Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-29
EDUCATION BILL
BY STEPHENSON
WISCONSIN SENATOR WOULD GRE.
ATE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
AT WASHINGTON.
TODEVELOP COMMON SCHOOLS
Measure Provides Merging of Present
Bureau with the New One as
Proposed.
OTHER DoINGs AT THE CAPITOL

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 90
Especial. l-Senator Stephenson today in
troduced a bill to create an executive de-
partment of education. The bill provides
that the head of the new department
shall be known as the secretary of edu-
cation and there shall be an assistant
secretary and chief clerk and cOntem
plates merging the present bureau Of ed
ucation with the proposed new executive
department. Under this bill it shall be
the duty Of the proposed new depart.
ment of education to collect, classify and
disseminate information and advice on
all phases of education and to promote,
foster and develop the advancement and
Improvement in the common school sys-
TEN of the United States.
Conference on Currency.
A formal conference between the Re
publican cOnfereeS of the Senate and the
House on the currency bill was held to-
day. The conference adjourned shortly
before 2 o'clock with the understanding
that another meeting would be held later
in the day. From admissions made by
members of the conference, it is under
stood that while no positive agreement
was reached there was general accept
ance by the cOnferees of the plan Tor
compromise between the Aldrlch ana
Vreeland bills which was outlined yes
GerQay ana WHICH pIoNIueS A0I tIo rs
ance of emergency currency alternatlYely
under both the Vreeland and Aldrlch
plans.
Slayden Wakes Warm.
In the course of the consideration Of
the conference report on the military
academy appropriation bill in the House
today, Mr.. Slayden of Texas attacked
the Senate amendment providing for the
education at West Point of four Fill
lor1Cla +iOr no said SlmnV
bound the United States by yet another
tie to the Philippine islands. 1T is a
cheap bride to the Filipinos' he charged,
and one of a series of efforts TO break
their loyalty to their own race and to the
cause of Philippine independence. The
association of the United States and the
Philippines" he declared, was con-
ceived in greed, is supported by hypocrisy
and will end in disaster" He predicted
that should Secretary Taft become E'resf
dent, the United States government
would be run las a mere annex to the
Philippine commission and valued only
as a contribution.
Under suspension of the rules the
House today adopted an order presented
bv Majority Leader Payne, granting the
members leave to print for five days aft
er adjournment.
Williams Attacks Order.
Minority Leader Williams opposed the
order. In his opinion that privilege was
but reward to men who are unscrupu-
Ious men, who are dishonest in state
ments. men who are careless and reckless
of what they are willing to say" He
did not believe in matter going to the
congressional record that could not be
replied to. The Republicans. he charged,
intended to try to defend the policy of
doing nothing. One reason, he said
why the House of Representatives had
sunk so low was because the congress
sionaI record had become so bulky no one
reads it and the people were compelled to
get their information of what Congress
was doing from the press. The Repub-
icans. he said, had much to explain
TO the people