Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-08
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

message of the President urging leglsla-
tive programme was read. and another chap
ter of Senator Warmers speech on the
Brownsville affray was heard. The resolu-
ton Of the House to give government AID 70
cyclone sufferers in the south was passed.
The resolution to extend the time when the
commodity clause Of the railroad rate law
Senate by Mr.. Elkins, but went over under
objection from Mr.. Culberson. The Senate
al 5:27 p. m. adjourned
Senator Davis Of Arkansas created mild
sensation in the Senate on the 18th when In
discussing his resolution calling on the Sec
rotary of the interior for informa ton about
the tribal rolls of the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw Indians of Oklahoma he declared that
10000 names were being kept off the rolls
- the secretary and instanced a case in
which he said nine members of a family
were rated as negroes and only one as an
Indian. Advancing toward Mr.. Foraker or
Ohio, his voice Numbered throughout the
chamber and adjacent halls as he asked, IL
the Ohio senator loved niggers" SO well,
why he did not come forward and defend
those members Of that race. Only laughter
greeted this and Mr.. Foraker requested In
q mild tone that the senator speak louder.
Later Mr.. Davis resolution was passed.
All the pension bills on the calendar and
many other measures of minor Importance
W Ware P'o Of being dpy With eoa
senators to read for him the remainder or
his Brownsville speech. At 4:2O p. III. the
Senate adjourned
The Senate had under consideration all
day on the Both the agricultural appropra-
ton bill. Practically all the committee
amendments were disposed of except those
relating to the forest service, which will be
taken up next day. At 4:4O p m. the SEN
ate adjourned.
The time of the Senate was taken up for
two hours on the list with a speech by Sen
atOr Jeff Davis Of Arkansas, asking that the
committee on the judiciary be discharged
from further consideration of his bill for
the suppression Of trusts The remainder
of the day was given over to the consider
alton of a resolution by Senator Elkins, sus-
pending until January /. 1910, the COM
modify clause Of the Hepburn railroad rate
law. The resolution provoked much de-
bate and SO many amendments were offered
dealing. with other phases of the railroad
until Monday. At 4:29 p. m. the Senate
adjourned.
The policy sought to be established by
the government of providing and equipping
buildings for its ambassadors in European
capitals received a setback on the 2nd in
the Senate, where the diplomatic bill was
order by Mr.. Culberson of Texas, an
amendment appropriating 100000 for such
a building at Paris was stricken out. The
bill was then passed, following which
eulogies on the life and public services of
the late Senator. Mallory and Bryan of
Florida were delivered. and as a further
mark of respect the Senate at 400 o. m
adjourned.
Senator Buckley of Connecticut a mem
Der of the military affairs committee, spoke
at length in the Senate on the 4th on the
Brownsville ARRAY. He declared his belief
in the innocence Of the negro soldiers of the
Twenty fifth Regiment and said the rioters
In the town on the night of August 1914.
1906, in his judgment, were lawless Next
cans from outside the town, assisted by the
4wiess class within Br4WnsV i1 oo6 The he
relieve the recent cyclone sufferers in Ala
bama, Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana
was passed. At 4:47 p. IN. the Senate ad-
journed.
House.
Ostensbly considering the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill, the House devoted most OF
its time on the 2Sth to speeches covering a
wide range of subjects and concluded the
session by giving an attentive hearing to the
Presidents special message. When the por
millionaire whose son Is fool and his
daughter foreign princess was reached
there was a storm of applause. At sos p
III. the House took a recess.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
dnder consideration in the House of Rep
resentatives on the 10Th and the greater
part of the time was consumed in general
debate and discussion under the ive-minute
rule, which will be resumed tomorrow.
AIdrich currency bill and pleaded for the
passage of his bill TO create a currency
commission Mr.. Williams, Mississippi, pre-
sented petition, signed by 1854 of the 1865
Democrats composing the minority, asking
the speaker TO recognize some member or
the House to move the discharge of the
ways and means committee from further
consideration of the Stevens bill for the
removal of the duty on wood pulp and
print paper and to pa pass that bin or SINH
Iercd an amendment to the sundry civil bill
app,opriating 100000 for the establishment
of national art gallery in the Smithson-
ian Institution. The amendment was re-
iccted on point of order. The House dis
sreed to the senate Ten amendment men 1R to the
sent to conference. At oil p. m the
House took Il recess
consideration of the sundry civil appro-
priation bill was resumed in the House on
Townsend Michigan
IN amendment increasing from $4,000 to
%&Jo.0O0 the appropriation for the enforce
m"ut by the interstate commerce commits
son Of that clause of the Hepburn act d.
recUing the commission to cause to be made
tefstate railroads of the country to deter
rr!ae whether that law is being violated and
- make public the results of such eXamina.
ti-us. After debate lasting four hours the
amendment was agreed to. The House dis
agreed to the Senate amendments to the
District of Columbia and pension appropria-
ton bills and sent those bills to conference
The House spent all of the session on the
LIST in considering and passing paragraph by
paragraph under suspension of the rules,
the sundry civil appropriation bill. A de-
tcrmined effort was made to strike from the
bin restriction prohibiting the employment
"f secret service employees in any detective
work other than the guarding of the PreSi-
dent and the running down of counterfeit
e.s, but the limitation was agreed to and
the paragraph finally adopted in substan-
tally its original form. objection by Demo
cratic members TO unanimous consent de-
feated the passage of bill for the printing
and distribution of 100000 copies of q spe-
>ial report by the department of agriculture
describing diseases of cattle. At 5:14 p. u.
the House took recess.
Passage by paragraph, under suspension
of the rules, of the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill was continued in the House on the
2nd but was not completed. The bill au-
thorizing the appointment by the President
of an additional member of the Philippine
commission and that appropriating $780,
ooo for the, relief of the, cyclone sufferers
in the south were passed. At 5:22 D. N. |
the House adjourned.
The House on the 4th completely OVERRIDE
the committee on appropriations in connec- |
ton with several items in the sundry civil |
precipitation bill. When the measure was |
laid aside for the day $250OO0 had been |
added to the sum granted by the committee |
which included 100000 for gauging the |
streams and determining the water supply |
of the United States: an increase of S500 900 |
in the appropriation for testing structural |
materials and $4,000 for testing coal liz. |
mites and other fuel substances. At $50 p. |