Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-06-15
IN THE Innate.

The conference report on the railroad rate.
bill continued to be the leading subject be-
fore the Senate on the 9th, and Mr.. Spoon
er was the principal speaker, attacking the
anti-pass provision as unjust Other feat
ures were criticised by Messrs Hale Till
man, Bailey, McCumber, Teller, Lodge,
Morgan, Piles, Pettus and Patterson. Sen
ator Daniel made an Intellectual attempt to
nave reconsidered the vote by which the
railroad employers liability bill was passed.
A bill authorizing the attorney general and
other officers of the department of justice
to begin and conduct legal proceedings in
any courts of the United States was passed.
Adjournment was taken until p. m. next
day iii order that senators might attend the
funeral of the late Senator German.
After day devoted almost exclusively 10
discussion of the rate bill the Senate on
the 9TH decided to send that measure back
to conference. The dominant sentiment was
favorable to sustaining all Senate pro-
visions. Senator Foraker gave notice that
he would move to take up the conference
report on the statehood bill, probably next
Tuesday The bill providing for the CON
troll of the waters of Niagara river was
passed. At p. IN. adjournment until the
next day was taken.
The Senate on the Sth listened to two set
snpeches one by Mr.. Morgan in support of
his resolution providing for an Investigation
by a Senate committee of the affairs of the
Isle OF Pines, and the other by Mr.. Hop
kins in opposition to the sea-level Panama
canal bill. Neither measure was acted
upon. Some time was spent in considering
the District of Columbia appropriation bill
before adjournment was taken until next
day.
The Senate on the 9th passed the District
of Columbia appropriation bill, which car
ries total of $102O0,000. 1t was amended
so that the provision prohibiting the private
use of horses and vehicles allowed to the
district commissioners for official purposes
is much more stringent. Another measure
passed increases the salaries of teachers in
Washington about IA per cent. and reor-
AL Al hn
resolution including in the Yosemite ma
tonal park, the Yosemite Valley and the
Mariposa big tree grove was passed me
consular and diplomatic appropriation Dill!
carrying So 154, 1874, an increase Of S422,G21
over the amount passed by the House, was
reported The Senate also passed the Dill
prohibiting corporations from making money
contributions to political campaigns. Ad-
journment until Monday was taken.
The conference report on the Indian APP
preparation bill was adopted by a vote Of
80 to 16 in spite of objections to parts OF
it by Senators La Toilette, Spooner Til
man, Simmons and others in the Senate on
the 18th. The diplomatic appropriation bHl
carrying 3d. 4594 was passed After
and Hopkins, Senator Aldrich, chairman OF
the committee on finance, promised that the
Tillman resolution asking an inquiry INTO
the banking methods of John X Walsh
William Pnkney Whyte, the newly chosen
senator from Maryland, took the oath Adj
journment until the next day was taken.
The conference report on the statehood
bill was withdrawn from the Senate on the
18th and a new report containing the com
promise provision agreed upon by the con
ferees of both houses, presented. No acuoh
was taken bill extending to thrty-slA
hours the time that live stock may be car
ried in transit without unloading was
passed A measure giving the President i 2n'
thority to reappoint such of the mldShiP
men at the naval academy recently as
missed for hazing as may be relnstaleo
without prejudice to the service was passed
as was joint resolution appropriatng %s 49,
funds. At $40 p M, the Senate adjourned
until the next day