Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-02-02
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an executive session lasting fifteen min
utes was had and then the private pen
sion calendar was taken up. The forces
opposed to the joint statehood bill, con-
sisting of the Democrats and the Repub-
lican insurgents, met their first defeat
in the House when a motion ordering the
previous question on the adoption OF the
rule for debate prepared by the Republi-
cans was passed by a vote of 1872 to 165.
Several members had left the chamber
when the vote on the rule itself was TAX
en-, the result being 1877 to 157. Mr..
Crumpacker of Indiana took the chair
and debate on the bill in committee of
the whole was begun at once. After
passing bill to create jury commission
ers in Oklahoma the House at 20 p. m.
adjourned.
A discussion of foreign affairs occupied
the session of the Senate Thursday,
Messrs Money and Hepburn speaking.
The consular reorganization bill was read
at length, but was not acted upon. at
10 D. m. the Senate went into executive
session and at 4 20 adjourned until Mon
day. The House passed the statehood
bill by vote of 1914 to $50, according to
the schedule. Only thirty-three insur-
gents went on record against the meas
ure. The resignation of Claude A. Swan
son, recently elected Governor of Vir-
ginia, was presented to the House.
The first attempt at filibusterlng at TINS
session took place in the House FRIDAY
in a Democratic endeavor to defeat the
provision of the urgent deficiency Dill
waving the eight-hour day for foreign
laborers on the Panama canal. The
amendment was placed in the bill after
much maneuvering. Secretary wilson
came up for censure because OF his re-
quest that more funds be given the De-
partment of Agriculture for meat lnspec-
ton. The Senate was not in session.
The House Saturday passed the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill, with the
amendment waving the eight-hour day
for alien labor on the Panama canal. The
vote on the amendment was 120 to JOS.
By special order the pension calendar
was cleared 262 bills being disposed OF
in sixty-fve minutes. After reading Mr..
Mann's omnibus bridge bill, making it I'M
finished business for Monday, the House
adjourned. There was no session of the
Senate.
The House Monday passed resolution
ealing on the President to furnish lnfor-
nation as to the existence OF an alleged
agreement in violation of the interstate
commerce law between the Pennsylvania,
Baltimore and Ohio, Norfolk and West
ern, Chesapeake and Ohio, Northern Cen
trail and Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington Railroad companies. Unanl-
nous consent was given to begin on Tues
day the consideration of the Heuburn
railroad rate bill and to continue the same
until the bill shall be disposed of. A trlb-
ute to the memory of Gen. Joseph Wheel
err was paid " naming a street in the
capital wheeler street" The Mann
general bridge bill was passed with sew
eral perfecting amendments. 1t provides
general provisions to be complied with
hereafter in the construction OF bridges
| across navigable streams. The Chinese
| boycott and the administration OF the for
| est reserve divided the attention OF the
| Senate. Mr.. Tillman offered resolution
| directing an investigation OF Chinese az
| fairs and Mr.. Hepburn sharply criticised
| the methods of the forestry bureau. The
| House statehood bill was reported favor
| ably. and notice was given that there
would be a majority report.
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The Senate Tuesday passed the bill for
| the reorganization of the consular service
| and about forty other measures, many OF
| them of considerable Importance. SeV-
eral provide for lighthouses. fog signals,
revenue cutters and public buildings. The
shipping bill was under consideration for
a time and was amended so as to releVe
it from constitutional objections. 1t was
supported in a speech by f~r. Lodge.
There also was a discussion of the bills
making common carriers liable for INJURY
to employees, which arose over the Ques-
ton of their reference to committees.
Some Senators intimated that the COM
mittees were anxious to avoid the respon-
sibility of passing on these measures. Dis
cuSSion of the rate regulation bill was
| begun in the House, and the members
| evinced a more general interest IN the
matter than in any topic that has come
| up for a long time. Mr.. Townsend of
| Michigan opened with a speech support
ing the bill. being followed by Mr.. Adam
| son of Georgia, representing the minority,
who commended the measure. Questions
| by Mr.. Sherley of Kentucky and Mr.. Lit
| tlefield of Maine indicated that there is
| to be some opposition, at least in debate.
Notes of the National Capital.
The Supreme Court of the United
| States is taking a recess for the consid
GRAFTON of cases which have been present
| ed to the court
A bill has been introduced in the
| House by Representative Mann of Hi
| nois to place survivors of the Union vol
| unteer army who attained the rank of
brigadier or major general upon the re-
tired list, with three-fourths pay.
Direct exports to Russia for 1908, ac-
| cording to the bure;sI of statistics of the
Department of Commerce and Labor,
amounted to S17,000.000. and imports
from Russia were 81 100000, but the