Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-08
CONGRESS- IN SESSION.
In the Senate

senator Root continued but did NOT
r"hcIude ms speech on the administra
ton III.foad bill in the Senate on the
"iSi. ne aeIehded the merger and fraf
~ M. nlo PROVISIONS of the meas
IRE mere was further discueeio1, aF tI,o
proposed amendment of tho Cura - ~.
employers liability law, bur tho Snna4o
took no action upon if. '' 'ne oeha'e
Senator Root Oh the LIST corc1,,dod I,is
speech III I he Senate in sumner of .ho
administration railroad hi and tbc
lnfJh'r consideration Of that measure
m"s nns,L niht ~ until Monday The Sen
ate passed the bin ampudino tho am
pI"Ters' liability law i'm resnoct to the
guIisdlcupl OF state courts in railroad
damage suits. The liability bin now will
20 f. conference.
Eulogies formed tn chief eaaturo of TN.
proceedings of the Senate ana TT,rso -,
The 2nd, In the Senate the rfa and
character OF Senator McLaur:n Of Mis-
sissippI and Of Senator johnson cf Nnrt,
Dakota were subjects Of numerous re-
marks.
senator Elkins attempted, but with
out success on the 4th 10 rot mani
nous consent for vote on thn admins
iratldn railroad bill next Saturday This
effort came ut the close of = sneech NV
Senator crawford, vino advocated amend
mentS 10 the court of commerce u,o-
Ylsioh' y biil was passed permitting the
Jhlhpplhe government to increase it's in
debiednesS to limit Of $4,000. 600 for
the promotion of public improvements.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho consumed
most Of the session of the Senate on the
9th discussing the provisions of he rail
road bill.
In the House.
The naval appropriations bill bending
IN the House, offered IN opportunity 10
members to discuss various subjects Mr.
Sherley OF Kentucky explained mt con
siderable length his resolution to permit
majority of the House to bring before
it at any time bill which might be
pending III a committee. Mr. Padgett
of Tennessee and Mr.. Gregg of Texas
minority members of the House naval
committee, each delivered Il speech in
favor of IL one battieship Il year policy
Objection being made to an increase by
the Senate to the extent of $4,000 of
the appropriation under which the state
department may encourage trade rpla-
tons, the diplomatic bill was sent back
to conference by the House after all
amendments except that one had been
agreed to-
The publicity feature of the corpora
ton tax law was under discussion during
the entire session Of the House on the
list. The Senate had provided. in an
amendment to the legislative. executive
and Judicial appropriation bill. for pub
Hclty OF corporation reports uDOn an
prevail of the President alone under regu-
lations to be formulated by the secre-
tary of the treasury. After the bill had
been completed Representative FITZGERALD
of New York attempted 10 T5CGmmit it
with instructions for report forthwith
with an amendment repeating the Payne
Aldrich tariff law. By a strict party vote,
100 to 116. Speaker Cannon's ruling that
this motion was out of order was sus-
tanned.
In the House on the 2nd the session
was largely devoted to paying tributes Of
respect to the memory of the late Rep
resentative Cushman Of Washington.
The naval appropriation bill was under
consideration during the first two hours
of the session, and the reading of the
measure for amendment was begun. The
House will be in session tomorrow, when
eulogies will be delivered in honor of the
memory of the late Representative Per
kins of New York.
The railroad bill was made privileged
measure whenever it comes mp for con
sideration in the House by the terms of
q resolution offered by Mr.. Mann, chair
man of the committee on interstate and
foreign commerce, and adopted by a two
thirds vote on the 4th. Mr.. Mann an
nounced that he would endeavor to place
the railroad bill before the House as
soon as the pending naval bill has been
disposed of. The House passed Il bill
that increased from $1,000 to $4,000 the
amount of money that must be involved
in a suit to entitle its removal from
state to a federal court. The naval bill
again was before the House for consider
alton.
The naval appropriation bill was I'M
der consideration all day on the 9th, but
few changes being made in the measure.
As the House could not agree upon rec
concentrations of the committee on naval
affairs to increase the length of the pro-
posed dry docks at New York. Puget
Sound, Wash, and at Pearl Harbor, APP
proximately to 700 feet, an increase of
about 100 feet, the entire appropriation.
for those projects were stricken from the
bill, leaving their determination to lat
er day.