Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-04
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
Senate.

The Senate ON the 25th. passed the
Notifications bill carrying $5,817,200 and
devoted some time to the consideration
of a new national forest in Montana,
but took no action.
The Senate spent the day on the 26th.
in consideration of the Alaskan legis-
Iative council bill and the Sunday clos
ing law for the District of Columbia.
rhe postal savings bank bill was re-
ferred to committee. A bill for the dis
position of Indian lands in South Dakota
by lot was passed, but not until Senators
Gore and Burkett had bitterly assailed
the system.
The Senate spent more than two hours
on the 2Sth in a fruitlesS academic dis
cussiOn Of the tariff, Mr.. Lodge contend
ing that the rates of duty have no Ell
feet ON the price of living and Senator
Bacon taking the contrary view. Mr..
Gallinger and Mr.. Bailey indicated that
they would oppose the postal savings
bank bill The Gore resolution for an
inquiry into the cost of transportation
IF second class mail matter was re-
ferrnd to the committee on postofices
and post roads.
The Senate was not in session on the
Doth.
Senator Carter spoke at length on the
31st Oh the postal savings bank bill and
answered some objections by Mr.. Hey
burn.
House.
Mr.. Bennett of New York made sweep
ing denials of the charges made by Mr..
Macon of Arkansas of extravaganza by
the immigration commission ON the 25th.
Mr.. Macon refused to retract and the
Houpse passed a bill creating a bureau
of mines in the Interior Department and
at $50 adjourned.
The House passed the Mann white
slave" bill by a viva voce without ma
terial amendment from the form in
which it was reported from the COM
mittee on interstate and foreign COM
two hours opposition was made on CON
StitutiOnal arguments against the bills
provisions requiring keepers of brOthels
to report to the commissioner general of
immigration persons within their houses
who had come to the United States with
in three years, which, it was claimed,
infringed upon states rights.
Animated debate and political speeches
were the order of the day in the House
on the 9th, tht subject being the agri-
cultural appropriation bill. Mr.. Boutell
upheld the Payne tariff law, and the
House adjourned at 5:12.
Mr.. Douglas suggested creation of a
penses could be kept down in the inter
ests of agricultural appropriations on
the 2Sth. General debate on the agri-
cultural bill was concluded.
An effort on the part of southern
members to have increased from $215.-
600 to S500.0O0 the appropriation car
ried in the agricultural bill for study
and demonstration of methods of con
trolling the boil weevil was the topic
of chief interest in the House on the
Doth. but the absence of a quorum
forced early adjournment. Mr.. Simms,
Tennessee. denied that his colleagues
abused their franking privilege.
To make the principal of Panama
bonds payable in gold and to exempt
from taxation certificates of indebted
ness authorized by the ,Payne-Aldrich
tariff law. the House on the 31st passed
a joint resolution reported from the
committee on ways and means by Repre-
sentative Payne. Mistakes in the enact
ment of the law. Mr.. Payne explained,
made this legislation necessary. The
agricultural appropriation bill was be-
fore the House during nearly all the
session.