Show UNABLE E TO GET DOWN DO TO WORK Senate in Session About an Hour and Adjournment Tak Taken en Until Today HOUSE TO MEET THURSDAY I BILLS INTRODUCED INTRODUCED IN BOTH BRANCHES Washington Dec 9 The senate was in session a little more than one hour today and at adjourned un until until til tomorrow Little business was transacted be 00 beyond beyond yond ond the Introduction of bills The res resolutions resolutions resolutions of Senators Clay and Culber Culberson son calling upon the secretary of the treasury for information concerning the recent bonds issues of the government came up but in the absence of Senator Aldrich their consideration was post postponed postponed postponed until another day The house adjourned at 1210 until Thursday without transacting any bus business mess iness beyond be ond the introduction of bills It was stated authoritatively that the house committee will not be announced this week Bills in Senate In the senate today bills Introduced included the following By Mr Platt of New York Tork for na ia national national supervision of corporations in including Including eluding a bureau of Incorporation tion By Mr McLaurin to relieve the pres present present present ent money monet mone stringency and prevent its recurrence It permits persons owning any bonds of the United States to de do deposit deposit posit them In the treasury and receive notes to an amount equaling their par value It is provided that until February February February ary 1909 persons owning one or more bales of cotton may deposit it In a de do depository depository designated by the secretary of the treasury and receive treasury notes to the extent of 70 0 per cent of the value of the cotton If not w deemed the cot cotton cotton cotton ton shall be sold by t te e government The bill bil imposes a penalty on deal dealing dealIng dealing ing In cotton futures of fine or five years Imprisonment By Mr Nelson allowing national banking associations to loan their funds on real estate and lands to of the value also al o amending the na national national national bankruptcy get t so 50 as to more clearly define just who may become a bankrupt By Mr Smoot granting 20 acres of arid lands to bona fid homestead hor set settlers settlers tiers of which must be put pur under cultivation the first year rear of occupancy By Mr Penrose providing for separ separate separate separate ate statehood of New Mexico House Measures I In the house today the bills intro introduced introduced introduced included the following I By Mr Hall of South Dakota removing removing i ing the duty from imports of lumber whether dressed or rough By Mr of or Missouri mak malc making makIng ing it a felony felon punishable by imprison imprisonment Imprisonment ment mont by from two to five years year or by bya a fine to publish or circulate any false or misleading advertisement retiring on pay all veterans of the civil war who have attained the age of 70 By Mr Fulton of Oklahoma prohibit prohibiting ing the mailing of any statement of margin or other stock wagering trans transaction transaction transaction action and making it a felony under the Interstate commerce law to utilize the telegraph for that purpose Direct Directing DirectIng Directing ing the secretary of the Interior to at once place on the pension roll the names of all aU survivors of the civil war whether regular or volunteers who served at least sixty days and so in increasing Increasing increasing creasing pensions that no such survivors survivors survivors vors shall shaU receive less than 40 monthly U |