Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-04-07
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Voting on Amendments to the currency
bill consumed nearly the entire session of
the Senate Wednesday. All Of the COM
mittee's amendments were accepted and
Incorporated in the bill, and all other
amendments, except one, were disagreed
to, the voting showing conclusiyely that
only with the sanction of the committee
could any change be made in the bill.
In the course of bitter dennnciation of
President Roosevelt on the floor of the
House of Representatives Mr.. Stanley
of Kentucky compared him with Alexan-
der Hamilton, whom he designated as IAN
obscure adventurer," and both of whom
he said had profound contempt for the
constitution and displayed everlasting inn
patience with its restraints. Mr.. Bryan,
he said, had the respect of the country as
statesman. Apparently ignoring Mr..
Stanley's remarks. Mr.. Cocks of New
York, representing the Presidents dis
trict defended the President against the
recent attack of Mr. Willett Mr.. Will
lett, replying, declared his complete abil-
ity to defend all that he had said.
The Senate Thursday devoted consid-
cradle time to the credentials of Senator
elect John Walter Smith of Maryland.
The result of a long debate was the adj
mission of Mr.. Smith. The currency bill
was then taken up and amendments were
considered More shafts of sarcasm and
invective were aimed at President Roose-
welt in the House. Mr.. Beal of Texas
charged the President with having been
guilty of "a disgusting usurpation of pow
er" not only toward the national legisla-
ture, but the judiciary as we'll. God and
the future alone knew, he declared. just
what niche he was to occupy in the tenn
pie of his country. The agricultural APP
preparation bill was considered for amend
ment.. and when it was laid aside for the
day there had been stricken out the pro-
vision for new weather stations in the
States of Texas, Kansas, Virginia Michi-
gan, Vermont, Missouri and Indiana.
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The Senate devoted its entire session
Friday to a consideration of the Aldrich
currency bill. After further amending
the measure, it was passed by vote of
AZ to 16. The Senate then adjourned
until Monday The question whether or
not President Roosevelt is an intolerant
man after the fashion of King George
Ill, arose in the House. The discussion
was founded on a local newspaper story
covering what purported to be the details
of an interview between the President
and Representative Deikema of Michigan,
in which the President was represented
as humping his desk and berating Mr..
Deikema for having joined in the report
of the subcommittee of the Judiciary COM
mittee censuring Judge Whitley of the
United States Court in China. Mr..
Deikema absolved the President from the
suggestion of intolerance, and said he had
displayed the greatest liberality in receiv-
ing his explanation. The agricultural APP
preparation bill was taken up, but it had
not been materially amended when it was
laid aside.
The Senate was not in session Satur-
day But little progress was made in the
House in considering the agricultural bill.
The discussion dwet mainly upon the pro-
posed establishment of federal standards
of cotton grades and federal inspection of
grains. Consideration of the bill had not
been concluded when the House adjourned
till Monday.
The passage of large number of bills
of minor Importance and an extended
discussion of a measure to authorize the
damming of the Snake River, Washing
ton, occupied the entire time of the Sem
ate Monday. The session was brought to
a sudden close by lack of quorum.
Charges of a serious nature against Gif-
ford Pinchot. chief of the forestry bu-
reau, were made in the House by Messrs.
Smith of California and Mondell of Wyo-
ming, during the consideration of the ag-
rcultural appropriation bill. Mr.. Smith
accused him of entering into secret un-
derstanding with the City of Los Angeles
with the view to securing the city valua-
BILE water rights in the Owens River Val
lev as against the interests of private
parties having prior claims. Mr.. Mon
dell denounced him for, as he charged. IL
legally paying the expenses of forest Off,
Gals in attending conventions in the
West. The bill was under discussion all
day.
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Nearly the entire session of the Senate
Tuesday was consumed in consideration
of bill to permit the building of dam
on the Snake river, Washington. and an
adjournment was only reached after Mr..
Heyburn of Idaho announced that he
would not permit a vote to be taken.
During the discussion of the bill Senator
Teller made speech against executive
encroachment Several bills of minor
Importance were passed. After having
undergone many changes, the paragraph
of the agricultural appropriation bill re-
lating to the bureau of forestry. was
finally passed by the House. Messrs.
Mondell of Wyoming and Smith of Cali
fornia continued their attacks on the BIZ
reau. supported by Messrs. Bonynge of
Colorado and Cushman of Washington
These embraced charges that the bureau
had created timber monopolies in favor OF
large corporations, Illegally assumed Jur-
isdiction over water rights belonging to
the Western States. and juggled with fig-
ures in order to obtain large approprla-
lions from Congress. The appropriation
for the investigation of soils was IN
creased.
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