Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-16
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Washington, April 4.-The senate
passed the bill increasing the limit
of cost for the public building at
Yankton, S. D. The urgent deficiency
appropriation bill was then taken up
and passed and the rate bill was next
considered
When the house convened Payne,
chairman of the committee on ways
and means, presented the denaturized
alcohol bill A judicial resolution
permitting The waving of the alien
immigration law in the case of Fannie
Diner, the Russian, who desires to
join her family in this country, was
passed,
Washington, April 5.-The bill
opening to settlement 505,000 acres OF
land in the Kiowa Comanche and
Apache reservations in Oklahoma was
called up in the house, on the 4th, by
Mr. Stephens (Texas), who stated
that the measure had passed the
house early in the session, but some
objection had been made to it by the
commissioner of Indian affairs and it
therefore was recalled from the pres
ident and the desired changes in
corporated in it. Mr.. Fitzgerald (New
York; severely criticised the presi-
dents course in the matter, but the
measure was passed without division.
The postofice appropriation bill
was taken up and explained by Mr..
Overstreet (Indiana) No action was
taken.
In the senate on the 4th Mr. New
lands discussed the railroads, and
announcing himself as favorable to
government ownership. Mr.. Daniel
spoke on the lack of representation
from the southern states in the pub
lie service. Fre based his remarks
on provision in the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill for the representa-
ton OF the United States at the next
Pan American congress in Rio
Janeiro, and said the plans of the
state department did not contemplate
representation of the south or the far
west. On his motion the bill was
amended so as to provide for more
delegates and as amended was passed.
Washington, April 6.-FOllowing an
ancient custom the members of the
house on the 5th made the postof1ce
appropriation bill the excuse for a
number of speeches having no bear
ing on the measure, but of general in
terest. The rights of labor were
discussed by Mr. Towne IN. W.
good roads by Mr.. Lee (Ga.), railway
mail pay by Mr.. Stevenson (Minn9
and the tariff by Mr.. Rainey CID.
The bill making it obligatory for cir
cult and district court judges of the
middle district of Alabama to sit six
months in Birmingham was passed
Mr.. Gaines CIV. W secured consent
to have printed in the record Judge
Humphreys opinion in the beef case,
the oral agument by the attorney
| general and the several statutes re-
lating to compulsory testimony and
resulting immunity from prosecu-
The discussion of the rate bill in
the senate on the 5th reached the
acrimonious stage, considerable i'll
| feeling being stirred up over the fire.
quent tnruStS at the senators who at
tended the now famous white house
conference. Mr.. Dolliver, in defend
! ing the right of senators to confer
with the president, charged that other
senators had been in consultation
with the presidents of railroad com
panies Nh Bailey and Mr.. Foraker
resented this and the debate grew in
I tense until NJ Dolliver poured oil up
on the waters. Mr., Stone spoke in
sup ort of the house rate bill.
Washington, April 6-In making an
effort TO get the senate to agree upon
a date for taking a vote on the rail
road rate bill, Senator Tillman made
the important statement that one
week more probably would exhaust
the general debate on e--e measure
He failed, ohwever, to secure the
consent of Senator Aldrich, who said
that he would not be willing to agree
to a vote on the ill until it was more
nearly perfect than 1t now is. During
the DAY there were three speeches
on the rate bill The first was made
by Senator Elkins, who, while eX-
pressing an opinion that the situation
demands legislation, indicated many
defects in the pending bill. Debate
followed in support of the bill and
/ Senator kean closed in opposition.
Among the bills passed by the senate
were: Providing for the erection of
a public building at dartmouth, Neb.
to cost Authorizing cable
! from key West. Fla, TO Guantanamo,
Cuba, and thence TO Panama, for gov
ernmental and commercial business,
at a cost of 1927 900, and providing
for settlement of claim of SGT 1000 of
| the United States against Michigan,
on account of the st. Mary's falls
ship canal.
Tar, railway mail subsidy, dena