Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-07
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

Senate.
The entire time of the Senate again
given to the general discussion OF the tatiH
bill on the 29th. Senator Rayner OF Mar!
land led off with a general dcnuuciat!on OF
the protective system of the keluhIc'lh
party, and was followed by Senator NcIS"h
Of Minnesota, who made an earnest plea
for the admission of lumber free of duty.
His assertions aroused a general discussion
which was participated in by senators
Hale, Warren, Carter, Clapp, Mri urn
McCumber, EIkins, Aldrich and Gal!ihgcr.
At 800 p. M the Senate adjourned.
An extended speech by Senator NIcCumber
| faVoring free lumber occupied several hours
in the Senate on the Both His remarks pro
voked an extended controversy among ad-
| vocates of a tariff on lumber. Mr.. McCum-
Der said while he was thorough prutec-
zionist, he would not agree to Il tariff on
products such as coal. iron ore, lumber and
oil that are being exhausted and cannot be
replaced Senator Aldrich reported from
the committee on finance additional amend
ments to the tariff bill and the Senate
further notice the Senate shall meet Mt II
o'clock daily. At Cos the Senate adjourned
until II O'Clock Monday
An extended defense of the lumber duty
provided in the Dingley bill was made in
the Senate on the Bird by Mr.. Piles of Wash
ington. He was followed by Senator Borah,
who discussed the income tax, declaring IN
favor not only of it's justice as a means
of raising revenue, but in view of the dlvld-
ed opinion in the supreme court of the
! United States insisted also that it was The
/
| ton OF the cOnstitutiOnality of the tax to
the court. AT 4:52 the Senate adjourned.
! Notable speeches provoking debate of in
| tense interest characterized the session of
/ the Senate on the 4th. Senator Dollivcr of
! Iowa made an attack upon the mcthoGs
under which protective tariff DIS are
formed and engaged in constant exchange
of words with Senator Aldrich, who was Il
/ careful listener to the address Of the Iowa
senator. On the Democratic side senators
remained mute, no member of the minority
! I'M ter n
! the tariff. which occupied the Rcpubllcan
! senators alone. AT times this debate threat
| ened to be acrimonious. but the Iowa Seha-
/ tor was ever ready with a humorous retort,
! which called forth laughter at times when
angry words seemed unavoidable. senator
: BOrah concluded his speech on the income
tax. delivering an extended legal argument
/ to show that there is ample reason Tor be
| lieying that the supreme court OF the INT
ed States might reverse itself if the conSti-
! tutonality of that tax should again be
presented to it. strong plea for the extern
was made by Senator Bradley of Kentucky,
who declared that V RI the protective policy
covering products # his state. Kentucky
would be as safely Republican in the future
Adjourned at Oil O'Clock.
The tariff bill was again taken up by the
| Senate on the 9th for the consideration of
committee amendments that were passed
over upon the first reading Of the bill, after
! it had been practically laid aside for ten
DAYS, while senators have been making
speeches the measure as Il whole. small
progress was made in the consideration Of
the measure, only eight pages being con
sidered before adjournment. There was
much debate the various amendments
that were acted upon. Senator DOlliver
concluded his speech begun yesterday. At
500 o'clock the Senate adjourned
House
In an eleven-minute session the House on
the 10Th did not take up any of the i'm
Dortant business which will have to be
! considered this session. Mr.. Wanger Pa.I
endeavored to obtain the adoption Of reso-
luton of good will and friendliness for the
people Of Turkey and the new sovereign,
but as Mr.. Macon (Ark) objected the mat
fer went over At 1911 p. m. the House
adjourned to meet again at noon on Mon
day.
The House was not in session on the 30th.
It took the House just twenty minutes on
the Ord to meet and transact its business,
in that time, however, the DIRECTORS got in
their work with telling effect. Mr.. Wan
ger Of Pennsylvania again lost out on his
resolution Of congratulatiOn to the Turkish
people on the success of the recent revOlu-
ton unanimous consent being refused him;
so did Mr. Hay of Virginia, who wanted a
lot of information from the civil service
commission regarding appointments, dis
m.ssalS and designations. point of order
by Mr.. Payne of New York, the majority
leader. against the adoption of resolution
to that end was sustained by the speaker.
and before the subject could be pursued
further the House at 1920 p. N. adjourned
until Thursday.
The House was not in session on the 4th.
The House was not in session on the 9TH.