Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-12-09
WORK OF CONGRESS
IN THE SENATE.

me Senate was in open session thirty
minutes on December 1st After receiving
a lumber of bills, resolutions and petitions
sesc, a1'er th speSa1ng some time in executive
until Friday: majority Of the bills Of
fered were for private pensions and most
CT S tne petluons for the expulsion of Mr..
S SPae {Rep:, Utah). AS usual, Mr.. Cullom
lRep-; I'D called up the Cuban reciprocity
OIL n out as no one manifested desire to
a auuress tne Senate on it, the bill went
oyer. senator PenrOse introduced q resolu.
ti3ll authorizing the committee on post
onceS ana postrOads to request the nost-
rn n general to send to the committee all
papers connected with the recent inyestiga-
ton or the postofice department. and if
necessary make further investiga ton Sen
ator Morgan introduced resolutions author
AiHs tne committee on interoceanic canals
10 InVeStgate the part alleged to have been,
taken by the transcontinental railroads In
ane e lsthmlan canal matter and also to I'M
qule INTO the plans of the interOceanic;
canal commission The Senate went into
executive session at 1890 and at 40 clock
adjourned
minutes on the 4th. The business trans
acted was purely of routine character
1t has been considered probable that a reso-
luton for the adjournment of the eytro
session of Congress would be brought In
but none was offered, and session was
provided for tomorrow with the hope that
an adjournment agreement may be reached
by that time. Senator Mitchell introduced
Il Dill providing that every carrier i'm the
rural free delivery mail service in addition
10 ms salary fixed by law, shall receive
SZoo year for subsistence. At 1915 O'Clock
the Senate adjourned
When the Senate met on the 9th if adoot.
ed motion to adjourn until the 18th This
viii afford an opportunity To mass q con-
current resolution for the sine die adjourn
ment IN case an agreement of that kind is
liaue between the two houses. The resolII-
non introduced by Mr.. Morgan providing
ior an investigation of the charge that the
transcontlnental railroads have been inter
Ieflng unduly in the isthmian canal cues
ton was called up and referred to the com
mittee on contingent expenses of the Sen
ate. The Senate adjourned at 1910 u. m
The Senate on the 18th closed the extraor.
binary session at noon and immediately
entered on the duties of the regular SEES
sion. The unusual features were the close
OF the called session by announcement
from the chair and the offering of two
prayers III the Senate within q half h0lr
OF each other. The business transacted
consisted OF the reading of the Presidents
message and the beginning of the discus
sion of the Cuban reciprocity bill Mr.
Cullom, who has charge of the Cuban bin
made a speech, advocating its passage in
the interest of American trade The read.
ing or the Presidents message was CON
GUIDED at 326 p. m. The Senate took ND
the resolution calling On the postmaster
general TO send to the Senate committee
on postoffices and post roads the papers
bearing on the recent investigation into
irregularities in the postoffice department.
It was laid over until tomorrow The
ate, but as there was executive session
after It's receipt. ii was not referred to
the committee foreign relations. The
Senate adjourned at 4:1S D. N.