The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-04
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

proposal, but an attempt 10 rehcn an aBrte-
ment as to Il day for voting on the measur"
failed The reading by Senator McLaurin
Of Washington's farewell address consumed
the first hour of the session: sehator Aid
rich obtained the consent of the Senate 10
resolution continuing the committees OF
the Senate as they now exist until their sue
cessors are chosen In the next regular ses,
sion. The agricultural appropriation bill
was taken up. The Senate adjourned al
4:4O p. m.
The President Is authorized to appoint
lions for re-enlistment of discharged negro
soldiers of the Twenty fifth Infantry regi-
ment who were accused OF shooting up
Br9wnsoil!e Tex, on the night IT. of Fl, august
pose was passed BY the Senate on the 23rd
by party vote OF SO to &c, except that Sen
ator Teller voted with the Republicans for
the passage of the bill. The bill Is a com,
promise mcG>~re approved by, President
Roosevelt, Senator Foraker and all of the
Republican members of the committee on
the fortifcations bill. with appropriations
aggregating $S,32O,11 and the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill carrying So
64G,3S6. At 44O o'clock the senate au
jour2ed.
The agricultural appropriation bin was
under discussion in the Senate during prae-
tcally the entire session on the Attn. Sen,
Qtor McCumber of North Dakota discussed
at length the right of Congress under the
constitution to fix standards for grain and
declared that present practices make IN
possible Tue SAFE OF WtSttTu gram a. Inv
prices 10 which it is really entitled. Sen,
ator Hepburn denounced the methods OF
administering the forest service III a sprth
which occupied two hours. tonSidcra non
Of the bill was not concluded. Adjourned
at 80 y. m
The entire time Of the Senate was occn-
pied or the 18th with the consideration on
the agricultural appropriation blll. MANY
items providing for various inNeSilEa lions
and matters relating to new iegiSlation
were stricken from the bill on points Oh
order. The forestry service was again Sc
verely criticised by Senators carter ana
Hepburn. The Senate at Cos O'Clock al
journcd.
The passage of the agricultural appropria
ton bin 10y the Senate on the 10Th followed
an extended debate OF the forestry service,
which occupied the entire seSs on. A.
passed the measure appropriateS Sl3.O11,Il6
which is an increase of Sl01,S9o over tue
bill as passed by the House, senator FRYE
gave notice thar he would call up The river
and harbor appropriation bill tomorrow
morning At II o'clock. AT $50 o'clock the
senate adjourned
The river ana harhor bill, carrying an M
preparation of about $9,Ipp,0Op was passed
Saturday. Eulogies were delivered upon tn.
lives of the late Senator Latimer of South
Carolina aud the late Representatives Pow
crs OF Maine Wiley of Alabama Meyer OF
Louisiana. Brick Of Indiana and Granger oi
Rhode Island. senators Tillman. Hemea.
way, Overmun, Carter, Smith OF Michigan,
CLAY Flint and Gary spoke on the life OF
Mr.. Latmcr: Senators Frye, Sutherland
Dixon. smith of Michigan and Hale on Mr.
Powers; Senators Bankhead. McEnery and
Johnston on Representative Wiley: Senat ore
McEncrv, Clapp, Perkins, Gallinger aud Eos.
ter on Representative Meyer: senators BrV.
erdgc and Hemcnway on RepresentatlN'
Brick. aud Senators Aldrich and Nrtlnort
on Representative Granger. Adjourned al
5:"7 r. III.
House
4 second speech by Mr.. Ralncy Qll) &c.
iterating his former statements concerning
the Panama canal ana blttcr arralgnment
Of Mr.. Raney by Mr. Burton (Ohiol fur.
nished the principal Incidents in the House
on the 22nd, After the Illinois member had
spoken fOI an hour in further denunciation
Of William Nelson Cromwell, Mr.. Burton
took the floor and vigorously defended Mr..
