Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-03-08


prevent Shanghaiing and fifty minor meas
ureS were passed.
The Senate on February IS passed tn
bill extending government aid to the Alas
ka IukOn-PaCific exposition to h. held in
1909 at Seattle. and debated for several
hours the dcnatured alcohol bill, reaching
no conclusion OH the latter measure. The
conference report on the army appropril.
tion bill was presented and by the Senate
recedIng on the point in controversy. its
prov ision for the retirement of paymaStcrs
clerks, complete agreement between the
two honSes resulted
The dCnaturcd alcohol bill passed the Sen
ate on March / by Il vote of g. to l. sen
ator Pettus of Alabama cast the negative
vote. Conference reports on the agricul.
tural. sundry civil. naval and poStoflice up,
preparation bills were agreed to A bill was
passed granting pension of 500 month
70 the widow of the late Gen. Joseph Il
Hawley.
Developing the ultimate defeat of the shin
subsidy bill was the one action of import
ance in the Senate March .. The measure
was to come up March g. but its friends
conceded that no action will result during
the present Congress which expires At
noon March 4, The general deficiency ar,
preparation bill was passed, which com
pletes action on the supply measures, with
the exception of conference reports. The
conference report on the bill limiting the
hours of service of railway employees was
considered, but final action was not taken.
The discussion developed no serious opposi-
ton to the agreement which has been
FedCueu. by resolution the senate eNItnNCH
its committee organization to the SiXtieth
Congress. An evening session was held ri
which eulOgteS were pronounced on the
lives of the late Representatives RiXoy Of
Virginia, Adams of Wisconsin, and kctch
am and Flack of New York.
In the House.
The House on February % devoted the
6rst hour of its session to euIogies for the
late Representative John f. Rixcy of Vir-
cinia and as a further mark of reSpect took
hal
ling a resolution reported by the committee
on rules was, adopted providing for five
for the Senate ship subsidy bill and for a
vote on the measure not later than O'Clock
Friday afternoon. Conference reports were
agreed to on the Indian appropriation bill
and the b1ll providing for the allotment and and
distribution of Indian tribal funds. The
bill, applicable to the District
of Columbia, was defeated without division.
General debate on the so-called ship sub
sidy bill was begun in the House on Feb
ruary 20, and under an agreement continued
the day. The rule limiting the
general debate to five hours was by unani.
nous consent amended so that general de
bate shall run through February ~, with IL
night session from o'clock until IL O'clock
when the debate was to terminate. The
conference reports OH the Notifications aD-
preparation bill and the omnibus revenue
cutter bill were adopted. The conference
reports on the army appropriation bill ard
the river and harbor bill were adopted The
conference reports on the army appropria-
ton bill and the river and harbor bin were
presented. COnfereeS were appointed on
the postOffice and agricultural Appropriation
bills An order was adopted authorizing
the consideration in the House as in the
ported from certain committees Two veto
of House bills were received from
the President one of them negativing the
Kiowa pasture town site bill and the other
a bill for the relief of a civilian who served
in the Civil war.
Conference reports were agreed to by the
House on February. y on the naval, river
and harbOr and District of Columbia APP
preparation bills. The House concurred in
the Senate amendment TO the army bill!
for the retirement of certain
brigadier generals who served in the Civil
war, with the INK of major general. Th"
President returned to the House without
mis- approval a bin for the relief of ]. w.
Bauer and others growing out of their fail
ure to make returns for special tax as retail
duties on OleOmargarfne. The conference
reports on the commercial appeals bill and
the bills authorizing the allotment and dis
posal of surplus lands in the Rosebud In.
dian reservations in South Dakota were
agreed to. The House disagreed to the
Senate amendments to the sundry civil an,
bill and appointed conferees.
The ship subsidy bill was debated through
out the day, and at the night session still
agreed TO for general debate. the extra
time to be taken at the next session.
In the House on February 2S general de-
bate on the ship subsidy bill terminated at
under the five minute rule for amendments
From that time until the recess al 6 O'Clock
amendments. were offered to the bill and
the discussion proceeded thereon. The
leaders On both sides were drawn into the
debate. BY vote of 10 to 127 the House
defeated an, amendment excepting the
SIeSsa, the Sonoma, and the Ventura OF
the Oceanic line from the operation of the
bill, empowering the postmaster general 10
rake contracts with citizens of the United
states for carrying the matS on steam
ships. Mr.. Birdsell of Iowa closed the gen
eraj debate for The opponents of the bill
and Mr.. GroSvenOr of Ohio for it's advO-
agreed to the conference report ON the
military academy bill. The conference re
port on the bill relating to the expatriation
Of citizens was agreed to.
The House on March ], at the morning
session began consideration Of the general
deficiency bill, and at / O'Clock laid it aside
developed one of the prettiest fights in
years On the first vote the Democrats and
the insurgent Republicans had votes enough
to defeat the measure, but after three
hours Of fierce contest the bill, as perfected
In the committee of the whole. striking out
provisions for steamship mail lines from
Pacific coast points to the Orient, was final
" passed by a vote of 49, to 1910. The
general deficiency bill was then taken up
and passed. An amendment by Mr.. GrosIe-
nor of ONO was ADOPTED. giving to all en-
plOyeS of Congress one months extra pay
while the proposed reduction Of mileage
for senators and representatives from 90 to
s cents per mile went out. The House
agreed to the conference report on the post
office appropriation bill and adopted it.
bill was passed providing for the creation
of an industrial peace committee, which is
to administer the $4,000 which President
received from the Nobel prize
fund.
The House on March . devoted most Of its
time to considering Senate amendments to
the sundry civil and agricultural appropria-
ton bills The Senate amendments to the
sundry civil bill directing the department
Of commerce and labor to make an in
vestigatiOn of the industrial conditions Of
women and child labor. rClating to "a.
further examination of black sands. and
Hppropriating S125OOo for the transpOrtd-
ton Of silver dollars were disagreed 20 and
q further conference ordered. The Senate
increasing the amount appro-
priated for fuel tests, directing the director
Of the geological survey 10 make an ex-
q animation of the fuel resources of the Unit
ed States and to publish the same for the
benefit of the public were concurred in.
When the House took up the agricultural
bill two important items were in dispute.
the Senate amendments relating 70 the
White Mountain and Appalachian forest re
serve and the endowment for agricultural
colleges. Both these amendments exc ted
ong and interesting dpba tes but in both
,ases the House receded from its disagree
nent and concurred, thereby making the
'urther work of the conferees exceedingly