Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-05-13
CONGRESS IN SESSION.
In the Senate.


agreement provision and section II, dear
Ing with the combination Of raiiro $HE
were stricken from the railrO@. bill. l. ne
Senate also passed House bill creating
an art commission for Washington.
Among the bills passed on the 4t4 py
the Senate was one apprOprlatlhS 9loo,
OOO 600 for pensions. Other measures
nassed modified the laws relating to mon
ey orders and registered letters ana au7
tiorized the naturalization OF aliens VIM
serve n the navy. h
Senator Simmons delivered speech
condemniug the method OF the depaai'o
ment of justice in its prosecution OIL INC
cotton pools.
Senator Dixon on the 9th gave voice
10 a complaint against what he asserted
was the practice of characterzing as
''insUrgent'' every senator who dld not
agree with what the sO-called regulars
demanded He declared that the. regu,
lars themselves were as much inclfiiSu
as others to ally themselves with the
Democrats whenever advantage was
gained by so doing. Senator Bourne Of
Oregon landing the election laws OF ms
state. provoked a general discussion Oh
representative government, III the course
of which Senator Bacon entered VlS-
oT0uS protest against the present meth
cd of selecting 0tIicehOlders in the south.
AS a remedy for these complaints. Sena-
from politics of the $4,000 postmasterS
of the United States.
The pOstOttice appropriation bill, car
rying about $40, 100000. was passed by
the Senate on the 9th without amend
ment AS the result of this action no
conference will be required upon this
bill. \ large number of bills were
passed. including one to provide for the
division Of the lands in the Grow Indian
reservation and one granting pensions of
SD Il month to nurses who served IN the
Civil war.
The Senate was not i'll session on the
9TH.
Previous to adjournment at 3 o'clock
on account of the death of King Edward
VII the Senate devoted two hours to
the consideration of the railroad bill.
Senator OVerman of North Carolina on
the 9th spoke in favor of the long and
short haul clause of the bill, while Sen
ator Piles of Washington opposed that
provision of the measure. Earlier in the
day Senator Stone of Missouri intro
duced Il resolution inStructing the com
m ttee on pOStOtliceS and post roads to
make inquiry into the proprlcty of the
use of franks i'll circulating n pamphlet
nsuppOrt of the Payne-Aldrich tariff
law The resolution was referred to the
pOstOfiice committee under Il promise of
4 speedy report, there being some indi-
cation that the inquiry might take on
broader scope and that the misuse of the
franking privilege generally might be
entered upon.
In the House
The House also removed the traffic
agreement provision from the rail bill
OF the Bird. The House agreed to the
long-and- short-haul clause of the House
bill in the form that it came from the
committee except that it provided for an
nvestigation by the interstate commerce
commission of data relcting to that class
Of rates.
The entire session of the House on the
4th was devoted to the consideration of
bills relating to Indian lands.
The railroad bill was before the House
during the entire session on the 9th and
many amendments were offered and vOt-
ed upon. An amendment by Mr.. knowl-
and of California, providing that when
railroad reduces its rates. because of
water competition it shall not raise them
unless the interstate commerce commits
sion finds that the proposed increase
rests upon changed conditions other than
the elimination of water competition,
was adopted.
The House practically concluded on
the 9th with the consideration of the
administration railroad bill for the adop-
uon OF amendments before adjournment
and agreed that a final vote would be
taken next Tuesday. The section au-
thoriZlng mergers between railroads was
struck out by vote of 131 to 12S. Eff
forts of Democrats to strike out the
sections relating to the capitalization of
railroads were Intellectual
\ sharp exchange between Speaker
Cannon and Representative Shackleford
of Missouri over an alleged breach OF
order by the latter in Il speech of St
Louis SubtreaSury conditions under a
former regime featured the session OF
the House on the 9TH. Mr.. Shackleford
complained of "coerciOn" by the speaker
and asked if he were to be ''traduced''
and "hl Ildozed." The speaker heatedly
and repeatedly called the MiSsourian tO
order, but overruled an objection bv
members of the committee which inves-
tlgated the situation in the st, Louis
subtreasury, and Mr.. Shackleford spoke
an hour y personal tribute of both par
les to Speaker Cannon in commemOra-
zion of his seventy fourth birthday was
expressed for the House by Democratic
Leader Clark and replied to by the
speaker. Several minor bills on the pri-
Eate calendar were passed. The House
adopted resolution of sympathy for
the family of the late King Edward and
the British people, and as a further
mark of respect adjourned.
In the House legislation relating TO
the District of Columbia occupied the
entire session on the 9th.
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