Cromwell. =. Taft, President-elcct Taft
and others whom Mr.. Rainey on a former
occasion had made objects Of his attack.
Mr.. Ralney he said, had furnished no
proofs Of Wrongdoing in connection with the
purchase of the Panama canal franchise,
huttressed Them with SANDER and falsehood.
thereby placing himself on level with the
scdryy politician He challenged Mr..
Raincy to get from behind the. protection
Afforded him by the Constitution of the
United States and rules Of the House aud
make his charges In the open. Following
the sending Of the army and Indian apprO
priatlon bills to conference consideration OF
the sundry civil appropriation bill was re-
sumcd and It was pending when the House
at y. NJ adjourned.
Authorization dis mainly occupied tho
House on the 23rd. The sundry civil BIZ
was considered, but progress with 1t was
slow The fortifcatlons, legislative, exc
cutivc and judicial, diplomatic and consular
and postofice appropriation bills were sent
to conference. Mr.. Clarke. Florida. unsuc
ccssfully attempted to secure an investga
ton lay the committee on the judiciary int
the writing Of the recent letter by Secre
tary of State Bacon apologizing for Mr.
Raincy's remarks regarding President
o6aldla of Panama Mr., Clarke's object
being 20 ascertain If Mr.. Bacon's reference
to Mr. Rainey constituted an abuse of the
priylt ges Of the House. At 5:52 p. III. the
House took a recess until II O'Clock to
morrow morning
4th, by sweeping majOrites, many times de
1ed the Senate by rejecting It's amend
ments to the legislative appropriation bill
providing for salary increases for the Presi
judiciary and for the creation of the Office:
Of under secretary and fourth assistant see
rotary of state. Party lines We're oblit
Grated completely. Not during the present
Congress has the speaker been compelled t
WELD his gavcl with such force to brinl
about order. The battle wagcd for more
than six hours, at the end Of which tn,
bill was sent To conference. so much tim,
was consumed in consideration of the con
ference report on that measure that nigh
session was made imperative in order tina
preparation bill. which had dragged alonl
for several days. might be had. Although
the members We're primed for discussion
of the secret service, the subject was al
lowed 20 go over until tomorrow. The bll
was less than one-th'rd completed wheI
the House ut sos u. IN. recessed
BY an overwhelming vote and without
PARTY distinction the House Of Representa-
lives on the 10Th sustained the committee
on appropriations in again reporting pro
vision in the sundry civil blu restricting the
opera lions of the secret service detectives
Of the treasury department. The President
was scathiDgy denounced by Mr.. Cool
(Republican. Colo). while Mr.. Smith (ke
publican, Iowa., Il member of the Gppropria
lions committee. and one of those named 10y
the President in his message of January :
last as being responsible for the secret
service limitation, employed all the invec
tive at his command III an attack o. thai
service He compared the secret servic,
detectives to common lialS,' declared
them to he worthless and pointed To tn,
assassination Of President Mex inley as
sample OF the watchfulneSs ana capacit!
of those men, one of whom. he said stoot
MT the Presidents side whom he was sho
down and failed to observe the approach o
the assassin with MS supposedly bandage,
hand in full view. Consideration of III,
sundry civil bill was continued into the
night. The conference report ON the post
Office appropriation bill was agieed To dur
Ing the day and the naval bin was sem
back for further conference.
After having dragged along for a wool
the sundry civil appropriation hIl, "arryiu'
I'm the aggregate Sl31 ,Opb,oOp, was pa>sc,
by the House on the 26th with nuInrruu
material amendments. Amendments whicl
would have forced the attorney general 4
| prosecute the United States steel corpora
ton for absorbing the Tennessee Coal az,
Iron company upon the ground that III,
merger was in violation Of the auli-trus
law were voted down rule brought II
by Mr. palzell U'onnsylvaniD making It il
order for majority Instead Of tWo.third
to pass q bill under suspension of the n g.
aroused the Democrats to serve criticism
Of the appropriation committee in not AT
fordng more time to study supply bins