The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-02-25
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

criticised naval methods. and especially tnc
| use of public funds for construction at navy
yards Senator Hale warned the Senate
that unless more rapid progress be lhauc
| night sessions would soon become neces'
sary. Adjourned at 6:1O p. M
The naval appropriation bill was under
consideration in COMMITTEE of the whole
! Throughout the 10th. An amendment was
! adopted which will have the effect, II 1t Is
accepted by the House, of restoring the
marine cops on board all battle ships ana
armoied cruisers in accordance win the
practice of the navy lrior 10 the PRESIDENT
order removing them from the ships. An
extended criticism was made by Senator
Dixon of Montana Of the method OF having
q large number of navy yards along the AZ, a.,
lantic coast He took the ground that the
work could be more economically done In
smaller number of places. After being IN
session for five hours the senate took
recess until o'clock tonight. At the night
session the bill was further considered. An
amendment was adopted directing that IN
the. discretion, Of the President half OF me
entire naval fleet should be kept on the Pa
citic coast The bill was reported to the
Senate. Mr. Lodge reserving for further
| cons ideration amendments relating to the
marine corps being kept on board naval
vessels, and providing for Il reduction 10
81 900 tons in the size of each of the two
battle ships authorized by the act. Senator
La Toilette offered an amendment for the
appointment of commission to consider
what navy yards and naval stations should
be retained. as naval bases and which
should be dispensed with. On a point Of
order by Mr. Clay the amendment providing
fer commission to examine into the bust.
ness methods Of the navy department was
stricken out. This commission had been In
corpOratpd in the bill at the request or the
secretary of the navy. and it was anticipat-
ed that under its recommendations the Du-
reau system In the navy would receive us
dea thblow. Some opposition to the proviS'
! ion existed ON that account. AT 1888 the
, Senate adjourned.
The naval bill, carrying total appropra
lions of about Sl3G0p0opo, was passed on
the l-th. after having been under consd-
Grafton for three days. The bill was changed
by restoration of the House provision for
two battle ships of 1900 tons displace-
mcnt. to cost S6,Uv00pD each. An incfect-
ual effort was made to defeat the amend
ment for restoration Of the marine corps
to battle ships and cruisers Of the navy.
which was placed in the measure while the
Senate was proceeding in the committee OF
the whole During the, last hours, OF the
session Senator La Toilette severely crit
cscd the methods of the navy. declaring
that senatorial influence In the work of the
department caused an unhuSineSSlike De
velopment of navy yards and stations. Ad-
iourned ut 5;;El y. m.
The postoflicc bill. carrying appropriations
of over S232HO,ph, was passed by the sen
ate on the 18th after a stormy debate, dur.
ing which senator PcnruSr. in charge G,
the measure, made an angry assault upon
Senator La Toilette, who had entered into
Il general criticism of Senate committees
because Of what he termed their unwarrant
ed delay in reporting great appropriation
! bills. Mr. La Toilette had Mt length chided
the Senate with permitting Il glut of import
ant legislation to be disposed of In haste
during the last days Of Congress. and had
suggested that it would be no calamity II
all of these bills could NOT be acted upon
/ in the regular session, saying that re.
organization of committees would allow the
special session to consider them aud other
Important legislation. Responding in angry
tonAt Mr. PcnrOSe charged the senator from
Wisconsin, with having failed to attend
meetings Of committees OF which he was IA
member. finally declaring that his crit
csms sounded more like the argument
''madc by ycrder of "A patent medicine
from the tail door of cart in a village or
wis, onsin" than those of a senator Of the
United States At 80 the Senate ad-
journcd.
Not during the present session of Con
ErcsS has such 4 large amount OF legislative
business been done by the Senate as was
accomplished on the 18th. The army bill
626Oj0. and the pension bill. with appro
priatious aggregating SlGo. $4,000. Of which
$lGo;o0"oDo was for pensions and SS6l"ol
for fees etc, were passed Forty-tiye other
bills forty OF which had previously been
favoraby acted upon by the House, were
passed. Adjourned at 800 o'clock.
The Indian appropriation bill occupied
| almost the entire time Saturday and was
| passed with appropriations aggrcgatinG
| over 100000 or this amount about ST.,
100000 added to the bill by Senate
amendment. Adjourned at 5:l6 p. m.
House.
So far as Congress is concerned the con-
stitutional bar to the acceptance by Sem
tor Knox OF the state portfolio in the Tart
cobinet was removed on the 18th when the
House of Representatives passed the bin
state. The bill at first defeated
through the failure of two-thrds Of the
members to vote for it, but 1t was brought
M a second time under a special rule ana
senting voice the bill granting separate
statehood to Arizona and New Mexico also
was passed, rs was also the bill providing
for uniformity in car equipment with safe
/ ty appliances. Mr.. Capron lthOde Island)
announced the death of his colleague, Mr..
Granger and the House adopted resolu-
/ respect recess was taken ut $50 p. III.
until tomorrow Mt II a m.
/ Being still the legislative day of the 18TH
the House on the 10th for the most part
/ devoted Itself TO the consideration of bills
/ under suspension OF the rules. A number
were passed, among them being those re
( quring the equipment Of ocean,goins yes
sells with wireless apparatus and providing
/ for the reorganization and enlistment OF
/ the naval academy band. The Indian ap
! preparation bill, carving an appropriation
/ OF S11,571 900, was passed. Recess was
taken at 6o6 p. m. until II O'Clock tomor
| row morning.
An attempt to abolish capital punishment
as a penalty under federal laws on the 11tl
/ blocked the conclusion Of consideration OF
the penal code bill in the House. sitting il
committee of the whole. This bill was tax
en- up after the House had become cntangict
/ in the Knox eligibility question and haL
| laid the question aside for the day. The
most important amendment incorporated il
! the bill was one to regulate the interstate
! shipment Of intoxicating liquors. Repre-
sentative Mccall OF Massachusetts led tbs
/ fight against capital punishment and wheI
he was voted down made point Of ne
! quorum Just before this. by % to 21, the
committee had declined to substitute cleo
! trocution for hanging as II death penalty
! A motion. to take recess was opposed by
the enemies Of the bill and tilbuster re
suited. The doors finally were closed anC
! the Scrgeant-at farms sent after absent mem
! bers. Nearly two hours later, at $50 p. N.
when Representative Madden of Illinois
answered the roll call. quorum was Sc
cured and the House was declared in recess
| until Thursday at IL o'clock.
The controversy over the legislative ap
! preparation bill, in connection with tn,
much discussed salary of the secretary OF
! state, involving the eligibility OF Senator
House on the 18th, when the bill was SEN
| to conference and the committee authorized
to consider the salary provision as il In dis
agreement This gives the committee pow
or to reduce the pay from $1,000 to $4,000
it's former figure. The Republicans wcr,
caught mapping when resolution by Mr.
! Fitzgerald was adopted disagreeing on th,
! Senate amendments creating the office OF
| uLdersecretary and fourth assistant secrc
| tary Of state The bill codifying and amend
! ing the penal laws of the United States was
passed and the Qualifications appropriation
| bill discussed. Vigorous attacks on thu
| House rules were made by Messrs. Hubbard
and Hepburn OF Iowa. The latter asserted
that members had betrayed their trust ant
Frustrated themselves ut the feet Of the
| speaker who. he said, Ind been made c
tyrant The bill was pending when the
House at $40 p. m took recess until II
| u. N. tomorrow.
The Notifications bill was completed or
| the 10th and went over to the Senate; tn,
/ tpI PES pit tuDS gl md tlin most