Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-12-09

In either house attended their intro
| duction.
The result of the committees work
| probably will prove to be negligible
for the report leaves the question just
where it was when the inquiry started
| and there is said to be trouble ahead
| If vote is called for to determine
which of the reports shall be adopted
In the house the day was occupied
in considering bills on the calendar
The Indian appropriation bill. the
first of the big supply measures, was
introduced. 1t carries $8,160,985.
Indian Bill Reported.
The Indian appropriation bill, car
rying total of sS,160.9S5, was report
ed to the house, by Chairman
dian affairs. The amount exceeds the
formal estimates of the interior de.
partment by $14,723, but is 1851 ,663
less than the total appropriations for
the Indian service for the current ifs.
cal year.
The larger items are: Survey and
allotment work, reimbursable in part,
$215, 1000; irrigation system on Indian
reservations and allotments, $300,000;
irrigation projects reimbursable, $685.
600; suppression of liquor traffic
among the Indians, $4,000, and pay
of Indian police, 100000; relief of
distress among the Indians and for
prevention of disease, 100000; sup.
port and civilization, including pur.
chases of goods and supplies, $685.
500; educational purposes, approx,
mately, $3,90O,000; provision for
treaty stipulations others than educa
tional, $996,56O.
River and Harbor Bill.
The rivers and harbors appropria.
ton bill in which the house committee
on rivers and harbors has been work
ing for a fortnight, is now in final
shape. The bill carrying approximate
ly $22,000000 of cash funds and $4,000,
900 in continuing contracts in addi,
ton to $7,500,O00 likely to be includ
ed in the sundry civil appropriation
bill when that measure is framed by
the appropriations committee, prob
ably will be reported to the house at
once. The membership in the house
generally is interested in the measure
and it will be expedited.
Madden Has Objections to High Dam
Formal objections have been made
by Representative Madden to the
terms Of the high dam provision in
the river and harbor bill To a mem
Der of the committee Mr. Madden
stated that he objected to the govern
ment going into the water power bust.
ness not only at Minneapolis, but at
other places. If it does, Mr.. Madden
thinks that the government should
drive better bargain with the cities
He thinks the price at which it is
proposed to furnish the cities is en-.
tirely too low. Mr.. Madden thinks
that the city corporation, not for pro,
fit, should be organized. This corpo
ration, he insists, should guarantee
the government four per cent on the
money on which it invests.
For One-Cent Postage.
For the establishment of 1-cent let
ter postage, a bill was introduced in
the house by Representative Shep
pard, of Texas. 1t will take effect
July 1, 1911. 1t proposes that the
rate for drop letters shall be cent
an ounce, instead of cents, as under
the present law.
The last gun in connection with the
Brownsville riots of 1906, when negro
troops were charged with shooting up
the Texas town, was fired when the
report of the military court of in
quiry ordered by the senate was sub
mitted to that body. The report was
ordered printed.