Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-16
Publisher.
o. e. BOWEN,
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

Considera ton Of the tariff bill IN commit
tee of the whole was completed on the 6th
and that measure was reported to the sen
ate. france committee amendment n1hs
the tobacco duties was read, but was taken
back by that committee on protest OF Sena-
tor Daniel of Virginia that the minority
TO consider it. Among amendments ADOPTED
was one exempting labor organizations, ira
ternal beneficiary. societies ana 9rsadh llaa
lions exclusively for charitable and educa-
tional purposes from the corporation tax
At 3:32 O'Clock the Senate adjourned to al
low the bill to be printed and the senators
time to look 1t over.
The finance committee forces completed
arrangements on the 7th for the final vote
on the tariff bill in the Senate on the 9th;
The straight Income takers were afforded
the opportunity they have long been
working for chance to vote directly IN
favor Of the income instead OF the corpora
The corpora ton tax amendment was thus
hnaIly made a part of the tariff bill and
Senator Clapp of Minnesota succeeded in
having 1t amended so as to include holding
companies. After hot debate on the GUS
toms court the finance committees ProV1-
sion was accepted. Senator La Foilette
offered several amendments, but they were
rejected.
After a long speech by Senator La Fol-
lette and repeated attempts at amendment,
almost all Of tE ThGb a bill
shortly after II O'Clock, and adjourned at
Ills on the 9Th. Senator Bradley OF Ken
lucky succeeded II amending the IODdCCO
schedule SO as to remove the free sale OF
tobacco 'in the hand This clause is sa1o
to have caused the forays of the, night
riders Free hides and free boots and shoes
were again defeated.
During q session lasting nearly four hours
the Philippine tariff bin and the bill auto
matically continuing the Porto Rican bud
get were passed by the Senate on the 9Th.
Only a nominal resistance was offered by
the minority to these measures An amend
ment by Senator Johnston (Ala) declaring
%HO Tod C%ofn N,,oi
ly to grant independence to the Philippines
was opposed being out of place in this
bill, and was rejected. Senator Culberson
sous ht to limit the operation of the Porto
Rican act to July 1, 1910, but his amend
ment for that purpose was defeated. The
Senate entered upon an agreement to ad-
iourn three days at a time until the CON
ference report on the tariff bill Is ready for
consideration, and also not to enact any
legislation when 1t does convene. ~ the
adoption Of a House resolution an invitation
was accepted by Congress to be represented
at the Alaska Yukon-Paciffc Exposition now
being held at Seattle, Wash
The Senate was not in session on the 18th
House.
The House was not in session the 9Th.
The House was not in session on the Sth
The House held a session which was
largely formal on the 8th. The attendance
was large
After a debate Of an hour and a half the
House referred the tariff bill to the confer
ees. disagreeing to all of the SAT amend
ments Of the Senate, by a vote of 178 to
Isl on the 9th. Eighteen Republicans voted
against this action and one Democrat voted
for it. Chairman Payne's plea to have the
conferees sent to the conference unham-
pered with instructions was granted. At
B:26 the House adjourned to Monday noon
10 consider the joint resolution providing
for the submission to the several states Of
the income tax amendment to the cOnsti-
tuition.
The House. on the 10Th, after four hours
debate, adopted by a vote of 81 to IA the
Joint resolution submitting to the various
legisa lures for ratification the proposed
amendment to the constitution empowering
Congress to levy an income tax, the Demo
Gratis voting to a man for the amendment.
Adjournment was taken until Thursday.