Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-05-14
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senate.

Notable speeches provoking debate of in.
tense interest characterized the Session Of
Iowa made an attack upon the methoCs
under which protective tariff blis are are
formed and engaged in constant eXcndnse
of words with Senator Aldrich, VINO was
careful listener to the address OF the IOWA
Nnator. On the Democratic side senator's
emained mute, no member OF the n lll 10y
interposing a word in the controversy oEeI
the tariff, which occupied the RepupIca1h
senators alone. At times this DEBATE tnLe 2a
ened to be acrimonious; but the iowa re sen
which called forth laughter at times WIEN dtar
angry words seemed unavoidable; Selatoa
Borah concluded his speech on tn ard Inn0t
tax, delivering an extended legal argument
20 show that there Is ample reason n do 1T ~
lieving that the supreme court OF the G nti
tutionality Of that tax should again be
presented to 1t. A strong plea Tor the eXteh u
sion OF the protective tariff system 10 JGLe
was made by Senator Bradley OF hentuGikty,
~~ho declared that with the protective poliCy
towering products of his state, kentucky
would be as safely Republican In the future aHt
as MASSACHUSETTS, has been In the past
Adjourned at OIL O'Clock.
The tariff bill was again taken up by the
Senate on the 5th for the consideration OF
committee amendments that were passed
over upon the first reading Of the bill, after
1t had been practically laid aside for Ten
days, while senators have been maklng
progress was made in the consideration OF
the measure, only eight pages being con
sidered before adjournment. Ihere was
that, were acted upon. Senator DoliVeFt
concluded his speech begun yesterday AT
sos o'clock the Senate adjourned.
Little progress was made In the consider
alton Of the tariff bill In the Senate on the
9th, the lead schedule being under discus
sion. Senator Bristow made strong tight
against increases in the rates Of the sched-
ules over the duties provided in the House
on the ground that such increases would
unnecessarily increase the cost of paint,
nyx.,A tam fNvntu
the discussion Senators Beveridge and Cal
finger engaged in a sharp colloquy during
which Mr.: Gallinger accused the Indiana
senator of advertising his own wares.
Earlier in the day Senator Cummins ad-
dressed the Senate in favor of lower duties
especially in the iron and &steel schedules.
He declared that the people would take
matters in their own hands If the law d1d
not check monOpolies, and said that In that
end c Lamp fPe geSs W SGo@rned
according to an agreement to discontinue
work on the bill daily at that hour, for one
week.
Just before adjournment on the 7th the
Senate voted to fix the duty on lead con-
tanned in lead ore at ~ cents pound,
which is the rate of the Dingley law, and
the HI House Ro Of Represen "a tvaa Fifty-tnree
senator's, including all kepuDncans present,
and Senators Hughes Of Colorado and Nc
duty. and nineteen Democratic senators
voted against it. This particular paragraph
has not been opposed by the low tarlf Re-
publcans and the vote was not significant
During the day Senator Clapp of Minnesota
spoke at length in favor of lowering tarlH
duties and Senator Owen Of Oklahoma up
held the cOnstitutionalty OF an income TAX.
Adjourned at $40 O'Clock.
The entire session of the Senate on the
9Th was consumed with a debate on the
schedule of duties on pig lead and Its prod
nets The stout opposition presented to the
adoption of the amendment recommended
by the committee on finance making the
~, NP nTIn
prevented Il vote being reached before az,
iournment. At 4:56 p. m adjourned until
Monday.
The ability of the Republican majority
of the Senate to uphold the recommenda-
ton of the committee on finance on the
lead schedule. which contains the Dingley
rates in the tariff bill In the place Of the
lower duties fixed by the House of Repre-
sentatiyes was fully demonstrated on the
10th when by vote of 30 to Al the Senate
declined to reduce by one-quarter Of cent
a pound the duty on pig lead, as recon-
mended by the committee on finance. In
this vote eleven Republicans voted with
the Democrats and two Democrats with
the Republicans. By viva voce vote the
pound on pig lead as recommended by the
committee. At the conclusion OF the ses-
sion Chairman AldriCh stated that he re-
garded the vote as an endorsement Of the
action of the committee, and he expressed
confidence that all the schedules of the
committee would be upheld. Adjourned at
45S p. IN.
House.
The House was not in session on the 4th
The House was not in session the 5th.
Formal charges of impeachment against
Federal Judges Phillips and Mcpherson OF
the western district of Missouri are to be
fled by Representative Murphy OF that
state who made announcement of that fact
Immediately after the House adjourned on
the 9th. Incensed over a telegram to At
torney General Wickersham by Frank Hag
erman, attorney for eighteen railroads, in
which Mr.. Hagerman characterized Mr.
Murphy's resolutions of inquiry into the Of
fcirf conduct OF the two judges as IAN out
rageous tissue of misrepresentation, Mr..
Murphy today held the attention of the
which he had made in his original resolu-
tion. His colleague. Mr. Rucker, corrob-
Grated all that he said in denunciation OF
the action of the two judges, and added
that Judge Phillips ought to have been i'm
peached twenty years ago. At 1885 p. m.
the House adjourned until Monday.
The House was not in session on the 18th.
The House was not in session on the Sth.
Strenuous opposition by the Democrats in
$he House on the 10th prevented the refer
ence of the Presidents message recon-
mending certain legislation for Porto Rico
to the committee on ways and means A
motion by Mr.. Garrett CTennesseel direct
ing the speaker to appoint forthwith the
committee on insular affairs, which under
ordinary procedure would have charge of
the subject, disclosed the fact that a quo
rum was not present. Consequently the
message will lie on the speakers table I'M
til Thursday. The Philippine tariff bill
s~as reported and Mr.. Payne gave notice
that he would call it up Thursday. Ad
journed at 12:4T p. m.