Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-05
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Overman spoke at length in support of
the measure and Mr.. Teller declared
against undue haste. Senator Foraker
offered an amendment prohibiting the is
suance of passes; Mr.. Scott one to COM
pei roads to make connections, and Mr..
Culberson one prohibiting interstate roads
from making campaign contributions. Mr..
Tillman presented a letter from Willard
f. Snyder of Clarksburg, W. Va, protest
ing against discrimination by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad against indepen-
dent coal mine opera tors. Mr.. Plat,
chairman of the committee on printing
presented the report of the committee to
reform printing and binding. Several bills
of local Importance were passed. Sew
eral resolutions intended to prevent the
wasteful printing of public documents
were passed by the House. District of
Columbia legislation occupied most of the
day. Numerous bills of local Importance
were passed.
The Senate Tuesday listened to Messrs.
Tillman and McCumber. Mr.. Tillman
made special inquiry concerning the
status of his resolution relative to the use
touched on the insurance and beef cases.
Mr.. McCumber devoted himself to the rate
bill, finding many flaws in the measure
but announcing that he would vote for it
if it was properly amended. The joint
resolution regulating the allotment of dc
uments in the government printing office
and aiming to prevent unnecessary print
ing and binding, passed Monday by the
House, was adopted. A bill amending the
law fixing fees and expenses of witnesses
in the federal courts in the Western
States was passed. The House witnessed
a most unusual scene when Speaker Can
non arose on the floor in the midst of a
spirited discussion on reciprocity and
tariff revision to reply to an attack by
Mr.. ShacklefOrd. The urgent deficiency
bill was passed and few paragraphs of
the legislative appropriation bill were con-
sidered, Messrs. Prince and Hardwick
continuing to defeat many provisions by
point of order. A bill permitting the
building of a dam across the St. Joseph
river in Berrien county, Michigan, was
passed.
Mr.. Knox made his first set speech in
the Senate Wednesday, his subject being
the railroad rate BILL and he dealt al
most exclusively with the legal features
of the problem. The conference report
on the bill regulating the final DISPOSE
ton of the affairs of the Five Civilized
Tribes of Indians was taken up, and
much objection was expressed to many of
the changes. Messrs La Toilette, Clark
tWyo.) and Tillman voiced disapproval
of the provision authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior to lease the coal lands.
The matter was still under discussion
when the Senate, at ) II p. m, went into
executive session, to adjourn a few min
utes later. In order that the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill
might be considered without being subject
to llmitless points of order, the House
passed rule prohibiting that method of
fighting the measure, by a vote of 169 to
100, twenty Republicans voting with the
minority. This appears to have been the
first special rule ever reported from the
committee on rules directly affecting an
appropriation bill. The remainder of the
day was devoted to the consideration of
the measure, and more progress was made
than in all the days heretofore given to it,
At p. m. the House adjourned.
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The Senate Thursday listened to
speeches on the railroad rate bill by
Messrs. Clay, Carmack and Newlands.
All indicated a purpose to support the
measure, but Mr.. Clay favored a limited
court review amendment. The bill pro-
viding for the reorganization of the med
ical department of the army by authoriz-
ing the appointment of officers to take
the place of contract surgeons was passed
by a vote of AZ to 5. Among the other
bills passed was one authorizing dam
across st. Joseph river at Berrien
Springs, Mich. Mr.. Lodge presented the
conference report on the consular reor-
ganization bill, which was agreed to. Con-
siderable progress was made with the leg
islatiye, executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill in the House. The committee on
appropriations suffered a defeat in com
mittce of the whole, when, by vote of :J9
to %, paragraph relating to the division
of the railway mail service was expunged
from the measure, on the ground that it
was properly part of the postoffice bill
For confidential agents of the Interior
Department to aid in ferreting out land
frauds $4,000 was allowed. The confer
ence report on the consular. bill was
adopted.
There was no session of the Senate
Friday. The House passed the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial approDria-
ton bill, carrying $30,000O0O, after CON
sidering the measure two weeks. The
paragraph creating an age limit for gov
eminent clerks, which had caused much
controversy, finally was eliminated Ell
forts to discontinue the so-caled post
age stamp agency" and the services of
special agents to investigate trade cond:-
tons abroad failed.
The Senate was not in session Satur-
day. 1t being war claim day in the
House, only those directly interested in
on the private calendar were
N attendance. The House, in four hours.
PASSED 119 bills. and many were sent tc
the Court of Claims for adjudication. Ons
of tie bills passed awarded S7I.112 to the
French Transatlantic Gable Company for
tie cutting of the cable and destruction
OF cable houses during the war with
Spain.
National Capital Notes.
Senate will amend Hepburn rate biz
so as to provide a court review feature
and president will agree.
Many Senator's admit that thew ara
confused on the rate bill, so many plans
of settlement being offered.
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