Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-03-13
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS

Washington, March 1t has been
years since the house was the scene
of SO royal a battle between two
great parties IS it witnessed over the
ship subsidy bill. The bill was passed
but not until after it had been once
defeated. Then there were other votes,
bat Immediately after the first ballot
desertions began and on the final
vote to pass the bill as amended, the
word done by the republican leaders
during the heightsAof the battle wac
made manifest. The bill was passed.
154 to IA. The following republi
cans voted with the democrats in op-
position. Messrs Burton Campbell
Chapman, Cooper CWs) Darragh,
Davidson (Wis) Davis (Minn.), Ford
ney, Foster FuIkerson Gilhams
Graf Qll). Gronna Hamilton Hin
shaw. Holiday Jenkins Kinkaid,
Knopff, C. B. Lands. Fred Lands,
Lawrence, Lowden Mccarthy, Nc.
Gavin, Mckinney Qll), Mann, Mar
shall Miller. Mouser Murdoch, Mel,
son. Perkins IN. ", Stafford, steen-
erston, Stevens Volstead Weber.
Weems Wilson Qll) and woodward.
Only four steamship lines are to be
subsidized under the measure in the
form finally agreed upon and all
these are to sail for South American
ports One line is to be from the
Atlantic coast to Brazil a second from
the Atlantic coast to Argentina, third
between the gulf of Mexico and Brazil
and d fourth from the Pacific coast to
the isthmus Of Panama. Peru and
Chill. The annual subsidy of each
line is $500 900 for monthly mail serv.
ice, or 5000 000 for fortnightly service
excepting the Argentine line, which is
to have 100000 for monthly service
or $500 900 for fortnightly. No Amer
lean cities are named as ports from
which any OF the lines are to start
and the bill is so worded that line
! in the Pacific to South America can
touch at any number of ports in the
United States.
bill was passed providing for the
creation OF an industrial peace com
mittee to administer the $40 600 that
President Roosevelt received from
the Nobel prize fund A bill provid
ing thai all corporations engaged in
interstate commerce shall be incor
por5ted by the national government
and under its control was introduced
| by Representative Hearst of New
York The house passed the gen
eral deficiency appropriation bill.
The bill carried $9S47 900, one of the
important provisions being that Cuba
shall reimburse the United States for
expenditures made in connection with
| the recent intervention of the United
States in that country. An appro
priauon of $4,000 for amusements
in soldiers tome was added in the
house An amendment by Mr.. Gros.
venor Of Ohio was adopted giving to
all employees of congress one months
extra pay.
Representative Babcock of Wiscon
sin chairman OF the house committee
on the District of Columbia who re-
tires from congress at the end of this
session was presented with loving
cup 0y the members of his committee
The conference report on the postof-
flee appropria ton bin was reported to
the senate and adopted. The more
important senate amendments which
were retained were the following:
Classifying clerks in first and second
class p0stofilces and fixing a scale of
salaries ranging from 5000 to $1,000.
providing for the preparation OF plans
/ for new postoffice building in New
York City authorizing contracts in