Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-15
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urday to have been contrary TO the fed.
| eral constitution. Consideration of tho
resolution went over. 1t was decided
| that a vote should be taken on the ship
ping bill Wednesday, Feb. II, at p. m
| Mr. Teller made a speech against the
measure. Several bills were passed and
the Senate adopted a resolution calling
on the Postmaster General for informa.
ton as to the number of postal clerks
killed in railroad accidents during the
last five years. Considerable fault was
| found with the railroad rate bill in tbs
| House. Mr.. Littlefield (Me.) opened the
session with an attack on the measure
Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio) ridiculed the al
legged popular demand for the legisla
ton. Ten other speeches were made
| all favorable to the bill. The fortified
lions appropriation bill was reported.
The Senate Tuesday gave up the en-
tire session to revival of its preroga
| tives in the framing of treaties. The
| question was raised by Mr. Bacon in 9
speech on his resolution requesting infor
nation concerning the Algeciras confer
| ence. He was followed by Mr.. Spooner
and there were several sharp clashes be-
| tween them. The discussion of the Pat
/ terson resolution concerning the Demo
| cratic caucus action went over. reso
| luton directing the committee on immi
| grafton to make an investigation of the
| Chinese boycott was adopted. The House
! fixed the end of the general debate on the
rate bill at t 80 p. N. Wednesday, an(
| then seventeen speeches were made al
| of them for the measure. Mr.. Gillespie
| (Texas) expressed dissatisfaction will
the, reply of the interstate commerce
commission to his resolution concerning
| the Pennsylvania railroad combination
and announced that he would address 6
request to the President to have the com
mission make a thorough investigation
along indicated lines.
|
| The Senate chamber Wednesday wa:
made the scene of an effort to administer
party discipline to a member of tha
| body and the proceedings were filled will
dramatic interest. Mr.. Patterson wa:
the subject of the effort and Mr.. Bailey
the instrument of the Democratic party
| The proceedings arose in connection will
Mr.. Patterson's resolution of remon
STRANGE against the Democratic caucu:
] dNIlOh OppOSIIlS lHe ESduIO bOnluS(
treaty, and although the subject wa.
thrashed over thoroughly no vote was
taken. The House concluded all prelim
nary steps to the passage of the railroad
rate bill, ordered a roll call on the meas
ure, and put off the final action unit
| Thursday at noon. The closing speeches
were made by Bourke Cochran Mr.
Mann (Ill), Minority Leader Williams
and Mr.. Hepburn. The time for amend
ment came at o'clock and for three
hours scores of changes were offered
but all were defeated. The test came
with the first one and the vote on this
was 10 to 146.
The Senate devoted a short session
Thursday to routine business, the caucus
| question being sidetracked temporarily
Mr.. Tlllman again made reference to the
| charge that the railroads in West Vir
| ginia were discriminating against private
coal mines and had read a letter from
| the Governor of the State, which was
referred to the committee on interstate
commerce. The urgent deficiency appro
priation bill was reported and the rail
road rate bill was received from the
House. A number of bills were passed
including. the following: Placing tele
| graph operators of the Civil War on q
pensionable basis; authorizing the use oil
S1,OOO,OO0 of the reclamation fund fol-
the drainage of lands in North Dakota
authorizing the construction of a dan
across Rock river at Grand Detour, Ill.
and a large number of private pension
bills. The House passed the railroad rate
regulation bill by vote of 346 to T. The
| pension appropriation bill, carrying S139,
100000 for pensions and 81 ,245,000 1ol
| administration, also was passed Other
measures passed were as follows To pre-
vent leaks in government crop reports
calling on the Secretary of the interior
for information regarding charges of ir
! Irregularities in the Kingtisher, Okla, lane
| Office; to open for settlement 5O5,OOC
acres of land in the Kiowa, Comancht
and Apache reservations in Oklahoma.
| -
The Senate Friday passed the urgen
deficiency appropriation bill PRACTICAL.
as it came from the committee. The only
discussion was over an amendmer- sug
gested by Mr.. Patterson to strike out thu
| provision relieving alien workmen on thu
Panama canal from the opera tons of tn,
eight-hour law, the amendment being re
jected. The House put out its usua
semi-monthly grist of pensions. passing il
seventytwo minutes 429 bills for thu
benefit of veterans who are barred fol
one reason or another from coming in I'm
der the general statute. Seventy-five pei
cent of the benefciaries are either blinC
or bedridden. Two amendments to tn,
Philippine tariff act of 1905 were passed
the purpose being to remove the discrimi
nation against American goods After
passing a number of minor bills tn,
House adjourned until Monday.
| Notes of the National Capital
The House committee will report bill
carrying army appropriation of $4,000,
| 600.
President Roosevelt urges Senators X
insist on the passage Of rate bill similar
to the Hepburn measure.
Senator Carter, speaking for the shir
subsidy bill, declared it is favored by The
entire Rocky Mountain region
Chinas boycott of American goc' MAJ
be lifted if notifications of exclL ac
favored by Secretary Metcalf are adopted
by Congress.
Secretary Root, after reading the Cal
houn Venezuelan report, sent word tt
Minister Russell to insist on Castro
settling the asphalt claims.
Secretary Taft sent to Congress an ur
gent recommendation that the chief %
the bureau of insular affairs should b,
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