Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-01-25
The Week
in Congress


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day in discussing the claims for addi-
ticnal salary of postmasters between
1854 and 1874. involving about $4,000
600. Mr. Penrose attacked the 2ropo-
sition as the work of claim agents. IL
was referred to the committee on post
Offices. to be reported on by Feb. l.
Adjourned until Monday. The House
passed the Notifications appropriation
bill carrying more than $5,000,OO0- A
resolution which was passed directing
the destruction of 1000 tons OF old
and worthless House documents, IN
Guiding many presidential messages.
caused much discussion, both serious
and humorous. A resolution was pass
ed granting additional clerical help TO
the nine committees on expenditures
in the various executive departments.
The Senate was not in session Fri
day. After listening to the Presi-
dents conservation message, the
House spent the rest of its session
considering the Henry resolution pro-
posing an amendment of the constitu-
ton changing the date of Presidential
Inauguration. Led by Mr.. Perkins of
New York the opponents of the reso-
luton showed such unexpected
strength that its friends caused adj
journment to prevent vote, in which
they would have been required to get
a two-thirds majority. The resolution
was vigorously defended by Repre-
sentatives Parker of New Jersey, Hen
ry of Texas and Goebel of Ohio. On
the other hand, Representatives Stat
ford of Wisconsin, Campbell of Kan
sas, Harrison of New York, M. E.
Driscoll of New York, Craig of Ala
bama, Lindbergh of Minnesota and
Sissons of Mississippi spoke strongly
against it. Adjourned until Saturday.
The Senate was not in session Sat
urday. The fight between two COM
mittees over the jurisdiction of the
Henry resolution proposing constitu-
,, tional amenGnent to change the date
of the Presidential Inauguration from
March to the last Thursday in April
resulted in the House committing the
matter back to the Judiciary commit
tee, which had reported it. An effort
will be made to reach an understand
ing with the committee on election OF
President and Vice President, which
had reported an almost indentical
measure, and the Judiciary committee
| will report the Henry resolution back
| within ten days. The territories COM
mittee reported, recommending state
| hood for New Mexico and Arizona.
After eulogies by number of mem
bers on the late United States Senator
Shoup of Idaho, the House passed a
concurrent resolution accepting the
Shoup statue just placed in Statuary
Hail. Adjourned until Monday.
The Senate Monday adopted the con-
| ference report on the BalliDger-Pinchot
inquiry resolution, and passed bill
authorizing an additional judge for the
| Fourth United States District. Eplo-
| gies were heard on the late George L..
Shoup, former Senator from Idaho, in
| connection with the acceptance of his
statue. The House passed the bill
granting separate Statehood to the ter
ritories of Arizona and New Mexico.
| Consideration of the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill, carrying more than
s5,O0O,OO0, was begun.
After cleaning up the calendar by
passing about forty bills, the major
ity of them being of private CHAR
acter. the Senate Tuesday adopted a
resolution requesting the Secretary
of the Treasury to advise the Senate
if newspaper reports were true that
the custom house at Newport News,
Va. was to be closed in observance OF
the anniversary of General R. T. Lees
birthday Without debsJe and by a
viva woce vote the House adopted the
conference report on the Ballinger-
Pfnchot inquiry resolution, and then
devoted almost five hours to further
discussion of the urgent deficiency ap
| preparation bill. Consideration of this
measure was not concluded. The ses
sion was somewhat enlivened by cTltf
| eisms of former President RooseVel
| by Representatives Harrison and F1tz
gerald, of New York, the former de
lmuuncing him for appointing repre-
sentatives to the third maritime cen'
ference TO be held at Brussels ntss'
1 April without due authority of law
and the latter because of his alleged
numerous violations of the civil ser
vice law.