Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
LAWMAKERS MEET
Second Session of the sixiieth
Congress Begins Its Work
SEYERALNEW MEMBERS SWORN
If the Republican Leaders Retain
Present Views There Will Be very
Little Else Done by the Congress
Except Appropriate Money For
Various and Sundry Objects.


Washington, special.-If Republi-
can leaders retain their present views
the legislation of the session of Con-
gress which began Monday will in
clude very little except the appro-
priation bills. These bills will carry
in the aggregate about S1,OOO,GOO,OO0,
and the general opinion is that in the
time that will be allowed, the two
houses will find they can best serve
the country by giving proper atten,
tion to these appropriations.
There will be a general effort, to
hold the appropriations down to the
Lowest possible limit. 1t is generally
understood that there will be bill
for the improvement of rivers and
harbors, to carry rot less than $25..
100000 or $3O,00O,OOO. Provision
must be made this year for the GEN.
sus of 1910, and this will require not
less than s1O,O00,O0O. There will be
other exceptional demands, so that as
it looks now Congress will do we'll
if it succeeds in holding the appro-
priations for the second session Of
the Sixitieth Congress to the dimen-
sions of those of the first session.
The House committee on appropria-
tions already has begun its work on
the sundry bills.
The feet that the managers desire
to restrict legislation will not pre-
vent other members Of the Senate
and House from exerting their efforts
in behalf of favorite measures. The
first effort in this direction will be
made in the Senate by Mr.. Foraker,
WHO will renew his attempt to have
passed the bill authorizing the re-
enlistment of the negro soldiers dis.
charged without honor on account o.
the Brownsville riot. This measure
will be the special order for Decem-
Der 18th. Senator Beveridge will
make an effort to obtain early con-
sideration of his child labor bill, ano
Senator Carter, of the postal savings
bank bill.
1t is quite certain that the recent
agreement between the United States.
and Japan will receive early consid-
Grafton in the Senate. Already q
number of Senators have privately
expressed qisapproval of the fact
that the compact was entered into
without consulting the Senate.
Monday at u O'Clock both houses
of Congress convened for the begin
ming of the second session of the Six
tieth Congress. Practically no busi-
ness was transacted in either house
Monday. In the Senate Ex-Governor
Cummins, of Iowa, took the oath OF
Office as the successor of Senator Al
lison ,as did Carroll S. Page,Tof Yer
mont, as the successor OF Senator
Stewart. In the House the seven
members who were elected in Novena-
ber to succeed members who have
died or resigned, arc Henry A. Barn.
hart, Democrat, who succeeds the late
Mr.. Brick, Republican. from the thir.
tecnth Indiana district; Albert Esto-
pinal, Democrat, who succeeds the
late Mr.. Meyer from the first Louis.
lana district; Otto G. Foelker, Re.
publican, successor to Mr.. Dunwell,
Republican. III the third New York:
district; Frank E. Guernsey, Repub"
lican, successor to Mr.. Powers, Re-
publican. from the fourth Maine dis
trict; Eben M. Masters, Republican,
successor to Mr.. Parker, Republican,
from South Dakota at large; 0. c.
Wiley, Democrat, successor to his
brother, A. A. Wiley, Democrat, from
the second Alabama district, and
John P. Swansay, Republican, sue
cessor to Mr.. Littlefeld, who resigned
during the last session from the Sec
ond Maine district.
The two houses appointed commit
tees each to notify the other House
and the President that the two bodies
were organized and prepared to GO
forward with the business of the ses-
sion. The Senate then adjourned Tor
the day, out of respect to the mem
ory Of Senator Allison. who died dur
ing the recess. The House terminal"
ed its bref session with resolutions
commemorative of the lives oil
Messrs, Parker, Wiley, Dunwell and
Powers, who have died since adjourn
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