Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-01
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
In the Senate.

The legislative, executive ard iudicial
appropriation Dill, carrying about 81 g.
UOOOJO, was passed by the Senate Very
few amendments were adopted. Senator
Owen spoke in advocacy OF his BIZ, for
the creation or new executive depart
Of the public health.
The Senate, on the 25th again re
fused to accede to Senator EIkins' re
quest that day be fixed for vote on
the administrations railroad bin \ sup-
gestIon was made thar n month or more
might De required for the debate on that
measure. Senator Bailey announced
he had received assurances that before
adJournmeht there would be a vote on
the statehood BILL
The Senate on the 2Sth adopted n
resolution authorizing the state Of Ore
gOn and Washington to establish a houu-
dairy line between those states. As no
one was prepared to speak on the ad-
MIhIstratloh failroad measure. the Sen
ate took an early adjournment.
Full authority on the 10Th was ,,ivop
4 committee of the House to Investigate
all charges concerning the existence of
lobby TO influence ship, subsidy IegisIa-
ton, together with incidental matters
bearing upon that subject. Mr.. Fowler
Of New Jersey, in an extended speech.
defended ms plans for currency reform
h
llshment OF central bank or of postal
savings banks. Mr.. Martin of Colorado
suggested that the attorney general I'm
his denial that he had acted rs counsel
Tor the sugar trust, had not informed the
country OF the amount of the fee paid
TO ms partner, who acted in that ca
pacIty. and whether he had DarticiDated
in that fee. The failure of the attorney
general TO enforce more fully the Sher-
man antitrust law was the. eubinct of
remarks by Mr. Martin of South Dakota.
while the Improvement of the MississipDi
rived was discussed by MIR. ThistIewGod
of Illinois.
After an ineffec tual effort to pass the
House bill amending the employers' liza
bilty law on the Both. the Senate re-
snmed consideration Of the administra-
tlon railroad bill. Senator Root srpDorfed
the railroad bill III a speech lasting two
hours He devoted himself exclusively
70 the commerce court provisions of the
bill.
In the House.
The pension bill carrying appropria
tons of about S15G.OOO.0OO was PASSED
by the House today Nearly the entire
session was occupied by a contest made
chiefly by Republicans against the pro-
vision of the measure as rcpo.tpd from
the committee on pensions. for the abo-
HtIon of the eighteen pension agencies
now IN operation throughout the coun-
try. By vote of rs to "a the house
refused to overrule the recommendations
of the committee. The committee was
sustained chiefly by Democratic votes
The new committee on rules of the
House of Representatives as provided
for by the Norris resolution was elected
Friday without debate. The members
selected by the Republican and Demo-
cratic caucuses were named in a resou-
hrnf Ifrht in. I,ty Nv &c
Hampshire. General debate upon the
naval appropriation bill was begun. Mr.
Bartholdt of Missouri spoke in favor of
arbitration ana urged the adoption of a
naval programme to include but one bat
tleship annually, which would, he said,
be sufficient to maintain the navy at its
present strength.
The passage of bills relating to the
government of the District of Columbia
occupied almost the entire session of the
House on the 2Sth.
Attorney General Wickersham's for
NAL denial of the charge that he had ever
been counsel for the sugar trust" the
denial being contained in a letter writ
ten by Mr.. Wickersham to Representa-
tive Bennett of New York. was read
in the House in reply to a speech made
by Mr. Martin of Colorado several days
ago.
Both the Senate and the House adj
journed out of respect to the memory
of the late Justice Brewer of the SUI
preme court Of the United States. When
this action was taken by the Senate early
in the day Mr.. Bailey suggested that
such an adjournment established an awk-
ward precedent.
In the House on the 30th a decisive
vote was cast against the Hobson bill
TO appropriate one-twentieth of L per
cent. of appropriations for armament
for the purpose of promoting peace.
Democrats and Republicans alike Joined
in defeating the measure on the ground
that the method it proposed was not a
proper one for the promotion of arbitra-
ton and universal peace.