Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
WORK Or CONGRESS.
Svnonsis of the Proceedings in the
Senate and House During the
Past Week
In the Senate.

In the Senate.
The Senate on February q, after listening
70 an argument by Senator Patterson OF
To1orado In favor of government ownership
of railroads, agreed to the conIefehce re-
port on the river and harbor appropgiia a
Kin The Senate passed without dlscss
sion the Daniel bill establishing the 1oun1
dation for the promotion OF lndustrla,
peace" with the Nobel peace prize reGetiou
by President Roosevelt. The eNpatrriiaa,tl4ta "a
Hill also was passed. The House blil 10
nreyent shanghaiing and fifty minor meas
ures were passed. ~ ~,
hill extending government aid to the Atas-
ka-Yukon- cifc exposition TO pc helu ~
1909 at Seattle ana deoateo Iii nor reacbina
no conclusion on the latter measure. ne
conference report on the army appECopliaa
reced1ng on the point in controversy, It's
Drovision for the retirement or paymdsleis
clerks, complete agreement between 'A'
two houses resulted.
ate on March l by a vote of 70 to l. Sen
ator Pettus of Alabama cast the hegait a'
tnral sundry civil, naval and postothce ap-
preparation bills were agreed TO; Dill was aS
passed granting a pension OF 500 n1 me .
to the widow of the late Gen 'oseph ~
Hawley.
Developing the ultimate defeat OF the snip
subsidy bill was the one action of import
ance in the Senate March 2 The measure
n maH that no action will result during
the present Congress, which expires at
noon March 4. The general denclency ap-
preparation bill was passed winch com com
pIetes action ON the supply measures, with
the exception of conference reports. Inc
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,
tion to the agreement which mas Deen
reached By resolution the Senate extended
it's committee organization to the Stxtleth
which eulogies were pronounced on on the ne
lives of the late Representatives Rixey OF
Virginia, Adams Of Wisconsin ana hetcn-
am and Flack of New York.
The fiibuster by the minority against the
ship subsidy bill practically occupied the
entire time of the Senate III Dotn the uay
until next day.
The Senate adjourned sine die soon after
- o'clock on March 4.
In the House
Conference reports were agreed to by the
House on February % on the naval, river
and harbor and District OF Columbia APP
nropriation bills. The House concurred in
the Senate amendment to the army bill
providing for the retirement of certai2
hrigadier generals who served in the Civil
war. with the rank of major general. The
President returned to the House without
mis- approval a bill for the relief of j. W.
Bauer and others growing out OF their fail
ure to make returns for special tax as retail
duties on oleomargarine. The conference
reports, on the commercial Appeals bllI ana ,L
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 ap-
preparation bill and appointed conferees.
The ship subsidy bill was debated through.
out the day and at the night session a still!
further extension of one hour having been
agreed TO for general debate, the extra
time to be taken at the next session
In the House on February 70 general de-
tha oh sinh ina tod
2:15 p. M, whereupon the bill was read
under the five minute rule for amendments.
From that time until the recess at o clock
| amendments, were offered to the bill and
the discussion proceeded thereon. The
leaders both sides were drawn into the
debate BY vote of 112 TO 1877 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 to
make contracts with citizens of the United
States for carrying the mails on steam
eral debate for the opponents of the bill!
and Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio for it's advo-
Gates. During the morning hour the House
military academy bill The conference re-
port on the bill relating to the repatriation
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
Sh one Of Ge prees fhs IN
years On the first vote the Democrats and
the insurgent Republicans had votes enough
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
ly passed by a vote Of 1872 to $50. The
general deficiency bill was then taken up
and passed. An amendment by Mr. Grosve-
nor Of Ohio was ADOPTED, giving to all en-
ployes of Congress one months extra pay,
while the proposed reduction of mileage
for senators and representatives from 20 to
went The
agreed to the conference report on the post
office appropriation bill and adopted it. A
of an industrial peace committee, which is
to administer the $4,000 which President
Roosevelt received from the Nobel prize
fund.
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, relating to
further examination of black sands, and
appropriating $125, 900 for the transporta-
| tion of silver dollars were disagreed to and
a further conference ordered. The Senate
amendments increasing the amount appro-
priated for fuel tests, directing the director
of the geological survey TO make an ex-
animation of the fuel resources of the Unit
ed States and to publish the same for the
benefit of the public We're concurred in.
When the House took up the agricultural
bill two important items were in dispute,
the Senate amendments relating to the
White Mountain and Appalachian forest re-
serve and the endowment for agricultural
colleges. Both these amendments excited
long and interesting debates, but in both
cases the House receded from it's disagree
ment and concurred, thereby making the
further work of the conferees exceedingly
easy.
More than an hour was spent by the
House in obtaining q quorum after meeting
at II o'clock on the Sd. Partial conference
reports on the sundry civil bill and the La
Toilette railroad bill were accepted and the
bills sent back to conference, The final re
port on the pension appropriation bill, con-
tanning provision for the maintenance of
The bill authorizing the establishment of
an agricultural bank in the Philippine is
lands was passed At 6 o'clock the House
took recess until 9:3o and the night
sion continued until late, when an adjourn
ment was taken until next day
The House on March 4 adjourned sine
die soon after noon.
Fraternal Order Suspends
SOI1TH REND Ind March rrbo