Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-12-11
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The fifty-ninth
congress assembled at noon. Vice
President Fairbanks called the senate
to order. Chief Clerk Mcdowell
performed a similar office in the
house. He held the gavel until Rep
resentative Joseph G. Cannon of Hi
nois has been formally elected speaker.
The senate, on account Of its smaller
membership, can organize and dis
pose of the perfunctory business of
first days session faster than the
house. 1t had received the credentials
of it's new members, admitted them
to seats, adopted numerous statutory
and constitutional resolutions and
performed other necessary business
before the call of states was con-
Guided in the house. A large number
of bills and joint resolutions was
introduced in the house. They cover
large variety of subjects including
Philippine tariff, statehood, pensions,
regulation of the hours Of employ
ment in the executive departments,
merchant marine, increase of salaries
of the vice president to $4,000 and
members of the cabinet to $4,000, re-
curing corporations to make full re-
ports of their affairs, increasing the
powers Of the interstate commerce
commission, Investigating Of cam
| paign funds, Of expenditures on the
J prominent candidates, on insurance
companies doing an interstate business,
Of cotton exports, and or the condi
ton of child labor, provision for six
year term for the president and the
election of senators by direct vote
of the people. Admission of Oklahoma
and Indian territory as one state was
the subject of the first bill introduced.
The bill was prepared by Delegate
Mcclure of Oklahoma, and is almost
identical with the joint statehood bill
of the last session. Representative
Brick 0nd.) introduced a bill pro-
hibiting the giving of premium checks
with cigars or tobacco of any sort;
also bills granting pensions to soldiers
and persons incapacitated for labor,
! te pensions TO range from $6 to Sl2
month and persons more than 81 years
old to be regarded as totally incapaci-
tated and Representative Snapp, (lll.)
to establish a postal savings bank
system, also by Representative Dali
zell, (Pa.) providing a pension OF ~
per day for every day that veterans
of the civil war were detained in
confederate prisons and also granting
such veterans So per month in addi-
ton to the per diem allowance, also
bv Representative Cousins, Qa.) re-
pealing the national bankruptcy act.
Washington, Dec 5.-The senate
gave practically all Of it's time to
listening to the reading of the presl-
dents message The document re-
ceived the closest attention. At 2:5O
o'clock the senate adjourned as a
mark of respect to the memory of
the late Benjamin F. Marsh, member
of the house from Illinois.
President Roosevelt's message re-
ceived the attention Of the house Tor
two and a half hours, and it was ap-
u.
taken toward appropriating the need
ed emergency funds for the Panama
canal The house received and or
dered referred to one of the regular
election committees a protest from
the fifth congressional district OF I'LL
nois stating that Anthony Michalek,
who was sworn in as a member Oh the
house from that district, is not citl-
zen of the United States. Upon mo-
ticn of Mr.. Goldfogle of New York
resolution was read expressing the
sympathy of the American people for
the distressed Russian Jews. On
the announcement of the death OF
John M. Pinckney, late member
from Texas, the house agreed to re5o-
lutions in his memory, and adjourned.