Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-20
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

Senate.
Senator Bailey of Texas, member OF the
finance committee, which reported the Alu-
rich currency bill on the 9Th, spoke In OPP
position TO the measure. The Senate also
spent over an hour in debating the Frye
bull providing that materials ana supP ,es
Panama canal shall be transported only IN
American vessels. Resolutions of sorrow
upon the announcement OF the death Oh
Representative Adolph Meyer Of LOUISIANA
were adopted, and at 80 o'clock the SEN
ate adjourned as a further mark OF respect
TO his memory
Cotton as a basis fer the issuance of treas
ury notes In times Of money stringency was
the chief feature Of a speech in the senate
Senator McLaurin of Mississippi. Senator
GalIinger secured an agreement to vote on
the ocean mail ship subsidy bill March ~.
After passing several bills on the calendar
the Senate ut 3:15 p. N. adjourned.
4 message from the President and reports
from the committee on military affairs on
the Brownsville ARRAY consumed the time
of the Senate during the early part of the
session on the 18th A brief debate brought
out statement by Senator Warren, chair
man of the committee on military affairs,
that a bill Will be introduced for the
reinstatement of the discharged colored sol
dlers of the TWenty-hfth regiment under
certain conditions The Aldrich bill was
discussed by Senator Clarke Of Arkansas,
who declared that he would vote for neither
the Aldrich bin nor the Bailey substitute.
The consideration Of the Panama transpor-
tatiOn bill was postponed until tomorrow.
After the passage OF several bills on the
calendar the Senate at 4:15 p. N. adjourned
until the 18th.
Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts on the
18th strongly Endorsed the Aldrich currency
bill In the Senate aud declared that 1t
would be serviceable as emergency meas
nre. Senator Paynter OF Kentucky opposed
the bill Referring to Senator 9 Depew s. re- Re,
burning in Kentucky, Senators Paynter and
McCreary Of that state condemned such
lawlessness and denounced the tobacco
. n m
unit! the 18th.
Senator Bacon of Georgia in the Senate
on tn" 18Th spoke, OF executive encroach-
eminent ami read freely from newspaper
reports to show that legislation Is being
mapped out in the white house at confer
present. The bill providing for the ship
ment Of material intended for the Panama
canal In American ships was passed. Sen
ator Simmons Of North Carolina spoke in
favor Of the ocean mail shipping bill.
The Senate was not in session on the 14th
fiouse.
The House was in session but few min
uteS adjourning ut 12:12 upon announce
ment of Mr. Meyers death.
Consideration Of the postoffice appropra
ton bill was resumed i'll the House on the
10th A speech by Mr.. Hamilton of Mich-
gan UNFOLDING the right of the federal gov
ernment to control corporations and sus-
tanning the President in his attitude toward
them, was the feature of the day s proceed
ings Small of North Carolina and Finley
of South Carolina attacked the proposition
to increase the pay for ocean mail service
on the ground that it was a SuDtcrfuge for
ship subsidy. At 5:15 p. hi. the House
adjourned.
Persistent assaults on the postofce appro-
priaticr dill in the House on the 18th re-
suited In the application of that measure
IN many important parts despite the pro-
tests of Chairman Overstreet and the com
mittee. The letter carriers finally won their
fight for $1,000 salaries. The House also
allowed an additional $4,000 for clerks in
third class offices and $4,000 additional for
contract stations. There was Incorporated
In the bill provision prohibiting the trans
mission through the mails of Intoxicating
liquors, which was later modified to include
cocaine and its derivatives. Altogether the
appropriat lions .l carried by the btll were IN
adjourned until the 18th.
The pOstoffce appropriation bill had rough
sailing in the House on the 18th. The at
the pneumatic tube service. which was
changed that extensions of such service
should not be confined to the cities named,
but should be made wherever the post
master general may think best. The House
was a unit for Withholding a portion of the
pay to railroads for transportation of mails
until correct system of weighing should
be established. A vigorous but inenectual
fight was made ON Il proposition to increase
by 100000 the appropriation for paying
the expenses of railway mail clerks while
travelling on business of the department.
The House adjourned at 800 p. ~ until
the 18th.
Carrying the largest appropriation in all
its history-S222, 100, 392-the poSuotice ap-
preparation bill passed the House the
18th. This is 81 ,425,0oO more than was re-
ported by the committee. Chairman Over
street opposed the proposition to increase
the pay OF letter carriers, which was voted
into .he bill last Wednesday, but that ac-
ton was confirmed, 1876 to i26. The appro-
priation for the rural delivery service was
Increased 100000. Following the passage
of a number Of private bills and an agree
ment to take up the pension appropriation
bill on the 14th, the House at 4:3S p. IN.
adjourned.
Members of the House, on the 18th. were
afforded an opportunity, under license OF
general debate. to express their views on
topics OF the day. Among other subjects
politics the recent financial panic, the tariff
and the Sherman antitrust law were dis
cussed while the pension appropriation bill
technically was under consideration. Among
the speakers were Mr. Hamlin of Missouri
who placed on the shoulders of the Re
publicans the responsibility for the recent
panic; Mr.. Langley of Kentucky, who want
ed pensions granted certain persons in Ken
tucky who aided in SuppreSSing the re
belion, and Mr.. Hughes of New Jersey
who desired the Sherman antitrust law
amended so as to work less hardship OIL
labor organizations. At SIG p. IN. the
House adjourned until the 18th.