Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-05-27
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
In the Sonata

quiring the approval OF the interstate
commerce commission to all increases IN
railroad rates before they take effect,
was under consideration throughout the
day, but no vote Was req ched. Mr.. Cum
minis occupied the floor during the entire
session. The regular Republicans and
Democrats failed 20 reach an agreement.
Whether there shall be authorized by
the present Congress TWO Or only one
battleship was the subject of a long
discussion by the Senate on the goth
while the naval appropriation bill was
under consideration. The principal speak
erS were Senators Clay, Hale, CALM
ger and Burton. 1t was brought out
that the revenues Of the present fiscal
year probably would not equal the ex-
pendltures and that there would be an
increased deficit.
Party issues held the attention of the
House on the Dist while the proposed
appropriation of $4,000 in the sundry
civil bill to enable President Taft's tariff
board to collect information for him was
pending theoretically. General debate
was closed and the reading of the bill
resumed Just before the House adj
JOurned. The discussion which centered
on the tariff was featured by speeches
by Minority Leader Clark and Mr.. Bou-
tell OF Illinois, one of the Speaker Can
non l1eutenants on the ways and means
committee, which framed the Payne law,
and Mr.. Foss of Massachusetts. Mr..
Clark and Mr.. Boutell spoke for two
hours each. Mr.. COvington of Maryland
attacked the administrations course in
selling the Philippine friar lands to the
representatives of the so-called sugar
trust.
BY the action of the Senate the con-
structIOn of two new battleShips for the
navy was assured on the 23rd. Senator
Burtons amendment to the naval appro-
priatIon bill to limit the authorization to
one ship of the Dreadnought type in
stead of two, as authorizde by the House,
was defeated, 26 to 80. The bill then
was passed 1t carries aDproDria tions
aggregating S134,OOO,OOO.
The Cummns amendment to the rail-
road bill prohibiting the putting into
effect of increases in railroad rates I'M
I'll they have been approved by the in
tefState commerce commission was be-
lore the Senate on the oath. Arguments
IN favor of the amendment were made
by Senators Cummns BOrah and Doll
yer. Senator Martin suggested an amend
ment TO the Cummins provision requiring
the commission TO pass upon all increases
within six months after their filing.
With the exception of brief time
gwen to the general calendar the Sen
ate devoted the entire session on the
18th to the consideration of the railroad
bill. Senator La Toilette occupied the
floor tor almost five hours in support of
the tummnS amendment requiring the
approval of the increases in railroad
rates by the interstate commerce COM
mission. In the course of his speech
he declared that it would be necessary
to add greatly to the equipment of the
commission in order to put it into CON
dItIon to render effective service.
In the House.
Campaign speeches occupied the
Ioucp on tho 10Th while ba cup6-y
civil appropriation bill theoretically was
under consideration. There was a siren
uous debate on forestry, resulting in
sending back for further conference a
Senate amendment to the agricultural
appropriation bill, giving the states 35
per cent. instead e % per cent. of the
gross receipts from forestry administra-
ton The remainder of the conference
report was agreed to.
The tariff, ship subsidy, lively dispu-
tation between Messrs. Ames of Massa-
chusetts and Payne of New York, both
Republicans. over Canadian tariff rela-
tons and an arrangement Of some of his
Republican colleagues by Mr.. Fish of
New York, occupied the session of the
House. Messrs. McKinlay of California
and Diekema of Michigan, Republicans.
advocated the proposed $4,000 aDnro-
priation for enlarging the scope of the
tariff boards aScertalnment of tariff in
formation. Mr.. Ames attacked Mr..
Payne for refusing courteous considera-
ton of his efforts for adjusting the tariff
SITUATION between the United States and
Canada. Mr.. Payne replied that he mere
~ adhered to his conviction that the
tariff question should not be reopened at
this session.
In the Senate on the Dist eulogies
were delivered on The lives of the late
Representatives Cushman of Washing
ton and DeArmond of Missouri No
business TRANSACTED
In the House the proposed appropria-
ton of S2000O0, as recommended by the
President. was stricken from the bill on
a point of order made by Mr.. Fitzgerald
of New York and decided by Representa-
tive Mann of Illinois. who was in the
chair on the 22rd In order to accom-
plish practically the same purpose in
different way, Chairman Tawney of the
appropriations committee offered an
amendment appropriating the same
amount of money. but leaving out all
reference to the tariff board. He hoped
In this manner TO bring the amendment
within the House rules. Mr. Fitzgerald.
however. made Il point of order against
the new provision, and this was pend
ing when the House adjourned
III the House an amendment to the
sundry civil blu was adopted by strict
party vote of 40 to So appropriatinr
$3.50. 900 to enable the President to OH
tain such prices relating to production
here or abroad as would be necessary
for an enforcement of the tariff law on
the 9th. BY n vote of S4 to 1O6 the
House rejected an amendment reducing
this allowance to $4,000
The House considered various bill on
its calendar on the 25th. Measures were
passed to provide railroad in the Ha-
waiian islands and To build in Nome
Alaska. house of detention for per-
sons suspected Of being insane. Mr.
Olmstead of Pennsylvania explained at
length the bill to provide new civil
government for Porto Rico
His Favorite HYMN