Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-21
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
Senate.

That the committees of the Senate
have not taken up the work OF the SEES
sion IN earnest was made evident on the
18th when, after a sitting OF htty-hye
minutes, the calendar was exhausted,
and it became necessary for the Senate
to adjourn for the day.
In the Senate on the 18th the greater
part of the session was taken up by
the introduction of new bills. The reso-
luton calling upon the secretary OF the
treasury to certify to the claims for ex-
ira allowances for postmasters who
serTad from 1864 to 1874 was discussed
at length. A resolution formally accept
ing the statue of Gen. Lew Wallace,
placed in Statuary hall, was passed.
The Senate. while it spent no money,
put in more than two hours on the
18th in discussion as to whether, it
claims for additional salaries to GER
tain postmasters who served during the
decade from 1864 to 1874. The claims
question was finally referred to the post
master. and the Senate adjourned to
2:3O p. m. until Monday.
The Senate was not in session on the
18th.
10Th.
The Senate adopted the conference re-
port on the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry
resolution, and passed a bill authoriz-
ing an additional judge for the fourth
United States district on the 18th. Eu-
logies were heard on the late George
L. Shoup. former senator from Idaho.
in connection with the acceptance of his
statue.
After passing the army appropria-
ton bill, carrying the sum OF $90,2OO.-
900 for the maintenance of the army dur
ing the fiscal year Of 1911, the House on
the 18th proceeded to consideration of
one of the so-called white slave" bills.
Opposition developed to that portion of
the measure reported by the immigration
committee which makes it a felony for
any person to assist another to go from
one state to another for the purpose of
engaging in prostitution. 1t was contend
ed by Representatives Bartlett of
Georgia, Goebel of Ohio and Richardson
of Alabama that such action would be
an encrOaChmeEt upon states rights, as
under the constitution each state had the
sole power to regulate its own morals
The bill still was under consideration
when The House at 4:3O p. m. ad
journed.
The House could not agree on the Sen
ate's amendment to the Ballinger-P Pin
chOt inquiry resolution on the 18th and
sent that measure to a conference. The
Bennet-Sabath white slave bill was
passed in spite of the efforts of Repre-
to sidetrack it.
The Notifications appropriation bill,
carrying more than $5,00O,0OO, was
passed on the 18th.
Partisan feeling was injected into the
discussion about the destruction of TO-
600 tons of worthless documents, presi-
Dental messages among them. Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald humorously com
mented on the number of Roosevelt mes
Sages consigned to the waste basket A
resolution was passed granting addition
al clerical help to the nine committees
on expenditure in the various executive
departments, but not until after Mr..
Fitzgerald had provoked protests by
calling attention to the failure of these
committees to scrutinize departmental
eXtrayaganceS.
The passing of March as Inaugural
ton day" is foreshadowed by joint reso-
luton proposing to the states an amend
ment to the constitution having that end
in view, and fixing the date the last
Thursday in April. 1t was before the
House on the 18th and final vote on it
was prevented by an early adjournment.
Ratification by at least thirty-fve states
will be necessary after the resolution is
adopted by both houses Of Congress and
approved by the President. The mes
sage of the President on conservation of
natural resources was presented and
read at the opening Of the session. The
bills embracing the Presidents recon-
mendatiOns were not introduced because
Representative Mondell of Wyoming.
chairman of the House committee on
public lands, refused to stand sponsor
for them. Representative Murdoch of
Kansas introduced a resolution demand
ing that the postmaster general shall fur
nish the House with information relative
to the infringement on the governments
mail carrying monopoly by express COM
panies.
The fight between two committees
over the jurisdiction of the Henry reso-
luton proposing a constitutional amend
ment to change the date of the presi-
the last Thursday in April resulted in
the House committing the matter back
to the judiciary committee, which had
reported it on the 10Th. An effort will
be made to reach an understanding
with the committee on election of Presi-
dent and vice president, which had re-
ported an almost identical measure, and
the judiciary committee will report the
Henry resolution back within ten days
The territories committee reported, rec
ommending statehood for New Mexico
and Arizona. After eulogies. by mum.
Der of members on the late United
House passed a concurrent resolution
accepting the Shoup statue just placed
in Statuary hall.
The House passed the bill granting
separate statehood to the territories of
Arizona and New Mexico on the 18th
Consideration of the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill, carrying more than
S5,0O0,000, was begun.
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