Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY
Washington, Jan. 14.-There was a
recrudescence in the house of the
controversy of that body with the
president regarding the language
used by him in his annual message
to congress bearing on members of
congress and the secret service, when
Mr.. Lands of Indiana offered a reso-
luton providing for the printing of
two million copies of the proceed
ings in the house of last Friday which
lresulted in administering rebuke to
the chief executive. The printing in
volved the expenditure of $4,000. The
Resolution, after brief but spirited
discussion was unanimously tabled on
the motion of Mr.. Smith of Iowa. The
consensus of opinion was that the
house having in dignified way dis
posed of the matter, there was no
need to revive it, especially as the
public, through the press, already was
familiar with the controversy. Rep
I're3entatives Mann of Illinois, Foster
of Vermont, Townsend of Michigan,
Williams of Mississippi and Smith of
Iowa opposed the resolution. AL
though he charged that the presi-
dents utterances were insulting and
lloffensive,' Mr.. Williams declared that
the house should not dignity the mat
ter further by action such as the res.
olution proposed.
During brief consideration of the
postal savings bank bill in the senate
Senator Carter offered a, substitute
for the section relating to the pay
ment once each year of two per cent
of deposits of not less than one dol
lar nor more than $500 and accumu-
lated interest. Senator Fulton urged
Mr.. Carter to permit the bill to go
over in order that the omnibus claims
bill might be taken up. He ventured
the belief that all senators realized
that there could be no vote on the
measure at the present session.
"All senators do not realize that
replied Senator Carter. eff what the
senator from Oregon suggests is true"
interjected Senator Hopkins, 81 hope
the bill will be passed in season and
out of season 1t is bill in the inter
est ofsthe people and is favored by
the president, by the president-elect
and by the postmaster general, and
it should pass" Senator Carter said
that after the senators had had AN
opportunity to speak he would ask
that a day be fixed for the vote. The
bill was then laid aside.
Washington, Jan. 15-An amend
ment in the legislative, executive and
! judicial appropriation bill increasing
the salary of the president to $780,
600, vice-president and speaker of the
house to $4,000 with $4,000 addition
al allowance for carriages and coach
men for the cepresident and speak
er and Increases for the judiciary ag-
gregating $32S,500, precipitated a live
! ly discussion in the senate Senator
Borah of Idaho made a point of order
against these increases on the ground
that they involve general legislation.
which, according to the rule of the
senate. cannot be placed on an appro-
priation bill in the face of single
objection. The debate centered upon
the first of the amendments objected
to which was to increase the salary
! of the speaker of the house, and
various criticisms were called forth
against such extensive advance of
salaries, although many senators,
without opposing some increase, in
sisted it should be considered in a
separate bill and not on one of the
great supply measures of the govern
ment Without concluding the de-
bate, further consideration of the
amendments was postponed until
Monday
| Under a resolution offered by Con-
gresham Gaines of Tennessee, the
| judiciary committee was directed to
report within 10 days upon the ques-
ton of the right of George L. Lilley,
governor of Connecticut to retain his
seat as a member of the house. The
subject occasioned a good deal of de-
bate while at times it waxed warm.
The postoffice appropriation bill. car
rying 1924, 100000, was reported. By
unanimous vote the house granted
the franking privilege to Mrs. Benja-
min Harrison and Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land. widows of former presidents.
Washington, JAN 16.-An elaborate