Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-08
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
In the Senate.

Full authority on the ZJth was gwen
a committee of the House to investigate
all charges concerning the existence of
a lobby to influence ship subsidy legisla-
ton, together with incidental matters
bearing upon that subject. Mr.. Fowler
of New Jersey, in an extended speech,
defended his plans for currency reform
and spoke vigorously against the estab-
lishment of a central bank or of postal
savings banks. Mr.. Martin of Colorado
suggested that the attorney general, in
his denial that he had acted as counsel
for the sugar trust, had not Informed the
country of the amount of the fee paid
to his partner, who acted III that ca
pacity, and whether he had participated
in that fee. The failure of the attorney
general to enforce more fully the Sher-
man antitrust law was the subject of
:amarks by Mr.. Martin of South Dakota,
while the Improvement of the Mississippi
rived was discussed by Mr.. Thistlewood
IF Illinois.
After an Intellectual effort to pass the
House bill amending the employers liza
oility law on the Both, the Senate re-
;umed consideration Of the administra-
ion railroad bill. Senator Root supported
he railroad bill in a speech lasting two
hours. He devoted himself exclusively
% the commerce court provisions of the
bill.
Senator Root continued, but did not
conclude his speech on the administra-
ton railroad bill in the Senate on the
B1st. He defended the merger and traf-
fc agreements provisions of the meas
ure There was further discussion of the
proposed amendment of the Cummins'
employers liability law, but the Senate
took no action upon it.
Senator Root on the list concluded his
speech in the Senate in support of the
administration railroad bill and the
further consideration Of that measure
was postponed until Monday. The Sen
ate passed the bill amending the en-
plOyers' liability law in respect to the
jurisdiction of state courts in railroad
damage suits. The liability bill now will
go to conference.
Eulogies formed the chief feature of the
proceedings of the Senate and House on
the 2nd. In the Senate the life and
character of Senator McLaurin of Mis-
sissippi and of Senator Johnson Of North
Dakota were subjects Of numerous re-
marks.
In the House.
Both the Senate and the House ad-
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 Both 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-
lion and universal peace.
The naval appropriation bill pending
in I offered
members to discuss various subjects. Mr.
Sherley of Kentucky explained at con-
siderable length his resolution to permit
a majority of the House to bring before
it at any time n bill which might be
pending in a committee. Mr.. Padgett
of Tennessee and Mr.. Gregg of Texas,
minority members of the House naval
committee, each delivered q speech in
favor of a one battleship year policy.
Objection being made to an increase by
the Senate to the extent of $4,000 of
the appropriation under which the state
department may encourage trade rela-
tions, the diplomatic bill was sent back
to conference by the House after all
amendments except that one had been
agreed to.
The publicity feature of the corpora
ton tax law was under discussion during
the entire session of the House on the
LIST. The Senate had provided. in an
and judicial appropriation bill, for pub
Hcity of corporation reports upon ap-
prevail of the President alone under regu-
lations to be formulated by the secre-
tary of the treasury. After the bill had
been completed Representative Fitzgerald
of New York attempted to recommit it
with instructions for q report forthwith
with an amendment repeating the Payne
Adrich tariff law By a strict party vote,
$50 to 116, Speaker Cannon's ruling that
this motion was out Of order was sus-
tanned.
In the House on the End the session
was largely devoted to paying tributes of
respect to the memory of the late Rep
resentative Cushman of Washington.
The naval appropriation bill was under
consideration during the first two hours
of he session, and the reading of the
measure for amendment was begun. The
House will be in session tomorrow, when
eulogies will be delivered in honor of the
memory of the late Representative Per
kins of New York.