Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-15
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

dresses and the proclamation of emancipa-
ton by President Lincoln in the Congress
Eional Record in celebration of the centen-
airy year of Lincoln's birth brought Senator
Bailey of Texas to his feet with an obJec.
ton to the printing OF the proclamation OF
stopped by a reference of the entire matter
to the committee on printing. at l2:oS p.
IA. the Senate adjourned
The postal savings bank bill was before
the Senate on the 9Th, and many amend
ilents were proposed to 1t, some or them
requiring the deposit of postal savings fun !1s
Senate also received two messages from the
President, one recommending additional IN
terstate commerce legislation and the other
relating to the absorption by the United
States Steel corporation of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company, and passed seVerai
bills on the calendar Adjourned at ALL
.. N.
Characterizing the action of the President
in directing the attorney general not to
prosecute the United States Steel corpora
lion for it's absorption of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company as another arbitrary
and lawless act OF the chief MAGISTRATE.
resolution in the Senate on the 18th instruct
ing the committee on the judiciary to re-
e eri in the he e opinion Of that committee the
President was authorized to permit such
absorption. Mr. Culberson at considerable
length criticised the President. and insisted
that Congress had the right to give direc-
lions to head of an executive department
under certain conditions. Senator Foraker
Brownsville affair next Monday. An amend
ment was reported from the committee on
gaary Of the an to S6oo and Of
the salary of the vice president ana the
speaker of the House of Representatives. to
$4,000 each. The Senate adjourned at LIZ
p. m.
The Senate on the 8th passed a bill pro
viding conditions under which the thlr-
teenth census will be taken: me house
bill which was under consideration was
amended to allow printing and binding OF
census reports to be done by private con-
tract instead of in the government print
ing office, if found desirable by the direc-
tor of the census. An amendment placing
the appointment of $500 census office clerks
under the civil service commission was de-
feated. Senator Culbersons resolution in
structing the committee on the judiciary TO
report whether the President had authority
to permit the absorption of the tennessee
Coal and Iron company by the United
States Steel corporation was adopted. Al
journed at 52S.
the 11tn, occupying almost an hour with his
carefully prepared speech in reply to the
Presidents charges concerning his action IL
attempting to acquire by purchase some
timber lands of Oregon originally held as
railroad grant, while advocating litigation
by the department of justice to compel their
sale. The Senate passed a bill approprat-
ing $4,000 fer the purchase of the SeQuola
grove of big trees il California. recon-,
menda ton by the committee on finance and
the committee on the judiciary favoring an
increase of the salary of the President to
100000 and those of the vice president ana
the speaker of the House of Representatives
was referred to the committee on approprla-
lions. Adjourned at 2:Oo.
House.
Transacting business without even the
semblance of quorum, the House on the
9th passed several bills of a miscellaneous
character, but of little general public i'm
portance. The only incident worthy of note
was heated discussion among the members
of the Indiana delegation over a bill TO pro
vide for the establishment of judicial dl-
visions in the district of Indiana. The meas
devoted daie to consideFation Of the Bill provid
ing for the erection of embassy and lega-
ton buildings abroad, without any conclu..
was one providing for leaves of absence
with pay for thirty days to. employees. on the
Panama canal injured in line OF duty At
o. m. the House adjourned.
The only incident worthy of note in the
proceedings of the House of Representatives
ON the 9th, and which caused good deal of
Forthcoming African hunting trip of Presi-
dent Roosevelt Incidentally there was
club The whole debate hinged on the
newspaper story stating that Maj. Edgar
O. Mearns of the army was to accompany
the President and that in order to do so he
had been put on the retired list with in
creased rank The matter was brought I'D
by Mr. Mann of Illinois in connection with
the consideration of a bill authorizing the
issuance of commissions to officers who re-
tire with increased rank. The remainder of
the
a number of miscellaneous bills and resolu-
tons Adjourned at 5:18 p. m.
Although technically under consideration
in the House of Representatives on the TIN
the District of Columbia appropriation bill
was sdetracked while the members in
dulged in general debate. This took a wide
tense of the rules of the House by Mr.. Ohm
stead of Pennsylvania Mr.. Taft's reported
intention to break the solid south was in
cidentaly brought into discussion in the
course of a speech on the tariff by Mr..
Sheppard of Texas, who remarked in this
connection that the President-elect had
made himself ridiculous. At 5:15 the House
adjourned.
The House by vote of 212 to 35 rebuked
the President by tabling so much of his
messages as reflected on members of Con-
gress in connection with his recommends
tons regarding the secret service detect
ives, and also declaring to be the sense
of the House that they shall decline to
consider any communications from any
source which is not in its own judgment
neettee appointed to deal with the language
in the Presidents annual message and in
his special message of last Monday was
submitted and it was used as the basis
for some earnest and vigorous speeches.
Toward the close of the debate Mr.. Gardner
OF Massachusetts, vainly endeavored to Sc
cure, first, the adoption of a substitute for
the resolution in the shape Of an amend
ment expressing confidence in the commit
tee on apprsop 3T ana then the post
day, but he was overwhelmingly outyoted.
Adjourned at 1927 p. m.
After a stormy discussion the resolution
authorizing the granting of permits to the
committee on inaugural ceremonies and the
use Of the pension Office building for the in
two weeks befOre final action. As it stands
the section relating to the pension building
was stricken out and a further amendment
overhead wires into the structure. 1t was
manifest from the outset that a majority
of those present was opposed to the pension
Office proposition. Various other measures
were considered and passed. all relating ex-
clusively to the District Of Columbia.
Speaker Cannon announced the committee
of five which will conduct the investigation
into the secret service, provided for by the
resolutions Of Saturday. Adjourned at
Z. m.
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