Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-12-14
WORK OF CONGRESS.
SENATE.

n.y. hr;of session on the 9th resulted in
+ha Hintroduction of many bills, resoiutloass
natitions and memorials, ana the receip' W
r,,,,bar of communications from tne ~
d 49, denartment Senator Foraker ASKED
immediate action OH the pending reso, u.iot rs
for information regarding TO ols se1ii is'f,ol
fine negro soldiers or the 1WeH y u 'i4A
try The matter Went over. ,
Resolutions were adopted on the 9th can.
ing on the President and the secrelaiy "
war for information as 70 tne uise t e 5 an
soidiars of the Twenty-t1fth infantry. otH-
.tor Morgan spoke for two hours on ms
resolution to secure the control OF the a.,
ANA railroad by the isthmlan canal colihi's-
sion but no action was taken
In rbe Senate on the 18th the question Oh
senator Reed Shoots right to seat as
I-nited States senator from Utah was als,
cussed by Senator Burrows for more tnt =
three hours. Senator Sm0ot o rupleu III :,
nInco in tbe chamber No interruption :
We're made during the entire spe, en-, Mhl II
vas an arraignment of Mormonlsm ana the
responsibility which attached to MI smo2l
Tor Mormon principles, as member OF t tha
ancstoLc body of the church During tne
morning hour the Senate listened 10 ta3
reading of President Roos&velts message Oh
Porto Rice.
In tho Senate on the 10th more than a
hundred private pension bills were placed
an thp calendar with favorable reports Il
resolution was adopted ealing TOT Tue hg t +ba
President. prior to the Brownsville fTex.l
affair: a few private relief bills We're passed
and the consideration Oh Il cHllu lADoA ma
for the District of Columbia was begun.
HOUSE
Rills were passed on the 9Th Incorporating
thn National German-Amerlcan Alllance, au-
thorizing the secretary of the treasury to
duplicate gold certificates In lieu OF ones
lost or destroyed and amending the ma
tional banking laws SO as to permit hatio 1nl
banking associations to make loans on real
estate as security and limiting the amount
of such loans.
The hill of Mr. Littlefied of Maine known
as the anti-compulsory pllotage measure: re,
moving Determinations against American
sailing vessels in the coasting trade was de-
feated 10 to 1874, after long debate, on
the 9th.
In the House on the 10th consideration OF
the legislative. executive and judicial APP
Precipitation bill was begun. Simplifed spell
ing held attention for an hour or more, the
paragraph in the bill fixing the orthographlt
Standard in some recognized authority fur
nishing MI Clark of Missouri, Mr.. Giliett of
Massachusetts and Mr.. Livingston OF
Georgia an opportunity to express them
selves on the Presidents order to the public
printer relative to the modified spelling Ct
800 words in common use. Mr.. Macon OF
Arkansas delivered speech. on "bucket
shops" and in favor of his bill prohibiting
gambling in agricultural commodities, and
Mr. Sheppard of Texas criticised the man
ner in which appropriation bills are pre-
pared.
In the House on the 18th the legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation bill
afforded an opportunity for general debate
covering a wide range. Representative Boz
tell of illinois, in speaking of the bestowal
of the Nobel prize upon President Roose
Welt praised the Presidents decision to use
this prize in establishing fund for bring
ing about friendly understanding between
capitalists and laborers as ''nobly humani-
Gaines of Tennessee urged increases OF
salaries for members of Congress. Other
speeches were by Representatives Keifer Of
Ohio op1inSt the pp1natiOn of the hoard Of
pension appeals; Underwood Alabama IN
behalf of good roads; Murdoch. Kansas, or
railway mail pay; Richardson, Alabama, in
behalf of an appropriation for cotton e1-
port; Perkins, New York, favoring an in
hertance tax, and Dearmond, Missouri. in
favor of new constitutional convention.