The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-18
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS
Matters Of ImPortance Before TIE
National Lawmakers.

ANa0OMAA A1AW AaaM~kSs
Tuesday, after the completion Of
preliminary routine business the
presidents message was read in both
houses, adjournment was then taken
until noon Wednesday.
An emergency volunteer army meas
ure was advocated Tuesday by Pres
ident Roosevelt in special message
sent to congress, and the draft Of the
bill accompanying the message was
introduced in the senate by Mr.. Gull
lom. The president says the bill is
intended to replace the present law,
which was placed on the statute books
"piecemeal and hurriedly, partly on
the eve of the war with Spain and
partly after hostilities had actually
commenced" After declaring that
the present law Is faulty and wholly
inadequate to speedy and proper
organization of volunteer force, the
president says the bill proposed, which
was drawn under the supervision OF
the chief of staff of the army, has the
hearty approval of the war depart
ment. The proposed bill Is elastic; un-
der It's provisions force Of 100000
men could be raised, as well as one
of $4,000.
For nearly five hours the house OF
representatives considered the bill
providing for the taking Of the thir-'
teenth and subsequent decennial cen
suses, and passed it without material
change.
The session Of the senate Wednes-
day was chiefly devoted to the for
NAL presentation Of departmental re-
ports and the introduction Of bills.
The reports have been made public
from time to time, and the bills, num-
bering 352, were chiefly for the grant
/ ing of pensions. Senator Johnston of
Alabama introduced a bill to reinstate
former Cadets Rossell and Weaver,
dismissed from the military academy
for hazing. He declared that their
punishment was excessive, and said
| that every new senator was hazed by
being given unimportant assignments
and 4 oipg restricted in his privileges.
He d. cot wish to have the idea go
forth that the boys mothers have to
look after them after they enter the
military academy.
i In the senate Thursday Senator
Lodge gave notice that he would
i speak on the Brownsville question
Wednesday. The senate, after an ex-
ecutive session, adjourned until Mon
day. The house received the report
of legislative, judicial and executive
appropriation bills The house Thurs
day passed an amendment to the pres
emit army and navy desertion act. a.
bill to appropriate sum to reimburse
4 the Island of Hawaii for its light
house service Immediately preceding
federal control of the island was pass
i ed. Proceedings were Interrupted
4 when Henry G. Worthington, a form
or member, was stricken with apo
plexy5 Mr.. Townsend of Michigan
called UP a bill authorizing the pres
i ident to appoint commission to in
vestigate commerce and labor dis
putes. r
A resolution was presented in the
house Friday calling for investigation
relative to charges in presidents mes
sage on secret service. The house be-
gan reading and debate on the legis-
lative, judicial and executive appropri-
! alton bill. The committee on COM
merce made tentative plans for inves-
tigating trip to the Isthmus Of Pan
anna The senate was not in session
Friday
The house of representatives Satur-
day was in its old time form. Parlia-
mentary tactics were freely resorted
to, with the result that five times the
roll was called. The first wrangle oc-
Cured on resolution, fixing the
boundary line between the states Of
Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico,
| which was adopted by good MAORI
ty, but not without two roll calls. The
house, then by decisive vote, refus-
ed to further consider the bill proyid.
ing for arbitrary settlement Of dis
putes between employers and en-
ployees next turning attention to the
bill providing for the protection OF
aliens in the United States, the sub
ject was threshed out at length. The
measure had rough sailing, and it was
passed by slim majority, after the
roll had been called twice.
The senate was not in session Sat-