Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-04-18
DEMOCRATS WOULD FURTHER
AIR PosToFFIcE DEPARTMENT.
RIVER AND HARBOR MONEY
Bill Passed by House Appropriating
$4,000. OOo-One Member Would
Spend 100000, ooo-Settlers in
Wisconsin Get FaVors-News OF
the Day at Washington.

Washington, April 12.-The Culber-
son amendment to the pOstOffice appro-
priation bill, providing for a commits
sion TO investigate the pOstoffice de-
partment was before the senate all
day yesterday and after being ruled
out Of order in a modified form, was
pending when the senate adjourned.
Senator German made an earnest 4
plea for an investigation, saying that
the postcfice department had cast re-
Elections upon members of congress f
and that a thorough examination
should be had. Senator Aldrich argued .
that the amendment as finally modified
meant nothing. that if an investigation
was TO be held it should be "a live
one" He said that if any specific
charges were brought in they should
be looked into by congress, but that
the demand should not be made part
Of a general appropriation bill Semi
political speeches were made by Sen
atOrs Teller and Simmons.
For Rivers and Harbors.
The house passed a bill reported by
the committee on rivers and harbOrs,
appropriating IS, 600, 900 for the restora-
ton or maintenance of channels, or of
other river and harbOr improve
meDts. Mr.. Burton, chairman of the
committee, explained the bill urging
the adoption of settled principles with
regard TO river and harbor works.
Messrs. Burgess of Texas and Krans-
dell OF Louisiana favored increases in
tho appropriations fer river and har-
/ Dor Improvements, the former urging
that they should be doubled and the
latter regarding S10o, 100000 as not
too much. MT. Clark OF Missouri made
Ia plea fer the improvement of the
I Missouri river. A large number Of
bills Of minor Importance were passed.
The house passed bills authorizing
the secretary OF war TO transfer TO the
Columbia Military academy certain
land IN NIaury county, Tennessee; for
the relief of certain settlers on the
Wisconsin Central railroad in Wiscon-
sin. and the DaIles military road land
grant. in Oregon; creating a new d.
vision of the southern judicial district
OF Iowa and to provide for terms Of
court at Davenport, Iowa; authorizing
the county of Itasca, Mimi, to con-
-struct a wagon and foot bridge over
the Mississippi river, and for disposal
of an unsold lot in the Fort Crawford
military tract at Prairie du Chen,
Wis.
Financial Bill Reported.
A report from the house committee
on banking and currency recommend
ing the passage of a bill, Ito improve
currency conditions was nled by
chairman Fowler The first section
repeals the law which prohibits Gus.
toms receipts from being deposited in
national banks. The result of the
present law IN this matter, the report
says, is unnecessarily to tie up the
money of the country. The second see
Ition repeats the monthly three-million-
dollar limit on bank note retirement.
The report says the repeal of this re.
'striction viii give to the national bank
note circulation all the elasticity which
it is possible for a bond-seeured circu-
.1ation to have. The recOinage of sill
yer dollars into subsidiary silver coins
is provided in the third section. The
limit Of 500, 0O0, 600 as the total amount
of subsidiary silver coins that can be
in existence at any one time is repeal
ed by this section.
Relief 10 the treasury department in
/ its inability to meet the demand for
small bills. owing to the manner in
which the present law limits their issu-
ance, is sought by the removal of these
/ limitations On this point the report
says. 1T is probably true that the in.
ability Of the treasury TO meet the de
mand for small bills, combined with
+ the shortage in subsidiary coin in re-
\ cent years, has compelled the retention
of small bills 10 circulation until much
of that form of money has become
ragged and filthy and produced con-
ditions which have fully justified the
vigorous crusade for clean money
I recently inaugurated. 1t is believed,
however, that with large discretion
given the treasury and national banks
under the provisions of this bill, sup
piemented by an abundant supply of
subsidiary coin, much of the cause fol
complaint will be removed. An ideal
sanitary currency. however, can only
be secured by the substitution of sub
sidiary coin for all the one and two
dollar pills and improved methods of
redemption for paper money Of the
denominations of So and upward"