Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-27
FACE LONG SESSION
Congress May Sit Until After Ma
tionaI Conventions.
SUPPLY BILLS ARE FOUGHT
Deadlock Between House and Senate
Might Leave Departments Of Gov
eminent Without Any Visible
Means of Support.
81 GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington.-This year in congress
there has been disposition to tack
"extraneous legislation" onto the ap-
preparation bills. Under the Republic
an rule no legislation was put on the
supply measures except that which the
party members claimed had rightfuI
place there. Years ago there was
adopted In congress what was called
the Holman rule prepared by Repre-
sentative Holman OF Indiana. the
watchdog of the treasury" This rule
allowed legislation to be put on the
supply measures provided it was In
tended to decrease government en-
penditures. The Republicans repudi-
ated the Holman rule, but the Demo
Gratis have reinstated It.
The army appropriation bin carries
legislation reducing the cavalry OF the
army from Is regiments to 10. and 1t
contains some other legislation which
the Republicans say is ''extraneous.
The senate is Republican and it seems
TO be opposed to the action of the DEM
oerats in attaching legislation 70 the
supply measure. There are arguments
for and against the course which the
Democratic majority in the house has
followed. but the right or the wrong
OF the thing aside, the fact remains
that the senate is likely to get at log
gerheads with the house over these
matters and as a result it may be that
congress will sit until time long
after the national conventions have
been held
Produces New Situation.
II either house wishes to do IL, IL
can hold M appropriation bills and by
refusing to sanction them can leave de-
partments and branches of govern
ment without visible means of support,
provided. of course, that adjournment
comes before the supply bills have
been sanctioned. If the senate shall
agree with the house and pass the APP
preparation measures with their riders
it is possible, perhaps even probable,
in one or two instances that the presi-
dent will veto the bills which he does
not like. If he should veto the army
bill. for instance. because of attached
legislation of which he disapproves,
the army officers and the $4,000 or TO-
900 enlisted men would be left without
a cent of pay, and more than this.
there would be no money for the pur-
chase of supplies. This thing did hap
pen once away back in the time of
President Hayes. He vetoed an army
appropriation bill because 1t had a
rider on It to which neither the presi-
dent nor his party could subscribe. The
matter which was put onto the bill
at that time. however, was to some ex-
tent political and controversial In its
nature. Nothing has been put onto
the appropriation bills this year which
is not either directly or indirectly con-
nected with the service for which the
money supplied by the bill is voted. 1t
is said that there has been no situation
Just like this within the memory of
the Oldest member.
indians Visit Taft.
President Taft was visited day or
two ago at the White House by three
bands of Sioux Indians from the San
tee, the Pine Ridge and the Rosebud
agencies. The braves of the Pine
son of Old Red Cloud. who died
year ago and who in his day
was one of the great warriors of the
Dakota nation. JACK was dressed In
the clothes of civilization. In a way
he looked well enough, but not alto
gether comfortable. This son or a
warrior of many battles has seen
some fighting himself. He was ''out"
with the bands of Kicking Bear and
Short Bull in the last uprising against
the whites in the days of the Ghost
Dance craze. The last time that one
white man who was at the White
House when the Indians called saw
Jack Red Cloud, the Indian was tear
ing down the trail leading past the
traders store at Pine Ridge and
emptying his Winchester with giee-
full disregard of the terror that he
was causing.
At the time Of Jacks escapade in
December, 1890. he was not thirty
wears old and ne was full of war and
enthusiasm. He had left the hostile
ca,up beycad White Clay Greek bent
on a frolic on his own account. On
his pony, painted. red fianneled. and
feathered, he dashed through the
agency emptying his gun and nearly
soaring the lives out of half dozen
newspaper correspondents who hap
pened to be in the trail.
SuIieniy Surrenders.
Young Red Cloud on that day cir
cled the agency. and before the troops
conld kin him or arrest him he was
beyond the danger line, headed
straight for the hostile camp.
The day Of the Indians call on the
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