Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


The Senate was not ip session
Thursday. After lively debate the
Democrats in the House failed in their
efforts to have a provision brought in
by Mr.. Tawney appropriating $4,000
for President Tafts travelling expenses
ruled out or stricken out of an urgent
deficiency bill The latter measure
was under consideration throughout
the session Members on the Demo
cratic side were unsparing In their
charges of bad faith, because the
House at the last session, as they al
legged, pledged itself not to make any
additional allowances to the President.
Mr.. Rainey of Illinois gave as the rea-
son for its pr asentation at this time
the desire of the President to boost
the League of Republican Clubs
throughout the country.
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The Senate was in session only
eighteen minutes Friday. adjourning
at 1918 p. m. until Tuesday. In adj
dition to the swearing in of Senator
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eG of the presentation of petitions and
the introduction of bills of minor i'm
portance Feverish excitement over
the baseball game scheduled between
teams representing the Democratic and
Republican sides of the chamber was
responsible for short session of the
House. Chairman Tawney's desire was
to conclude consideration of the ur-
gent deficiency appropriation bill, but
strenuous pressure was brought to
bear upon him, and the Speaker caused
them to agree to let the bill go over
until Monday. The only action of i'm
portance in connection with the def
cheney bill was the striking out of the
appropriation OF 100000 for participa-
ton by the United States in the Brus-
sells exposition At 2:44 p. m. the
House adjourned until Monday
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The Senate was not in session Mon
day. Having gotten over its baseball
spree" of the previous Friday, the
House transacted a general assortment
of business. 1t began by passing an
omnibus bridge bill, then listened to
an apology by Mr.. Hobson, of Ala
bama, for having last February made
some uncomplimentary statements
about Ambassador OBrien at Toxic,
and further considered the urgent de-
ficiency bill There were several live
ly tits, one of which eliminated in an
announcement by Mr.. Macon of Ar
kansas that he would resign his seat if
it could be proved that he was legis-
lative Instructor The most serious
discussion centered about Francis j..
Heney, special assistant to the Attor-
ney General Chairman Tawney, of
the Appropriations Committee, made
the statement that Mr.. Heney had re-
ceived during the last year $4,000 for
services he did not render.
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When the Senate met Tuesday Sena-.
tor Brown of Nebraska sought to have
adopted the joint resolution directing
the Secretary of State to transmit to
the Governors of the va:ious States
copies of the resolution providing for
a constitutional amendment authoriz-
ing the levying of an income tax, but
under objection from Senator Kean
consideration was postponed a day
under the agreement to transact no
business while the tariff bill is in con-
ference. Mr.. Cummins, after some de-
bate. obtained an order for reprinting
a bill in which he was interested Sen
ator Smoot objected, but finally with
drew his objection. Without transact
| ing other business the Senate adjourn
ed until Friday. The urgent deficien-
| cy bill was passed by the House after
| four days of tempestuous debate. The
| amount carried by it is $454,S09, or
| $20,408 more than the original sum,
and includes the $4,000 travelling ex-
| penses for the President. After deny
| ing the usual extra months pay to Of
| ficers and employees of the capitol the
| House threw out of the bill the allow
| ance for extra work to committee
| stenographers and then refused to car
| ~ out a mandate of the United States
| Supreme Court for the payment of j.
| M. Ceballos & Co. of New York of
$205,614. Finally the Democrats led
| by Mr.. Bowers of Mississippi, sought
to defeat the proposition for the pay
ment of the Presidents travelling ex-
penses, but in that they were unsuc-
cessful. Adjournment was taken until
| Friday noon.