Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-02-13

in the republican national platform.
He devoted some attention to Mr.
Bryan, whom he credited with going
about the country accusing President
Roosevelt of grand or petit larceny in
purloining his ideas. Other speakers
were Messrs. Thomas Of North Car
DINA, Cox of Indiana, Hardy of Texas
and Nelson of Wisconsin. A bitter
attack on the rules and power of the
speaker was made by Mr.. Nelson re-
publican, who said the power of the
house was merged in the speaker.
He is the house." he exclaimed amid
democratic applause. He charged that
the business OF the country was not
being dispatched speedily, economic
ally or considerably. He did not, ne
said, believe In personality or parti
sanship. Il am speaking" he de-
clared, "of principles and not OF men
that are passing" 1t was intended,
he said, that the speaker should be
only mere moderator in according
the representatives of the people
their just rights and in securing q
square deal. But now he said the
speaker overrules ruthlessly the rights
OF his opponents and his own asso-
ciates as we'll. The minority. he de-
clared, were not only speechiess but
absolutely helpless, and as for the
majority members, they have to obey
the wifi Of the speaker. At times. he
added, they would break away, but
not for long because they were
brought back under the power of the
speakers spell. He said many of the
presidents policies were important,
but they were no more important than
parliamentary reforms in the house.
Washington, Feb. Elm a speech in
the senate Mr.. Culberson declared the
| secretary of the treasury by his re-
port to the senate has raised an issue
| of fact as to whether national banks
in New York used $75,000,000 of pub
! lie money deposited with them for
speculative purposes or whether this
money was used to meet the demand
outside the banks for reserve pur.
poses. Mr.. Culberson declared the re.
port had shown that the secretary
had violated the law in issuing
Panama bonds because the money for
| the canal was not needed; that he had
violated the law in awarding these
bonds to national banks instead of to
individuals and in using the proceeds
for the purposes set forth in his re
port and not for the construction OF
the canal. In issuing the per cent
certificates the secretary also VIC
lated the law because they are not
used for the purpose provided by the
statutes as there were ample funds
for such purposes. Said the senator:
New York city with about one-sixth
Of the capital and surplus of all the
banks secured a third of all the pub
lie money on deposit" The senate
passed the bill placing Major General
| o. 0. Howard on the retired list as a
lieutenant general He is the only Of.
ffcer now living who commanded an
army during the civil war. The house
| resumed consideration of the Indian
appropriation bill. For the first time
In several days remarks pertinent to
the measure were delivered. Mr..
Gardner of Michigan championed the
cause of non-reservation schools,
which the bill proposes to abolish.
Representative Cary of Wisconsin
| introduced a resolution to amend the
! constitution, making the term of a
member of the house four instead Of
| two years. Representative Hamlin of
Missouri introduced a bill to amend a
! section Of the pension laws to provide
pension not to exceed $40 a month,
for persons who served as members
| of state militia organizations that
were in service as long as 80 days I'M
| der an officer of the United States
army during the civil war.