Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-20
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The entire time of the Senate Thurs
day vas devoted to general debate on the
statehood bill Messrs. McCumber and
Patterson opposed the measure as it now
stands. while Mr.. Beverdge supported it.
He had not completed his speech when
adjournment was taken. The House pass
ed the Indian appropriation bill, carrying
$7,7S5,52S Only few minor amend
ments were made. The members then pro-
ceedeG to entangle themselves over the
bill 10 abolish the grade of lieutenant
general. The result was an adjournment
for lack of quorum, out the vote to
consider the bill showed. an overwhelming
sentiment in its favor, and it probably
will be passed in due course. The follow
ing resolutions we're passed: Calling on
the Secretary Of State for the report of
Herbert Il. ID. Peirce on the condition of
American consulates in the Orient, and
especially Shanghai; requiring the Post
master General TO report to the House
whether Town Topics is admitted to the
mails and whether the government assists
the publication in sits occupation of ex-
tortiug money by blackmail." The latter
was from Borfke Cochran.
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The Senate Friday passed a bill for
the admission of a new State to be called
Oklahoma, and to be composed of the
present territory of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory. 1t was the House joint state
hood bill with all the provisions relat-
ing to Arizona and New Mexico stricken
out The motion to eliminate these terri
tories from the measure prevailed by a
vote of 81 to 80. The House railroad
rate bill was made unfinished business.
During the morning hour" a bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the improvement of
the mouth of the Columbia River was
passed. The House passed 40S private
pension bills and devoted three hours to
the consideration of bill providing for
uniform system of naturalization, the
chief feature of which requires an alien
to wite either his own or the English
language and to speak and read the lat
ter, and to declare his intention to re-
side permanently in the United States
before he can become an American citi-
zen. 1t met with many objections A
resolution calling ON the Postmaster Cen
eral to inform the House why the india
homa Union Signal of Shawnee, Okla, is
excluded as second-class mail matter was
laid on the table. Both houses adjourn
ed until Monday.
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Acrimonious debate over the Presi-
dents recent message scoring the reSolu-
ton for an inquiry into the coal roads as
being inadequate occupied the early part
of the Senate session Monday. Senator
Tillman, who framed the resolution, Bit
terly condemned the Presidents attitude.
Senators Lodge and Spooner took the
position that the President was warrant
ed in making the criticisms. At o'clock
the rate bill was called up and Senator
Culberson spoke on the subject of a bill
which he has introduced to take the place
of the House measure. Several bills of
local Importance were passed. The state
hood bill was returned to the House from
the Senate and was laid on the Speakers
table without comment. District of Co
lumbia legislation then was taken up. An
effort to bring up the naturalization bill
failed because of lack of quorum.
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The Senate Tuesday passed a number of
bills, including the following Provid-
ing for the punishment of government Off
Gals for the premature divulgence of Sc
cret information of government bureaus
in such matters as crop reports, granting
executive authority over the construction
of bridges over navigabe streams, giving
government sanction to the efforts on
the part of Delaware and New Jersey to
adjust their long pending boundary dis
rizin hn of a
public building in Denver at a cost of
$2,3O0,000, authorizing the disposal of
sos, 900 acres of land in the Kiowa, Co
manche and Apache reservations in Okla
homa to the highest bidders under the
provisions of the homestead laws, author
izing the erection Of a monument in
Washington to the memory Of John Paul
Jones at a cost of $4,000. Mr.. Simmons
made the speech of the day on the rail-
road rate BILL supporting the House meas
ure. The House began the consideration
of the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, and incident to it dis
cussed the question Of eliminating aged
clerks from the government service, the
placing of alcohol used in the arts on the
free list, the restriction of japanese and
Korean immigration, and finally conditions
in New York City resulting from immi
grafton.
A controversy over the provisions OF
the railroad rate bill occupied the Senate
Wednesday. Mr.. Rayner was the chief
speaker, and his criticism of the suspen-
sion feature of the measure drew replies
from Messrs Foraker, Lodge, Dolliver,
Aldrich, Tillman and Knox. bill was
passed authorizing Rear Admiral c. IL
Davis to accept gifts offered him by the
British and Russian governments, and
also a resolution calling on the Secretary
of War for copies of reports and other
communications between the War Depart
ment and officials in the Philippines re
speeding the recent battle on Mount Dajo
The second day of general debate in the
House on the legislative. executive anG
judicial appropriation bill developed linn
tied discussion of the plan to retire ageo
clerks. interspersed with a speech on
statehood by Mr.. Babcock (Wis.), one
on the restriction of immigration by Mr.
Gardner (Mass.) ond a presentation OF
reasons why the jurisdiction of Fedora
courts should be restricted in certain
cases where jurisdiction is acquired be-
cause the litigants are citizens of different
States by Mr.. Garrett Tenn. Mr.
Grosvenor (Ohio) attacked the civil ser
vice laws.
Notes of the National Capital.
\ delegation of Porto Ricans appealed
to committee on insular affairs for re-
lief from graft in islands.
The Washington land office has decided
that a man who has made homestead en-