Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-05-27
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
In the Senate.

court judges was stricken out by the Sen
ate on the 18th. The greater part OF the
session was devoted to a discussion of
:he Cummns amendment making the in
terstate commerce commission the de-
endant in all cases in the courts grow
ing out of orders of that commission,
but no action was taken.
BY a vote of 40 to % the Senate on
the 18th amended and accepted the
House provision of the railroad bill
which places the defense of suits before
the interstate commerce commission IN
the hands of the attorney general, but
permits the commission and shippers to
Intervene and even to continue the suit
ia case the attorney generaf WlthdraWs.
The period during which rates of rail-
road companies may be suspended by
the commission was extended from 6O
to 100 days on motion of Mr.. Aldrlch.
The debate on the bill continued through
out the day and was marked by some
sharp passages between Senators Rayner
and Hughes and also between Senators
Rayner and Elkins. An early adjourn
ment was taken to afford the Democrats
an opportunity to confer over certain
propositions made to them by the regu-
lar Republicans.
In the Senate on the 10th the Cum
Minis amendment to the railroad bill re-
quring the approval of the interstate
commerce commission to all increases III
railroad rates before they take effect,
was under consideration throughout the
day, but no vote was reached. Mr.. Gum
minis occupied the floor during the entire
session The regular Republicans and
Democrats failed to reach an agreement.
Whether there shall be authorized by
the present Congress TWO Or only one
battleship was the subject of a long
discussion by the Senate Oh the 10th
while the naval appropriation bill was
I,IyN,.
ers were Senators Clay, Hale, CALM
ger and Burton. 1t was brought out
that the revenues of the present fiscal
year probably would not equal the ex-
penditures and that there would be an
increased deficit.
Party issues held the attention of the
House on the Dist while the proposed
appropriation of $4,000 In the sundry
civil bill to enable President Taft's tariff
board to collect information for him was
pending theoretically. General debate
was closed and the reading of the bill
resumed just before the House adj
jOurned. The discussion which centered
on the tariff was featured by speeches
by Minority Leader Clark and Mr.. Bou-
tell of Illinois, one of the Speaker Can
mons lieutenants on the ways and means
committee, which framed the Payne law,
and Mr.. Foss of Massachusetts, Mr..
Clark and Mr.. Boutell spoke for two
hours each. Mr.. Covington of Maryland
attacked the administration course in
selling the Philippine friar lands to the
representatives of the so-caIed sugar
trust.
BY the action of the Senate the con-
struction of two new battleships for the
navy was assured on the 23rd Senator
BurtonS amendment to the naval appro-
priation bill to limit the authorization to
one ship of the Dreadnought type in
stead of two, as authorizde by the House,
was defeated, 20 to 30 The bill then
was passed. 1t carries appropriate tons
aggrcgating $134, 100000,
In the House.
General debate on the sundry civil bill
in the House on the 18th gave an OPP
portunity Tor several speeches Mr..
Campbell of Kansas denounced Demo-
cratic tariff revision which, he said, was
shown by experiences of the country to
be disastrous. Mr.. Underwood of Ala
bama criticised the President and the
Republican majority of the House for
failure to give publicity to facts gath
cred in connection with the corporation
tax. Mr.. Keifer of Ohio advocated his
plan for an International agreement for
preserving neutrality of the Panama
canal Mr.. Barnhart of Indiana de-
nounced machine politics in general and
the Republican party in particular. Mr..
SsSon spoke in favor of legislation
abolishing gambling in cotton futures.
The House spent the day on the 18th
debating a bill to extend to the territory
of Hawaii the laws of the United States
concerning appropriations that are en-
ioyed by territories within the United
States. The bill was passed. having
been previously passed by the Senate.
Campaign speeches occupied the
House on the 10Th, while the sundry
civil appropriation bill theoretically was
Ious debate on forestry, resulting In
sending back for further conference a
Senate amendment to the agricultural
appropriation bill, giving the states 81
per cent. instead Of % per cent of the
gross receipts from forestry administra-
zion. The remainder of the conference
report was agreed to.
The tariff, ship subsidy lively disnu-
tation between Mcssrs. Ames of Massa-
chuSetts and Payne of New York. both
Republicans, over Canadian tariff reIa-
tiOnS and an arralgnment of some of his
Republican colleagues by Mr.. Fish of
New York, occupied the session of the
House Messrs. Mckinlay of California
and Diekema of Michigan, Republicans.
advocated the proposed $4,000 appro-
priatlon for charging the scope of the
tar # boards aSCertainmeut of tariff in
formation Mr.. Ames attacked Mr..
Payne for refusing courteous considera-
lloh OF MS efforts tor adjusting the tariff
situation between the United States and
Canada. Mr.. Payne replied that he mere
ly adhered to his conviction that the
tariff question should not be reopened at
this session.
In the Senate on the 21st eulogies
were delivered on the lives of the late
RepreSentatives Cushman of Washing
ton and DeArmond of Missouri No
olher business was transacted
In the House the proposed apnronria-
ton OF S2oO,00O, as recommended by the
PRESIDENT, was stricken from the bin on
Il point otSorder made by Mr.. Fitzgerald
OF New York and decided by Representa-
tive Mann of Illinois. who was in the
chair on the 23rd, In order to accom-
pilSh practically the same purpose in a
dlterent way, Chairman Tawney of the
appropriations committee offered an
amendment appr0priating the same
amount of money, but leaving ont all
reference to the tariff board He boroJ