Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-02-12
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

The monotonous tones Of the reading
clerk Of the Senate he labOred through
the bill of over 100 pages making apprOpria-
ions for the District of Columbia consti-
tutcd the chief feature in the proceedings
Of that body on the 4th. There was an
evident intention the part Of the mi
norlty to lengthen the time necessary 10
dispose OF the measure, it being the only
obstacle to an executive session for the
further consideration Of the nomination of
william ID. Crum to be collector of customs
q Charleston, S. G. When the Senate ad-
JoIDcd at 51S O'Clock the reading of only
half Of the bill had been completed.
Tho Senate on the 9th concluded consider
alton Of the District Of Columbia appropria-
non blil' carrying an aggregate or about
eleven and half millions Of dollars. 4
conference report on the urgent deficiency
bill was agreed to. 1t appropriates $1,000
for the purchase care and maintenance of
automobiles for the President" and $lJ0,-
600 To enable the secretary of agriculture to
continue 10 combat the foot and mouth dis
saSe III horses ana cattle resolution
was adopted directing posts and various
phases Of army administration. After an
cN'GduEe session, in which the nomination
Of William D. Crum to be collector of
toms Of Charleston, S c.. was considered,
the senate at J4l D. III. adjourned.
The splendid qualities Of mind and char
meter Of the late Senator William b. ALI
son Of Iowa thirty-fve years United
States senator, and eight years a member
OF the House of Representatives, were the
subject Of many culoglcs in the Senate on
the 9Th. The delivery or the eulogies con
sumed the entire day. The Senate adj
journcd at 456 p. N.
After brief Legislative session on the stu
the Seiate closed its doors and devoted the
day to further consideration of the nOmi-
nation Of william d. Crum to he collector
of customs for the port of Charleston, S.
{. Adjourned at $50 ?.
The Senate on the 9th became involved in
discussion of the type Of canal that should
be constructed at Panama. Senator Kit
redge chairman of the committee on inter
oceanic canals, precpitated the debate by
bringing in an adverse report on the Hop.
kins bill authorizing the issuance of bonds
n no pNtf mi af for hn
structfOn Of the canal. Reading a state
ment Of expenditures up TO date, he de-
clared the completion of the lock canal
would cost S4O0,0OO.0OO, and insisted that
q great mistake had been maze in not ad
herring to the plan for the building of
sea level water way, which he said would
be cheaper than the lock canal. Senators
Foraker ana Teller joined in the belief that
a sea level canal should be constructed and
Mr.. Kittredge said it not too late to
abandon the lock project A long executive
session was held and at 512 p. m the Sen.
ate adjourned.
The postal savings bank bin was before
the Senate during most of the session or
the 10th, and Senator Hepburn of Idaho
spoke in opposition to it. Little progress
order to join the House Of Representatives
the COUNTING Of the electoral vote re,
thereafter. Adjourned at SOL p. III.
The forest service got its annual drubbing
In the House the 4th, the criticisms
against it coming principally from Mr..
Mondel (W-o), all of whom charged ex-
1ravagance in administration and the ex-
tortion of money from miners, farmers and
even the owners OF bee hives. Mr. Cook at
trbuted to Mr.. Pinchot, the chief forester
the Interior motive of scheming for Secre.
tary Wilson'S seat in the cabinet. Both
Mr.. Pinchot and the forest service were
vigorously defended by Mr.. Mann 0ll) and
Mr.. Weeks Mass). All attempts to amend
the bill in any important particular failed.
Its consideration was about two-thirds COM
pleted when the House at $40 p. m. ad.
journed.
Private claimants by the score had their
Innings in the House on the 9th, the Who'll.
session being given over to their considera-
tion Mr.. Mann provoked the House to
daughter by questioning the value of two
Krnsucky thoroughbred horses, and charged
that the committee had accepted the valua,
tion of the animals as fixed by IAN idiot"
Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa protested against
reservation of objections to bills. claiming
that objections should be made outright or,
not at all Mr.. Macon (Ark.) who was do.
ing much of the reserying, declared that
his sole object was TO elicit explanations
which would enable him to object inteIII
gently. The speaker became involved in
the controversy and was called upon to
make Il ruling and then Mr.. Gaines CTennA
threw Che House into uproar by charging
that the rules prohibited "a square deal'
10 claimants tie grew so vehement hat
the speaker ordered deputy sergeant at
arms to require him to take his seat. The
Presidents message vetoing the census bill
was read just before the House adjourned
at 5:2a y. m. and no action taken on It,
After devoting almost its entire session to
the consideration of the subject the House
of Representatives on the 9th passed a bill
making several amendments to the na tional
Bankruptcy law. Clayton (Ala) made a
desperate but unsuccessful attempt TO re-
peal the law. The bill is designed to cor
rect certain inequalities in the adminstra-
ton of the bankruptcy law, and amends
the Get regulating the duties and compensi-
zion of receivers in order to prevent excess
sive fees. 1t also provides that any monied
business or commercial corporation pxcenf
N ion
can file petition for bankruptcy thereby
eliminating the discrepancies which hereto
fore existed where some court decisions
which would be admitted into bankruptcy
in another. 1t confers ancillary jurisdiction
that al the assets of the estate can be
marshaled substantially in one court. there
10y obSiating the filing of suits in different
courts were the property might happen to
1ie At 4 i6 p m. the House adjourned.
In the House of Representatives practical
1y the entire session on the Sth was given
over to the consideration of bills pertaining
to the District of Columbia. A message
from the President was read recommending
n law requiring ocean going vessels to be
equipped with wireless telegraph appara tus
Adjourned n 3:31 p. m.
For nearly six hours the House on the 9th
discussed the bill materially changing the
methods of administering the Panama canal
zone and constructing the canal. Amend
ments almost without number were aimed
at the measure. but with or two ok
ceptions they failed of adoption. Consid-
eration of the 'bill was completed. but be-
cause OF threatened ron cal by the op-
poncntS of the measure and the hour being
aate Mr.. Mann, having it in charge. did
mot ask for a vote. At 600 p. m. the House
adjourned
The ever interesting ceremony of count.
Sng the electoral vote performed on
the 10th by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives i'm Joint session. William II.
Taft Of Ohio was officially declared elected
President and James :. sherman of New
York vice president the count disclosing
.21 electoral votes Ter the Republican, candi-
dates. as AGAINST lee1 for MfSSrS BRYAN and
Kern Following Che refusal of unanimous
consent for the consideration of reso ution
appr0priatng S1.5OS0Oo for Lincoln mo
mora1 in Washington and the passage of
several bills of minor Importance. couSidera-
ton of the agricultural appropriation hill
WAS resumed. The effort If Mr.. LIVER Is.
c. ana his followers to abolish the hoard
of ferees of the department of Agriculture
failed. The bill was pending when the
House 1T J'0T p. m. adjourned