Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-28
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The meat Inspection provision of the
agricultural appropriation bill was dis
cussed in the Senate Wednesday on a
motion TO grant the conference requested
by the House, and speeches were made
by Messrs. Proctor. Beveridge and Lodge
against some features of the House
amendment. Messrs. Morgan and Per
kins made speeches on the Panama canal
The sundry civil appropriation bill. car
rying S102,347 90, a net increase of 81
l60,2O9 over the sum passed by the
House, was reported. In order TO expe-
dite the consideration of this measure a
night session was held. The House clean
ed up considerable business, among the
bills passed under suspension of the rules
being the following: Appropriating $50
600 for the travelling expenses of the
President; increasing the efficiency of the
bureau of insular affairs by comforting
the rank and pay of brigadier general
upon the chief of the bureau: regulating
the checking of baggage by common car
riers. The joint resolution increasing
the terms of Representatives to four
years and providing for the election of
Senators by direct vote of the people
failed to receive the two-thirds vote nee
essary for its passage. The same fate
was melted out to the bill permitting ma
tional banks to make loans on real es-
tate as security Conference reports on
the executive, legislative and judicial APP
preparation bill and the measure provid-
ing for the subdivision of lands entered
under the reclamation act were adopted.
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The Senate Thursday declared for a
lock canal across the Isthmus of Panama
by a vote of 36 to 81. The remainder of
the session was devoted to the discussion
of the amendment to the sundry civil bill
appropriating $4,000 to pay the travel
ing expenses of the President, and the
subject was not disposed of. The confer
ence report on the Notifications appropri-
alton bill was agreed TO and the House
Dill authorizing the city of st. Louis to
construct a bridge across the Mississippi
river was passed. Before taking up the
pure food bill the House discussed the
conference report on the naval appropria-
tons bill. BY a close vote the conferees
were instructed to concur in the Senate
amendment providing that the type, dis
placement and tonnage of the proposed
fPCOTu-DEedkILS DdJlI6SuIp lnJSI De report
Ell to Congress before any bids for her
construction are accepted. Several minor
amendments also were accepted, and then
the report was disagreed to, the conferees
being reappointed. The pure food meas
ure then occupied the attention of the
members until the end of the session, Mr.
Mann (Ill.) speaking.
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The Senate Friday passed the House
dill appropriating $4,000 for the travel
ing expenses of the President, the amend
ment to this effect being taken from the
sundry civil BILL The latter measure also
was passed, the provisions prohibiting
canteens at soldiers homes and au;horiz-
ing the lock canal at Panama being re
tanned. A resolution expressing sympa-
thy with the Russian Jews on account
Of the recent massacre was adopted. 4
measure approDriating S3.000000 for the
purchase of lands in the White and APP
palachian mountains for forest reserve
purposes was passed. The Senate also
accepted the conference reports on the
District of Columbia and postoffice appro-
priation bill. Pure food held the atten-
ton of the House throughout the day, but
u.
The leading lawyers debated the constitu-
tional features of the bill, the Democrats
dividing on the question of State rights.
The Senate resolution of sympathy for
the Russian Jews was adopted by a unan-
imous vote The conference report on
the Notifications bill was accepted.
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The Senate Saturday sent the agri-
cultural appropriation bill with the meat
inspection rider to conference after con-
siderable debate. Senator Long introduced
a resolution calling upon the Attorney
General for information concerning the
suits brought by him under the antitrust
laws, but action on it was postponed. The
sundry civil appropriation bill also was
sent to conference. bill was passed
creating the Mesa We (cliff dwellersl
national park in Colorado, and a number
Of others measures to which there was
no objection were put through. In ex-
acutive session the appointment of Ben
Jamln +. Barnes, assistant secretary to
the President, as postmaster at Wash
lngton was confirmed by a vote of 50
to 16. The pure food bill was passed by
the House, the vote being 240 to II, and
the conference report on the railroad rate
bill accepted, 216 to 4. Two other con-
ference reports were adopted-on the Dis
trict of Columbia and postotfice appro-
priation bills-which passes these meas
ures. The sundry civil bill was sent to
conference. The report Of the Committee
on Election No. ,, seating Harry VI. Cou-
drey as member from the Twelfth Con-
gressional District of Missouri. was
adopted. The House also passed a reso-
luton that NJ. L. Brooks is entitled to
the seat for the second congressional dis
trict of Texas.