Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-29
WORK OF CONGRESS
Senate

annum, SO far as the Senate c ynyTSdVVO Per
speaker of the House of Reprasontt and the
$4,000 each The salary of tbe ooaItIlyes at
tlce OF the be- supreme court was in nOsI. JUS
from Sl3,O09 to $1,000, and those S6ceeased
| THESE changes were made as ana 4,500
to the legislative, executive and "iiiie5ndments
preparation bill and after an ext tTlsiaI ap
pate. amendments allowing 5000 4 eeos de-
the vice president and the spesIo, each to
House for horses and carriages VOL OF the
en- from the bill. Senator RavnerrtIee striek,
ton calling on the attorney general ffesOlu.
hpnpine aeansf the suit he puTpoas
charge OF libel In connection with on the
chase Of the Panama canal pr ron sae puf.
referred to the committee on thap {,Xy, was
a art strong hight to have it adopted %i
were passed, and at 5:26 the S SSro4 ollls
journed. @enate ad.
The Brownsville affair was ago,n =,
9ne senate on the 2Oth, Senator Fraz Jje.0Se
passage of the measure for the ro 70 the
ment OF the discharged soldiers 'e,teAiSt
Twenty fifth regiment. He jnsiS+oIS The
the guilt q , some men of the regiment I6a sait
though the individuals who had G nopn,,. al
the crime had not been DETERMINE HlIVIed
Foraker announced that he Womb Mr.
next Monday to take up his bill to reira sUve
n
to vote for the measure is made D S q uilt
Inc iegs sl executive, and judicial s1
also. Adjourned at 4:4O p. m ''ueFa1Ol
a deoate on the propriety of increasing
Judges consumed nearly the entire f i,Ha' =.
the Senate on the 21st, with the result n tho VI
the compensation Of the twenty.nine ' rir
endf judges IVA was increased from 5000 to
judges from $4,000 to $4,000. Senator G RoraS
who had offered amendments rednc,n" V' th,
increase OF salary, recommended hys t t6e
committee on appropriations, declared tb b
the action of the Senate in increasing ' t6s
salary Of the President to S1OOOO0 woe 'I de
violation of the spirit Of the const H%f AL
and would never have been taken before nr
during the recent political campaign, Zen.
ator Tillman insinuated that some fedora
Judges We're on the pay rolls of corpora
lions. At $40 o'clock the Senate adiourneS
February II next was on the 22nd do.
clared to be a special legal holiday and
survey and plans for highway from Wash.
ington to Gettysburg, to be known As tbs
"Lincoln way" as a memorial to Abraham
Lincoln, was provided for by Joint rpso.
luton passed by the Senate after an ex.
tended debate. The resolution did not com.
highway when surveyed. Final action was
also taken on the legislative executive and
judicial bill, the Senate refusing by Vote
Of Al to q to fix at $4,000 the salary Of
amendment to 100000. At SIP D, m the
Senate adjourned until Monday
The Senate was not in session on the 2Sd
The postal savings bank and the ompibs
claims bill were before the Senate on the
25th for discussion and amendment but M
substantial progress was made on V etb a
measure. An amendment was made to thp
postal bill limiting to $500 the amount Of
the deposits of any one person and fixing
the rate Of interest to be paid at peJ
| nn6ppStan1iO hot
amendment would be subject to further
change by the Senate. The urgent def
cheney bill was passed, and at 4:20 D. NJ
the Senate adjourned.
House.
After disposng of the speech of Reprpsor
tative Wiliett attacking the President By
referring it to a special committee, the
House on the 10th passed the pensions and
urgent deficiency bills, and when adjourn
ment was taken the naval appropriations
bill was under consideration. The pensions (
bill abolishes all but one Of the eighteen
pension agencies throughout the country
and carries total appropriation of $780,,
S69, 900. A plan to pay pensioners quarterly
carries appropriations amounting to $l,O26, /
4O2. A message from the President recon-
mending an appropriation of $4,000 for 0
commission to investigate conditions in the +
Republic of Liberia, Africa, was read At
5:17 the House adjourned.
After adopting without opposition reSo
luton by Which Gov George F. Lilley Of \
Connecticut ceases to be member Of Con-
gress, the House OF Representatives on the
10th proceeded. with the naval appropriation \
bill. There were few amendments offered \
to the measure, the items under consider.
ton being those Of maintenance and i'm.
provements to navy yards, stations and
other public works of the navy, Repre-
sentative Foss Of Illinois, chairman of the
naval affairs committee, had charge Of the y
bill on the, floor, and Representatives, TaT.
ney (Minn.), Fitzgerald New York;, Gaines
Tenn), Macon ark and others spoke
Representative Mann Qll) Occupied the chair
during the consideration of the bill, which
probably will have the attention OF the
House until Friday. Adjourned at OH
| p. "a.
Structures upon the efficiency Of officers Of
the navy in the care of machinery OF war
vessels were uttered In the House on tlT
21st during the consideration Of the naVaI
appropriation bin, with the result that al
amendment was adopted requiring The SEE
rotary of the navy annually 10 report
! Congress those instances Where more tn s
100000 is expended for repairs After ~ "
tile efforts to obtain legislation LOOKING
the restoration of marines aboard S5n.
an amendment was agreed TO pronI99ln dS
the purchase of powder "manntacIuieu o g1l
sold in violation Of the sherman a .nc
trust law. The debate disclosed Inc I th
that the amendment was directed at ILL or
| Dupont company. Amendments appIOptH1e
ating $25O,O00 to double the goVeruiLne4to y
output Of powder, ana nAAhS 'ue 20 ~ ~
powder other than for small arms d. MI III
cents per pound, were adopted. me l Dl
was still pending when the House d. 49,
| D. m. adjourned. ,i.+oo tbe
Exactly as reported by commute IoaH , tgs
navaI nTopramme for the fiscal year low low
was on the 22nd adopted by the House sess Sur
the naval appropriation bill was t paSST1
The opponents of the navy increase LS%Jos
Of the bill found themselves III a an nop roade
| noinoritv The only vital ALTERATION ~ p+ the
| in the measure was the STRIKING ouI " vps
nrovision restoring marines 10 nI%rEo %i
| sells The aggregate amount apPpl Lcp n m
bv the bill is $135,00O,UOO. AT 7'7O
the House adjourned. bf1s were
A large number of pension D ,i VOTE vote
passed on the Odd and by the qe 20 increase
Of IL to 103 the House F ClLfIon ~ widow Of
fhe late Rear Admiral Coghlan, u d. b, the
from $40 n month. as recommendeGa rUOSDosel
committee on pensions, to $lO0, as sSoapontRstvt
in an amendment offered by RepIttiS on Of
| OIcott of New York. C0nSlqefatlSSn onuD
hill TO prohibit the importation OOrroypTpted
| exccpt for medical purposes was tb pl' GROUND
| nv Mr.. PAYNE of New YORK Oh .b Sn' r9tiOna
| that such action would reduce In wTonM moi
revenue 100000 month a. . o'clock The
lessen the use of the drug. Al Az, when chen ne
| House adjourned until to1 lo1d FOR the late
mortal services will be hei Go1 1o' York
Renresentative Dunwell of Newt New 10 Of Co
Legislation affecting the Dl SIdnsp Cd the
1umbia was considered by the h of the dag
oStb Az interesting feature OF Oh inG NJ ii
was tribute paid by Mr.. B I, Dime, The
nois To the heroism of John H. ...oDTnshp Re
wireless operator aboard the Ste .hn 1Forjh
public recently in collision WllinnnIond
At 4:1O p. m. the House auJoU-A