Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-02-12
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate,


Aldrich substitute bill for the apnoin ~ u
/ of court of inquiry to determine the L nr
lhcauons for re-enlistment of the discha4ru%"a
soldiers or the Twenty fifth infantry o. y
! result of the Brownsville incident ~" as o th
ate passed House bill to prevent tbo " iu
/ portation OF opium into the United So.
except for medicinal purposes A large no u
! OF the day was devoted to an executive t So
! sion. during which the nomination Of GosM
lector Crum of Charleston, S. c. was 1w
sidered, and at 5:24 p. N. the Senate ' 9dN
journed ~
Senator Teller of Colorado on the Ord
dressed the Senate in support of Sepo az
Bacon'S resolution declaring that tho g.
i ate has a right to any information in nos
! session of the executive departnertS poa
! cited varioJs precedents to sustain his c %
/ tention He claimed that only in evconF
| tional cases is the President warrAntad
! Withholding information The senate
manned in executive session during mos+ N
| the day considering the nomination Of nd
| w. D. Crum to be collector of customs
| Charleston, 5. c., and at 5:27 p. m, adS
| journed az
The monotonous tones of the rcadfr
! clerk of the Senate as he lahored thronoi
! the bill of over 100 pages making appronria Vi
lions FOR the District of Columbia constiM
| tuted the chief feature in the procccdin
| OF that body on the 4th. There was I'll
| evident intention on the part of the MI
norlty to lengthen the time necessary Nj
! dispose of the measure, it being the oni T.
| obstacle to an executive session for M
! further consideration of the nomination ~
! William d. Crum to be collector of customs
OF Gh Gn $; c. When the Senate ad
| half of the bill had been completed
| The Senate on the 9th concluded considers
| alton of the District of Columbia appropriaN
ton bill. carrying an aggregate Of about
| conference report on the urgent defiCicnrr
| bill was agreed to- 1t apprOpriates $l2 OH
for the, purchase, care and maintenance a.
automobiles for the President" and $50
600 to enable the secretary of agriculture M
| continue to combat the foot and mouth did
ease in horses and cattle. A resolution
was adopted directing posts and yariouS
! phases of army administration. After A.
| executive session, in which the nomnatiorN|
| of William d. Crum to be collector of cus%
f; toms of Charleston. S. c., was considered
| the Senate at 5:41 p. m. adjourned.
The splendid qualities of mind and char
acter of the late Senator William B. All
son Of Iowa, thirty-fve years UnitcI
States senator, and eight years a membel
subject of many eulogies in the Senate Oh
the 9th. The delivery of the eulogies conf
sumed the entire day. The Senate adj
| journed at 1855 p. M
After a brief legislative session on the sill
the Senate closed its doors and devoted th&
! day to a further consideration of the nomi&
nation of William d. Crum to be coIectoN
Of customs for the port of Charleston s
&. Adjourned at $50 p. N.
House
md
the Senate on the question of automobile
for the white house, and refused to accept
an amendment to the urgent deficiency bin
striking out the appropriation of $4,000 ION
that purpose. The bill was sent to con-
ference after humorous debate in whichM
several members took occasion to refer "a
the no4ily proportions Of the President
money to continue it's experiments id
aeropautfcs were blasted when the HousaS
reconsidered its action Ct last week and
crease of 100000 then made After undcrl
going this and other amendments the army
appropriation bill was passed, and cOnsidcr%
alton of the agricultural bill Immediately ba
gun Under license of debate on the lattc1
measure. Mr.. Ansberry of Ohio spoke id
advocacy of ship canal from Chicago II
Toledo The agricultural bill pending
when the House at 5:19 p m. adjourned.
General deEate on the agricultural appro#
priation bill on the 3rd afforded critics andN
defenders of the department of agriculture
Of with an attack on the appointment and
work of the referee board of consulting
hel1lsts in the department Mr. Hed1
(AlaD asked on behalf of cotton growers
for a governmental monthly report the
consumption of cotton. Mr.. Sturgis wv
Va) urged an extension of the forest servl
ice. Mr.. Humphrey (Wash.) took an exI
actIy opposite view, while Mr.. MondolN
CWyoD declared the bureau of forestry thdN
most autocratic government bureau outside
of Russia. Mr.. Barthodlt CMo) urged thd
6OnQS
Prov provement and Mr. Crandler CMissJ COM
planned of the tariff on agricultural imple%
ments Chairman Scott of the agricultural
committee closed the debate with eXpIanaM
tory remarks on work done by the departs
ment during the last year. When the bill
was under consideration under the five
minute rule an increase of $500 to the SAY
airy of Solicitor George P. McCabe, making
it $45OO was stricken out on a point Of
order An increase of the salary Of DirecN
tor Willis B. Moore of the weather bureaN
from $4,000 to $4,000 suffered a similar fate
Before the bill was taken up in general DEF
bate the House passed the Senate pensl0A
bill for federal judges. Adjourned at -
p. m.
in the House on the 4th, the criticisms
against it coming principally from Nh
Smith (Cal.), Mr.. Cook ,(Colo) and Mr.
Monde Wyo} all of Mhom o Gnpf fSe
tortion of money from miners, farmers and
even the owners of bee hives. MI COOK
tributed to Mr.. Pinchot, the chief foreSter
the Interior motive Of scheming for SecrcN
tary wilson's seat in the cabinet. BOT
MI. Pinchot and the forest service were
vigorously defended by Mr.. Mann QlIl anN
the bill in any important particular failed
Its considera ton was about two-thirds comM
pleted when the House at $40 ?. H. auiM
journed.
Private claimants by the score had thrlM
innings in the House on the 9TH, the Who,f
session being given over to their cohSlueIt#
ton. Mr.. Mann provoked the House
laughter by questioning the value OF W.
Ken lucky thoroughbred horses, and charseq
that the committee had accepted the yaIaa1
ton of the animals as fixed by AN ldloI
MI Hepburn Of Iowa protested agiuns
reservation of objections to bills c,alnin
that objections should be, made outright % u
not at all Mr.. Macon Ark) who was IN
ing much of the reserving, declared tia
his sole object was to elicit eXplanat4 o}I,
which would enable him to object ln9eH
gently The speaker became involved vi
the controversy and was called upon
make ruling and then Mr.. Gaines lem
threw the House into an uproar by chaL 5si
that the rules prohibited "a square de f@a
to claimants He grew so vehement tha%
the speaker ordered a deputy. sergeant rS
arms to require him to take his seat In
Presidents message vetOing the census -"
was read just before the House ADJOURN
at 5:33 p. M, and no action was taken 0"
After devoting almost its entire session
the consideration of the subject the ROM IT
of Representatives on the 9th passed Il DI
making several amendments to the ma
bankruptcy law. Clayton Alal mace
desperate but unsuccessful attempt "
peal the law The bill is designed 10 tU
rect certain inequalities in the ADMIN .iI G.
ton of the bankruptcy law, ana aLllll gmu
the act regulating the duties and coHLpemo
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