The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-11
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.


saturday. Euiogies were delivered upon the
| lives OF the late Senator Latner of South
oaroiina 4, ard the late Representatiyes Pow
| Louisiana, Brick of Indiana ana Granger of
khone Island. Senators Tillman;, Hemen-
| way, oNerman, Carter, Smith of Michigan.
Clay, Flint and Gary spoke the life OF
| Mr.. Latimer; senators Frye, Sutherland,
Dixon. Smith Of Michigan and Hale on Mr..
| Powers; Senators Bankhead, McEnery and
Johnston on Representative Wiley; senators
McEnery, Clapp. Perkins. Ga!inger and Eos
eridGe and lIemenway on Representative
| brck, and Senator's Adrich and Wetmore
on Representative Granger. Adjourned at
OPT p. III.
The sundry civil bill approprlatng $780,
100000 and the military academy bill carry
ing an appropriation of SSH 900 We're
passed on the LIST. Senator Bailey calling
attention to communications from heads of
departments IN response to Senate resoiu-
hons calling for papers and information
stated that such replies received from the
secretaries of the treasury, commerce and
labor and war and navy had been sent by
| direction of the President" which he de-
| cared was inferontialy Il denial of the
riSht or Congress to demand such informa-
ION without the Intervention of the Pres-
unht, presenting a resolution directing that
ail Such communications be returned TO the
| heads of departments from whom they had
been received, Mr.. Bailey attempted TO Sc
cure It's passage, which was opposed by Mr..
AIdriCh and other senators The ground
that the orderly way to dispose of matter
OF SuG9 importance was by sending it. to
lie on the table until Tuesday.
The penal code bill conference report
was before the Senate on the 2nd and was
subjected to iilibustering tactics on the
| part of the minority that resulted almost in
no progress Mr. Hepburn in charge of the
! measure, declared that the opposition to the
measure was the result of antagonism to
the legislative provision contained in the
measure for the enforcement of the four
| teenth and fifteenth amendments to the
constitution on the part of the southern
senators. The general deficiency bill was
passed; carrying ga aPpr9prIat?ns am i
the last of the general supply bills passed
by the Senate Various conference reports
were agreed to, so that substantial progress
was made In clearing away much of the
urgent business before the Senate. Ad-
journed at 1907 p. III.
Never has u Congress expired more peace
fully than the Sixteth Congress. The
Democratic flibuster against the penal code
bill In the Senate was drawn to close on
the Bird by an agreement eliminating from
the measure the Objectionable features
/ authorizing the Of troops at election
places; and the measure was passed without
statute books. The Bailey resolution declar-
ing the right Of the Senate to demand pa
pers and Information from heads of de,
ON the judiciary after an animated debate,
during which. senators Dolltver and Beyer-
idge made vigorous defense Of the Presi-
dent The conference report on the legis'a.
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill was agreed to. The confcrecs elimi-
that of the salary of the President, which
was fixed at $4,000. A night session was
held.
In its first regular sitting of the session
trmcd the nominations of President Taft
for the various cabinet positions and also
that Of Huntington Wilson rs assistant sec
retary Of state In addition, Senators
Chamberlain Of Oregon and Smith Of Mary
land We're sworn in The session, both
and one-half hours Of time. an adjournment
being reached at 2:30 p. IN.
House.
The long fight Of the discharged negro
soldiers Of the Twenty nth infantry for
an 0pPGun wb to IRE prove thSf IN
Brownsville Brow Tex. on the night of August
-, 1906, was won Saturday when the House
by a vote OF 30 to 1o1 passed the Senate
bill was taken up and passed, the aggregate
amount carried by It being over Sl7,5oo,ooo.
encc reports also were disposed Of A i've
ly tilt between Speaker Cannon and Mr..
Gaines of Tennessee furnished something
had insulted him, and before Mr. Gaines
would take his seat the mace, the emblem
Of authority, was ordered from its place
and the sergeant-at-arms directed to place
1t before the Tennessee member. Mr..
Gaines sat down before the official got to
piled by such acts. The last occasion on
which the mace was similarly used was in
the Elfty-fOurtn congress, After many
years of discussion OF the subject, hitherto
without result, n joint resolution was adopt
ed approving, plans reducing the size Of the
HouCe chamber. The rivers and harbOrs
appropriation bin was sent to conference,
whereupon the House at 6:53 p. N. re,
cessed until II a. IN. Monday.
Transferring its business amid scenes of
great confusion the House on the list gave
every evidence that the present Congress Is
drawing to close In his endeavor To-
maintain semblance OF order the speak
er was constantly pounding his gayel and
admonishing members to cease conversation.
After two hours of stormy debate the
called Appalachian and White mountain
forest reserve bill, amended as to apply
its provision to all states. was passed by a
marrow, majority Of ten ten. by ihe terms Of
mission is created for the purpose of ac-
quring by purchase or condemnation the
lands needed to promote to protect the,
nayicahlity of streams on whose watershed
they lie. The House bill is Il substitute for
that Of the Senate and the measure will
reports on the army, naval and fortifca-
lions appropriation bills were agreed to and
the measures will now 60 to the President
amount Of miscellaneous business was dis
posed OF. A resolution, designed as a con
cession to the so-called insurgents, amend
ing the rules so as to provide one day each
week for call of committees, gave rise to
immediate discussion and was'@adopted by
the narrow margin of SIX the vote standing
l6s to 1872. After a short discussion the
House almost unanimously insisted on its
disagreement with the Senate on the amend
ment to the legislative, executive and jul
dicial appropriation bill raising the salary
/ of the President, vice president, the speak
er and United States judges, and the bili
for the third time went back to conference.
The House at BOO y. IN. recessed.
The ship subsidy bill. previously passed
by the Senate, was defeated in the House
, OF Representatives on the 2nd by the mar
row margin of three, the vote resulting liz
! to 10 The opponents of the measure wild
/ ly cheered dramatic feature of the roll
call was the appearance in the hall Of
Representative Goldfogle of New York In
an invalid chair, he having been brought
from hospital, where he had undergone
! an operation on his knee cap in order that
| he might record his name against the bill.
! Conference reports on the agricultural, riv-
ers and harbors and public buildings bills.
were agreed to, and the sundry civil bill
sent to conference. At 700 p, III. the House
recessed.
On the eve of final adjournment the
! House transacted its business with a facil-
I ity unusual for a dying Congress, although
! at times there was much confusion, which
the speaker had difficulty in controlling.
| With scarcely any debate the conference
reports on the military academy, leglSla-
| tive, executive and judicial and penal code
| bill were agreed TO. The bill amending the
| copyright laws Of the United States in re-
gard to canned music was passed, as
were also a large number of private bills.
| Having practically wound up the pressing
business the House took n recess.
The House was not in session on the 9TH