Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-30
.SPOONER'S REPLY
TO BACON SPEECH
WISCONSIN SENATOR MAKES
LEGAL ARGUMENT.
STANDS BY THE COURTS
Opposes Amendment to Railroad Bill
Which Seeks to Take From Inferior
Tribunals the Right to Enjoin
Commerce Boards Orders-House
Republicans Make Political Hay.

Washington, April 27.-In the senate
yesterday Mr.. SpOoner spoke for three
hours on the railroad rate question and
gave notice that he would continue his
remarks today He addressed himself
especially to Senator Bailey's amend
ment taking from the inferior federal
courts the right to enjoin against the
execution of orders of the Interstate
commerce commission, contendlng
that such an exercise of power woulo
be the first step toward the destruction
of the power of the judiciary and re,
suit in an undesirable blending OF CO.
ordinate branches of the government.
He also discussed at length the dis
tinction between jurisdiction" and
judicial power The address was
technical and consisted largely OF
quotations from legal decisions.
The bill sppropriating 100000 for
the employment of extra labor at the
Mare Island California; navy yard,
was passed.
Campaign Work in the House.
The agricultural appropriation bill
again furnished a theme for discussion
| in the house yesterday, although but
| few references were made TO the SUI
| iect matters of the bill.
Under the latitude of general de-
bate the leaders of the republican slde
began medicine making" for the ap'
nroaching congressional campaign. Mr..
Hepburn of Iowa predicted that tariff
revision and protection would furnish
the main issues of the campaign.
Mr.. BouteIl of Illinois referred to the
watch trust" speech of Mr.. Rainey o.
Illinois, while Mr.. Sulzer OF New YorS
talked on the American merchant and
Mr. Marvin Sims of Tennessee spoke
on free rural delivery boxes.
For New Consular Offices.
representative Adams of Pennsyl
vania introduced a bill authorizing
the resident to apply $1,O00,00O of the
| Chinese indemnity fund to the pur-
chase of ground for the erection Of
buildings for consular offices in China,
| Corea and Japan.
Thanks for Porter.
A resolution extending the thanks
of the country to General Horace
Porter former ambassador to Paris,
for his enterprise in securing the oody
Of John Paul Jones, was presented a
the house by Representative William
! Alden Smith of Michigan.
Would Keep Money in Banks.
| Chairman Fowler of the house com
mittee on banking and currency made
= report on the bill favorably acted
on bv his committee several days ago,
providing for the deposit OF govern
ment money in national banks with
ont security and on which the banks
are to pay two per cent interest
The report contends that the. pres
ent system Of locking up government
money in sub-treasuries is hurttul -
commerce and a losing plan to the
government from the standpoint OF
economy In q years, it says, II the
proposed plan had been in operation,
the government would have received
from the banks S5O,0000vJ in interest
and would not have lost dollar
through failures. Tables are gwen
from the government actuary to show
that the withdrawal from trade by the
government of 100000 displaces
credits ranging from S4.000,000 to ST.
600 goo. according to the locality from
which the money is withdrawn.