Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-06-05
WORK OF CONGRESS
Senate.

on the Goth in such an unimnosIs$eea along
that little effort was required on ~ ~ way
OF Managers h ger, OF the tibuster to oceupy par fns
time by d1latory tactics. The confnrpp8S 'hs
the currency bills met and the Senate w "a
merely kept in session in the hoa'oe was
something might be done toward subs taat
opposition. During the day bin n rne
passed amending the navigation law law, was
, many minor respects and a resoIutiomm S w N
considered calling for names of formorr was was
masters who served from 1864 To ~ ,poSt
who have been adjudged by the anditar ana
titled to additional Compensation, A. IN en-,
| the Senate adjourned. al ole
The conference report on +bo
bill was laid before the Senate sb0r.I.e ncy
fore adjournment on the 9th. and Mr 0e'
rich announced that on the 28th be- a' wo n5a,
sideration until disposed of = WINS Idder con
ing for the conference report thp swat m<
was occupied with running debate on S rTa
for pinriss g0Ehernment employees
Senate passed resolution calling for tne
dited accounts of former postmaSrarS'' , az
served between 1864 and 1874 where " ar
counts have not been certified for paymSnt
! under the act of March g. 1883 A. IN
the Senate adjourned. 90"
The considerable of the conference 70
port on the currency bill on the 2Slh
showed plainly that there would be iitfio '( on
no obstructive tactics against its paSSor U'
Senator Aldrich briefly explained the Ino7 7e
gre and little political by-pay was intro
|
Bacon of Georgia, who tainted mem6crS
of the majority with Discrimination to neSs
antl-injunction and campaign contributors
publicity bills before adiournment yhI IoI
called forth claims of interest in " horn
measures by senators on both sides 6nr
gave no promise of action at this Session
Senators Teller of Colorado, Owen of Okla
| aoma and Newlands of Nevada all spoke IN
opposition to the currency BILL and no
other senators desiring to speak. the Iattnr
part Of the session was devoted to consider,
ing unobjected bills on the calendar. House
bills were passed requiring interstate rail.
! roads to equip locomotives with ashpans
that will not require employees to go under
the, locomotives to dump and clean them,
and to promote the safe transportation of
explosives AT 5:35 p m adjourned.
When the Senate convened on the Doth r.
became apparent that a tilibuster small in
numbers but determined, was about to try
! to defeat the currency bill. Senator chi.
berson spoke at some length after the re-
port of the conferees was introduced and
scored President Roosevelts administrations
for extravaganza. During this speech Sen
ator La Toilette conferred with Senator
Stone. who had just arrived from Missouri
| The Wisconsin senator called for a roll call
every time 1T appeared there was no quorum
present while Mr.. CulbersOn was speaking
| When the speech against the admnistr9-
ton was finished Mr.. La Toilette took the
floor and announced his intention of talking
the currency bill to death. He reSorted to
many devices to pass the time and keep the
floor, calling for roll calls, reading from
documents and answering questions, He
took the floor at l o'clock in the afternoon
and held it till late at night.
The passage of the government employees
liability bill and the adoption of confer
ence reports on the public buildings and
the. deficiency appropriation bills immedt-
| Vreeland compromise currency measure in
the Senate on the 30th and disposed OF
most of the remaining important legislation
before that body. The deficiency bill car
| AUTHORIZATIONS aggrppatlnp
of which $12,466, $50 is for beginning WORK
authorized by the public building bill. The
Senate adjourned sine die at II p. m.
House.
The two floor leaders Of the House again
on the 26th occupied the center of the
| stage, and performed their usual feat OF
charging each other with responsibility for
the conditions at present existing in that
body. The conference reports on the mill
tary academy appropriation Pill was agreed
to. Bills were passed as follows: Refund
| ing certain stamp taxes on foreign bills OF
| exchange and certain duties on anthracite
COAL. Illegally collected; providing for the
| opening to settlement of portions Of the
| Cheyenne and Standing Rock Indian agen-
cies; promoting the safety of employees on
railroads by requiring the equipment OF
| locomotives with ash cans that can be
dumped without requiring an employe to
go under the locomotive; promoting the
safe transportation of explosives. The
committee on appropriations suffered defeat
in the rejection of bill to acquire certain
lands as an addition to Rock Greek PARK
in the District of Columbia. After passing
resolutions reclassifying the clerks In the
government departments at washington ai1Ca
! and declaring entitled to their seat Messrs'
McGavin Republican, and SABBATH Demo
craft as representatives from limos, ,t tae
House at 7:43 O'Clock, owing to the dill
Guilty of keeping a quorum, took recess
Interest in the proceedings of the House
on the 9th centered in the report OF Tue
committee on the currency bill. AFTER al, an
| hours debate the report was adopted, 100
to 40, all the Democrats voting against IT.
Fourteen 'insurgent' Republicans voted
with the opposition. Aside from the cur .ho
rency proposition there were passed sea me the
| erection in Washington of pedestaii t hon
the statue of John Witherspoon; requiring
greater space and better accommoTs!i9 o
thorizing the sale of certain LANDS at . tng
head of Cordova Bay, Alaska, and grantlns
relief to the Alaska Terminal and Na'I "a
| completion of the Washington and West
ern Maryland Railroad in the Olstrsct oo W.
Columbia; authorizing resuryey OIL OF ee 70
tain townships in wyoming; g fssinn sddl-
| the interstate commerce commission a ai
| tional authority in the matter OF tequiL naT
reports of all accidents on interstate or mi
riers. The conference report on Tue =. Jun! me.
bus bill and the Senate amendments ~ on
| bill granting obsolete ordnance TO Fa1 rrore
institutions and organizations aiso WI" the
! agreed to. After passing Dill reEl3ln9 Nae &C.
| tdr1H laws OF the IullppluS 60 and
ing agricultural machinery, lmpIeIlentt11 omse,
other articles on the free list, the A00''
at 9:55 O'Clock took a recess. IN
The following measures were passed lSse f Sd
the 2Sth.: To establish two or IaoT Wash en-
| cultural stations on Puget SOUND, w. m"' no,
amending the laws Of transportGatnottans nv
tween Hawaii and the United ot" nessen.
removing the penalty for carrying Pproyid.
gers from Hawaii to this country P tH' in
ing for the entry of agricultural I oItimore
forest reserves; authorizing the ba s Nary.
and Washington Transit Company ot hia m"t ns-
land to enter the District OF Golqi ata INV.
tabishing an assay Office at Salt La5e ~ f s..
Utah; incorporating the Brotherno%1o o, OF
| Andrew and incorporating the, - IonS wives
ional club, which is composed OF t L,hers OF
| and daughters of senators and meuIOe4
| Congress- Recess at 4:4O p. m. ,.
The situation in the Senate on tp nnnres-
rency question combined with the OPP ~ do
| siveness of the heat and indtsposltlona - 40
further business caused the House use. d mill
O'Clock on the 10Th to take r ee'Gaio'lty a
z O'Clock. With the greatest oILucJbmT of
quorum was maintained a large nu XIV A
members already having left the cry eliot.
bin was passed providing for mak LaEsro n'G
ments on the Fort Peck Indian Fe resi- inns" bns.
Montana, and a lot of miscelIaILeo3 isa cree.
ness was transacted, being mostly u1@"I iIls,
| ments TO Senate amendments 10 uIlnol he
| Tin 70 the time of taking the FeCe9" Pr+