Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-08
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.


ROosevelts four battle ship programme
failed in the Senate on the, 9th after
three days debate. AS finally passed the
bin appropriates 1923, liz, 659-provides for
two battle ships, two Colllers, purchase OF
three additional Golfers, construction or
other naval craft and q general Increase OF
pay.
The pension and the District Of Columbia
appropriation bills were passed by the Sen
ate on the 28th. In addition, the special
message Of the President urging legisla-
tive programme was read. and another chap
ter Of Senator Warmers speech on the
Brownsville ARRAY was heard. The rcsolu-
flOn of the House to give government ala 70
cyclone sufferers in the south was passed.
The resolution to extend The time when the
commodity clause Of the railroad rate law
shall become operative was called before the
Senate by Mr.. Elkins, but went over under
objection from Mr.. Culberson. The Senate
at 5.21 p. m adjourned.
Senator Davis of Arkansas created mild
sensation in the Senate the 10Th when in
discussing his resolution calling the Sec
rotary Of the interior for information about
the tribal rolls of the Choctaw and Chicka-
saw Indians Of Oklahoma be declared that
10000 names were being kept off the rolls
10y the secretary and instanced a case in
which he said nine members Of a family
were rated as negroes and only one an
Indian. Advancing toward Mr. Foraker or
Ohio, his voice Numbered throughout the
chamber and adjacent halls as he asked, II
the Ohio senator loved niggers" so well,
why ne did not come forward and defend
those members Of that race. Only laughter
greeted this and Mr.. Foraker requested in
"A mild tone that the senator speak louder.
Later Mr. Davis resolution was passed.
All the pension bills the calendar and
many other measures of minor Importance
were passed during the day. Senator
Warner Of Missouri, being i'll with a cold,
an agreement was reached to permit other
senators to read for him the remainder or
his brownsville speech. At APO p. III. the
Senate adjourned.
The Senate had under consideration all
day on the Both the agricultural approprla-
ton bill. Practically All the committee
amendments were disposed of except those
relating to the forest service, which will be
taken up next day. At 4 40 D. III. the Sen
ate adjourned.
The time of the Senate was taken IN for
two hours the list with Il speech by Sen
ntor Jeff Davis Of Arkansas, asking that the
committee on the judiciary be discharged
from further consideration Of his bill for
the suppression of trusts. The remainder
of the day was given over to the consider
alton of a resolution by Senator Elkins, sus-
pending until January !, 1910, the com
modify clause of the Hepburn railroad rate
law. The resolution provoked 50 much de
bate and 50 many amendments were offered
dealing with other phases of the railroad
legislation that the whole matter went over
adjourned
The policy sought to be established by
the government of providing ana rquippng
buildings for its ambassadors in European
capitals received a setback on the 2nd in
under considerations Through Il point of
order Ivy Mr.. Culberson of Texas an
amendment apprOprating S4OO.OOO for such
building ut Paris was stricken out. The
bill was then passed, following which
culogies on the life and public services OF
FLORIDA were delivered, ana as Il further
mark of respect the Senate ut 4:22 p. N.
adjourned.
House
The House rules keyed up to meet 4
Democratic filibustCr reacted On the 2Tth
to prevent Il message from President Roosc-
welt from being read. 1t WAS with an eye
single to political capital that the House
proceeded throughout the day. A resolution
was passed authorizing the news print
paper investigating committee 70 spend the
necessary funds to carry on the 1nycStiga-
tiOn The sundry civil appropriation bill
debated for three hours. Mr.. Mar
shall, North Dakota, attacked the Aldrlch
bill Mr. Spight, Mississippi urged Con-
gress to refund to the southern states the
$60,0O0o00 cotton taxes collected in the
Civil war, and Mr.. Shackelford, Missouri,
took the Republicans generally to task and
criticised the shortage in the st. Louis
sub-treasury. The session was ended at
sos
Ostcnsibly considering the sundry civil an
preparation bill, the House devoted most Of
Its time on the 2Sth to speeches covering a
wide range of subjects and concluded the
session by giving an attentive hearing to the
Presidents special message. When the Dor
tion of the message referring to the multi
millionaire whose son is fool and his
daughter 4 foreign princess was reached
therc was storm of applause At sos D.
~. the House took a recess.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
under consideration in the House of Rep
reSentatives the 18th and the greater
part OF the time was consumed in general
debate and discussion under the tive-minute
rule, which will be resumed tomorrow.
Mr.. Fowler, New Jersey, denounced the
Aldrich currency bill and pleaded for the
DassaCc of his bill 10 create n currency
commission. Mr.. Williams, Mississippi pre-
scented Il petition. signed by 164 of the 1866
Democrats composing the minority, asking
the speaker to recognize some member or
the House to move the discharge of the
consideration of the Stevens bin for the
removal of the duty on wood pulp and
print paper and to pass that bill or a sml-
fered an amendment to the sundry civil bin
appropriating 100000 for the establishments
of a national art gallery in the Smithson-
1ected on a point of order. The House dis
agreed to the Senate amendment to the
naval appropriation bill and the bill was
sent to conference. At OIL p. III. the
House took 4 recess
Consideration of the sundry civil appro-
priation bill was resumed in the House on
the 3oth Mr. Townsend Of Michigan offered
an amendment increasing from $4,000 to
S350.00O the appropriation for the enforce
ment by the interstate commerce commits
sion of that clause of the Hepburn act di-
recting the commission to cause to be made
examinations of the accounts of the in
terstate railroads of the country to deter,
mine whether that law is being violated and
TO make public the results of such eNamina-
lions. After debate lasting four hours the
aDlenUUleII WAS dSTepu 10. Inc House dis
agreed 70 the Senate amendments TO the
District of Columbia and pension appropria-
ton bills and sent those bills to conference
The House spent all of the session on the
LIST in considering and passing paragraph by
paragraph under suspension of the rules.
The sundry civil appropriation bill. \ de-
termined effort was made to strike from the
bill restriction prohibiting the employment
of secret service employees in any detective
work other than the guarding of the PrcSi-
dent and the running down of countprfeit-
ers. but the limitation was agreed TO and
the paragraph finally adopted in subStan-
tally its original form. objection by Demo
cratic members TO unanimous consent de-
feated the passage of a bill for the printing
aud distribution of 100000 copies of = spe-
cial report by the department of agriculture
describing diseases of cattle. At 5:14 p. N.
the House took recess.
Passage by paragraph; under, suspension
of the rules. of the Sundry civil apprOpria-
ton bill was continued in the House ON the
2nd but was not completed. The bill au-
thoriZing the appointment by the President
of an additional member of the Philippine
commission and that appropriating $780,
600 for the relief of the cyclone sufferers
in the south were passed. At 90 p N.
the House adjourned.