Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-04
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
In the Seuate,

The Senate heard Washington's fare
well address read on the END, passed
a few bills Of minor Importance ana al
journed.
The Senate heard an extended a.~gu-
ment by Senator Brown in favor OF an
income tax on the 23rd. Senator BeVer'
idge explained the nature Of the bills ne
had introduced in the present Congress
relating to the Alaskan coal deposltS'
and predicted that these deposits would,
in time, be needed by the entire country:
He estimated the total coal tonnage or
Alaska at 100000 tons.
The Senate on the 24th agreed to vote
next Thursday on the postal savings
bank bill. Senator Bailey spoke Ia OPP
position to that measure, pronounclng II
unconstitutional. In dramatic style ana
with fOwery eloquence Senator G0roon
Of Mississippi delivered his farewell az
dress to the Senate.
Senator Owen on the 10Th spoke in
favor of postal savings banks ana Incl
dentally IN defense of the Oklahoma
savings bank law. The Senate practical
~ cleared all bills from it's calendar. Inc
bill for the payment Of $2S7 GOO on &C.
count of claims of letter carriers because
Of extra service was among those passed.
The Senate was 10: in sessioD on the
26th.
At a two hours session the Senate
on the 2Sth passed the Aldrich bill pro-
yiding for a commission of senators, rep
resentatiYes and civil appOlntees TO be
selected by the President TO supervise
the business methods of the executive
departments of the government, by
which it is hoped to save $lOO,oUO,VOO
year.
In the House.
The House passed the Indian appro-
priation bill on the 22na practically IN
the form recommended by the commit
tee, carrying $8,2JO,000. The poato1iice
appropriation measure was then taken
up and after being in session for fi7e and
0ne-half hours the House adjourned.
The SherIey bill for uniform bank
ruptcy law was passed by the House on
the 23rd.
Consideration of the postodice appro-
priation bill, carrying $239,0CO,O0O, was
begun in the House Oh the 24th, thus
giving to many members opportunities
to make political speeches. Represen-
rative Gardner of Massachusetts adj
dressed the House on the subject OF
high prices of the necessaries Of lie,
cOntending that the tariff was not an
important factor in determining such
.nrice He exhibited charts to show that
price movements were worldwide. The
House held night session, during which
there was a general debate on the post
office bill.
Political speeches delivered in time
allotted for debate on the postoftice bill
characterized the proceedings of the
House on the 25th. Representative
Claude Kitchin of North Carolina Great
ed amusement by arraigning the near
Insurgents for what he termed their
hypocrisy in opposing Speaker Cannon
merely to please their constituents and
obtain Il reelection without any eXpec-
tation or desire of displacing the speak
er. A number of speeches were made
in support of a policy for rapid extern
sion Of the free delivery service and upon
other phases Of the postofice BILL
Recommending q retirement system
which will reduce the ages of naval of
ficers and increase the efficiency Of the
entire naval personnel, President Taft
sent special message to Congress on
the 26th embodying the heralded scheme
of Secretary of the Navy Meyer.
The postofice appropriation bill was
under consideration in the House during
the entire session on the 2Sth, which
lasted over six hours.