Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-04-17
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

The army bill, carrying appropriation
OF almost $1oO,OOo,OOO, was passed by the
Senate on the 9th practically as reported
from the committee on military affairs. The
bill materially increases the pay of officers
and enlisted men. A resolution introduced
by Mr.. Foraker was adopted calling on the
secretary OF war for the names of all form
er soldiers of the Twenty fifth infantry,
discharged without honor on account of the
brownsville ARRAY, who have applied for
re-enlstment. AT 5:2J the Senate ad-
journed.
As an aftermath Of the passage yesterday
OF the army appropriation bill Senator Hale,
chairman Of the committee on naval ar
fairs, on the It'll warned against increases
OF the military establishment, saying they
were inviting a deficit. lie moved the re-
consideration Of the vote by which the
army bill was passed and his motion was
then laid on the table ut his request. Sen
ator Burkett characterized the proceedings
as one of bad faith The Senate passed the
fortihcatons appropriation bill carrying an
aggregate Of So, 1O6, 1877. As mark of re-
spect to the memory Of the late Represen-
tative Brick the Senate at 4:34 =. NJ, adj
Journed.
The Senate was not in session or the Sth
The employers liability bill recently passed
by the House was ON the 9th passed by the
Senate without amendment, so that 1T is
ready 10 20 to the President for his appro-
val. The Senate adjourned at $50 O'Clock
until Monday.
The Senate was not in session on the
10th.
House.
Beyond forcing roll calls on the approval
Of the journal and on Adjournment the
Democrats of the House on the 9th offered
no obstruction to the orderly transaction
OF business. Being suspension day several
important bills were put through by prac-
tically unanimous vote. Among these was
the Sterling employers liability bill, only
vote being recorded against it, that or
Mr.. Littlefeld OF Maine, and the bill es-
tablisbing naval station ut Pearl Harhor
Hawaii, against which Mr.. Sherwood OF
The whole of the session Of the House on
the 9Th was devoted to the consideration OF
the District of Columbia appropriation bill
Two amendments were adopted, one proyid-
ing for 75cent gas for all district establish
ments and the other requiring that all out
side doors to public school buildings shall
open outward. An effort to secure the in
corporation of a child labor provision failed.
The bill was passed and thereupon the
House at :Q6 p. M, out of respect to the
adjourned. The House was still on the
legislative day of Monday when the recess
taken.
The session Of the House on the Sth will
go down as one of the stormiest in its his
tory. The sum total of the days proceed
ings was the adoption of several additional
rules to check further the Democratic fill
buster and the passing of the two resolu-
tions introduced by Speaker Cannon calling
on the department of justice and the com
merce and labor department for certain in
formation regarding the so-called paper
trust There were nine roll calls during the
day, five OF them the new rules The
Democrats exhausted their resources before
they were made to feel that the Republicans
by sheer force of numbers had them beaten
at every point. The debate brought all the
leaders of the House to the front The
Democrats were again charged with making
the special rules necessary by reason Of
their fllbuster. while the Democrats reas-
serted that they at last were causing the
majority to enact legislation. At o'clock
the House took Il recess.
Three times on the 9th in the House the
Democrats caught the Republicans mapping
and forced them to produce a quorum ON
one occasion 4 vote by tellers disclosed the
absence OF quorum, but Speaker Cannon
peremptOrily applied the Reed rule and de-
ciared a quorum to be present. Both the
army and the fortified lions appropriation
bills were sent to conference; the Senate
bill to increase the efficiency of the revenue
cutter service was with Democratic help,
passed, and the bill to promote the safe
transportation in interstate commerce or
explosives was considered. 1t will be finally
disposed Of tomorrow. The Democrats pre-
vented the adoption of the conference re-
port on the Indian appropriation bin ana
caused it TO be sent back TO conference.
At > O'Clock the House adjourned.
Instead of interminable roll calls ana
clashes Of party leaders on questions OF
parliamentary law III the House on the
10th, there was an orderly session devoted
almost entirely to the consideration of the
naval appropriation bill. Chairman Foss OF
Illinois and Mr.. Padgett of Tennessee made
exhaustive speeches justifying the action
of the committee in reporting what they
charG Cterizcd as Il conservative naval pro-
gramme for the next fiscal year MeSSrS.
Fayrot of Louisiana and Mckinlay and
Knowland, Cal, pleaded for a navy of such
size as to be capable of uphOlding at all
times the honor of the country at home
and abroad, while Mr.. Bartholdt of Mis-
souri, advocated a halt in naval increase
and the substitution for it of arbitration in
matters of International disputes. Consd-
Grafton of the bill had not been concluded
when the House at > O'Clock took recess
Hntil II 80 tomorrow.
Debate on the naval appropriation bill in
the House on the 11th resolved itself into 4
discussion of the possibilities of Il war be-
tween the United States and Japan. Mr.
Hobson of Alabama pleaded for four battle
ships instead of two for the next fiscal
year. A war between the yellow and the
white races he regarded as inevitable. and
he asserted that Japan'S present military
activity was With a view to the supremacy
of the Pacific, and as natural consequence
there would be Il clash ut arms with the
ton, Ohio. and W. w. Kitchin, North Caro-
lima, disputed that contention, each Of them
ayowing that the clash not only would not
come, but that the United States should re-
main in the forefront Of modern civilization
as the exponent of peace. Others who
spoke We're Lilley, Connecticut; Gill. Mary
land: Dawson, Iowa; Loud, Michigan :;
Smith. Texas. and OConnelI. Massachusetts,.
Mr.. FCrriSS, Oklahoma condemned the deal
ingS in futures in bucket-shops and else
where in farm products. At ) o'clock the
House took u recess until 1880 a. m. Mon
day