Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-06
IN THE SENATE.

The Senate on the 26th sent the rate bill
hack 10 conference, again DESIGNATING
Messrs. Tillman, Eikins and Cullom as con-,
ferecs. The naval appropriation bill finally
was passed the Senate recCdiug from the
amendment concerning the naval training
station at Port Royal. :. c., which was tn.
only point in controversy. Mr.. La Toilette
secured consideration of Il bill limiting to
sixteen hours the time railroad employees
engaged in the movement of trains may be
employed consecutivcly, but no action was
taken on it. The request of the House for
Il conference on the immigration bill was
granted. and McSsrs. Dillingham;, Lodge and
McLaurin appointed ConfcreeS. A rpSolu-
ton directing the secretary Of agriculture
to investigate the possibility of draining the
swamp and overlooked lands of the United
States was sent to the committee on agri-
culture Mr.. Tillman gave the condition of
his health as an excuse for not calling VI,
the resolution for an investigation of the
Mrs. Minor Morris affair. IN executive Sos,
sion the treaty with Mexico concerning the
division of the waters of the Rio Grandn
river for irrigation purposes was ratified.
At 40 p. m. adjournment until II O'Clock
EeXt day was taken.
Announcement of Il deadlock in the CON
ference on the meat inspection provision of
the agricultural appropriation bill was made
in the Senate on the 21th. Senator Bailey
upon him in the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
and Senator Warren spoke in support OF
his resolution relative 10 the live stock i'll
duStry. The naturalization bill was passed
but Senator La Toilette was unable to So.
cure vote on his bill limiting the hours OF
service on railroad trains. An almost com
pletc report oil the sundry civil bill was
accepted In executive session it waa
agreed that the Algeciras treaty in relation
TO Moroccan affairs shall be brought to q
vote December II, at the next session of
congress the latest date on which action
could be had if the United States is to par
ticipate IN the convention. Senator Bacon
also moved that the Senate agree to vote on
the Santo Domingo treaty December IL At
the request of the Republicans, however.
he allowed the question to so over until
next day.
Individual lawmakers consumed the great
part Of the session of the Senate on the
2Sth in efforts to secure increases OF
amounts allotted for public buildings in
cities and towns of their respective states.
In no instance were they successful, though
San Juan, Porto Rico, got an advance from
$2Oo,0'H TO 100000 There was quite gen
eral confidence that many of the defects
complained of would be remedied in con
ference. The agricultural appropriation bill
made its appearance in partial conference
report. With reference to the meat inspec-
ton provision another conference was or
dered. The conference report on the Lake
Erie and Ohio river ship canal bill was
accepted Senator Tillman made his long
deferred speech on the election OF Mrs.
Minor Morris from the white house last
March, reiterating his charge that she was
outrageously treated, and that the President
indoIaed the action by appointing Assistant
Secretary Barnes as postmaster Of Washing
ton. The general deficiency bill was con
sidered at night session. Adjourned until
next day.
The Senate devoted most of the day on
the 29th to consideration of conference re-
ports, including those on the rate and pure
food bills, and the meat inspection pro
vision of the agricultural measure, all OF
which were adopted The principal contrO-
yeTSy was over the rate bill. when Senators
Bailey and Tillman had heated cOioqUy.
the more notable because of tn" warm
friendship between them. Mr. Bailey cx-
pressed strong diSapprOval of the South
Carolina senator's views concerning rail
road lawyers. There was also much dis
cuSSion of the meat inspection provision
House provision only because it at
tached to an appropriation bill, and a dead
lock would cause failure in supplies. Ad-
journment was taken until the next day.
The conference report on the public build
ings appropriation bill was reported in the
Senate on the 3Gth and Senator Scott said
the Senate conferees had been forced to
yield the provision for the $3,OO00OO build
ing for the departments of state. justice
adopted. An appropriation bill carrying
into effect the provisions of the omnibus
buildings bill. with total Of S7,OO0,0OO,
passed. Owing to an error IN engrOsS-
ing the sundry civil bill, discovered after
the President had signed the measure, a
resolution was adopted to straighten out the
tangle. There were many receSses, owing
to delay in engrossing bills, and Senator
Hale offered resolutions directing the COM
mittee on rules to investigate the enrolling
force of the Senate and the committee on
printing to make inquiry as to the cause
of delay at the government printing once.
Both were adopted At 10 p. m Vice Pres1-
dent Fairbanks declared the final adjourn
ment of the first session Of the Fifty ninth