Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-06-21
USELESS DEBATE
ON CANAL BILL
HOUSE PUTS LOCK RIDER ON APP
PREPARATION.
BUY MATERIAL AT HOME
Republicans Argue That American
Workmen and Manufacturers
Should Have Benefit of Business
Created by Great Isthmian Work,
Since American Taxes Foot Bill.

Washington, June 16.-The time OF
the senate yesterday was in the main
divided between the Panama canat
bill and the Lake Erie and Ohio riv-
er ship canal BILL On the former
there We're speeches by Senators Till
man and Morgan, while in connection
with the latter, number Of senators
engaged in controversy over the
policy Of granting a national charter
to an interstate canal Senator Ba,
con took positive ground against such
a course and spoke at length in pre-
sentation of his views.
House for Lock Canal.
BY vote of 10 to SO the house. at
the end of two hours Of debate on APP
preparations for the Panama canal.
decided that the canal should be OF
the lock type. After listening to al
speech of Mr.. Burton of Ohio in favor
of a lock canal and consuming an
hour in discussion of an amendment
defining the type as presented by Mr..
Littauer of New York, the house in
committee of the whole, expressed its
opinion in favor of lock canal. By
a decisive vote. the house refused tol
sanction the purchase of materials in
the markets of the world for the Pan,
anna canal. the general position of the
republicans being that as the canai
was to be built by American taxes. the
American workmen and American
manufacturer should have the advan.
tage.
House Passes Banking Bill.
The bill amending the national
banking law. with senate amendments,
was concurred in by the house, 125 To-
20, after sharp fight to postpone &C.
tion. By the terms of the senate a
national bank may loan to a single
borrower sum not in excess OF so
per cent of the capital stock provid
ed the surplus of the bank is equal tc
at least twice its capital stock.
Would Veto Sea Level Bill.
If congress should send the meas
ure to President Roosevelt providing
for the construction of sea level ca
nal he would veto 1t. This statement
is made by authority. The introduc-
ton by Representative Littauer yester-
day of an amendment to the item in
the sundry civil bill approprlating
$25 100000 to continue the construc-
ton of the canal, providing that no
part of that sum be used in the
construction OF a sea Level canal, was
done with the approval of the presi-
dent.
Promotions for consuIs.
The president sent to the senate
the nominations of Gil consular off,
GERS, probably the largest number Of
such nominations ever submitted in
one day. The list was the result OF
many weeks work by Secretary Root
and Wilbur Carr, chief Of the consu-
lar bureau, upon the general PROPOSE
ton to provide by executive action
against the failure of congress, when
1t enacted the consular reorganization
bill, to provide for regular system
OF promotion in the service. There
fore, nearly all these nominations are
really promotions and documentary
evidence of that fact is found in the
statement, the first time in such a
case, that the nomination is to fill a
vacancy caused by the promotion" OF
the incumbent, instead of by trans
fer" which was the old term. All
these promotions were made upon
the efficiency record Of the consuls,
thereby carrying out Secretary Roots
original idea that the higher places
In the consular service should be re-
served for rewards Of consuls in
lower grades who had proved their
merit, and as the result only places
at the foot of the list are left open
for original appointment.
More Pay for Diplomats.
The diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bin, as finally approved by
both houses Of congress, raises Brazil
and Turkey to embassies and pro-
vides salaries of $17,50o for the am.
bassadors and advances the salaries
OF the ministers to Belgium, Cuba.
the Netherlands and Luxemberg
from 10000 to $4,000 each, and
increases the salary OF agent and
consul general at Cairo from $4,000
20 $4,000.
All the senate amendments were
agreed to relative to the work of the
joint high commission, Alaska-Cana
dian boundary, United States Canada
boundary, consular buildings in the
orient and for the purchase of lega-
ton premises in Constantinople.
Second Minority Report.
A second minority report on tine
house substitute for the Beyeridye
amendment, and signed by Represep-
tatiyes Haugen OF Iowa and Davis of
was filed in the house inst
before adjournment. Some fault is