Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-08-06
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WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.


The Senate was not in session on the z1tn'
The Senate spent half an hour on the
R9th discussing the question whether unan-
amous consent agreement Of the Senate can
be abrogated by unanimous consent agree
nent The point was raised by the preseen-
ration by Senator liaBey of a request Ior
the cancellation Of the agreement to trans
act no general legislation while the corner CONFER
ence rpCrt on tn tariff bill was pndlng,
objection was made, and Mr.. Bailey WITH
drew his proposition. During the dlscnssiio on
It was desired to, have taken up was no,a al
omnibus bridge bill, which was Delng
pressed by Senator Frye. Senator Nelson
should be granted, the bill known as me
South Carolina dam bin would be 1ncluaeo a.
MI Frye replied; 1T Is very sa a9R0rF The
xemark of the senator from Maine came sc
Unexpectedly that the Senate was CONFUSED
with laughter At 12:4S p. m the Senate
adjourned.
Hale, chairman OF the committee on aPpro-
priations, reported the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill, with amendments nec the
4ary to carry out certain provisions or the
hew tariff law. After five minutes open
Session the Senate went into executive V ses
sion, and a few minutes later ADJOURNED
until IL O'Clock Saturday.
Provision was made for the administrator
of the new tariff law by the adoptlon ny
the Senate Of numerous amendments 70 tne
urgent deficiency appropriation blu, WHICH
In addition to the salaries for judges and
other officials and employees OF the new
United States court of customs appeals the
Senate appropriated 100000 to aid the state
department in making treaties, $25,OO0 LOT
the Presidents travelling expenses, $lOo,OOo
to pSy the expenses of the advisory boaru
which will assist the President in carrying
out the duties imposed upon him by dne
maximum and minimum provision and $780,
900 to defray the expenses Of bureau
which will enforce the collection OF the new
corporation tax. The Senate voted to re-
duce the salaries Of the judges OF the new
customs court to the amount received Dy
judges Of United States circuit courts. Sala-
rtes Of the government attorneys who Will
try customs cases also were reduced.
Several senators insisted that the con-
ference report be read in full Monday to
avoid undue haste, and the Senate dragged
through seven-hour session. Senator Dan
Tel opened the debate on the report, charg-
ing that the Democratic members of the
finance committee had been dealt with un,
fairly in that they had not been permitted
to vote in committee on the adoption OF the
report. He. claimed that an agreement en-
tered into for that purpose with Mr.. Aid
ton was disayowed by Mr.. Aldrich, who
could not agree with Mr.. Daniel as to what
had occurred between them Senator Bris-
and he would not vote for it. The Senate
adjourned at 4:16 o'clock till 10 O'Clock
Tuesday.
After a. session of forty nine minutes the
House on the 9th adjourned until Thurs
day, at which time it is expected that the
much-talked-of resolution authorizing the
tariff conferences to reduce the rates on
leather and leather goods below those OF
upon. Some laughter was created by Mr.
Clark, the minority leader, remarking that
NATION as to when the Democratic coEter-
ees were to be called in. IF you can tell
me, I'll tell you" was the only consolation
he got from Mr.. Payne, the ways and means
chairman. Mr.. Tawney of Minneapolis
aroused the House to a high pitch of excite
ment when he denounced DR.. Charles Rich
ard Van Hise, president Of the University
OF Wisconsin, for having, as Mr.. TaWney
said, made false charges against him regard
ing his attitude on the conservation OF the
national resources.
The Republicans showed up in the House
on the 10Th in great numbers, having been
notified to be present in anticipation of the
reception of the conference report on the
tariff. The report however, was not forth,
coming. and Mr. Mann Qll) promptly moved
an adjournment. In stentorian tones the
Democrats sent up series of Noes" but
the speaker in the midst Of the din as
nounced that the motion had been carried.
The House accordingly adjourned.
Entering upon the last stages of its con-
sideration by Congress, the tariff bill as re-
ported by the conferees was submitted Fri
day to the House by Chairman Payne and
ordered printed in the Congressional Rec
ord. Discussion of the conference report
will begin at 10 o'clock in the morning, the
indications being that a day will suffice for
the 800 members were in their seats when
Chairman Payne passed up to the speaker 8
desk the bulky document which has occu-
pied the attention of Congress for four
and half months. and then the Republicans
broke out into loud applause. Mr.. Payne
Will open tomOrrow's proceedings with an
exhaustive statement in explanation of the
20 bill. With the conference report out of the
way fer the time being the House for near
1y an hour and a half wrangled over some
resolutions increasing the clerical and labor
err force of the capitol. Adjournment was
taken ut 1:52 p. m.
The House adopted the conference report
on the tariff BILL 1875 to 1873, twenty Repub-
hcans voting adversely. motion to recon-
init the bill to conference was lost by a
narrow margin. Opponents of the schedules
claimed to have discovered several jOkers
relating to lumber and leather
Tn" conference report on the Philippine
tariff bill was agreed to by the House Mon
day. The measure is supplementary to the
Payne tariff bill and is intended to provide
enough additional revenue to make up the
amount which will be lost to the Philippine
government 10y the enactment Of the pro-
vision for free trade between the United
States and the Philippines. bill granting
across the Savannah river was passed. The
remainder of the session taken up with
discussion of the urgent deficiency ap-
opriation bill as amended by the Senate.
Une of the amendments provided for car
riagcs for the vice president and the speak
er. and all of them were disagreed to. The
House at 2:2S p. N. adjourned until noon
Tuesday.