Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-06
The Week
in Congress
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The Senate again Friday refused to
accede to Senator Elkins' request that
day be fixed for vote on the admin
istration's railroad bill A suggestion
was made that month or more might
be required for the debate on that
measure. Senator Bailey announced
he had received assurances that be-
fore adjournment there would be a
vote on the statehood bill. The new
committee on rules of the House Of
Representatives, as provided for by the
Norris resolution, was elected withou..
debate. The members selected by the
Republican and Democratic caucuses
were named in a resolution brought in
by Mr.. Currier of New Hampshire.
General debate upon the naval appro-
priation bill was begun. Mr.. Bartholdt
OF Missouri spoke in favor of arbitra-
tion and urged the adoption of naval
program to include but one battle
ship annually, which would, he said.
be sufficient to maintain the navy at
its present strength.
The Senate was not in session Sat
urday. General debate on the naval
appropriation bill in the House gave
an opportunity to several members to
deliver political speeches. Mr.. Kahn
of California devoted considerable at
tention to muckrakers. citing numer-
GUS instances in which men honored
by their country had been assailed in
newspapers and periodicals of the past.
Speeches were made also by Mr..
Spight (NIiss) and Mr.. Hobson Gala. }.
The Senate Monday adopted joint
resolution authorizing the state of Ore
gon and Washington to establish a
boundary line between those states. As
no one was prepared to speak on the
administration railroad measure, the
Senate took an early adjournment
The passage of bills relating to the
government of the District Of Column
bia occupied almost the entire session
of the House. Attorney General Wick
ersham's formal denial to the charge
that he had ever been counsel for the
sugar trust" the denial being con-
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Wickershaw to Representative Bennett,
of New York, was read in the House
In reply to speech made by Mr..
Martin. of Colorado, several days ago.
In the Senate Tuesday Senator
Chamberlain spoke in support of a
bill providing for the withdrawal from
entry of the public lands of the counr
try. When the Senate adjourned early
In the day out of respect to the mem
DRY of the late Justice Brewer, Mr..
Bailey suggested that such an ad-
journment established an awkward
precedent. The House gave full au-
thority to committee to investigate all
charges concerning the existence of q
lobby to influence ship subsidy legisla-
ton. Mr.. Fowler in an extended
speech defended his plans for cur
rency reform and spoke vigorously
against the establishment Of 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 part
ner, who acted in that capacity, and
whether he had participated in that
fee; The failure of the Attorney Gen:
eral to enforce more fully the Sher-
man antitrust law was the subject Of
remarks by Mr.. Martin. of South Da-
kota. while the Improvement of the
Mississippi River was discussed by
Mr., Thistlewood, of Illinois.