Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.


burn of Idaho in the Senate on the otn,
while the agricultural appropriation bill was
under consideration He critic critics no,,c yhe
saying that the only policies of the govern
ment that are not fictitious are those tnal
Warner 't Of Missouri continued his speech
on the Brownsville ARRAY, but did not con
clude. At $50 o'clock the Senate ao-
journed.
The Senate on the 9th passed bill pro-
hibiting the employment within certain
hours of children under IA years OF age IL
the District of Columbia: The Senate also
adopted resolution offered by Mr.. tor-
aker of Ohio directing the interstate com
merce commission to inform the SenaIe
whether the commodity clause OF the ~,
terstate commerce act had been compneo
with since May 1, 1903, and if not whether
the noncompliance by the railroads mas
been due to any agreement, arrangement OF
understanding between the railroad COM
panies and the authorities. The conference
report on the army appropriation blll GETTY taSs
Senator Warner of Missouri concluded his
speech on The Brownsville affair, his CLOS
ing remarks calling forth statement It bna
Senator Foraker that western paper ha 10
announced that the President recently
wrote to Senator Smith of Michigan 10 Tue
effect that he had not changed MS nina as
Twenty fifth regiment. Mr.. FORAKER sus
gested that the introduction of that letter
in the record would be interesting Ihe
Senate at $50 p. m. adjourned.
The forestry provision of the agricultural
AUTHORIZATION bin was before the Senate
several hours on the It'll Senator Ieller
of Colorado denounced that service as I'M
wise and its administration as arbitrary,
while Senator Depew spoke In advocacy VI
the extension of the work OF the forest re re,
serves An address in support OF the Dill
to establish postal savings banks was made
by Senator Carter of Montana. Senator
Culberson of Texas called the atrentlon % 20
the effect that the President and the inter-
state commerce commission had agreed 10
allow the railroads to lncreas laeig dis
cussion to the powers or the Preslue ad
or the commits ion to make such an agree
ment. The Senate passed a bill approprlat-
ing $4,000 toward the erection of monu-
nent to Pocahontas at Jamestown, va. AT
5:45 o'clock the Senate adjourned
But little progress was made In the Sem
ate on the 9Th on the agricultural aIproprl-
alton BILL the session being devoted TO
discussion upon the principle of forest re-
serves and the administration of that serv-
ice Senator McCumber called the atten-
ton of the Senate to a deadlock among the
conferees on the pension appropriation blll
on the Senate amendment requiring con-
tinuance Of the present system Of having
the pension fund disbursed through eight
cen pension agents located throughout the
country instead of through single agent
desire that the conferees should insist on
the Senate amendment, resolution was IN
troduced by Senator Burkett of Nebraska,
naming May 10 as mothers day" and sug-
costing that all senators and officials and
employees of the Senate should wear a white
flower in honor of their mothers on tnat
day The Senate at $40 O'Clock adjourned.
The debate on the main features of the
agricultural appropriation bill was prac-
Senator Smoot of Utah spoke at length in
advocacy of the forest reserve service. Sen
ators Lodge and Newlands also supported
the policy of the service. Senator Clark of
Wyoming reviewed at length what he said
he regarded as the weakness of the forestry
service. In addition to the attention given
to the agricultural bill the Senate voted to
send to the committee on the judiciary the
resolution introduced by Senator Burkett of
Nebraska, declaring tomorrow to be moth
ers' Gay, and suggesting that senators and
employees of the Senate wear a white flower
in honor of that day Senator kean Of New
Jersey proposed as substitute resolution
thy father and thy mother that thy days
may be long in the land which the Lord,
thy God, giveth thee" The Senate ad-
5ourned at s 40 p m until Monday.
The Senate on the 18th passed the agri-
cultural appropriation BILL carrying an ap-
preparation aggregating $12, 142, LAG. Sena-
tor Rayner introduced resolution provld-
charges against Col. William F. Stewart
now stationed at Fort Grant, Arizona, The
bf report the naval
sidered the postoffice bill and at 5:12 p. No.
adjourned.
House.
A lively debate was kept up all day In
the House on the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill on the 9th. Repeated efforts were
made by Messrs. Gaines of Tennessee and
CLANCY of Indiana, supported by many
other members, to procure an appropriation
for an investigation looking to increasing
safety in mining and they had about got
Chairman Tawney to the point where he
600, when Mr.. Underwood of Alabama OBJ
jected and the proposition for the time at
for the purchase of over 5000 acres of land
as an addition to Fort Mckinley, Philippine
a Wood a eePed sq9efe er
cism of that officer by Messrs. Fitzgerald
of New York and Butler of Pennsylvania,
the former continually referring to him as
DIR. Wood" The provision, on motion OF
Mr.. Hay of Virginia, was stricken out by
unanimous vote. The three remaining
succession of roll calls, caused by refusal
of the House to take a recess at 5 o'clock,
as a result of joke on the part of some
Republicans to hold the Democrats in the
House until the time the Republican caucus
was scheduled to be held. In this they
were successful, the House finally at TAI
p. m, taking a recess
By vote of 1877 to 46, and following a
two hours debate, the House on the 9th
again went on record against the re-estab-
lishment of the canteen in national soldiers
homes. In the course of the discussion a
man giving his name as George e. Gridley
of Providence. r. l., unfurled an American
the gallery on the temperance question. lie
was promptly taken out. Perhaps. the real
sensation or the DAY was an admission by
Mr.. Bennett Of New York, a member of the
immigration commission, that he had, I'M
der the old immigration law, "railroaded'
the naturalization of many foreigners in
one day. With the exception of the adop-
ton Of the conference report on the bill re-
organizing the consular service, the sundry
alton the entire day. At $40 p. m. re-
cess was taken.
After ten days discussion consideration
Of the sundry civil appropriation bill was
completed by the House on the It'll, but be-
fore putting it on it's passage a recess until
tomorrow was taken. The bill carries a
900 more than as reported by the com.
mittee. A provision providing that salaries
and wages for work on the Panama canal
should not exceed by more than % per
cent. the salaries and wages paid in the
United States for similar work was de-
feated, 10 to 101. At 5:1O p. m. recess
was taken.
The officers and enlisted men of the army
on the. 9Th won their fight for increased