Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-27
IN CONGRESS
The Senate,

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ship subsidy. which will be presented
to congress shortly after the Christ.
mas holidays, II IL believed, will sup.
port the Gallinger subsidy bill IS
passed by the senate. but the house
committee on merchant marine and
fisheries probably will report the bill
30 amended that 1t will merely ofer
subsidies to mail m sailing be-
tween this country and South Ameri.
can and Oriental ports.
Representative Humphrey has called
the presidents attention to the fact
that Japan has been negotiating for
the purchase Of all first-class Ameri.
can ships on the Pacific, and ex.
pressed the opinion that the pur.
chase Of the Pacific Mail, or Hill,
line by Japan would almost certainly
Japan extending over an American
railway. He also assured the presi-
dent that the Japanese lines running
to this country give rebates and other
advantages to Japanese merchants In
the United States, with the result that
many American merchants would
have been driven to the wall.
The senate agreed to the holiday ad.
journment resolution, and will be in
recess from the end OF the session
Thursday next until January 3.
A resolution was agreed to direct.
Ing an investigation by the depart
ment Of commerce and labor Of the
International Harvester Co., to ascer-
tain whether 1t effected q restraint Of
trade.
The senate confirmed the nomina.
ton OF Afford w. Cooley, Of New
York. to be assistant encouragement.
The senate agreed to a resolution
requesting the judiciary committee of
the senate to inform the senate II
congress can prohibit interstate com.
merce In child labOr-made goods under
the commerce clause o.! the cOnstitu-
ton.
Belief prevails that when Senate gets
legislative appropriation bill 1t will
vote to increase Congressmen's
salaries.
Determined efforts are being made
to secure early passage of the pend.
ing bill providing that the government
may appeal criminal cases on law
points. 1t develops, according to re.
port at the capitol and In executive
departments. that Senator SpOOner, Of
Wisconsin, is at present holding the
measure back.
Pressure ia being organized TO in.
duce the Wisconsin man to relax his
grip and permit the measure to go to
a vote before the ruling can be made
by Judge Lands in the great Standard
OIL rebate cases in Chicago. The
president has been appealed to, It Ia
reported, to employ his influence with
Senator Spooner.
A bill designed to extend relief to
the money market along the lines Of
recommendations made by the secre.
tary OF the treasury was introduced
by Senator Elkins. 1t authorizes the
DEPOSIT In national banks of receipts
from customs, as we'll as from internal
revenue, requiring the banks to pay a
tax on such deposits and making all
national banks equally eligible for
designation as repositories.
The bill also expressly authorizes
the secretary of the treasury to mako
transfers Of public moneys froic the
treasury to the banks. which has been
heretofore done by the secretary on
his " responsibility without author.
lty OF law.
The House.
Speaker Cannon assigned Repre-.
sentative Knox. of Illinois, to be chair.
man of the committee on expenditures
In the treasury department.
The house began consideration OF
the Indian appropriation bill in con
mittee of the whole.
The house discussed q bill validat
ing some 5000 certificates Of nat
uralization which were issued BY
courts the clerks Of which failed ia
inquire whether the persons Il whon
the certificates were issued were an
archists or not.
The House unexpectedly ran against
a snag In an effort 10 increase the
clerical force In the Office OF the en-
rolling clerk. The democrats, led by
Mr.. Clark. OF Missouri. opposed the
passage OF the resolution.
Representative Sterling, Of Illinois
introduced a bill providing for the In
corporation In the District Of COlum
} bia Of the American Medical Union,
the object OF which Is ito promote
medical progress through freedom ol