Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-25
O. e. BOWEN,
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

The Presidents Panama canal message
received with loud laughter by some of the
81 majors Senator Foraker endeavored to
have adopted resolution calling ON the sec
rotary of war for detailed information con
ccTnlng the men employed instructions CIV
CT and expenses incurred in the inyestga-
ton hy detectives into the Brownsville at
fair referred to by the President in his mes
sage of the 14th. Senator Warren objected
+ immediate consideration. The postal saw
ings bank b II was the subject of speeches
hy Senators Carter and Depew, both of
whoH advocated the measure The bill was
made the unfinished bUsinessc, displaclns
commodity clause of the interstate com
mtrce law. On motion of Senator Fulton
the omnibus claims bin will be taken up on
January e. Brief memorial services were
held for the late Representative George w.
SIN tn of Illinois, and at 3:3o the Senate ad-
journed.
10th to discussion of the President
course i'll placing structures on Congress in
the matter of the secret service and a
searching resolution, proposed by Mr.. Aid
rich and amended upon the suggestion of
Mr.. Culberson, providing for a thorough
investigation by the committee on appro-
priatiOns of the Presidents charges, both i'll
respect to the acts and the course that
should be taken by Congress to resent the
imputations believed to have been cast upon
that body, was adopted. Mr.. Aldrich, in in
Producing his resolution. made no comment
upon it, but Senators Bailey, Bacon, Till
:Nan, CulberSOn and others declared that the
Senate highly insulting. Senator For
aker's resolution calling on the secretary Of
war for informatin concerning the work OF
detectives in the Brownsville affair also was
adopted Senator Lodge spoke in support OF
the Warner bill permitting the President
to re-enist, the discharged soldiers of the
The Senate at $3.50 adjourned.
The postal savings bank bill before
the Senate on the 18th for over an hour
Senator Burkett of Nebraska making com
-prehensiye argument in favor of its passage
The Senate listened also to the reading of a
message from the President recommending
Il change in the form of government of the
District of Columbia, by which a single
executive head would take the place of the
board of three commissioners who now
jointly act as a governing board. At 2:3O
o'clock the Senate adjJurne l.
The Senate was not in session on the 18th.
Acuse
The hopes of the so-calied insurgents for
Il revision of the rules of that body were
dissipated, for the time being at least, when
MI Gardner of Massachusetts failed to OBJ
tain the adoption of an amended resolution
callng for the appointment of Il committee
of eight members to consider the subject
and report the changes deemed necessary
BY 4 substantial majority the House voted
to take away from the committee OH for
e IN affairs consideration of the resolution,
which in its original form, simply called
for information from the secretary Of state
regarding what the british House of Com
mons had done in that regard. A ruling by
the speaker that the amendment of Mr..
Gardner changed the character of the reso-
luton in such a way rs to make it not pri,
vileged was sustained and the resoluti on
then was laid on the table. After passing
some bills relating to the District of Co.
Iumbia the remainde- of the day was taken
up with the bill to revise the penal laws of
the United States. AT $50 p. M. the House
adjourned
Except for few moments spent in the
transaction of routine business and the
passage of two bridge bills, the House on
the 10th devoted its entire time to the
further consideration of the bill TO revise
the penal laws of the United States The
Garrett amendment. which came over from
last night and which prohibited the sending
through the mails of information bearing on
transactions in futures was defeated by u
decided vote. Without opposition an amend
ment by Mr. Houston (Tennessee) was
adopted making it an offense to deposit in
or ship through the mails intoxicating
liquors. There was still pending when the
bill was laid aside amendment by Mr..
Humphreys of Mississippi providing for the
Identification of intoxicating liquors trans,
ported by interstate carriers This propo-
sition evolved extended debate. At 4:57 p,
III. the House adjourned.
By unanimous vote the House on the 18th
adopted a resolution presented by the spe-
ciaI committee of FIVE calling on the Presi-
dent for proof of his charge that members
were fearful of an investigation by the
secret service agents. The remainder of
thu day was given over to consideration of
bills on the private calendar, a large num-
Der Of which were passed. 1t 1850 p. ~
the House adjourned
Because of the general exodus of mem
bers for their homes for the Christmas holi-
days. the attendance on the 18th was far
short of quorum. Nevertheless good
sisted mostly of the passage of war claim
bills, some of them giving rise to consider
able discussion. At 4:47 p. m. the House
adjourned.