Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-07-09

and Fox Indians Of the Mississippi
between the two branches of the
tribe" The measure carried an ap-
preparation of 100000"
Washington, June 30.-For the first
time in the history of the government.
congress adjourned on the day which
closed the fiscal year Other sessions
June 30 but the fifty-ninth congress
ended its first session on the day
when the government strikes its bal
ances and closes it's books. President
Roosevelt came to the capitol about
l o'clock in anticipation of an early
adjournment and when he found that
there would be delay in order to Sc
cure the enrolment of bills which had
to be passed, he took lunch in the
capitol and in the afternoon visited
the congressional library. Both the
senate and the house met early, but a
long recess was necessary in the after
noon to enable enrolling clerks to
catch up to bills that had been passed
The closing scenes in the senate were
formal and without interest. In the
house there were the usual hilarious
performances, consisting of amusing
speeches and songs which occupied
the time during long waits, and the
members made the best of the hottest
day of the season. No business of
Importance aside from completing
pending legislation was transacted in
either house during the day.
After adjournment the president
said: In this session congress has
done more substantive work for good
than any congress has done at any
session since l became familiar with
public affairs The legislation has
been along lines of real constructive
craftsmanship of the most practical
and efficient type and bill after bill
has been enacted into law which was
of an Importance so great that it s
fair to say the enactment of any one
of them alone would have made the
session memorable; such, for instance,
as the railroad rate bill, meat inspec-
ton measure, pure food BILL bill for
free alcohol in the arts, consular re-
form bill, Panama canal legislation,
joint statehood bill and naturalization
bill 1t is worthy of note that not
single measure. which the closest scru-
tiny could warrant us in calling of
doubtful propriety, has been enacted.
Chairman Tawney Of the house appro-
priation committee said that the total
appropriations made, including those
carried in the regular appropriation
acts, all deficiencies, miscellaneous
matters, and permanent annual APP
preparations, aggregate $3.50, 1873, 3O1.
This is an apparent increase of $780,
100000 over appropriations made at
the last session. This apparent ex-
following items: For isthmian canal,
SAP, 447, 900, under statehood bill, $780,
100000; toward construction of new
buildings authorized this session,
$1O,3 900, making a total Of s63,018,-
900, to which might properly be
added $5,O00,000 for San Francisco.
Other notable increases are 100000
in agricultural bill for inspection OF
meat products and $10,600,000 on the
account of the postal service. ''In my
Judgment" he concluded, ''the ordinary
revenues of the government for the
next fiscal year will amount to at
least 5000, 100000 The postal reve-
nues are estimated at 1851, $4,000 for
1907, making the total apparent re-
sources of the government next year
not less than 1871, 573, 900, or at
least S4OOOO,O 900 in excess of the ap-
preparations that may be charged
against them"