Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-12-21
HOUSE.

In the House en- the 10th consideration or
the Legislative, executive ana judicial APP
preparation bill was begun. Simpliticd spell
ing held attention for an hour or more. the
paragraph in the bill fixing the photographic
standard in some recognized authority fur
nishing Mr.. Clark of Missouri. Mr.. GiIlctt of
MaSSac huSCttS and Mr. Livingston of
Georgia an opportunity to express them
selves on the Presidents order to the public
printer relative TO the modified spelling CT
300 words in common use Mr. Macon Of
shops" and in favor of his bill prohibitinl.
gambling in agricultural commodities, and
Mr.. Sheppard of Texas criticised the man
ner in which appropriation bills are pre-
pared.
In the House on the 18th the legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation bill
afforded an opportunity for general debate
covering Il wide range. Representative Rou-
tell of Illinois, in speaking of the bCStowal
of the Nobel prize upon President Roose-
welt, praised the Presidents decision TO use
this prize in establishing a fund for bring
ing about friendly understanding between
capitalists and laborers as ''nobly human-
tartan and characteristic" Representative
Gaines of Tennessee urged increases OF
salaries for members of Congress. Other
speeches We're by Representatives Keifer or
Ohio, against the reduction of the board of
pension appeals: Underwood, Alabama, IN
behalf Of good roads; Murdoch Kansas, on
railway mail pay; Richardson, Alabama, In
port; Perkins, New York, favoriug an In
heritance tax, and Dearmond, Missouri, in
favor of q new constitutional convention.
The House on the 10Th took up the legis-
latiye, executive and judicial appropriation
bill by paragraphs and completed thirty
four pages of the bill before adjournment.
An amendment adopted instructing the
public printer to use the photography gem
orally recognized by the standard dlCtiOn-
aries.
A resolution favoring n return to the old
standard of spelling was adopted on the
18th. An agreement was reached for 81 vote
on an increase in the salaries of members
OF Congress, cabinet officers, etc, when
the legislative appropriation bill, now under
consideration, Is reported to the House
from the committee of the whole. A reSO-
luton was adopted calling on the secretary
of commerce and labor to investigate the
high prices of lumber, and another calling
upon the secretary of the interior for q
detailed description of the coal lan6s with
drawn from public entry since July /, 1906.
After completing 145 pages of the bill 1t
was laid aside until next day, when 1t Is
expected it will be completed
The House on the 14th by a vote of Jog to
1SS refused to increase from $1,000 to $500
the salaries of senator's, members and dele
gates. The House, however, by an over
wheImng vote, increased the salaries of tie
Vice President, the Speaker of the House
So, 900 each. The legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill was passed.
Adjourned at 3:45 p. M.
The House on the 18th passed $50 Invalid
pension bills. An urgent deficiency appro-
priation bill carrying $5S1 800 for the vari-
Gus departments of the government, includ-
ing S150000 for mileage of army officers and
passed. Sunday, January 20, was set apart
by the House to take cOgniZance of the
death of the late Senator William Z. Bate
of Tennessee.