Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-01-01


icific recommendation but only had
lasked that Mr.. Booker of Missouri
and one or two other democrats from
THAT safe be considered according to
their special fitness. Mr.. Williams
maintained other wise and the anger
Iof the two men Increased until they
came to blows. The fight was pre-
coded by the passing Of the lie on
the floor Immediately after adjourn
ment of the house.
Mr.. Williams struck the first blow
and Mr.. De Almond retaliated vigor-
lously iwth clinched fists. When the
combatants were separated blood was
flowing down Mr.. Williams face from
small cash in the left cheek and his
forehead was red and abrazed. Mr..
De Almond bore no mark of the fras
A resolution offered in the house
by Mr.. Mccall of Massachusetts post
poning until next May the quetiOn of
the location of the statue of General
u. S. Grant In the United States bo-
tanicai gardens IN this city, furnished
the occasion for = brief but lively
debate. Mr.. Smith of Iowa strenu-
ously objected to its consideration,
because he said the site already
agreed upon represented the best
Judgment of Secretaries Root and
Taft, General Gsenyille NJ. Dodge, the
senate committee on ibrsry and the
members Of the Grant family. Messrs.
Williams of Mississippi, Sherley of
Kentucky and Mann of Illinois, sought
in vain to get Mr. Smith to permit the
resolution to pass, but he was obdu-
rate and the contractor will now be
permitted to go on with the work of
builing the foundation. 1t was rep
resented that in placing the statue on
the site selected, many historical
trees would be destroyed.
Representative Hill introduced the
following concurrent resolution:
THAT it is the sense of congress that
the secretary of the treasury should
in his discretion and under such
regulations as he may prescribe. per-
nit the receipt of certified checks of
banks in payment of all public debts,
the deposits of the same in depository
banks, and the drawing of checks
against such depository accounts by
Idisbursing officers in sub-treasury
elite as well as elsewhere"
Washington, Dec. 21-After being
in session about 90 minutes the house
adjourned until January 6. The pro-
/ ceedings were enlivened by a fiery
speech by Mr.. Gaines of Tennessee,
who criticised the house for it's. action
and for taking such long recess at
a time when we should have gone
to Wall street and throttled the
thieves and turned back to the honest
people their hard earnings" Mr..
Gaines was preceded by Mr.. Hepburn
of Iowa, who protested against what
he said was the indiscriminate way
in which committees were given au-
thority to sit during the session Of
the house, thereby causing members
to be immune from arrest in case it
became necessary to secure quorum.
AC HtOIColo Vi bOlu LhGLl, AOHGNEls
were unayailing.
Mr.. Adair of Indiana introduced a
bill making it the duty of the secre-
tary of the treasury on the first of
July, October January and April of
each year to receive bids from ma
tional banks applying to receive de.
posts ION calD, of the surplus
moneys in the United States treasury
and to award such deposits to the
highest bidders. Under the terms of
the bill the secretary is authorized to
also make four months time deposits
under certain conditions. In all cases
where government funds are awarded
for deposit the successfuG applicant
! is required to furnish security accord
| ing to existent laws.
The senate passed bill suspending
during 1907 the requirement that
miners shall do at least 500 worth
of work annually during the period in
which their claims are being per-
fected. Senator CuIlom introduced a
JOINT resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution limiting the
terms of the president and vice presi-
dent to six years and prohibiting re-
election for second term.
The senate passed without amend
ment a deficiency appropriation bill
which had previously passed the
house appropriating $4,000 to re-
Place the seeds burned at the agricul-
tural department warehouse In this
city November 6.
Senator SCOTS bill providing build
ings in Washington for the depart
ments Of state, justice aud commerce
and labor, was reported favorably to
the senate from the committee On
public buildings and grounds.
A bill providing for security to de-
positors of banks and for the "preven-
ton of boarding Of currency" was IN
troduced Saturday by Senator Owen
of Oklahoma It Ixes a tax upon all
deposits and from the fund thus ere
ated provides for the payment In full
OF all depositors when a bank is de.
clared inso'vent, The SECRETARY of
the treasury is directed to maintain a
fund of 9I00.0000ov in treasury
notes which may be loaned upon
bonds of 80 per cent. of their value.
The bill provides that advances from
| it shall be charged for at the rate