Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
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The Senate was not in session FRI
day. In the House the legislative. ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill,
which usually exeites considerable dis
eussion, lasting for several days, was
passed with little debate and practi-
cally in the shape in which 1t came
from committee An unusual feature
was that no member asked for time to
indulge In general talk, The bill car
ries an appropriation of $3l .665.3a0.
The House, Immediately after conven-
ing, unanimously and without debate
adopted a resolution providing for the
appointment of committee OF FIVE TO
consider the reference to the secret
service in the Presidents message.
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The Senate was not In session Satur-
day. No particular program had been
mapped out, but under a call of COM
mittees several measures in which the
1 WttN tttNitStCU
were considered. With few exceptions
they engendered the liveliest sort OF de-
bate. Parliamentary tactics were free
ly reS9rted TO, with the result that five
| times the roll was called The first
wrangle occurred on resolution fixing
the boundary lire between the States
of Colorado, Oklahoma aud New Mex
leo, which was adopted by good ma
| jority. but not without two roll calls.
| The House then by a decisive vote re-
| fused further to consider the bill pro-
viding for arbitrary settlement Of dis
putes between employers and employees.
Next the bin providing for the protec-
tion of aliens in the United States was
thrashed out nj length. The measure
had rough sailing, and II was passed
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The Brownsville affair consumed
nearly the entire session of the Senate
Monday. Senator Foraker obtained the
floor easly and read letters from for
mer soldier of the Twenty-iifth regi-
ment telling of the procedure of gov
eminent detectives in attempts TO get
confession from him. Mr. Foraker
introduced an amendment TO his orig.
ina bill for the re-enlistment OF these
soldiers providing that commission
Of three retired army officers be ere
ated 10 determine whether discharged
| soldiers are innocent of completely i'm
the shooting up of Brownsville MS
prerequisite for their remlistment. in
stead of leaving that duty with the
President as provided by the Warner
bill The Presidents message giving
the results of the War Departments
investigation of the Brownsville affair
was read and Mr., Foraker again took
the floor to comment upon the mes
sage While considering bills dealing
with affairs in the District of Column
bia the House passed measure for
S5-cent gas in Washington The bin
now goes TO the Senate, as well as am
other bill abolishing bucket shops in
the District A bill providing for free
lectures in the public schools was voted
down. An attempt by Representative
Henr. Of Texas TO obtain a change in
the reference of bill prohibiting the
making of future contracts ON agri-
cultural products brought forth the
promise from Chairman Scott of the
agricultural committee that his COM
mittee would soon grant hearings 10
farmers unions and others on this sub
ject. The House voted to adjourn Sat
urday, Dec 10. TO Monday Jan. 4.
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The Presidents Panama canal message
was read IN the Senate Tuesday and its
reading was received with loud laugh
ter by some of the Senator's Senator
Foraker endeavored to have adopted
resolution calling on the Secretary of
War for detailed information concern
ing the men employed, Instructions Civ
en- and expenses incurred in the in
vestigation by detectives into the
Brownsville affair referred 10 by the
President in his message of Monday.
Senator Warren objected TO immediate
consideration. The postal savings bank
bill was the subject of speeches by Sen
ators Carter and Depew, both of whom
advocated the measure The hopes OF
the so-called insurgents for revision
of the rules of the House were dissl-
patcd, for the time being Mt least. when
Mr.. Gardner Of Massachusetts failed TO
obtain fine adoption of an amended res
olution calling for the appointment Of
a committee OF eight members to con-
slider the subject and report the
changes deemed necessary BY q sub
stantial majority the Hous, voted TO
take away from the Committee on For
eign Affairs consideration Of the reso-
luton. which in its original form. sim
ply called for information from the Seq
rotary Of State regarding what the
British House Of Commons had done in
that regard. \ ruling by the Speaker
that the amendment of Mr.. Gardner
changed the character of the resolution
I'm such u way AK TO make II not priyf-
legged was sustained and the resolution
then was laid on the table After pass
ing some bills relating TO tine District
of Columbia the remainder Of the day
was taken up with the bin to revise the
penal laws Of the United States.
INTERESTING NEWs ITEMS.
Boodhounds win be added to the
Washington police force for work in the