Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-03-13
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

SENATE.
Sueeches on the pending currency bill
were made on the Bird by Senators McCum-
Der of North Dakota and Newlands OF Ne
vada The Senate passed resolution OF
fered by Senator Tillman calling on the at
torney general for all information concern
ing court proceedings in the Indian Terri
tory affecting the Choctaw and ChickasaW
tribes A number of bills of minor import
apce were passed, and at o'clock the SEN
are adjourned.
Currency legislation was the subject OF
consideration in the Senate on the 4th a.; Sen,
ator Hepburn opposed the Aldrich bill and
Senator Hopkins spoke in support or the
bill. Senator Aldrich announced that ne
hoped to have a vote on the measure next
Wednesday. The Senate adjourned at p
Immediately after the opening prayer the
Senate on the 9Th adjourned out of respect
OF the memory of the late Senator Proctor
Of Vermont, who died yesterday.
The Senate on the 9th passed the army
pay bill increasing the pay of officers from
/ to % per cent. and the average pay OF
enlisted men 40 per cent Mr.. Depew spoke
in favor of the Aldrich currency bill. AT
2:35 p. III. the Senate adjourned until Mon
day.
The Senate was not in session on the 7th.
Senator Bailey of Texas, a member Of the
finance committee. which reported the AID
rich currency bill on the 9th, spoke In op-
position to the measure. The Senate also also
spent over an hour in debating the Frye
bill providing that materials and supplies
shipped from the United States for the
Panama canal shall be transported only IN
American vessels. Resolutions of sorrow
upon the announcement of the death OF
Representative Adolph Meyer OF Louisiana
were adopted, and at 4;30 O'Clock the Sen
ate adjourned as further mark OF respect
to his memory.
House
The charge that the railroads of the coun-
try carrying mails had robbed the people
Of $4,000 900 was made by Mr.. Lloyd OF
Missouri on the 3rd. He declared that the
new system Of weighing mails was an ad-
MISSION OF the postmaster general that the
weighing in the past twenty seven years
had beea fraudulent. He called for an In
ypstigaton of the postoffice department, and
Mr. Wanger of Pennsylvania, chairman OF
the committee to control the expenses OF
that department, promised that an inquiry
would be made. Thespostodice bill was still
under consideration when the House at SOC
adjourned
The postofiice appropriation bill technical
" was under consideration in the House on
the 4th, but the discussion, under license OF
general debate, took a wide range. Specu
iatiOn in cotton, finance, the tariff and 8
number OF miscellaneous matters in turn
occupied the whole time Of the. session: Mr.
Sims Tennessee, spoke in favor of the
Rurleson bill to abolish dealings in cotton
futures; Messrs. CLANCY Of Indiana and
Lindberg of Min9esota talked on On the 5e imam
pleaded for the placing on the free list OF
wood pulp and print paper. General debate
on the postollce appPopriatlGIh Dill VIII con con
he read for amendment. At 49, p. III. the
House adjourned.
Without transactng any business the
House on the 9th adjourned out of respect
TO the memory Of Senator Proctor.
The House on the 9th unanimously adopt
ed a resolution TO investigate the charges
brought by Representative LillPy OF Con
necticut Of corrupt influences upon members
of the House naval affairs committee il
connection with AUTHORIZATIONS for subma
rne torpedo boats. The bill to pay to the
archbishop Of Manila; of the Roman Cath Cath
Ollie church, $4O3,OOO for damages to church
property by the forces of the United State:
was passed. AT $50 p. m. the House ad
journed.
A part of the session of the House on thu
eth was devoted to the consideration o
private claims bills. A number were passed
after which the remainder OF the day Wa'
given over to eulogies of the late Repre-
sentative Campbell Slcmp of Virginia, A:
further mark of respect the House at 81
p. IN. adjourned until the 9th.
The House was in session but few min
uteS, adjourning at 1912 upon announce
.neut of Mr.. Meyers death