Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-04-24
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

The two features Of interest IN the sen
ate on the 14th were the speech OF Senator
Foraker on the Brownsville affair and the
Presidents message advocating the DulldIhg
=, of four more battle ships. The delivery OF OF
the speech and the reading of the messase
consumed practically the entire time OF the
session. AT 323 p. N. the Senate aoJourhcu'
The Senate devoted its entire time a on sne
18th to considering bills on the caIen 1Sase
. Among the measures passed were tnoee
suppressing betting on races and games Oh
various kinds in the District OF Sql o11oaL
Pennsylvania avenue and the Mail 10 Inis
city as sites for goyernmenmf n+ 0ui,oia ana
enlarging homesteads on non-lrrigaple lanus'
The swamp land reclamation Dill was con
siIered for a time and was made the I'LL
finished business Of the Senate. AT o'oo
J p. N. the Senate adjourned.
p The Senate was not in session on the 18th.
-, Injunction against the enforcement EN- OF
jority of three federal Judges, VINO are TO
pass upon them if bill that passed the the
was STma opposed Dos by Mr. Hepburn on the ground
that the great distances between federal
courts in the west would operate TO delay
the granting of necessary inJunct!ons. Sen
ator Knox favored the bill At 3:41 p m.
the Senate adjourned.
Tributes Of respect to the memory of the
late Senators Morgan and Pettus or Ala
bama both Of whom died during the re-
cess of Congress last summer, occupied
nearly the the 1s snre Tb ses psrct of Columbia
appropriation bill was reported curing Tue
day.
The Brownsville affair was again a sub
iect Of interest in the Senate on the Goth,
when Senator BOrah Of Idaho took the
ground that negro soldiers of the Twenty
qttn 5H town August 15 1906 The senate
further sid era to the FROM o the
y Ssa gr a nDBc lands in Alabama Arkansas
Florida, Illinois, Indiana Iowa, Louisiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri:
Ohio and Wisconsin to the CONSTRUCTION Tbo so OF
1pai
tion of the bin authorizing the loaning of
this fund to states, corporations, etc, TOT
was stricken out. The naval and agricul-
tural appropriation bills were reported to
the Senate. At 2:3O p m. the Senate ad-
jOurned.
House.
The expected fight in the House over the
question whether there shall be two or four
did not materlalize on the 18th, while the
naval appropriation bill was under consider
alton: Instead, most OF the session was de,
stations in the Philippines. The sum of
100000, as recommended by the committee
for improving and developing the naval sta
ton at Olongapo, subig Bay was allowed
to stand. The special message from Presi-
Slotted loud applause The naval bill was
not concluded when the House at SOB p. m
took recess
The House devoted the entire session to
the navy increase provision of the naval
appropriation bill and chief interest cen
tered in the question of two Dattlesh1ps,
as recommended by the committee, or four,
as urged by President Roosevelt The vote
was 100 to SO to sustain the committees
recommendation. Inc house at o:oo p H.
took recess.
The long existing controversy as to wheth-
er the United States navy should have SUBJ
marine torpedo boats of the Holland type,
as recommended by the committee on naval
affairs, was settled in the House on the
Of the e navy to purchase only boats of the
Holland type was stricken out. The effect
of this action was to give the secretary a
boats A humorous speech by Mr.. Will
liams, in which he had several friendly
clashes with NJ a0Ds0n OF aaRam tb over vel
tention of the House for some time: After
agreeing TO take up the diplomatic nat 1o and
consular appropriation Dill next, the House
at 5:52 adjourned.
The attitude of Emperor William and the
Berlin court toward David Jayne Hill was
the subject of comment in the House on the
18th during the consideration of the diplo-
matte and consular bill, Mr.. Perkins of
G DEM d. the ' practice Of selecting men Of
great wealth to be the nations diplomatic
Representatives. Under license of general
advocacy of the Acknowledgement of the
southern negro; MIR. Burton Of Ohio dis,
depression and various other matters were
discussed With the diplomatic bill still
under consideration the House at SAP p m.
recessed.
Sharp criticism of lavish entertainment
by rich American diplomats in order to es-
tablish a social standard abroad was heard
in the House on the 18th in the course or
consideration of the diplomatic and consul
lar appropriation bill, which was passed
under suspension of the rules. 1t carries
an aggregate of So, 500 2S3 After having
been in continuous session since April =,
by resorting to the process of recessing
from day to day, the House at 6:1o p. m.
adjourned until II o'clock Monday, when
euiogies of the late Representative George
Smith OF Illinois will be delivered.
With the exception of Messrs. Cooper and
Nelson of Wisconsin, Republicans, the
House on the goth by strict party vote
declared that the action of Speaker Cannon
last Saturday in summarily adjournng the
House was not "a breach of the privilege OF
the House affecting its safety, dignity and
the integrity of it's proceedings" The dec
iaration was made when resolution by
Mr.. Williams holding such a breach to have
been committed was tabled 146 to 119
The Republicans put through an amend
ment to the rules making any day "sus
pension day" and substituting a majority
for two-thirds vote to pass any measure
Mr. Dalzell. its author, notified the Demo
Gratis that they could trust to their imagina
tons for any legislation they would get TIL:
session. The Democrats forced repeated rol
calls during the day.