Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1910 — SENATE SESSION SHORT [ARTICLE]

SENATE SESSION SHORT

Postal Savings Bank Briefly Considered-No Action. Senator Heyburn Bitterly Opposed Placing of Robert E. Lee’s Statue in Statuary Hall. ■» Washington, Feb. B.—The senate was in session about five hours and the calendar was cleared of unobjected bills, including blits authorizing the establishment of fish hatcheries in many states. The postal savings bank bill was briefly considered. ’ Senator Clark of Wyoming, Introduced the administration federal Incorporation bill and asked that it be referred to the judiciary committee, of which the senator is chairman. Senator Newlands desired that the bill be referred to the committee on interstate commerce. Pending settlement of the question the bill went over until today. A revival of the sectional strife of Civil war days was heard when the bill authorizing the war department to loan tents to the Confederate veterans for their annual encampment at Mobile was introduced. Senator Heyburn bitterly opposed the resolution and incidentally condemned the plan to place Robert E. Lee's statue in Statuary Hall at the capitol. The resolution was passed.