Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-08-17
cUMMjNs AND KENYON WANT
ACTION ON BILLS UNLESS
CONGRESS ADJoURNs
6 YEAR TERM URGED
Measure Fathered BY Senior Senator
VIII Prevent Reelection OF
Senator; Kenyon Wants
Liquor Bill Passed
IBY e. H. HANSON

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Washington. D. c.. Aug. 15.-Sena-
tors Kenyon and Cumm1ns got very
busy In the senate on Monday ana
served notice that If congress dld not
adjourn this week they would attempt
to call up two Of their pet pro]ects.
They also notified the senators tnat
they might call them up anyway as
soon as the postoffice bill was o1s'
posed of.
The "calling-up' bee began when
Senator Bankhead of Alabama served
notice that he intended to call up the
bill on the Coosa river dam proJect'
Senator Cummins Immediately an
nounced that If senators intended lay
I ing other matters than the approprla.
tion bills before the senate he Woulo
ask consideration for his six year non
rejection presidential term amend.
ment. Senator Kenyon, catching tne
drift of things, then arose and notllleo
the senate that along with the other
measures he intended to ask considera'
ton for his bill, 4,043, on the nquor
question. ~, u.:,,
Members and senators are still
hopine for an adjournment sine die on
Saturday afternoon or night. Matters
were apparently as much In the air
Monday of this week, however, as on
Monday of last, so it Is quite douot1ui
II there can be getaway.
Under the rules of the house. when
a date for adjournment Is agreed upon'
the last six days are devoted to sus-
pension business and any bill, Whetner
reported or not, can be called up. One
thing which is delaying the house TO
a great extent Is the Jones-WorKs
excise bill which will materially cut
down the number of saloons In the
District of Columbia. A number OF the
members want to dodge vote on 1t
this session, the liquor interests DO
not, want a vote, and the hackers OF
the bill are demanding that it be con-
sidered. II It is gotten before the house
II will likely pass without roll call
and without amendment.
It is a common pun about the capitol
that liquor has no enemies in the cloak
rooms and no friends on the floor of
the house.
Hobson to Visit Iowa.
Representative Richmond Pearson
Hobson, the hero of Santiago bay, will
deliver an address at Vinton. In Rep
resentative ]. w. Goods district, next
Sunday.
Mr.. Good intends to leave Washing
ton for his home in Cedar Rapids on
Friday night. While In his district Rep
resentative Hobson will be his guest
and they will drive over-to Vinton in
Mr.. Goods car on Sunday. Although
of different political faiths, these two
members have been close personal
friends since Mr.. Good entered con-
gress two terms ago. Mr.. Hobson hav-
ing preceded him here. They have
many ideas In common along the
lines of naval and military legislation
and in the course of their fights on
the floor they have aided each other
extensively in various ways.
Pickett's Patriotic Bill.
Representative Pickett's bill to in
corporate the National Society Of the
Women of the Civil War" was report
ed favorably on Monday by the house
committee on the library.
In recommending that the pill be
passed, the committee says:
1.-The National Society of the Women
of the Civil War was organized in
Dubuque county, state Of Iowa. June
Is, 1909. The objects of the society are
purely patriotic and charitable, and it
has for its purpose the acquiring of
real estate for memorial halls wherein
may be safely kept momentos and
relics, also for safe-keeping of records
of the soldiers, sailors and marines OF
the civil war and of their families,
and documents, histories and litera-
ture relating to that war.
"The society aims further to fit it's
members and coming generations for
good, patriotic loyal lives, with the
highest capacity for doing their duty
as American citizens, thus fostering
true patriotism, love Of our country
and it's freedom"
Custer Suits in House.
Representative Theron Catlin of st.
Louis, who was expelled from the
house on Monday because Of fraud and