Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-06-10
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
In the Senate.

A number Of important amendments to
the railroad bill were adopted by the Sen
ate on the End. Among these was one by
Senator Overlran Of North Carlina pro
hlbiting federal courts from granting IN
terocutory injunctions TO suspend state
laws. except uD0n an order Of three
Judges. one or whom should be Il member
of the supreme court or a circuit judge.
The provision including telegraph com
panies within the scope Of the interstate
commerce law was modified so as to pro
hihit the granting of telegraph franks
and permitting special rates on press dis
patches The time when the bill shall
take effect was extended to sixty days
after its passage.
The railroad bill passed the Senate at
800 O'Clock on Friday by vote Of %
to y. Senators Chamberlin. Clay, POyn-
ter. Simmons and Stone are the only
Democrats who voted for the bill.
The Senate 9m The ON voted to take
up for consideration the conservation Dill
authorizing the President. at his discre-
ton, to withdraw from entry and settle
ment the pubic lands. thus sidetracking
the bill admitting New Mexico and Ari-
IONA to statehood. Senator Hughes and
other Democrats showed an inclination
to charge bad faith on the part of the
Republicans. because. as they said. there
had been q tacit understanding to consider
the question Of statehood Immediately
number of Republican senators gave as
Surance that the statehood bill should be
given first place on the calendar after
the disposal of the conservation bill. but
the Democrats were not satisfied with
these statements Senator Nelson sharp
ly criticised the conservation policy, es-
pecially as applied to Alaska. which was
considered significant because of his POI
sitiOn at the head of the Ballinger-Pln-
chOt investigating committee.
In the Senate five hours was occupied
on the 18th with criticisms of the admins
tration of the public land laws OF the
United States in connection with the
drawal bill. Set speeches were made
against the bill by Senators Clark Of
Wyoming and Hepburn of Idaho.
The sundry civil appropriation bill and
the conference report on the rivers and
harbors bill monopolized the attention
Of the Senate on the Sth, but no action
was taken on either. Senators Burton
and Newlands criticized the rivers and
harbors bill in sharp language. both OF
them denouncing it as a pork barrel"
In the House.
In the House on the 2nd an amend
nent was adopted to the sundry civil BILL
proposed by Mr.. Hughes of New Jersey,
and providing that the appropriation for
the enforcement of the Sherman anti
trust lay should bon te bused In the prose
cution of labor organizations.
An appropriation of $4,000 was made
by the House on the Sd to enable the
secretary of agriculture to make an in
vestication of methods Gf making paper
from various plants and woods. This
provision was made in an amendment to
the sundry civil bill, which was under
consideration IN the House during the
entire session.
The consideration of bills, chiefly of To-
cal interest. by unanimous consent, occu
pied the entire session of the House on
the 9th. Among the many measures
passed were bills authorizing the appoint
ment of a commission to investigate the
matter of employers liability and work
mems compensation, and also admitting
as second class mail matter periodical
publications of benevolent and fraternal
societies. institutions of learning, trades
unions and professional. literary, his
torical and scientific societies.
The railroad bill was sent to conference
and consideration of the postal savings
bank bill was begun in the House on
the 7th An Intellectual attempt was
made by Democrats and insurgents IN
the House, under the leadership of Rep
resentatiye Lenr0ot of Wisconsin to
agree to the Senate amendments to the
railroad bill and avoid conference. Mr..
Ienroot's motion was defeated, 100 to
162, twenty-one insurgents voting with
the Democrats for the motion, while six
Democrats voted with the regular Re
publicans against it. The postal savings
bank bill was taken up by the House
after the adoption of rule limiting de-
bate to eight hours and requiring a
vote on the measure without amend
ment An agreement was made under
which it is expected the bill will be
voted on next Thursday.
In the House the entire session on the
Sth was occupied by debate upon the
0lmSted bill creating a new form of civil
government for the island of Porto Rico.
Before adjournment the House began
the reading of this bill for amendment,
thus practically insuring its final dis
position next Wednesday, when under
the rules it will again be taken up.