Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-02-19
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

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| be. constructed at Panama. SenatorS ITG q.l!d
redge. chairman of the committee on i MI
oceanic canals, preciptated the debate p'f 6y
prinnsi mi ~ an ADVERSE report on the Hop
to the extent of $500. $50 900 for tha oU nnl
struction of the canal. Reading a stata
n1ered OF The eAPend1fnFes up to date, he de-
would cost 100000, 900, and insisted N4 4haL
| great mistake had been maze in NOT LAY Ia
herring to the plan for the building Of
sea level water way, which he said wnv,5
| be cheaper than the lock canal SpnatorGS
Foraker and Teller Joined in the belief tSot
sea level canal should be constructed. and
MI. klttredge said it was not too late ="
| abandon the lock project A long execn+iyo
| session was held and at SIP p. NJ the Sem \
ate adjourned.
| the Senate during most of the session no
/ the 10th, and Senator Hepburn of IdoIn
| spoke In opposition to it. Little progress 1
| order to join the House of Representativaa
| in the counting of the electoral vote ro Il
spming Its legislative work Immediately
| thereafter Adjourned at SOL .. m
report was made to the Senate on Aha
18th from the committee on appropriateness
on the Presidents statements concprninS
| the attitude of Congress toward appronria
| tionS for the support of the secret service L
senator Hemenway, who presented this re-
| port, added that the President was not ms
in his message to Congress. The Sepate
| passed joint resolution declaring Februorr
| II special legal holiday in the District %
| Columbia and the territories in honor of the
| centenary of the birth of Lincoln. A hin
| was passed repeating the increase in The
| salary of the secretary of state from SSO00
to $4,000, so as to permit Senator Knox
| to accept an appointment as secretary Of
! state. Senator McLaurin made speech in
| opposition to the passage of any bill for
| the re-enlstment of the negro soldiers of
! the twenty fifth regiment accused of h9v-
| ing shot up Brownsville. The Senate at
4:56 p. m. adjourned until Monday.
18th. 'De
| The Senate was not in session Saturday
| The Senate devoted most of the dav on
| the 10th to the naval appropriation bill
and there was much discussion concerning
the growth of government expenditures for
unless halt is called it will be necessary
for Congress to issue bonds or to increase
| taxation. Senators La Toilette and Dixon
! criticised naval methods, and especially the
| use of public funds for construction at navy
| yards. Senator Hale warned the Senate
| that unless more rapid progress be made
night sessions would soon become neces-
| sary. Adjourned at 6:10 p. m.
House
For nearly six hours the House on the 9th
| discussed the bill materially changing the
| methods of administering the Panama canal
zone and constructing the canal Amend
| ments almost without number were aimed
| at the measure, but with or two ey-
| ceptions they failed of adoption. Consid-
Grafton of the bill was completed, but be-
cause of a threatened roll call by the OBJ
| ponentS Of the measure and the hour being
| late Mr.. Mann, having it in charge. did
not ask for vote. At 600 p. m the House
| adjourned.
The ever interesting ceremony of copn+
| ing the electoral vote was performed ON
| the 10th by the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatives in joint session. William H.
Taft of Ohio was officially declared elected
President and James s. Sherman of New
| York vice president the count disclosing
| 321 electoral votes for the Republican cand-
! dates as against 1872 for Messrs. Bryan and
| Kern. Following the refusal of unanimous
! consent for the consideration of a resolution
| appropriating $1,5OOOO0 for a Lincoln me-
| mortal in Washington and the passage of
several bills of minor Importance, c0nsidera
| ton of the agricultural appropriation bill
was resumed. THE effort of Mr.. Lever g.
| G. and his followers to abolish the board
| of referees of the department of agriculture
| failed. The bill was pending when the
House at 5'07 p. m. adjourned.
After having travelled a thOrny road for
| week the agricultural appropriation bill was
| passed by the House on the 18th practically
| as it came from committee. successful
| fight, led by Mr. SABBATH Qll) was made
! against the bill amending the naturalization
| laws. which. among other things, increased
the naturalization fee from So to $40 BY
an emphatic vote the conference report on
the measure was rejected and the bill laid
upon the table. A tribute to Lincoln by
MIR Boutell Qll.l closed the days proceed
ings, and the House at SAB p. m. ad-
| journed
The charges of corruption and fraud in
connection with the Panama canal pur-
| chase made by Representative Rainey re-
Gently were reviewed in the House on the
| 10Th. when Mr. Lowering of Massachusetts
entered a sweeping defense of William Mel
son Cromwell William II; Taft Charles p;
| Taft and others whom Mr.. Rainey named
! as having been involved in the transaction
When Mr.. Lowering began the Illinois mem
Der had gone to the station to take tram
| for Baltimore, where he was to deliver
| Lincoln address, but he was hastily called
back, Mr. Lowering In the meantime SuS-
pending his remarks MI Raincy was
| obliged to leave shortly afterWard 10 keep
would make full reply. The Indian apprQ-
priation bill technically was under consld-
Grafton. and all the speeches were MADE
under license of general debate. Speeches.
were made on variety of other subjects,
and about 500 pension bills were passed
| Previously to taking w. the indian 6li
brief exercises commemorative OF IAnGo!n
| birthday were held The chaplain feelnglE
! referred to Lincoln's character and services
! Mr.. BOutel Qll) read the famous OetlAS,
| burg address, and Mr.. Nye OInn) spoke
| in eloquent terms of the martyred fFgSl-
| dent At 500 p. m. the House adjourned
The Indian appropriation PHI teChnc G
was under consideration in the House ga, S%l
urday but many members aNaled Lnein
| selves of the opportunity Tor genera we
bate Mr.. Lamar CFla.) argued lo a,o ine
| amendment of the railroad rate law, cIa!u,
| ing the law was insufficient to cover ln1
cases included in it's provisions; Mr. tr M@Hr
den Qll) referred to increases III I, ff6dt.
| rates since the rate law went into ehects
NJ Murphy Wis, delivered eais f fpogS5 "a
modification of the Sherman antitrust law
order that it might be fG pnes Of the
| House: Mr. Langley Ky:) criticised ,n Lne
administration of the, affairs Of the Ch eE.
t4w indians; Mr. Sherman IN. ~ IN
planned the provisions of the Indian DID, aa,
While Mr. Foster Wt) pleaded fQ for an I aT
iustment of postal rates as affecting mn In
cchandise sent through the mails The IN nr
dian bill was pending when the ItoU ISGfr6
was was s set apart for eulogies of deceased
| members ,
So far as Congress is concerned the con-
sttutionaI bar to the acceptance 4 tEE H Tafr
cabinet was removed on the 18th when [Hg
House tn passed seere tnf d" Of
state The bill at first was de1 s tSc
through the failure Of n tTqfh WSs b 20
up second time under sPG G+;t} RUE dis dis
passed by majority vote W ;dl scn d
| senting voice the bill granting SeP"l oiso
Statehood to Arizona and New \. Mez ,c(,;d Inc