Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-21
WORK OF CONGRESS.


NUbS13DIlaI progress was l4ddt Ia thS
sheraton Of the tariff bill on the lin,
the amendments of the committee on.
finance being upheld by the Senate by sun
stantial majorities. A feature OF the day
session was a general discussion concerning
the great disparity between wholesale ana
retail prices of commodities. RepuDIlcab
Senator's declared that this difference was
so great as to demonstrate tha9 Ine Hs nf
levied 10y a protective tariff had small Ell
feet on the price paid by the consmq qe[
This feature of the discussion was preclpltat-
ed by Senator Scott, himself glass manu-
facttrer The schedule covering the proc
acts Of lead was passed over upon tue sug
gcstiOu of Senator AIurich because, ne sdlu,
the finance committee desired to mace soLne
tnanges in the duties as previously recon-
mcHdcd. AT 5:06 o'clock the Senate ao-
4ourned.
After several hours spent in the Senate on
She 18th in discussing the window glass
schedule of the tariff bill Senator AlurlCh
asked that that paragraph be passed over.
Some other sections relating to glass manu-
!actured articles that previously had Deen
passed over were agreed TO- Inc oena o6
proceeded to the consideration OF passeu
aver sections Until the iro1 ore paragraph
VAS recorded, when Senator Crawford spoke
at length upon the lack of wisdom OF any
.arif that encouraged the exhaustion OF
natural resources, which could not readlly
oe reproduced. He insisted that there
should he no tariff on iron ore, oil, iuInper
and coal. Early in the session senator
paynter spoke in favor of the removal Oh
he duty of cents pound upon leaf TO-
oacco, as means for freeing the t t0bacco
rust. adjourned at 5:24 O'Clock.
After day devoted to discussing the
duty on iron ore, the Senate just before ad-
jotrnment adopted by vote of 81 to "a the
decentralization of the committee on
finance for a duty of 25 cents per ton. The
House had placed it on the free list; while
per ton In taking this vote party lines
we're annihiated, as seventeen Democrats
yot, d Aye" with the Republicans ans ana ana
Democrats. Senator Bailey, announcing
that he proposed to vote for the duty on
Iron ore. as a revenue measure, declared
that such action did not affect the pros
r"rity of the United States Steel corpora
ton. and added that even if 1t did there
was better way 70 deal with that organio
z&tion. which was by an enforcement OF
the antitrust law against 1t For the hrst
time there was a suggestion looking to the
fixing of day for vote on the tarln . pllI,
hVt ii came to naught because of objection
from Senator Beverdge At 400 o CLOCK
I'll" Senate adjourned.
Again the committee on finance was up
held when the Senate on the 14th voted
down an amendment by Senator Cummins
to over the duty on round iron. etc, by, a
vote Of 30 to 10. and upheld the House rate,
which was recommended by the Senate com
mittce. Almost the entire session was CIV
on up to q debate on the profits OF the
United States Steel corporation. and toward
the end of the day personalities were freely
INDUCED in by senators. This occurred
when Senator Root had spoken in defense
IF the finance committee and in criticism OF
senator's who had COnlplalneu OF Iue Idllule
Of that committee to provide more ample IN
formation concerning various schedules
Mr.. Money, addressing himself directly TO
the senator from New York. resented what
he characterized as a lecture to the Sell
ate and said that If the senator from New
York desired less speaking in the BODY ne
should do less of it himself" Senator
Rcveri,Ige proposed an amendment to the
tariff bill increasing the tax on tobacco ana
It's products, and charged that by contlnu-
,n@ the shortweight packages OF the span
fish war period the tobacco trust was reap
Ing a harvest of sol 100000 year. AT 0:l0
o'clock p. m. the Senate adjourned.
The lowering of duties in the case OF
light or ten classes of wire goods contained
II the steel schedule, upon motion or Sena-
or Aldrich in charge of the tariff BILL gave
great encourag cement on the 10Th to sena-
:ors who are advocating ii revision down
ward. With evident qualification Senator
3everidge greeted these proposed amend
nittep by declaring: Good. that's making
progress" The entire session of the Sen
tie was devoted to the steel schedule the
section relating to penknives being under
consideration when at "A p. m: the Sen
tie adjourned to meet at 10 O'Clock Mon
lay morning, one hour earlier than the sen
tie has been beginning business during the
asst ten days
A comprehensive discussion OF the income
tax by Senator Sutherland of Utah and an
extended speech by Senator Depew In sup,
port Of the pending tariff bill consumed
most of the session of the Senate on the
18th. Mr.. Sutherland argued against the
coustitutiona!ity of a federal income tax
mw and declared that such tax should be
left rs means of revenue for the states.
Before adjournment couple of hours We're
devoted to discussion of the cutlery
schedule of the tariff bill and at 5:35 o'clock
the Senate adjourned.
House
Congress- failure to furnish funds for the
carrying on of experiments in aeronautics
ueccssitate the removal of signal corps
tfrigihIe No 1 to Fort Omaha, where the
trt"lS this summer will be held.
The House was not in session on the 18th.
The House on the 18th was, again in the
thro"S of Il tariff discussion. the entire day
being spent in the consideration of the
Philippine tariff bill. After the reading of
the bin had been concluded further action
NGo0 objected to immediate consideration
of a bill amending the organic act of Porto
Rico in accordance with the Presidents
suggestions in his recent message, and
the bill went over. Speaker Cannon's policy
of not appointing committees was upheld
by substantial majority after Mr.. Garrett
GTcnnl had sought to have him directed to
name the committee insuar affairs. At
517 p III. the House adjourned until Mon
day
The House was not in session on the 18th.
The House was not in session on the 10th.
A ruling by Speaker Cannon on the 18th
prevented the reopening in the House of old
wounds of the Civil war Mr.. Holdings
worth of Ohio sought to Justify as mat
ter Of privilege his recent resolution OBJ
jecting to the placing of the portrait of
Jefferson Davis on the silver service to be
presented to the battleship Missouri be-
cause of editorials in certain southern news
papers burling all sorts Of epithets at him.
The editorials were read. The speaker de-
clared that as the editorials did not attack
Mr.. HOllingsworth in his representative
capacity he could not continue. The result
of Mr. HOllingsworth's attempt was to get
into the Congressional Record number of
uncompHmentary remarks about himself and
with nothing to offset them. Although its
consideration was completed. the Philippine
tariff bill was not finally acted upon for the
want of n quorum. \ resolution offered by
Mr.. BurleSon CTeXaS) was adopted. requir-
Ing the attorney general to furnish informa-
ton regarding the steps taken by him to
annul the contract whereby the United
States Steel Corporation absorbed the Ten
neSSGe Coal and Iron company unless in so
d2ing the public interests would be affected.
The House at 2:41 P. N. adjourned until
Thursday.