Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
In the Senate.


81 amendment Offered by Mr.. Cummlns)
shifting to railroad companies the burden
# proving the reasOnableness of increases
III rates, and tie rejection of the Brown
amendment prohibiting the consolidation
of competitive railroad lines, the Senate's
consideration of the railroad bill On the
31st was confined to discussion.
During the day Senator Cummins took
occasion to announce that he and other
progressive senators would vote for the
bill as amended.
Early in the day Senator Owen dellv-
cred a set speech in support of his reso-
luton for the election of senator's by d.
rect "ote OF the people
The Senate made material progress
with the railroad bill on the LIST, adopt
ing several amendments and rejecting
others Among the provisions accepted
were two by Senators Simmons and Bur
ton prohibiting railroad companies from
reducing rates to destroy water cOmpetl-
tion An amendment suggested by Sen
ator Burton imposing penalty OF SoOOO
upon carriers for divulging information
concerning shipments also was accepted.
An amendment by Mr.. Bailey re-enact-
ing the commodities clause of the Hep
burn act was rejected. Mr.. Bailey free
ly criticised the supreme court Sena-
tor La Follette's physical valuation
amendgvtlt also was voted down.
A number of important amendments to
the fdllFOdu OIL were duODlpu Dy Inc ECOt1-
ate on the 2nd. Among these was one by
Senator Overman of North CarIina pro-
hibiting federal courts from granting IN
terlOCutOry injunctiOnS to suspend state
laws, except upon an order OF three
Judges, one OF whom should be member
Of the supreme court or circuit Judge.
The provision including telegraph COM
panies within the scope of the interstate
commerce law wds modified so as to pro-
hibit the granting of telegraph franks
and permitting special rates on press dis
patches. The time when the bill shall
take effect was extended to sixty days
after its passage.
900 o'clock on Friday by vote of so
to 12z }enatOrs Chamberlin, Clay. POyn-
ter. Simmons and Stone are the only
Democrats who voted for the bill.
The Senate on the 9th voted to take
up for consideration the conservation bill
authorizing the President, at his dlscre-
ton to withdraw from entry and settle
ment the public lands. thus Sidetracklng
the bill admitting New Mexico and Ari-
IONA to statehood. Senator Hughes and
other Democrats showed an inclination
to charge bad faith on the part of the
Republicans. because, as they SAID, there
had been a tacit understanding to consider
the question of statehood Immediately
after action upon the railroad bill A
number of ReDuhlican senators gave as
surancP that the statehood bill should be
given first place on the calendar after
the disposal of the conservation bill, but
the Democrats were not satisfied with
these statements. Senator Nelson sharp
ly criticised the conservation policy, es-
peciaIly as applied to Alaska, which was
considered significant because OF his pO-
sition at the head of the Pallinger-Pln-
chOt investigating committee.
In the House.
In the House nearly the entire session
on the 31St was consumed by Il discus
sion relating to appropriations to make
effective recent legislation creating bu-
reau of mines and mining. Up to the
time of adjournment SlSS,OOU mad been
appropriated for this purpose
The entire session of the House on the
LIST was occupied by a discussion of the
administration bill providing for a new
civil government for Porto Rico. Dem
Ocrats opposed the measure, claiming
that it provided a less representative
government than was now enjoyed by
the people of Porto Rico under the For
akcr act Resident Commissioner Lar
rinaga declared that a majority of the
Porto Ricans preferred the present law
governing the islands to that proposed
by the admin stration bill The bill will
be considered again next Wednesday.
In the House on the 2nd an amend
ment was adopted to the sundry civil bill,
proposed by Mr.. Hughes of New Jersey,
and providing that the appropriation for
the enforcement of the Sherman anti
trust lay should bon te bused in the prose
cution of labor organizations.
An appropriation of $4,000 was made
by the House on the Sd to enable the
secretary of agriculture to make an in
vestigatou of methods of making paper
from various plants and woods This
provision was made in M amendment to
the sundrv civil bill which was under
consideration IN the House during the
e-ttJre session.
The consideration of bills, chiefly of To-
cal interest. by unanimoUs consent, Occur
pied the entire session IF the House on
thc 9th. Among the many measures
passed were bills authorizing the appoint
rncnt of Il commission to investigate the
raatter of employers liability and work
JHon $ compensation, and also admitting
as second class mail matter periodical
publications of benevolent and fraternal
societies. institutions of learning, trades
unions and professional, literary, his
tOrical and scientific societies.