Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-01
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The Senate Thursday passed ioint
resolution appropriating S1O00,000 for
the relief of the people of California, and
an emergency bill carrying $4,000 to pay
the expenses of bringing home the bodies
of the Kearsarge victims. Mr.. Bailey
made an explanation of the proceedings OF
the Democratic caucus and Mr.. La Fol
lette delivered the first half of an ex.
haustive speech on the rate bill. Mr..
Tillman and Mr.. Hopkins had another
spirited encounter concerning the Walsh
bank failure in Chicago, which was ended
by the presiding officer. The House voted
the appropriation of $1,000000 for the
sufferers in San Francisco and other ruin
ed California cities and gave the Score.
taries of War, Navy, Treasury and Com.
merce power to cooperate with the au-
thorities of the stricken cities Mr.. vii.
liams, the minority leader, gave notice
that there would be no more legislation
except under the rules of the House or a
special rule until the conferees on the
statehood bill had made report. Several
speeches were made on the tariff.
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In the Senate Friday Mr.. La Toilette
continued, but did not conclude his speech
on the rate bill. The appropriation for
the San francisco sufferers was made
available for the purchase of medical sun
plies and steps were taken toward replac-
ing the public buildings by calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury to prepare an
estimate of the cost of new structures.
serious alteration between Gen. Gros-
venor of Ohio and Frank Clark of Florida
was narrowly averted in the House
through the diplomacy of Mr.. Williams,
who had their language stricken from the
record. Before the trouble had been
smoothed over, however, Mr.. Clark made
a threat of personal violence against Mr..
Grosvenor. Sixty-ive pages of the Dis
trict of Columbis appropriation bill we're
considered, and the national quarantaine
bill was sent to conference.
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In the Senate Saturday Mr.. Perkins
of California made Acknowledgements of the
cablegram from the Vice President of the
Brazilian Senate, expressing the sympa-
thy of that body for the sufferers in Cal
ifornia. He also acknowledged the debt
of gratitude due the government of the
United States, the people of the different
States and cities and the railroads for the
generous aid granted. On his motion the
Vice President was instructed to express
the Senate's appreciation. The remand
er of the day was devoted to eulogies on
the life of the late Senator Orville II.
Plat of Connecticut. In the House a joint
resolution making an additional appropri-
alton of $1,000,000 for the relief of the
California sufferers was adopted. The
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was passed, as was another measure pro-
viding for the transportation of dutiable
merchandise without appraisement. The
message of the President citing the neces-
sity for an additional appropriation for
the California quake victims was laid
before the House.
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The Senate Monday increased to ST.
100000 the second appropriation of funds
for the San Francisco sufferers. Mr.
La Toilette concluded his three-day speech
on the rate bill, which is one of the long
est addresses in recent years in the Sen
ate. The following bills were passed ::
Providing for the organization of a dental
corps in the army; permitting the build
ing of dams across the north and south
branches of Rock river in Rock Island
county, Illinois. The conference report
on the bill providing for the election of
delegate in Congress from Alaska was
adopted. Consideration of the Indian ap-
preparation bill was resumed The House
concurred in the Senate amendment to the
joint resolution appropriating $1,50o,000
for the relief of the California sufferers
and spent the rest of the day in discuss
ing legislation affecting the District of
Columbia.
The Senate spent almost the entire dav
Tuesday in considering the Indian appro-
priation bill, and it had not been disposed
of when the session was closed. The
House bill extending until 1909 the time
when the coastwise laws shall go into
effect between the United States and the
Philippines was passed. There was no
session of the House.
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A sudden inspiration struck the Sen
ate Wednesday, after Juggling with the
new primary bill for week, and it twist
ed the measure into presentable shape and
made ready to toss it into the lower house.
1t took three sessions to do the work, and
lHe EOeudtOIS ldDOieu until ulIuulSuI De
fore they had expurgated the lockers" and
flaws from the draft submitted by the
special committee. The bill was finally
sent to the third reading covered with so
many amendments that its authors hardly
recognized it. The bill goes up endowed
with new features that were added after
hard fights on the floor, in which Senators
Parker, Berry, Gardner, Humphreys and
Campbell were active participants. At
one point Mr.. Parker engaged the entire
opposition in debate, and finally won an
important victory by knocking out a pro-
vision that independent candidates should
file petitions ten days before the primaries.
The three candidate proposition advo-
Gated by the Legislative Voters League
did not fare so well, for it was carved
from the bill by Senator Berry while the
attention of the Senators was engaged
elsewhere. The bin places the candidates
for Governor on the primary ballots. and
it is minus the original provision that
State delegates shall be selected by the
county conventions. While the Senatt
was energetically pitching into the work
of the special session. the members of the
lower house idled away another day at
a cost Of $1,o10 to the State for per diem
expenses.
National Capital Notes
The latest official cable report received
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