Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-05-26

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Tying Il tOtdl OF ABOUT $1-V,JJU,OUO, was
passed BIZ the Senate Thursday. This is
the last of the large supply bills, and its
passage places the Senate sQuarely along
side the House in the consideration of
the appropriation bills. and of the entire
fourteen leaves only the general deficiency
and the military academy bills to be con-
sidered. A portion of the session was de-
voted to the consideration of the bin sas-
pending the penalty feature of the COM
modify clause of the railroad rate bill.
Inc House devoted the entire day to the
Nreelsnd currency bin, which was finally
passed under suspension of the rules.
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Inc Nreeland currency bin, which was
passed by the House Thursday WINS 10.
hyered to the Senate Friday and nj once
sent 10 the committee on finance Sena-
Tor Aldrlch promptly made report from
the committee substituting the Aldrich
bill in an amended form. and il was
passed by the Senate. This action threw
the Oil into conference. and an effort
will be made to reach an agreement at
an early day. The work of cleaning up
legislation in the House preparatory Ia
adjournment May % proceeded at rapid
pace. With only a short time allowed
for debate the military academy appro-
priation bill and the omnibus public build
ing bill were passed, leaving of the sup
ply bills only the general deficiency bill
to be considered. Eight hundred and
twenty-five private pension bills were put
through. "A bitter and sensational attack
on former Speaker Keifer of Ohio by his
colleague, Gen. Sherwood, was a feature
of the days proceedings BY a strict
party vote the Vreeland currency bill as
amended by the Senate was after lively
debate, sent to conference-yeas 100,
nays 1903, present 6.
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The Senate Saturday adopted resolu-
ton reported by Mr.. Aldrich from the
committee on finance giving that commit
tee authority to employ expert assistants
necessary to provide for an intelligent
revision of the tariff and to report that
further legislation is needed to secure an
equitable treatment for agricultural and
other products of the United States. The
committee is also instructed to collect
proof of the relative cost of production in
this and the principal competing foreign
countries. A bill was passed appropriate
ing S5,000,OO0 for the acquisition of lands
on the water sheds of navigable streams
in the southern Appalachian Mountains
and the White Mountains of New Hamp-
shire and Maine. Senator Carter secured
an agreement to make the postal savings
bank bill special order in the Senate for
Dec II next. The process of cleaning
up preparatory to adjournment was con-
tinued in the House. The sundry civil
appropriation bill was sent to conference,
the conference report on the military
academy bill was agreed to, the general
deficiency appropriation bin was reported
and the following bills passed. Granting
compensation to government employees for
injuries sustained in the service. author
izing the continuance of the inland water
ways commission and creating national
forest in Minnesota. With the view to
paving the way for revision of the tariff
resolution was passed permitting the
committee on ways and means tc sit dur
ing the coming recess and conduct hear
ings.
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The Senate held a short legislative ses-
sion Monday, nearly half of which was
consumed by Senator Hepburn is
speech against a conference report on a
bill to increase homesteads on norirrigi-
BILE lands from 160 to 800 acres. which
he declared would apply to the richest
farm land of Idaho. The report was
Withdrawn. The conference report on the
legislative. executive and judicial appro-
priation bill was approved. Senator
Buckley of Connecticut spoke in favor
of his bill to authorize the President to
re-enlist the negro soldiers of the Twen-
ty-ffth Infantry. The passage by the
House of the general deficiency appro-
priation bill, carrying 17,36S,572, msrk-
ed the completion by that body of the
last of the great supply measures.
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A Democratic speech prepared for cir
culation in the coming campaign was de-
livered Tuesday by Senator Taylor of
Tennessee. Mr.. Taylor devoted his at
tention chiefly to the tariff and currency
policies of the Republican party. The
Senate agreed to the conference report
on the agricultural bill carrying a total
of S11.672. 106 The conference report
on the legislative Appropriation bill was
agreed to in the House: conference re-
ports on the agricultural and fortifcations
appropriation bills were received; ihe bill
making an appropriation of S1,5OO,0O0 for
representation by the United States at
the Toxic exposition in 1912 was passed,
as were also two omnibus bills embodying
forty separate measures, having 10 do
with public lands and matters in the ter
ritories. Pending a vote on bill pro
viding for the issuance of leases of pun-
lie lands in the Panama canal zone. a
recess was taken until II o'clock Wednes-
day.