Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-16
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WORK OF CONGRESS,
Senate.

The Senate was not in session on the TIN.
A bill to provide for the taking of tn
thirteenth and subsequent censuses was o.
the Sth reported to the Senate TO De collsld
cred the 9th. Several resolutions calm
on the secretaries OF state, OF dGrlcQltQi'
and of commerce and labor for infOrmaTloL
concerning duties sugar were auoDleu
= 1850 p. m the Senate adjourned.
During nearly five hours on the 9th me
pill to provide for the thirteenth ana sunse-
Quent censuseS was under discussion IN the
Senate. The measures had been Amended
since its original passage by Congress IL the
last session, when it was vetoed by fFeSl-
dent Roosevelt because of provisions a!lom h
ing senators and representatives pfaclIcallJ
TO select employees of the census Tor ap.
DOntment. These features of the bill calteu
forth a general discussion in the senate GA
the subject of civil service reform ana me
present operation of the law was denounced
Ivy several senators. AS amended by tn%
committee the bill placed appointments III
the census under the civil service colnIhiS-
sion. The consideration of the bill had not
been completed when, at 0:OS p. N, ZIG
Senate adjourned.
The bill to provide for the taking OF the
next census was passed by the Senate on
the 10th in Il form which. it is understooq,
will meet the views of the President regard
Ding appointments for census work uhder
regulations by the civil service COMMISSION.
Efforts by some senators to allow these ap'
pOintments to be made upon recommends
ton of senators and representatives WIN
out examination received only slight sup
port The interesting feature was speech
bv Mr.. Bailey who said it was reported
thai if the bill as passed did not provide
fOr appointments under the civil service the
President would veto it, and added that II
any such threat were made it would Stir
up severe criticism of the President
The tariff bill was reported on the 18TH
Ivy Mr. Aldrich from the committee on
finance, and on Thursday it Will be taken
up for consideration. Senator Daniel lea
Democratic criticism of the reporting OF the
bill to the Senate without atfOrding the
Democratic members
Spect it. Senator Aldrich replied that &c
have proceeded otherwise would have Ell
bers Of the minority that the RepuD nG ,I
majority alone would be held responsible
for the tariff legislation to be enacted by
this Congress. y message from the House
asking for the return of the bill reached tht
Senate too late for action. Adjourned at
12:45 o'clock until Thursday.
House
Wrangling, confusion, captious ob1ec-
TONS personalities ana language bordering
on vitupcratiOn marked the fist days GIo-
cuSsiOn of the Payne tariff bill for amend
ment in the House of Representatives on
the 9th. With practically full attend
ancc the members were wrought up to a
high tension and were prepared to fight to
the last ditch for those things which their
constituents were demanding. The entire
day practically was consumed In discussing
Mr.. Tawney (NIichD the advocates of free
lumber went down to defeat by the narrow
margin OF SIX votes. following the SURFING
out of the cOuntervailingd uty on lumber
An overwhelming majority was mustered
against the amendment by Mr.. Scott
(Kan) taking hides from the free list and
fixing a duty upon them of 10 per cent. ad
valorem. The barley schedule came in for
lively discussion, and when the bill was
laid aside for the day there were pending
two amendments, one raising the rate III
the Payne bill from 10 cents to % cents a
busheI and the other fixing the rate at IL
per cent. ad valorem. The sum total OF
The days work. with the exception of the
elimination of the countervailing duty OH
lumber which was a committee amend
ment, was to leave the bill in identically
the condition in which the committee re
ported it. This grants free raw hides and
a duty Of 81 per Thousand on sawed lun-
her. At 58 p. m. adjourned.
The House Republican organization met
defeat on the 18th when by united action OF
the insurgents and the Democrats an amend
ment was made to the Payne tariff bill
practically providing for crude oil and its is
prevent the action, but in spite of the spe
cial rule limiting the schedules to be dis
cussed. The removal of the duty is intended
as a blow at the Standard company. Dur
ing the day tea and coffee were placed on
the free list, the barley schedule was left
unchanged, and the duty on barites is dou
bled. Mr.. Stanley QIy), and Mr.. Clark
IFla), talked of the proposed duties. Ad
jOurned at 5O4.
Because of the numerous committee
amendments to the Payne tariff bill the
cOmDeIleu
evening in order to insure action on the
various paragraphs coming within the scope
of the special rule adopted last Monday be
fore the final vote on the 9th. At one time
the Republicans were caught mapping and
an amendment by Mr.. Clark of Missouri
was adopted fixing the rate of duty on wire
of the Nc. Is gauge at three-quarterS of q
cent per pound but this was thrown ont
later. Fearing that he might not meet with
such success again. Chairman Payne took
his Republican colleagues to task for ah-
senting Themselves from the chamber and
appealed to them to remain in their seats
This was done, with the result that in all
the committee amendments he was SuS-
ta!ned With number of committee
amendments yet to be considered, the House
at 6:5S D. m adjourned.
The Payne tariff bill was passed by the
House on the 9th by vote of PIT to l61,
Rfter three weeks of consideration. One
Republican, Austin CTenn), voted against
the measure and four Democrats, ali from
Louisiana, Broussard. Estopinal, Pujo and
Wickliffe, voted for it. An attempt by the
minority leader, Champ Clark, to recommit
the bill with instructions failed. resolu-
sessions be held only on Mondays and
Thursdays. Adjourned at $40 p. m.
The House was not in session on the 10th
The House was in session two hours and
fifteen minutes on the 10Th. The first &C.
tion taken was the adoption Of resolution
calling upon the Senate for a return of the
Payne tariff bill next Thursday in order
that it might be corrected so. as to include
products Of petroleum in the free list. Dur
ing the confusion incident to the passage of
the bill Friday last it was believed that this
provision was embodied In it, but it de-
veloped that such was not the case, al,
though it clearly was the intention to in
clude these products along with crude and
refined petroleum The House authorized
its enrolling clerk to make the correction,
and he can make the change within a few
minutes. 1t will therefore cause no de-
lay in tariff legislation. There was much
opposition to two resolutions, one to APP
point several janitors and the other to APP
prnpriate for the expenses of the House in
cident to the extra session The first was
second was adopted only after Mr. Macon
OF Arkansas had forced a roll call on a
point OF no quorum. After sending the cen
sus bill to conference the House at 2:15 2.
m. adjourned until Thursday