The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-07-04

publican senators. The committees
voted to $ against reporting
tills cherished administration measure
anu the efforts to bring about a recon
slderation proved futile. The senate OF
June > tabled the proposed constitu.
tlonal amendment permitting a fedora,
divorce law. The house defeated by
large majority the Adams bill author.
izlng WhiDping posts for wife-beaters
III the District Of Columbia The sen.
ATE on Feb. "A, voted 38 to q in favor
OF the ship subsidy bill establishing
thirteen new contract mail lines to Cen
tral American, South African, Austria.
Han and Pacific island ports at the
rate OF 80 per ton year for the for.
elgn trade. and $3.50 per ton for the
colonial trade. It includes provision
Tor naval reserve force by payment
OF retainers to officers of subsidized
vessels. This measure is stranded. how.
ever, IN the unfriendly house commit.
tee or merchant marine.
A new bill to restrict and regulate
immigration, which passed the senate
May % contained provision for an ed.
ucational test, namely, the ability To
understand the English language, and
raised the head tax from 50 tc SIS, while
creating commission to investigate
1.-The entire subject. When. however, the
house passed this bill, June 26, the ed
ucatiollal test and the head tax were
stricken out and, the senate refusing to
agree, the bill died in conference.
Throughout the session the senate
committee on foreign relations rcsolute-
" resisted all the administrations in.
fiuence to report favorably the Santo
Domingo treaty. Other administration
measures which Jared badly in one
house or the other were: For federal
control of life insurance companies;
the employers liability act, requiring
the interstate carriers to become liable
for accidents to employees in the alb
sence of prescribed safeguards, which
passed the house April 2; modification
of Chinese exclusion; specific laws for
prevention of election corruption.
Uncle Sans Big Expense Account.
Just before the close of the session
1t becameapparent that the total of ap-
preparations to carry on the govern
ment for the next fiscal year would be
somewhere in the neighborhood OF
$500, 100000. At this writing the exact
figures have not been officially reported.
1t is customary for each party to in
sert in the record week or two after
the end of the session a statement Of
the appropriations and it's own explana-
ton thereof. The total recalls the out
cry that was made only fifteen years
ago, when the ifty-first congress under
Reeds speakership appropriated a lit
tie over 81, OOO, 100000 in the two years
Of its existence. Replying to the criti-
cism that it was "a million dollar con-
gress'' Reed said: 1T is a billion dollar
country" Even the Fifty-fifth congress
which covered much of the Spanish
war expenses, spent only $1,553, OOO, 900
in it's two years. Hence, at the pace set
by this first session, the Fifty-ninth
congress is certain to Outstrip all it's
predecessors in the matter Of public
expenditures. To the criticism of the
minority the dominant party replies
that the country has grown in all di-
rections. AS a matter of fact, the
numerous Investigations and federal
inspections provided for have added
largely to the cost of government.
The approximate amounts carried by
the different appropriation bills, and
some extraordinary appropriations,
were as follows:
Permanent annual, $141, 461, $50,
postal, $191, 695 99S; pensions, $780,
1880; naval, $1O2,O71 ,656: army, ST.
S17,1G5; Notifications, $5,O53, 1893; mil
itary academy, $685. 15; sundry
civil, $1O2,3OO,OOO; legislative, execu-
tive and judicial, 500, 100000; District
of Columbia, $40, ,20G: urgent de-
f'ciency, $1G,O0O,O00; general deficiency,
$11, 645,O 600; agriculture, $9,SOO,OOO; In
dian, $40, 233, 400; diplomatic, $685.
594: public buildings, $25,000,O0O. Pan
fornia relief, $2,5OO,OOO; militia, ST.
Senate's Action on Treaties.
After having refused to ratify the
San Domingo treaty, for which the adj
minstratiOn had done it's utmost, the
senate agreed just before adjournment
that the Moroccan treaty should come
to vote not later than Dec. II next
before it could die by limitation. The
Japanese copyright treaty was ratified
Feb. %, and the trademark treaty with
Roumania. May 4.
The death of Senator German Of
Maryland left the minority without it's
leader and Senator Blackburn of Ken
lucky was chosen as the new leader
Two other senators, Plat of Connect
cut and Mitchell of Oregon, We're TAX
en- by death, the latter after his con-
viction in the land fraud case had made
his further attendance impossible Sen
ator Burton Of Kansas was compelled
TO resign after the supreme court had
approved his conviction on the charge
of using his official position for pc
cuniary gain. Representatives who died
were: Castor of Pennsylvania, Patter-
son Of Pennsylvania, Marsh of ILL
nois and Lester of Georgia, the last
having been killed by falling through
a skylight in a Washington apartment
house. The new faces in the senate
were those of LaFollette from Niscon-
sin, Gearin from Oregon, Benson from
Kansas and Dupont from Delaware.
The thanks of congress We're extend
ed to General Horace Porter for his eff