Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-01
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In the Senate Mors1ay Senators Per-
kins and Patterson presented petitions
signed by thousands of California and
Colorado women, asking that Reed Smoos
be ouSted. Discussion of the pure food
bill occupied most of the day. Mr.. War
rem presented SIS letters from railway
employees in Wyoming protesting against
railway rate control on the ground that
1t would result in lower wages. A mes
sage was received from the President
submitting the reports of the consulting
| engineers in regard to the type of the
Panama canal, and the report was refer
red to the committee on interoceanic
canals. Mr.. Hale presented the confer
ence report on the urgency deficiency APP
preparation bill, which was adopted with
out debate. Under suspension of the
rules three bills were passed in the
| House. The first, aimed at Arizona and
New Mexico, where gambling is licensed,
prohibits gambling in the territories of
| the United States. The second provides
Tor additional work by the census bu-
reau by requiring statistics on insurance,
fisheries, electrical industries, savings
banks and crimes. The third appropri-
ates $4,000 for the purchase of 800
acres OF coal lands on the Island Of Ba-
tan in the Philippine group.
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In the Senate Tuesday discussion of
the pure food bills occupied most of the
day. Mr.. Rayner presented the reply Of
| the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to the
| charge of discrimination made against it
by the Red Rock Fuel Company of West
Virginia. Mr.. Gallinger presented petit
tions from residents of Oklahoma pray
| ing for prohibition in the proposed State
| of Oklahoma. A committee was appoint
ed to attend the funeral of Representa-
tive Castor of Pennsylvania. Announce
ment of the death of Representative
| George A. Castor of Pennsylvania was
made, and the House took an immediate
adjournment out of respect to his mem
DRY. Speaker Cannon appointed a COM
mittee to join a Senate committee to at
tend the funeral in Philadelphia
After fifteen years of consideration of
the subject, the Senate Wednesday passed
pure food bill by a vote of 63 to 4.
The session was largely taken up by de-
|
were made to amend only those approved
by the committee reporting the bill being
accepted. Senator Smoot received anoth
err Endorsement, this time from Mr.. War
rem. He presented a big petition from
the women of Wyoming, praying for the
expulsion of the Utah Senator, but ex-
pressed himself as occupying the opposite
position. Chairman Hull of the military
| "a thn
preparation bill to the House, urging the
necessity of complete preparedness for
trouble in the Orient. The bill carries
total appropriation of S69,61S,392,
which is less by 1851, 15S than the
amount asked by the department. Mr..
Hopkins (Ky.) uncovered many methods
| of inducing migration to the United
| States, which he condemned Mr.. Shep
pard (Texas) urged tariff reform to OBJ
viate retaliatory tariffs by other nations
Mr.. Powers (Me.) spoke against the abo-
litiou of custom-houses as a matter of
| economy, and Mr.. Macon (Ark.) answer
| ed his arguments.
Mr.. Knox's railroad bill was introduced
| in the Senate Thursday and was accord
ed the unusual privilege of a reading at
length. The nazing bill was passed with
| out division after several amendments
had been made. Mr.. Tillman presented o.
| petition from the Independent Oil Re-
fners' Association of Titusville and Oil
CITY, Pa, asking relief from alleged dis
elimination, declaring that the railroad
freight rate on refined oil in barrels from
the oil regions to New York harbor for
| EXPORT had been increased to a prohibitive-
| point. Mr.. Clapp from the committee on
| Indian affairs reported the bill for the
| settlement of the affairs of the five civil
| lied tribes by urging immediate action
The bills authorizing the purchase of coal
| lands in the Island of Batan, Z. l., and
| amending the Philippine tariff act on tex
tile fabrics and shoes were passed. Wash
ineton's farewell address was read by Mr..
McCreary. The army appropriation bill
was the subject of prolonged debate in
the House, the members refusing to ad-
iourn in honor of George Washington
The discussion of the bill was exhausted.
Mr.. Gilbert (Ky.) made a speech oppos
ing the ship subsidy bill, and the debate
then took Il wide range. The conference
report on the urgent deficiency bill was
agreed to.
The Senate was not in session Friday.
The Tilman-Gillespic resolution calling
for an investigation of the ownership of
coal and oil properties by the railroads.
was passed by the House, after being
amended so that it will have to go back
TO the Senate for consideration. The
famous Mussel Shoals bill, providing for
the development of water power on the
Tennessee river in Alabama, sent back
by the President for amendment, was
passed.
The Senate was not in session Satur-
day. In the House several minor bills
were passed by unanimous consent. They
included bill authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior to reclassify the public
lands in Alabama. Also the following
bills: To extend the provisions of the
homestead laws to certain lands OF the
Yellowstone forest reserve; to extend the
time one year in which the Kensington
and Eastern Railway Company shall
complete it's bridge across the Calumet
river in Chicago. At ! o'clock the pen
sion calendar was taken up and 416 bills.
we're passed in sixty-four minutes.
Notes OF the Natonal >apltai.
Old age of veterans is sufficient evil
dence to secure a pension, according to a
bill passed by the House.
Reports received by the Department of
Commerce and Labor show coal and coke
exports in 1905 of $31, 215,62S.
Rabbis Krauskopf of Philadelphia,
Guttmacher of Baltimore and Simon Of
Washington, accompanied by Herman F.
Haha of Chicago, composing a commit
tee appointed by the national conference
of rabbis, called on the President to pre-
sent resolutions congratulating him for