Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-07-05
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS

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CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
| Washington, June 25-The senate
discussed the conference report on
the railroad rate bill for more than
four hours, but did not dispose of it.
1t was made evident, however, that
another conference will be ordered
The discussion dealt entirely with the
anti-pass and commodity amend
ments, to both of which objection
was made on various grounds Sen
ator Spooner expressed the opinion
that under the pass provision as re-
ported, senators and members of the
house would not be prohibited from
accepting passes and other senators
construed part of the provisions as in
the inter est of discrimination in
passes that could be made to take
the place of rebates. Senator La
Follette's resolution, extending the
scope of the inquiry now being con-
Quoted by the interstate commerce
commission under the Tillman-Gilles-
pie resolution, so as to have it in
CLUE the transportation and storage
of grains, was passed
The immigration bill was discussed
for three hours in the house and
passed without yea and nay vote.
After a contest substitute for the
educational test, providing that the
whole matter be submitted to COM
mission, was adopted. The most i'm
portaDt feature of the bill was thus
passed without division. Speeches
on various phases of the tariff ques-
ton furnished entertainment for less
than quorum during the three-hour
session of the house at night.
Washington, June 26.-After
two or three more speeches
on the conference report on the rail-
road rate bill, the senate sent the
bill back to conference, again des-
ignating Senators Tillman, Elkins
and Cullom as conferees. During
the day the naval appropriation bill
was passed, the senate receding from
its amendment concerning the naval
training station at Port Royal, S. c.,
which was the only item remaining
in controversy. The most interesting
incident was a conflict over motion
by Senator La Toilette to enter upon
consideration of his bill limiting to
16 hours the time railroad employees
engaged in the movement of trains
may be employed consecutively.
There was great difficulty in securing
a voting quorum, but the requisite
number ultimately was obtained.
Several speeches were made on the
bill,
The house was occupied with
speeches on a variety of political
subjects, although the pending meas
ure was the bill to simplify laws in
relation TO collection of the revenue.
! Washington, June 27.--The senate
was crowded with business of i'm
iPortanee, including the announcement
by Senator Proctor, chairman of the
senate committee on agriculture, of
q deadlock in the conference on the
meat inspection provision of the
agricultural appropriation bill; ac-
Iceptance of almost the complete re-
lport on the sundry civil appropriation
bin, and a speech by Senator War
Iren in support of his resolution rela-
tive to the livestock industry. In
his statement concerning the meat
inspection provision Senator Proctor
said the house conferees had declined
to consider any compromise on the
lsubject of payment of the cost of in
spection by the packers The senate
conferees offered to compromise, he
said, upon tax of five cents a head
on cattle and three cents on hogs,
sheep and goats, to be collected and
converted into the treasury same as
any other revenue. He read the COM
promise proposition showing that the
SS,o00,000 appropriation provided by
the house would remain in the bill
and the cost of inspection be paid
therefrom. In reply to a question
from Senator Hale, he stated that the
tax would amount to about half of
the appropriation. The matter
went over.
Il The general deficiency bill, the last
OF the big money measures, passed
the house with few changes, Among
important actions of the house were
the passage OF the senate bill pro-
viding for lock canal aud the adop-
ton of an item in the general de-
ficiency bill ratifying and legalizing
duties collected during President Nc
Kinley's term from imports from the
Philippines. Mr. Grosvenor OF
Ohio delivered tariff stand-pat
speech and had a colloquy with Mr..
Clark OF Missouri.
Washington. June 2s.-The house