Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-08-24
SPECIAL SESSION
ADJ0URNS At LAST
FINAL SESSION CONSIDERS MOTH.
ING BUT THE COTTON
BILL VETO.
TAFT SIGNS STATEHOOD BILL
Number Of Republicans In the
Northwest Vote With the Ma
jority In the House on the
Cotton Bill.


Bession of congress passed into his
tory at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
President Taft's veto on the cotton
bill, which finally passed the house,
was ready to be placed before both
houses Of congress when they con-
vened for their last session Immedi
ately upon its receipt Democratic
Leader Underwood moved its refer.
ence to the ways and means commit.
tee, OF which he is the chairman, and
there it will lie undisturbed until the
regular session Of congress convenes
Ia December.
After prefunctory debate Of four
hours, the house concuTred. $50 to
LOT, IN the senate amendments to tho
Underwood cotton bib and sent that
measure to President Taft The bill
will be embraced in renewed tariff
revision legislation next December.
Contrary to all expectations, the Re,
publican minority in the house did
not vote solidly against the cotton
bill. It was believed when the meas.
ure was put forward by the Demo
Gratis that no Republican in the house
would be willing to cast his vote for
the bill
But when the vote was taken in the
house the following Minnesota mem
bers were recorded as voting for it:
Representatives Davis, Lindberfh.
Volstead and Stevenson. Only two
other Republican members from the
Northwest voted for the measure.
these being Representative Hanna
and Helgesen of North Dakota.
The Democratic members Of the
house in caucus discussed the plea OF
Democratic Leader Underwood to
open to the press the party caucuses
of the future. The result was the
appointment of a committee composed
OF Representatives Underwood. James
OF Kentucky, Palmer Of Pennsylvania,
Hardy of Texas and Speaker Clark,
who will report to a Democratic eau.
Gus early in the coming regular ses.
sion.
President Taft sent three short mes
sages to congress, one urging a fur.
Their appropriation to complete the
work of raising the wreck of the bat
tleship Maine, second asking con
gress to determine whether the wrecks
OF the Spanish vessels sunk by the
American navy shall be given away
and the third transmitting reports OF
engineers Of surveys On the Great
Lakes.
Reciprocity With Argentina Urged.
Representative James Curley Of
Massachusetts introduced a resolution
requesting the president to direct the
department of state to enter into ne
gotiations with the Argentine republic
to secure an agreement looking to the
admission, free of duty, of all prod.
ucts between the two countries.
President Taft signed the Joint res
olution for the admission of New
Mexico and Arizona into the union.
Arbitration Treaties Upheld.
The treaties Of arbitration with
Great Britain and France we're de
Tended in minority reports filed In the
senate in executive session by Sen.
ators Cullom, Root and Burton Of the
senate committee on foreign relations.
No action was taken in the senate on
the conventions and they go over for
further consideration at the next ses
sion
Mr.. Burton contended that the agree
ments required NO amendment, be-
cause, as he declared, the preroga.
tives Of the senate are sufficiently
safeguarded. Senators Cullom and
Root, making practically the same
contention, undertook to provide
against any possible mishap by sug.
costing declaration in connection
with the resolution of ratification ex.
plicity excluding from the terms of
the treaty all questions Involving the
maintenance of the traditional atti.
tude of the United States concerning
American questions or other purely
government policy"
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