Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-03

tion Inv Mr.. Fitzgerald was adopted
disaereeing to the senate amendments
oreating the Offices of under-s6cre-
tary and fourth assistant secretary "
state. A bill codifying and amehdihs
the penal laws of the United o1aAes'
was passed and the Notifications APP
propriation bill discussed.
Washington, Feb. 19.-Under the
,rov;sion of the river and harbor DIFF
reported to the house no single CHAIR
mel or Improvement is to be alloteo
more than $4,000 out of the appro-
nria1:on for emergencies.-The presl-
dent is requetesd to open negoeia-
tions with Great Britain for treafy
for securing the maintenance OF ample
water levels for uses of navigation N
the great lakes by the CONSTRUCTION
of such controlling and remedlat
works in connecting the rivers ana
and channels of the lakes as may
he agreed upon. The secretary of
war is also authorized to fix a just
and reasonable compensation 10 De
paid for the use of water and water
mower now or hereafter owned IN st
Mary's river by the United States.
Six hundred thousand dollars is ap-
propriated for examinations and sur
veys, contingencies and incidentf
repairs for rivers and harbors Tor
which there is no special approprla-
ton Among the most important va
terways for which preliminary sur
veys and examinations are provided,
are: The Chicago and Rock rivers
in Illinois; harbors and rivers near
Chicago; Wabash river in Illinois;
Des Moines, Cedar and Iowa rivers;
Marquette harbor; Mississippi river
between St Paul and Minneapolis,
reservoirs at the headwaters of that
river; Minnesota river and reservoirs
at it's headwaters; the Rainey river
consin harbors.
Three of the great supply measures
of the government passed through the
various stages of enactment into law
in the house. The Notifications bill
was completed and went to the SEN
ate; the sundry civil bill was re-
ported and the postoffice appropria-
tion bill sent to conference. The re-
port of the special commission or
pulp and paper investigation was
read; the river and harbor bill was
reported and the report of the special
investigation committee which went
after the wasteful government of
flee, was submitted.
Not during the present session OF
congress has such a large amount of
legislative business been done in the
senate. The army bill carrying s102-
626,050 and the pension bill with
$160,869,000, of which 100000, 900
was for pensions and sS69,O00 for
fees, etc., were passed.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 20.-Two
more annual supply bills, the diplo
matte and consular and military
the house. The rivers and harbors bill!
also was passed and the house sent
the pension appropriation bill to con
ference. Following a speech by Mr..
Hitchcock of Nebraska, advocating
the imposition of an income tax, the
sundry civil bill, arrying $137, 100000
was called up but not acted on.
The Indian appropriation bill occu
pied almost all the time of the sen
ate and was passed with appropria-
lions aggregating over 100000. Of
this amount, $1,500000 was added to
the bill by senate amendments.
The conference of the senate ami
house on the legislative, executive ana
judicial appropriation bill have
reached an agreement on the item re-
lating to the salary of the secretary
OF state. To make it possible for
Mr. Knox to accept that office, they
have agreed to recommend that com
pensation be reduced from $4,000 to.
$4,000 per year. They are still.
however, in disagreement on the sen
ate provision relating to the Office Of
under secretary OF state and adding
another assistant secretary.
Washington, Feb 22-For two
hours and a half the senate discussed
49, PoA'o"i SAVINGS udlh pIOpUSdI, put
an attemp to reach an agreement as
to day for voting on the measure
failed. The reading by Senator
McLaurin of Washingtons farewell
address consumed the first hour of
the session. Senator Aldrich obtained
the consent of the senate to a reso
luton continuing the committees of
the senate as they now exist until
their successors are chosen in the,
next regular session. The agricultu-
raj appropriation bill was taken UP.
A second speech by MI Rainey
Ql) reiterating his former state
ments concerning the Panama canal