Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-05-26
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fund of LaFollette, then the charges
of excessive fees exacted by the in
surance commissioner for examin-
ing the Prudential Life Insurance
company and then the oustlng of
Kempf for speculation in the land
Office funds. Now comes the Host
episode which bids fair to be the
most bothersOme charge that has
been produced, for it comes from
men who know the inner secrets Of
the reform crowd.
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To anyone who watched the rate
Legislation as 1T was considered in
the senate, the conviction must
come that the upper house of con-
gress is after all the place where de-
liberate action results. No debate
in years has attracted so much at
tention and while there were many
speeches that could have been dis
pensed with, there were many not
able arguments advanced covering
every phase of the transportation
question. 1t has been suggested
that the lawyers for the carriers,
in case an attempt is made to test
the enactment, can find subject
matter in the debates for many a
brief, for the discussions took IN
every possible legal point that
could be raised. The senators want
ed a bill that will pass the scrutiny
of the courts and it is asserted that
such a bill has been passed.
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Nearly twenty thousand bills
have been introduced at this session
of congress, enc half Of which are
pension bills. The others relate to
general legislation, claims, etc.
Thousands of these proposed meas
ures will never see the light of day
beyond the committee rooms but
Notwithstanding this, there have
been many important ones. The
senate from this time on will de-
vote its time to considering the ap-
preparation bills, already considered
and acted upon by the house.
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During the consideration Of the
rate bill amendments, Senator La
Toilette acted largely with the
democrats, and seemed to be unable
to bring himself to the support Of
the legislation advocated by the
great majority Of the republican
This has caused COM
ment and gossip goes so far as to
say that Wisconsin's junior senator
is making political allignments for
the next campaign. At the final
consideration of the bill, Senator
LaFollette gave notice that he
deemed the measure inadequate to
afford relief and that the contest to
produce stronger measure com
mence at once among the people.
tit
George Y. Borschenius, of Madi-
son, clerk of court in the Nome,
Alaska, district, has been in the
city for the past week comforting
with the department Of justice.
Borschenius administers the cleri-
cal affairs of district a thousand
miles in extent and has escaped all
the judicial broils and scandals
which fastened onto the admins
tration of Uncle Sans justice up in
that section.
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Congressman Babcock is taking
an active interest in watching the
Philippine tariff bill in the senate
committee which seeks to reduce
the duty on tobacco grown in the
islands. The hope IS expressed that
the bill will not be reported out,
but certain senators are making
strong effort to secure favorable
action. During the tendency Of
the bill, the tobacco men of Wiscon-
sin as we'll as those interested in
raising beet sugar have made their
views know to the Wisconsin
senators and Congressman Babcock
has received hundreds of letters
which he has handed over to
Senator Spooner.
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Congressman Babcock on Monday
introduced an age pension bill,
which designs to increase the pen
siOns of soldiers and sailors. The
bill fixes the age schedule and pen
sion as fellows: In case of sixty
years, twelve dollars per month;
sixty-fve years, fifteen dollars per
month; seventy years or over,
twenty five dollars per month.
Soldiers incapacitated from per-
forming manual labor and unable
l.