The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-01
ROBINSON
 OFFERS BILL
INT RoDUCED ALASKA CoN5E S NATION BILL IDENTICAL WITH
 WORKS SENATE BILL.
House Spends Greater Part of Day Discussing Gotten Bill and In De- mands for Passage of the
 Pension Bills.

Washington, July 3l.--Today i'll Congress the Senate met at twelve o'clock. Senator owen spoke in favor of election and recall of feder- lal judges.
 Democrats held a caucus on the farmers free list bill without re- suit, and adjourned until tonight. The bill is to be voted on tomorrow. The Lorimer hearing was continu- ed.
 A petition received from Chicago mass meeting denouncing the Lori mer hearing as curbstone and clothes line talk.
 Works, of California. introduced the Alaska coal conservation bill, iden- tical with the house bill.
 Senator Shoot, of Utah. spoke against any change in the sugar schedule.
 Adjournment at 5:47 D. m. until noon tomorrow.
 Democrats held caucus on the free list bill.
 Charles A. White, former Illinois legislator who confessed taking a bribe to vote for Lorimer. principal witness before the Lorimer inyesti- gating committee.
 The house met at noon. The de- bate was continued on the cotton tar If revision bill.
 The house judiciary committee heard Delegate Wickersham's charges against Attorney General Wickersham alleging failure to prosecute Alaska Corporations. Attorney General Wickessham and Delegate Wicker sham faced each other.
 Sugar strust investigation commit tee heard Secretary Palmer of Amer ica Beet Sugar Association, in his- torical review of industry.
 Robinson, of Arkansas. introduced Alaska coal conservation bill.
 E. G. Lewis, of St. Louis, charg- led before the house Investigating committee that postoffice inspector had acted 'hign handedly" In invad- his publishing plant.
 House conferees to make another attempt tomorrow to agree on direct election of senators bill.
 Reported that tariff issue would be injected into tonight's caucus or house democrats on campaign pubn- city.
 Rejected by 1S1 to 25 senate de- ficiency appropriation to pay one months extra pay to employees of congress. an annual appropriation for thirty years back.
 Adjourned at 4s50 D. m. until noon denied that he ''sneaked in his pension bill, insinuated other mem bers "sneaked into the corridors" to dodge vote.
 Adiourne at 4;50 p. m. until noon tomorrow.
 Judiciary committee after hearing both Attorney General Wickersham and Delegate Wickersham regarding the latter's charges of failure to pros Iecute Alaska land syndicate decides |not to recommend investigating. Speeches on pensions occupied much of the house session.
 Tariff and Pensions.
 Though all of today in the house was Supposed to be devoted to ie- publican speeches against the Under wood cotton tariff reyisioa Dill. about half of the time was taken mp by demands for pension legislation and Ian intellectual attempt to secure inc passage of the senate amendment 10 the deficiency appropriation bill pro- |viding for an extra months pay for Iemployes of congress. Abandoning Ia practice of thirty years standing the house turned down the amend ment 1sl to 25, | Representative Austin of Tenres lsee, Utter of Rhode Island and Green Iof Massachusetts. denounced the un- Iderwood bill, saying that # passe lit wosAS. utterly destroy the cotton manufacturing industry in the un,t- ed States. They urged tha- there be no tariff legislation without a re- port from the tariff board, and Mir. Austin declared that the Underwood bill had been drawn by lot ai lawyers who knew nothing about the tariff
 Representative Stevens of Mlnne lsota and sloan of Nebraska, nlade