Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-14
WORK OF CONGRESS.
SENATE.

President RooSeveit's message occupied
the attention of the Senate on the 4th for
Two ana one-haif hours. to the exclusion of
nearly all other business. The exception to
this was the introduction of n resolution on
the Japanese situation by Senator Rayncr Of
Maryland, and the adoption Of appropriate
resolutions regarding members of the
House who died since the last session. AS
mark of further respect to their memory
adjournment was taken ut 2:54 O'clock
The brief session ON the 9th resulted I'm
the Introduction of many bills, resolutiors
petitions and memorials and the recent of
Il number of communications from the OK
ecutive department. Senator Foraker asked
immediate action on the pending resolutions
for information regarding to discharge Of
the negro soldiers of the Twenty fifth infan-
try The matter went over.
Resolutions were adopted on the 9th cali
ing on the President and the secretary or
war for Information to the discharge of
soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry. SEN
ator Morgan spoke for two hours on his
resolution to secure the control of the PAN
anna railroad by the isthmian canal commits
sion. but no action was taken.
In the Senate on the 10th more than 4
hundred private pension bills were placed
ON the calendar with favorable reports: Il
resolution was adopted L. Iling for the roe
ord of the negro troops dismissed bN the
President, prior to the Brownsville lTnXl
aHar: few private relief bills We're passed
and the consideration of child labor bill
Tor the District of Columbia was begun.
HOUSE.
The reading of the message consumed
Two hours and twenty-five minutes on the
Ith. During the ma jor portion of the time
Representative Lacey of Iowa acted as
speaker pro tenn, being the first of the de
tcatrd "StandpatterS to he recognized by
Speaker Cannon. Speaker Cannon appoint
Cd Robert q. Cousins Of Iowa chairman of
the committee on foreign affairs to succeed
the late Robert Hit of Illinois. He also
appointed Representative Frank Q. Low
"A N
ill the vacancy caused 10y the death OF
Mr.. Hit. After the customary resolutions
relating to the printing of the message
the House at 2:53 adjourned.
Bills were passed on the 9th Incorporating
the National German-Americai Alliance au-
thOrizing the secretary Of the treasury to
duplicate gold certificates in lieu of ones
lost destroyed and amending the ma
tional banking laws as to permit ma tionaI
banking associations to make loans on real
estate as security and limiting the amount
of such loans.
The bill of Mr.. Littlefeld of Maine known
as the anti-compulsory pilotage measure. re-
moving determinations against American
sailing vessels in the coastng trade was de
feated. 10 TO 16i, after long debate, on
the 9th.
the legislative, executive and judicial ap-
propriat ton bill was begun Simplfed spell
ing held attention for an hour or more, the
paragraph in the bill fixing the photographic
standard iii some recognized authority fur
nishing Mr.. Clark of Missouri Mr. Gilett of
Massachusetts and Mr.. Livingston of
Georgia an opportunity to express them
selves on the Presidents order to the public
printer relative to the modified sneIIin% of
300 words in common use. Mr.. Macon of
Arkansas delivered a speech on bucket
shops and i'll favor of his bill prohibiting
gambling i'll agricultural commodities, and
Mr.. Sheppard of Texas criticised the man.
ner in which appropriation bills are pre-
pared