides of all animals, leather of
all sorts, boots, shoes, saddles and harness;
to prevent individuals or corporations en-
gagged in interstate commerce from making
that the purchaser shall not sell or deal in
products Of any other persons, firms or cor
porations; to prevent the over-issue of stock
hy corporations or combinations Of corpora
lions and defining such overissue as public
cheating" requiring the payment of inter
est on public funds deposited with banks;
of cotton taxes paid in 1865. 1866 and 1867
and appropriating $65,OOO,0OO for that pur-
pose. At 2:45 D. N. the House adjourned
until tomorrow.
Central American affairs were discussed
in the House on the 10th, and also pensions,
Industrial and agricultural conditions and
labor. The session lasted more than . four our
whole almost the entire time on the pen
sion appropriation bill, on which no con,
clusion was reached. bill was introduced
amending the act to simplify the laws in
relation to the collection of revenues. The
House at 4:15 p. N. adjourned until tomoF-
row.
The House on the 18th passed without
division the pension appropriation bill car
rying $13S 15O, 100. There was general
discussion on Panama, rural free delivery,
tariff and pensions, speeches being made
by Messrs. Scott (Rep., Kan), Miers Dem,
Ind), Sims Dem, Tenn and Burgess
Dem, Tex. Representative Lacey Of Iowa
introduced bill for the protection of wild
animals birds and fish in the forest re-
serves of the United States When the
House convened the speaker signed the bill
carrying into effect the Cuban reciprocity
treaty, using q gold pen provided by the
Cuban minister At $3.50 p. m. the House
adjourned
70 100 authorized the committee on expendi-
lures in the postoffice department to request
tbe postmaster general to furnish that COM
nittee the papers in connection with the
recent postoffice investigation. Mr.. Cooper
(Wis) introduced a concurrent resolution
providing for the free transportation of 600
teachers of the public schools of Porto Rico
to the United States and return, to allow
attendance on the summer schools in this
country He also introduced a memorial
of the House of delegates of that island,
praying that the constitution of the United
States be extended to Porto Rico. Also-a
memorial from the same body praying for
q territorial form of government. Mr.. Nor
bate of Is per cent. of tariff duties on goods
brought to and from the Philippine Islands
in American ships. Mr.. Shafroth (Colo)
introduced a constitutional amendment pro-
viding that the right to vote shall not be
denied on account of sex. Mr.. Hay Va)
introduced a resolution providing that the
speaker appoint committee of five to make
an investigation of alleged postal frauds
The bill authorizing the city of Phoenix
and the towns of Tempe and Mesa, Arizona
to bond for the construction of a wagon
road from Phoenix to the site of the 49,
100000 dam, to be constructed for the Salt
River irrigation reservoir in Arizona, was
passed The Senate bill to protect foreign
exhibitors of literary, artistic and musical
works at the st. Louis worlds fair was
passed. resolution from elections COM
mittee No. l, authorizing that committee to
order election officers in the city of San
Francisco to produce the ballots in the
Kahn-Livernash contested election case
adjourned until tomorrow.
Owing to an error, the House on the
10Th vacated it's action in the postoffice
matter taken yesterday and passed instead
a resolution requesting the postmaster gen.
eral to transmit to the House all papers
and evidence touching alleged frauds in
that department. The House at II 80 p m.
adjourned until January f. 1904.