River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-17
MAY
ADJOURN DEG q.
BOTH HOUSES ANXIOUS FOR THE
HOLIDAY RECESS.
PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK
Action on Objectionable Part OF
Presidents Message Expected
Foraker Bill to Come up
in Senate.

Washington, Dec. 14.-Both houses
of congress are counting upon con-
Guiding the Christmas holiday
work of the session during the present
week. The date of the adjournment
for the holidays has not yet been def
nitely determined, but most probably
1t will fall on December 81.
The senate will take another ad-
journment from Thursday until the
following Monday without any expec-
tation of doing any business on
Monday beyond providing definitely
for the Christmas recess. The house
will continue its work until Friday or
Saturday, but will then adjourn until
Monday unless another plan of ad-
journment is pursued. Some mem
bers who reside in far-distant states
are urging that the adjournment
should begin on Saturday, and the
leaders are not turning a deaf ear
to their pleadings. When taken, the
holiday adjournment will be until jan
uary 4.
Action on Presidents Message.
1t is expected that both houses will
deal during the week with the ques-
ton of the paragraph in the presi-
dents message relating to the secret
service. The Perkins committee prob
ably will present it's report to the
house early in the week, and in case
a resolution dealing with the subject
&c, will no
before the dispersal of the house for
the holidays.
The present program in the senate,
80 far as the senate has program, is
to have introduced a resolution similar
to that passed by the house, which au-
thorized a committee to deal with
the question and report back. Who
shall introduce the resolution and
what committee shall be designated to
perform the service are not yet alb
solutely determined. 1t is not antici-
pated that the question will be
discussed to any extent in either body,
as all senators and members of both
parties feel that as they are dealing
with the president, dignified course
should be pursued. If, however, a con-
troversy should be started in either
body it probably would take a wide
range and result in much political de-
bate.
What the House Is Doing.
The house began the routine bust
ness Of the week Monday with the
consideration of business pertaining
to the District of Columbia, and on
Tuesday will continue the considera-
ton of the bill codifying the penal
laws, which received much attention
during the last session. Thursday
and Friday will be given over to pen
sion bills and other private measures
unless there is another appropriation
bill ready for consideration. Strenu-
GUS effort is being made to get re-
ported early in the week the bill
making appropriations for the District
of Columbia, and if this effort should
be successful the bill will be passed
before the holidays
Foraker Bill in Senate.
The first days of the week in the
senate will witness an effort by Sena-
tor Carter to procure the passage Of
his bill providing for the establish
ment of postal savings banks, and on
Wednesday that measure will give
way to the Foraker bill authorizing the
re-enlistment of the negro soldiers
who were discharged without honor
because of their supposed participation
in the Brownsville riots of 1906. Sena-
tor Lodge will talk at length in opposi-
ton to the Foraker measure, and no
inconsiderable debate may be antici-
pated. 1t is not probable that action
will be taken on either the Carter or
the Foraker bills during the week.
The senate will devote a part of Tues
day to eulogies on the life of the late
Representative George w. Smith of
Illinois.
The senate census committee will
begin work early in the week on the
bill providing for the thirteenth cen
sus, but probably will not be able to
report until after the holidays. No
effort will be made in the senate to
act upon any of the appropriation bills
until after .reconvening in January.