Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-15
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
In the Senate.

Senator Hepburn of Idaho consumed
most Of the session of the Senate on the
9th discussing the provisions of the rail-
road bill.
Senator Elkins on the 9th gave notice
that on next Monday he would ask the
Senate to make an order that the admin
lstration railroad bill should be kept
under consideration continuously until
disposed of. Most of the session of the
senate was taken up by discussion of the
Warren bill for the disposal of the sur
pIuS waters Of government irrigation
projects
An animated debate occurred in the
Senate on the 9Th on a suggestion by the
special committee on the cost of living,
looking to the expenditure of SCI, 1000 for
the extension of the work of the commit
tee III gathering information regarding
wages. Senator Hale suggested that
these facts should be supplied as speedi-
~ as possible to be used in answering
questions in the coming campaign. Sen
ator Bacon deprecated such use of the
fGfOrmatiOn.
The House bill requiring railroad com
panies to make reports of accidents to
the interstate commerce commission was
passed by the Senate.
The Senate was not in session on the
Sth
In the Senate on the 18th consideration
was begun of the administration railroad
bill, section by section. Several amend
ments offered by Mr.. Elkins for the ad-
ministration Republicans were adopted.
Senator Nelson made a speech in which
ne declared that the purpose of the bill
was to destroy the Sherman antitrust
law. and that he could not vote for it.
Senate adjourned until / o'clock on the
10Th on account of the marriage of the
daughter Of Senator Clark of Wyoming.
In the House
The naval appropriation bill was I'M
der consideration all day on the 9th, but
few changes being made III the measure
AS the House could not agree upon rec
concentrations Of the committee on naval
affairs to increase the length of the pro-
posed dry docks at New York. Puget
Sound Wash. and at Pearl HarbOr, ap-
proximately to 100 feet. an increase of
about 100 feet, the entire apprOprat tons
for those projects were stricken from the
bill. leaving their determination to lat
er day.
The franking privilege was extended to
- former President Roosevelt by the terms
of a bill passed by the House on the 9th
The measure was general in terms and
extended the ranking privileges to ali
ex-Presidents or their widows during
their lives.
The 9th, being calendar Wednesday,"
was devoted to the consideration of many
bills of local interest to various sections
of the country.
In the House the session on the 7th
was devoted to q consideration of the
q naval appropriation bill
The appearance of Representative
Foss of Massachusetts to take the oath
of Office was the signal for an enthusiasts
tic demonstration Oh the part of the
Democrats.
Two battleships were authorized by
nv r
the Sth. This action was taken by
the decisive vote of 1862 to 40, thirty
three Democrats voting with the Repub
licans for two battleships, while twenty
four Republicans voted with the Demo
Gratis for one battleship. The House
adopted an amendment by which the two
battleships and two fleet GOLFERS author
lied by the bill must be built by firms
operating under the eight-hOur law. As
passed the naval bill appropriates about
$13S,0O0.000
Speaker Cannon's suggestion that the
'insurgents'' of the House did not have
sufficient courage to join with the solid
minority in the election of his successor
and his prediction that the Republicans
would carry the next congressional cleo
tons were the striking features of a
somewhat sensational day in the pro-
ceedingS of Congress on the 18th. These
statements by the speaker were called
forth in connection with his comment on
the floor over the action of the Demo
Gratis and "insurgents' in sending back
to conference a report which allowed
$500 for the expenses of the speakers
automobile. together with an allowance
for the vice presidents automobile. The
speaker declared that he had never sug-
gested nor approved the allowance of
automobiles for the vice president and for
himself the legislation having been
initiated in the Senate.