Putnam patriot., 1909-01-15
NO 3
Congress.

Congress proposes to mark the anni-
 versary of the birth of Abraham iin-
 coin by providing for great monu- meut to be erected tn Washington in memory of the Emancipation. Tho bill coatemplates the expenditure o{ about $5,0lo. .0o0 and the working out of memorial project which will be the most ambitious and Important in
 the National Capital. It Is proposed to have the President sign the bill on Lineoln's Birthday, February l2.
 The Senate passed bill providing conditions under which thcsthirteenth census shall be taken. The House blll,
 which was under consideration, was amended to allow printing and binding of the census reports to be done by prl- vate contract instead of by the gov- ernment printing office, II found desi-
 rahle by the directors of the census. An amendment placing appointment of $500 census office clerks under tho civil service commission, WAS defeated. This means that members, knowing that by the defeat of similar amend ment at the previous census, It cs1st thu country S2,0u,, ,0t0on account of the iIn- perfect work of, the $500 clerks inonn- bers insisted upon naming for appoint ment, to strengthen themselves wlth their constituents, instead of allowing good clerks to be appointed under civil service examination.
 There Is sharp controversy goln9 on between both Houses of CongseAn and President Roosevelt, causing much bitter feeling towards the latter because he criticised their action for crippling the secret service, by reducing the Ap- propriation needed to carry on the work of unearthing the great frauds all over the country to rob the people. When the President was requested to furnish documents to sustain his statements, he sent a Message that had In lt chargea which nstounded the country. Alter pointing out that his words had hecn misquoted and his statements missop. resented, he supplied, enough eviden0o to prove that their action, in attacking the secret service, favored the grcat criminals. In addition, he sent pho tographed copies of letters Of Senator Tiliman in which he had sought to ac- quire eight quarter sections ofvnluAble government timber lands for members of his family. lie also promised to assist getting laws passed to aid in so- curing the lands cheap. He did thus at the very time he was denouncin9 in his place in the Senate, persons who were seeking to acquire government lands as he was doing. After few days Senator Tillman made reply de- nouncing the President as being actnA- ted by malice to revenge himself in making public his letters, which he admitted were genuine, but denied they meant what was claimed. In hts long tirade, lie referred to Attorney General Bonaparte, claiming that he told him about his buying tho g sections of land referred to. Attorney General Bonaparte denies his statements In toto, and was surprised on learning from his letters what he had attempted to acquire. Poor Tilman, his brilliant career Is blighted.
 The House, on Friday, after spend- ing the whole day in critictsing the President, by vote of PIP to 85, 10 buked him by tabling NO much of his messages ns reflected on Members of Congress In his ecommendationx se- garding the secret service detectives.
 Fofaker, who aspircd to be President and WIS not named when a succeasor to his place .n the Senate was ehosens spent whole day of the scnate's tina Tuesday in denonneIng the President for his action in treating the colored troops as he did in the Brownsvilla shooting up case, whom he said wefo innocent.
 The House passeda bill providing for the appointment of thirty dental surgeons in the navy. The age limits are 24 to 35 years. Their rank and pay will bc that of assistant surgeons, and they will be appointed by the Prsai~ dent
 The House committee on agriculture has practically agreed to recommend an appropriation of $3OO, 900 for extes- minaling the gypsy and bfown-tall moths in Connecticut and other Nov England States.