Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-14
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
Senate.

SENATE.
The Senate met shortly after moor. OF
the 4th, but was in session only elgh
minutes On motion of Senator Money
adjournment was taken until tomorrow
on account of the recent death OF sen
ator A. J. McLaurin of Mississippi.
In the Senate on the 9TH resolution
were introduced by Senators ElEllns anc
Crawford, both looking toward an IN
vestigation of the high prices OF living.
The Senate was deeply stirred on thy
9th by the reading of a letter from G Ij!
warmly defending L. r. CLAWS ana Mt
Price and Mr.. Shaw, the minor otnclah
connected with the Alaska coal lanoi
cases, and upholding the criticisms %
Secretary Ballinger. Mr.. Plnchot wen
so far as to intimate that Preslden
Taft himself had acted under mlsap
prehension. The Presidents message
transmitting Attorney General Wicker
shams report defending Mr.. Ball1ngel
was received and the report was referred
to the committee on public lands. Sena'
tor Jones' resolution for investigation
into this case was referred to the same
committee. The Senate adjourned untl
Monday.
The Senate was not in session on the
7th.
The Senate was not in session on the
Sth.
The Senate on the 10th adopted unani
mously the Joint resolution providing fol
the Ballinger Pinchot investigation
amended so as to let the House elect, IN
stead of the speaker appoint, the mem
bers of the House committee, thus pre-
venting q reopening OF the. night or
Speaker Cannon. The bill relieving AS
sistant Treasurer Boldenweck of respon
sibility for the $4,000 Chicago sub
treasury theft was passed. President
Tafts railroad and antitrust message
was read as special compliment.
House.
In the House. which convened at thu
usual time on the 4th, two bills Of i'm
portance were introduced, one by MIR
Mann making sweeping changes IN the
Interstate commerce. law and the othel
by Mr.. Humphrey providing for shiE
subsidy. Representative Douglas Q!
Ohio made thify-minute speech il
favor of more liberal appropriation fol
agricultural projects on account OF thH
increasing cost of living. Out of respect
to the late Senator McLaurin the HousI
adjourned at 1:15 o'clock.
The House devoted the entire day or
the 9Th to the discussion of Representa-
tive Manns bill providing for a reorgan'
iZation of the government of the Panama
canal zone, and finally passed it. The
bill places the entire administration In
the hands of the President and abolishes
the present canal commission.
In the House on the 9th a resolution
vas adopted asking the revenue cuttel
service to show how much money hat
been spent in the recent search for Joh1
Jacob AstOr's yacht Nourmahal. A res
s'1tiOn was introduced providing for {
laboratory to study criminolOgy. After
declining to enter upon discussion of the
Joint resolution introduced by Mr.. Hum
phrey the House adjourned.
The House on the 7th received tbs
Presidents message and referred it tt
the proper committee. The insurgents
and Democrats voted down the Republic
ans in adopting a resolution to investi
gate the Ballinger- controversy
taking away the power of the speaker
in appointing the members of the House
who will do the investigating.
In the general debate on the 9Th or
the army appropriation bill Representa-
tive Hull of Iowa, chairman of the com.
mittee on military affairs, explained that
the bill carried an appropriation of $780,.
212,71S for the maintenance of the army
in 1911, and stated that the estimates
had been pared to the bone. Mr.. Bar.
tholdt indicated he would offer an amend.
ment providing for the restoration of the
army canteen. Mr.. Kustermann Of Wis.
consin spoke in opposition to ship sub.
sidy legislation. Mr. Smith of Califor.
MA spoke in opposition to the government
exercising control over water power sites
in the west Mr.. Goulden of New York
spoke in favor of deeper water ways.
Mr.. Henry of Texas took the Repub,
Leans severely to task for violating the
party's pledges in failing to give the
country revision downward
The House on the 10th almost conclud.
ed consideration of the army appropria.
ton bill Mr.. Mann's amendment to cut
the 81 100000 appropriation for national
guard encampments to $1.0OO,O0O was
defeated after a lively debate. Mr..
bill amending the interstate commerce
law. Mr.. Sulzer introduced a joint reso-
luton recognizing Gen. Estrada as Pres
dent of the Legitimate government" Of
Nicaragua.