The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-04-23
MANITOWoC
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

The two features OF interest in the Sen
ate on the l4th were the speech OF senator
Foraker on the brownsville aIair ana tne
Presidents message advocating the DuilulnE
OF four more battle ships. The delivery OF
the speech and the reading OF the message
consumed practically the entire time OF tne
session. AT 3;23 ?. III. the Senate duJou'htu'
The Senate devoted its eutfe time on the
18th 10 considering bills on the caiehuaI.
Among the measures passed were tnost
snppressinC betting on races ana games %
various kinds In the District of Columbia,
providing for the purchase of iand between
Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall IN TINS
city as sites for government buildings,
creating a bison range in Montana, ahu
charging homesteads on non-irrgable lanas-
The swamp land reclamation bill was con
sidered for a time and was made the IN.
finished business of the Senate. Al o'oo
T. M. the Senate adjourned.
The Senate was not in session On the 10th.
Injunction against the enforcement OF
state laws can only be issued by ma
iority of three federal judges who are to
mass upon them II Il bill that passed the
senate ON the 18th becomes law. The bill
was opposed by MIR Hepburn on the ground
that the great distances between federal
courts in the west would operate to delay
the granting Of necessary inJunctions. Sen
ator Knox favored the bill. Al 3.tl J.. III.
The Senate adjourned.
Tributes Of respect to the memory Of INC
late Senators Morgan ANA IeituN OF Ala
hama. both of whom died during the re-
cess OF Congress last summer, occupied
nearly the entire session oil ult son
ntc ON The lsth. The District Of columbia
appropriation hiH was reported during tue
day.
The Brow svtIlr affair WAS again sub.
icct Of interest Va the S,Uat" ou The 2Oth,
when senator HurIh Of Idaho took To"
ground that negro soldiers of the Twenty.
NTH infantry were guilty ~ The raid ia tho
Texas town August IL. 1906 The Sguat"
gave further consideration 10 ih" TN dr.
voting about SJ.GuVpp received from the
sale Of public lands in Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida Illinois. Indiana, Iowa. Louisiana,
Michigan. Minnesota Mississippi Missouri.
Ohio and Wisconsin n the construction OF
drainage works in th"sr states. The sec.
tien of the hin authorizing the looming OF
This fund to states, corporations, etc, Tor
1he drainage Of state and private lands
was stricken out The naval and agrlcnl.
iural appropriation bills w,r" reported to
the Senate. Al 30 j.. n the S"uat" al
jpurncd.
House.
The expected fight IN the House over the
question whether there shall be two or four
battle ships authorized for the coming year
did not matcrializc on the lith, while the
naval appropriation bill was under cousidgr.
alton Instead, most of the session was de-.
voted TO a lively debate in regard 10 naval
stations In the Philippines The sum OF
$4,000. ms recommended by the committee
for improving and developing the naval sta.
ton at OlUngapO, Suhig Bay, was allowed
to stand The special message from Hrcs.
dent Roosevelt urging four battle ships
elected loud applause The naval bill was
not concluded when the House at SOB p. IN.
took q recess.
The House devoted the entire session to
the navy Increase provision Of the naval
appropriation bill and chief interest cen
tered in the question OF two hattlrshlps,
as recommended by the committee, or four,
AS urged by President Roosevelt The vote
was 1919 20 So 70 sustain the committees
recommendation. The House at 1O3 J.. IN.
took n recess.
The long existing controversy as to whoth.