Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27


| day. Discussion in the House dwelt
mainly on amendments providing for in
| creases in the salaries of the surveyors
general of the several States. In each
case the amendment was rejected. But
| little progress with the bill had been
made. when the House adjourned until
| Monday.
After a brief executive session Monday
the Senate ordered the doors closed and
for several hours discussed the Wether-
| spoon nomination. An agreement was
reached TO consider the ocean mail sub
sidy bill on Wednesday. The legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill,
one of the large supply measures of the
government, was passed by the House
The amount carried by it is practically
| as reported by the committee-S32, :
336,573.
In the Senate Tuesday the Aldrich bill
was opposed by Mr. Stone of Missouri
He argued in advocacy of the plan for
government guarantee of deposits in ma
tional banks, and Senator Bacon of
Georgia took occasion to oppose that prop
osition. Mr.. Bacon declared that if such
plan were put into effect State banks
would be put out of business, as their
deposits would find their way into ma
tional banks. The bill to revise the GRIM
inal code was considered during couple
of hours. Speaker Cannon's presidential
boom was given a boost in the House
hon Nr foil of ba
subject to the fore as the climax of a half
hours speech. His remarks were based
on the fact that Tuesday was the thirty
fourth anniversary of Mr.. Cannon's first
speech in the House. Most of the day
was taken up by discussion of the bill
to provide for taking the next census.
\ speech by Senator Johnston of Ala
bama on the Aldrich currency bill and a
statement by Senator Hale, chairman of
the committee on naval affairs, concern
ing the proposed investigation of charges
of defects in construction of battle ships,
were the chief subjects of interest before
the Senate Wednesday. The bill pro-
viding for the taking of the thirteenth
House. Progress with it was slow be-
cause of numerous amendments offered.
The bill was amended in one important
particular, however, and that was limit
ing the census TO the mainland of the
United States, Alaska. Hawaii and Porto
Rico. Mr.. Henry of Texas urged the Re-
publicans to bring in an employers liza
bility bill and bill requiring notice be-
fore the issuance of federal injunctions
The Senate adjourned few minutes
after converting Thursday morning out of
respect to Senator Latimer of South Car
DINA, whose death was announced. Most
of the time the House was in session was
consumed by the reading of impeachment
charges offered by Mr.. Waldo of New
York against Federal Judge Lobbius R.
Whitley of the United States Court at
Shanghai, China, which were referred to
the committee ON the judiciary. The
House adjourned early as a mark of re-
spect to Senator Latimer
IOeudtUI L VI bdlllOTuld TIudy
spoke in the Senate in justification OF ex-
penditures for the upbuilding of the
American navy and of the policy of send
ing the fleet into the Pacific Ocean. The
Tillman resolution, authorizing the Attor-
ney General to prosecute the transporta
ton companies of Oregon that have re-
ceived public lands and have violated the
terms of the grant, was adopted. The
time of the House was devoted to consid-
Grafton of the District of Columbia street
railway bill, providing for extension of
street car lines to the new union station.
The subject of universal street car trans
fers in Washington elected special atten-
ton and no disposition was manifested to
amend the provision except to strengthen
it.