Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-17
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
In the Senate.


In the Senate five hours was occupied
on the 7th with criticisms of the admins
tration of the public land laws of the
United States in connection with the
consideration of the public land with
drawal bill. Set speeches were made
against the bill by Senators Clark Of
Wyoming and Hepburn Of Idaho.
The sundry civil appropriation bill and
the conference report on the rivers ara
harbors bill mOnopOlized the attention
of che Senate on the Sth, but no action
was taken on either. Senators Burton
and Newlands criticized the rivers and
n2rbOrs bill in sharp language, both OF
them denouncing it as pork barrel.
After agreeing to the conference report
ON the river and harbOr bill the Senate
on the 9th took ND the sundry civil ap-
preparation, but adjourned without con
Guiding its consideration. The provision
eliminating the House restriction on the
use of funds for prosecutions under the
antitrust law, so as to make them map
plicable to peaceful combinations. wage
carriers, etc, was the subject OF crltl~
cis5n, but ultimately accepted. An
amendment appropriating $l0O,O0O tc
permit the President to investigate the
various executive departments OF the
government with a view to better
economy was adopted.
In connection with the sundry civil bill
the Senate on the 10th listened to a re-
vival of the tariff discussion of last SEES
sion. Senator Beveridge beng the pflh-
ciDal speaker. The Indiana senator
spoke in advocacy of the provision OF the
bill authorizing the expenditure OF SOU
600 to aid in procuring information look
ing to the proper administration OF the
tariff law. He referred to this leglsl&-
ton as the first step toward the tar!tt
commission Senator Hale declared Mr..
Beverages purpose to be the destruc
ton Of the present tariff law.
The Senate on the 18th listened to
a notable address by Senator DOlliver
IS Iowa in the form o. Il vigorous de
Tense of the "insUrgent'' Republican and
q reply to the criticisms Of them by the
President Of the United States. The
sundry civil bill. carrying appropriations
aggregating $11SOOO,O0O, was passed by
the Senate Bills amending the bank
ruptcy law and requiring Immigrant rail
roads to survey their lands so as to rem
der them amenable to taxation were
passed.
In the House.
The railroad bill was sent to conference
and consideration Of the postal savings
hank bill was begun in the House on
the 18th. An Intellectual attempt was
made by Democrats and insurgents III
the House, under the leadership Of Rep
i''N'''1''''A
agree to the Senate amendments to the
railroad bill and avoid a conference. Mr..
LenrOOt's motion was defeated, lJ6 to
1852, twenty-one insurgents voting with
the Democrats for the motion, while six
Democrats voted with the regular Re
publicans against it. The postal savings
bank bill was taken up by the House
after the adoption of a rule limiting de
bate to eight hours and requiring a
vote on the measure without amend
ment An agreement was made uuder
which it is expected the bill will be
voted on next Thursday.
In the House the entire session on the
Sth was occupied by a debate upon the
Olmsted bill creating q new form Of civil
Before adjournment the House began
to- reading Of this bill for amendment.
thus practically insuring its final dis
position next Wednesday, when under
the rules it will again be taken up.
By the overwhelming vote of 195 TO
101 the House on the 9Th passed the pos
tai savings bank bill. TwentyfOUr Dem
ocrats joined the Republicans in voting
for the final passage of the bill. The
Democratic substitute for :he bill Of the
majority was rejected, 1f3 to 1856
BY a vote of As to II the House on the
10th declined to recede from its disagree
ment from the Senate amendment appro-
priating for the expenses of an autOmO-
bile for Speaker Cannon, the same ac-
ton being pursued in the case of the al
lowance proposed by the Senate for Vice
President Sherman's automobile. All
other amendments of the legislative bill
were agreed to. The partial conference
report on the naval bill was agreed to-.
The House accepted the proposal of the
Senate to build one battleship in q gov
eminent navy yard and S1.UOO,0OO col
lier on the Pacific coast. The report of
the conferees on the rivers and harbors
bill was agreed to. the total appOpria-
tons and authorizations being S51,94I,-
71S
The entire session of the House on
the 18th was devoted to political speech
es delivered during the period permitted
for general debate upon the deficiency
bill. Representative Nye of Minnesota
spoke on optimism and patriotism as
powerful factors in the nation at large,
referring to the functions of party orga-
nnations in the government of the cOun-
try. Representative Lever of South
Carolina advocated legislation to prevent
fictitious dealings in future sales of cot
ton. A defense of Attorney General
Wickersham in his attitude toward the
Philippine friar lands was made by Mr..
Crumpacker of Indiana.
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