Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-02-20
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The Senate devoted a short session
Thursday to routine business, the caucus
question being sidetracked temporarily.
Mr.. Tillman again made reference to the
charge that the railroads in West Vir-
ginia were discriminating against private
coal mines and had read a letter from
the Governor of the State, which was
referred to the committee on interstate
commerce. The urgent deficiency appro-
priation bill was reported and the rail-
road rate bill was received from the
House. A number of bills were passed,
including the following: Placing tele-
graph operators of the Civil War on a
pensionable basis authorizing the use of
81 100000 of the reclamation fund for
the drainage of lands in North Dakota
authorizing the construction of a dam
across Rock river at Grand Detour. Ill.
and large number of private pension
bills. The House passed the railroad rate
regulation bill by vote of 346 to Z. The
pension appropriation bill, carrying $780,
100000 for pensions and 81, 245,0O0 for
administration, also was passed. Other
measures passed were as follows To pre-
vent leaks in government crop reports
calling on the Secretary of the Interior
for information regarding charges of ir-
regularities in the Kingfisher, Okla, land
Office; to open for settlement $4,000
acres of land in the Kiowa. Comanche
and Apache reservations in Oklahoma.
The Senate Friday passed the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill practically
as it came from the committee. The only
discussion was over an amendment sug-
gested by Mr.. Patterson to strike out the
provision relieving alien workmen on the
Panama canal from the operations of the
eight-hour law, the amendment being re-
Jected. The House put out its usual
semi-monthly grist of pensions, passing in
seventy-two minutes 429 bills for the
benefit of veterans who are barred for
one reason or another from coming il I'M
der the general statute. Seventy-five per
cent of the benefciaries are either blind
or bedridden. Two amendments to the
Philippine tariff act of 1908 were passed.
the purpose being to remove the discrimi-
nation against American goods. After
passing a number of minor bills the
House adjourned until Monday
The Senate Monday adopted a joint
resolution reported by Mr.. Tillman from
the Senate committee on interstate com
merce, directing the interstate commerce
commission to investigate the charges of
discrimination and combination in re-
straint of trade which have been made
against the coal roads by the independent
mine owners. Senator Tillman spoke in
favor of the measure. Senator Lodge
spoke at length on the railroad question,
favoring government regulation of rates,
but counseling against radical action.
Speaker Cannon, in opening the session,
dedicated a new gayel to the memory of
Abraham Lincoln, and the martyred Pres
ident was remembered in the prayer of
the chaplain. The House had sport with
the District of Columbia whipping-post
bill for wife heaters and laid it on the
table by a vote of 1913 to 60 in spite of
serious speeches in its favor by Con-
gresham Adams of Pennsylvania, a bach
elor and Congressman Hepburn of Iowa.
The drastic anti-rebate bill introduced
by Mr.. Parker of New Jersey was pass
ed. A bill prohibiting the sale of CO.
caine in the District of Columbia was
passed