Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-03-12
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The denatured alcohol bill passed the
Senate Friday by vote of 80 TO /. Sem
ator Pettus Of Alabama cast the mega
tive vote Conference reports on the ag
ricultural. sundry civil, naval and post
Office appropriation bills were agreed to.
A bill Was passed granting a pension of
$50 a month to the widow of the late Gen.
Joseph r. Hawley. The House at the
morning session began consideration of
the general deficiency BILL and at / o'clock
laid it aside for the ship subsidy bill,
whose passage developed one OF the pref
test fights in years. On the first vote
the Democrats and the insurgent Repuh-
licans had votes enough TO defeat the
measure but after three hours of fierce
contest the bill, as perfected in the COM
mittee of the whole, striking out provis-
ions for steamship mail lines from Pacific
coast points to the Orient, was finally
passed by a vote Of 1872 to $50. The gem
eral deficiency bill was then taken up
and passed An amendment by Mr. Gros-
venor of Ohio was adopted. giving to all
employees of Congress one months extra
pay while the proposed reduction of
mileage for Senators and Representatives
from 20 to s cents per mile went out
The House agreed TO the conference re-
port on the postotice appropriation bill
and adopted it. 4 bill was passed pro-
vding for the creation of an Industrial
peace committee. which is to administer
the $4,000 which President Roosevelt
received from the Nobel prize fund.
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Developing the ultimate defeat of the
ship subsidy bill was the one action of inn
portance in the Senate Saturday. The
general deficiency appropriation bill was
passed. The conference report on the bill
limiting the hours of service of railway
employees was considered. but final action
was not taken. BY resolution the Senate
extended its committee organization to
the Sixtieth Congress- An evening ses-
sion was held, at which eulogies were pro-
nounced on the lives of the late Repre-
sentatiyes Rixey of Virginia. Adams of
Wisconsin, Ketcham and Flack of New
York. The House devoted most of its
time to considering Senate amendments
to the sundry civil and agricultural APP
preparation bill, including one directing
the Department of Commerce to invest-
4, gate industrial conditions of woman and
child labor, were disagreed to and a fur
Their conference ordered. The House con-
CURED in the Senate amendments to the
agricultural bill relating to the White
Mountain and Appalachian forest reserves
and the endowment for agricultural col
leges, and finally approved the bill at the
night session. The Senate amendments
to the pension appropriation bill were
nonconurred iii and the measure sent to
conference, and the Aldrich financial bill
was passed by a vote of 100 to 40. After
passing the omnibus claims bill and
number of private bills by unanimous con-
sent, the House at % o'clock Sunday
morning took a recess until II o'clock
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The filibuster by the minority against
the ship subsidy bin practically occupied
the entire time of the Senate. in both
the day and night sessions Sunday The
conference report on the general deficiency
bill was agreed to. 1t fixes the salary of
! Secretary Loeb at $4,000, and allows the
appropriation of $4,000 to reimburse
Senator Smoot for his expenses in the
| case before the Senate. The Senate agreed
| to the conference report on the pension
appropriation BILL including the amend
ment restoring the eighteen pension agen-
cies. The conference report on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill was adopted
| More than an hour was spent by the
House in obtaining a quorum after meet
ing at Il o'clock Partial conference re-
ports on the sundry civil bill and the La
| Toilette railroad bill were accepted and
] the bills sent back to conference. The
! final report on the pension appropriation
| BILL containing a provision for the main
| tenance Of eighteen pension agencies, was
! agreed TO. Th,, bill authorizing the estab-
| lishment of an agricultural bank in the
Philippine Islands was passed. At 8
| O'Clock the House took recess until
8 80. At the night session conference re-
ports were agreed to on the. general de-
ficiency and sundry civil bills. and at
midnight the House took a recess till
8 80 Monday.
| When the Senate resumed its session at
| 9 80 O'Clock Monday. in continuation Of
the legislative day of Saturday. Senator
| Carmack took the floor to continue his fl
| ibuster against the ship subsidy bill. but
as there was no other business recess
was taken until 1915 on motion of Sen
ator Hale. On reassembling Senator
Carmack still remaining determined to
prevent vote on the bill. Senator CALM
ger announced that he would no longer
press the measure at this session. The
| conference report on the railway employ
es' hours of service bill was agreed to.
At noon Senator Allison took the presid-
ing officers chair and Senator Blackburn,
the minority leader, proposed the usual
resolution of thanks TO the Vice Presi-
dent. The Vice President then resumed
the chair, and, after expressing his APP
probation of the honor conferred on him.
declared the Senate adjourned without
day. Practically no business was done in
the House beyond agreeing to the confer
ence report ON the bill limiting the hours
of labor of railway employees. Resolutions
expressing appreciation of the fairness
and courtesy of Speaker Cannon wers
adopted, TO which the Speaker made
suitable response. General Grosvenor,
the retiring representative from Ohio. was
presented with 300piece silver set dur
ing one of the recesses of the House and
was made the target for numerous speech
es of felctation. At u 10 the Speaker
declared the House adjourned without
day.
National Capital Notes.
The Postofiice Department, as a result
of the rapid increase of the postal bust
ness of the country asked Congress for
an appropriation of $4,000 to cover the
salaries Of 600 additional clerks until