Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-02

WORA OF
CONGRESS

The announcement of the death of Sem
ator William James Bryan of Florida
was made IN the Senate Immediately after
the prayer by the chaplain Monday.
whereupon. in respect TO his memory, the
Senate adjourned. In the House Mr..
Mann of Illinois charged that Mr.. Sulzer
of New York had put in the Congressional
Record what purported to be speech de-
livered by him last Saturday. but which
Mr.. Mann charged was not the one deliv-
cred. A resolution offered by Mr. Mann
to expunge the printed speech from the
record was adopted by strict party vote,
but not until after the House had been
treated TO a bitter denunciation of Mr..
Mann by Mr.. Sulzer and several lively
tits between the latter and the Speaker.
The currency bill was practically given
an exclusive right of way in the Senate
Tuesday until finally disposed of by an
announcement from Senator Aldrich that
he would move Wednesday to give it that
status. Senator La Toilette concluded
the third installment of his speech on the
bill. a question brought out statement
by Mr.. Aldrich that he hoped to see the
creation of a joint commission of the
Senate and House authorized TO consider
permanent currency reform before Con-
gress adjourned. Determination TO con-
duct a filibuster on all occasions where
opportunity presented itself, in order to
force the Republicans to action on an
employers liability bill and other meas
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announced by Mr.. Williams of Mississippi
in the House. General debate on the ag-
ricultural appropriation bill continued
throughout the day, except for a brief
time, when Mr.. Sulzer of New York, by
way of retaliation for the action of the
House Monday in eliminating from the
record his speech of Saturday last, sought
to have expunged some remarks of Mr..
Dalzell of Pennsylvania regarding the
rules. In that however, he was unsuc-
cessful.
Voting on amendments to the currency
bill consumed nearly the entire session of
the Senate Wednesday. All of the COM
mittee's amendments were accepted and
Incorporated in the bill, and all other
amendments, except one, were disagreed
to, the voting showing conclusively that
only with the sanction of the committee
could any change be made in the bill.
In the course of a bitter denunciation of
President Roosevelt on the floor of the
House of Representatives Mr.. Stanley
of Kentucky compared him with Alexan-
der Hamilton, whom he designated as IAN
obscure adventurer," and both of whom
he said had profound contempt for the
constitution and displayed everlasting i'm
patience with it's restraints. Mr.. Bryan,
he said had the respect of the country as
a statesman Apparently ignoring Mr..
Stanley's. remarks, Mr.. Cocks of New
York, representing the Presidents dis
trict, defended the President against the
recent attack of Mr.. Willett. Mr.. Will
lett, replying, declared his complete abil-
ity to defend all that he had said. All
the remarks were made during general
debate on the agricultural appropriation
bill, the consideration of which had not
been concluded when the House adj
journed.
The Senate Thursday devoted consid-
cradle time to the credentials of Senator
elect John Walter Smith of Maryland.
The result of long debate was the ad-
mission of Mr.. Smith. The currency bill
was then taken up and amendments were
considered More shafts of sarcasm and
invective were aimed at President Roose-
welt in the House. Mr.. Besil of Texas
charged the President with having been
guilty of "a disgusting usurpation of pow
err not only toward the national legisla-
ture but the judiciary as we'll God and
the future alone knew. he declared, Just
what niche he was to occupy in the tenn
pie of his country. The agricultural APP
preparation bill was considered for amend
ment. and when it was laid aside for the
day there had been stricken out the pro-
vision for new weather stations IN the
States of Texas. Kansas, Virginia, Michi-
gan, Vermont, Missouri and Indiana.
The Senate devoted its entire session
Friday to consideration of the Aldrich
currency bill. After further amending
the measure, it was passed by vote of
AZ to 10. The Senate then adjourned
until MONDAY. uutStlOH NH'thC' "
not President Roosevelt is an intolerant
man after the fashion of King George
Ill, arose in the House.. The discussion
was founded on local newspaper story
covering what purported to be the details
of an interview between the President
and Representative Deikema of Michigan,
in which the President was represented
as humping his desk and berating MI
Deikema for having joined in the report.
of the subcommittee of the Judiciary com
mittee censuring Judge Whitley of the
United States Court in China. Mr..
Deikema absolved the President from the
suggestion of intolerance. and said he had
displayed the greatest liberalfty in recelv-
ing his explanation The agricultural APP
preparation bill was taken up. but 1t had
not been materially amended when 1t was
laid aside.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
Tho Senate has confirmed the nomi-