Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-27
61ST CONGRESS ADJ0URNS
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signed practically all the matters of
! legislation placed before him. He
received congratulations from the
cabinet and from members of both
| branches upon the successful passage
| of most of his pet measures. Taft
shook hands all around.
| Each house marked the closing
! hour by voting for an investigation
| of the McMurray Indian contracts.
| Instead of the usual scene of COM
( paratively undignified relaxation
from business, both houses heard
| speeches from several dignitaries.
Two separate Investigations were
provided for, one in each houses.
Each Has Committee.
y committee was provided for in
each house. The senate passed a
resolution creating a committee of
five members to pursue the inquiry to
the bottom during recess and to re-
port whether any of its members are,
or have been interested in any of the
doings.
During the proceedings of the SEN
ate in the marble room" adjoining
the senate chamber were Ex-senator
Long of Kansas and Thurston of Ne
braska, who have been mentioned in
connection with Indian contract mat
tiers as we'll as McMurray of Nc AL
ester, Okla, named as principal
owner of the Indian contracts in
question.
Cannon Names Members.
Cannon appointed the following
committee to conduct the house in
yestigation:
Burke. South Dakota, chairman;
Campbell, Kansas: Miller. Minnesota;
Stephens, Texas and Saunders, Vir-
ginia.
Sherman announced the following
to conduct the senate investigation;
Jones. Washington; Burton, Ohio; /
Crawford, South Dakota; Hughes, !
Colorado; Percy, Mississippi.
A message from the president stat
ing he had signed the rivers and
haTbOrs, but would never again sign |
another similar one, enlivened the
proceedings of the senate. He states !
that improvements should be made /
in accordance with an approved sys- /
tenn such as was not followed in the .
bill, but that he signed the bill in /
order that important improvements |
would not be delayed.
Taft says that the piecemeal pol /
icy of making appropriations from /
time to time was the bills chief de- /
feet. He said the government when /
it entered a project should finish it .
in a reasonable time and then take ,
up others and do the same. He IA /
vOrs expert supervision to work out /
a business-like scheme. Taft also
signed the public buildings bill.
Work of Last Day.
Taft signed the Mann white slave
bill, previously passed by the house.
Receding from its amendment to
the sundry civil bill providing for
tests of structural steel and the con-
ference report the bill was adopted
by both houses.
The house and senate adopted
joint resolutions appropriating ST.
100000 for the protection of prop
erty along lower Colorado river, Taft
having submitted a message calling
attention to dangerous conditions
along the river bed.
Both houses agreed to the general
deficiency bill; the house agreed to
the pensions appropriation bill pass
ed by the senate, appropriating $751;
100000; adopted the conference re-
port on campaign publicity. bill, pro-
viding for the publication of cam
paign funds after elections, and
the conference report for a
$40, 100000 issue of certificates of
to aid the reclamation
project.
Conference report bill for the Gre
alton of an employers liability COM
mission was adopted by the senate
and was agreed by the house.