Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-01-15

was reported and passed. niOtlon
heretofore made by Mr.. Plumb to re-
consider the vote passing Senate pm
to establish the record and pension
office of the war department (and CIV
ing to the officer now in charge OF that
work the rank of colonel was taken up
and discussed-Mr. Plumb and Mr..
Spooner arguing against the bill, and
Mr.. Cockrell. Mr. Platt and Mr.. Nor
rill for it. Finally the motion to recon
slider was laid on the table--yeas 80,
NAYS 17-and the bill now goes to the
House. The Senate then resumed con
sideration Of the finance bill.
House.
T,-rsnAy Jan. Elm the House to-
day the bill repeating the law authorlz-
inc the President to suspend tonnage
dues was passed Mr.. Farquhar ( \. \ J
moved that the House 90 into commit
tee of the whole for the consideration
of the shipping bill. Mr. Springer illl.}
moved las m omcrlmentA that IN"
committee consider the bill defining
options. The amendment was rejected
yeas, 90; nays, 1O1. Mr.. Farquhar.s
motion was then agreed to-yeas, ~;
navs, 90, Mr.. Burrows (Mich.) taking
the chair and Mr.. Wheeler Ala belng
accorded the floor in opposition to the
measure. After 3 short debate, ana
pending the conclusion of his remarks,
the committee rose and the House al
iourned.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. I'm the morning
hour Mr.. Cutcheon (Mlch.), from the
committee on military affairs, called up
the Senate bill increasing from nifty 10
seventy-fv the number of army offlcers
who NAV be detailed to military col
eyes. and it was passed. The House
then went into committee of the whole
tMr. Burrows, of Michigan, in the
chair for the further consideration OF
the shipping bill.
THURSDAY, Jan. Sin the House MI
Farouhar On. W moved to go into
committee of the whole on the ship
ping BILL and suggested that some. ar
rangement should be arrived at as to
the conclusion of general debate. Fail
ing to secure any agreement Mr.. Farqu-
har moved that general debate
close at o'clock to-day. Mr..
Blount Ca Jas an amendment
moved that Tuesday next be substituted
for to-day. Mr. Blount's motion was
agreed to, but Mr.. Farquhar's motion,
as thus amended, was rejected, so that
no limit was placed upon the discussion.
The House then went into committee OF
the whole (Mr. Burrows, of Michigan,
in the chair), on the shipping bill. Of
course no action was reached, and, at
the usual hour, the House adjourned:
FRIDAY, Jan. 9.-Mr. Harvey, Of Okla
homa, called up the bill authorizing
Oklahoma City to issue bonds to pro-
vide right OF way to the Choctaw Coal
x Railroad Company through the city.
The bill passed. The House then went
into committee of the whole, Mr.. AL
len Mich. in the chair on the private
calendar. The first bill on the calendar
was one referring to the court of claims,
the claim of the Citizens Bank, OF
Louisiana, growing out of the seizure
and covering into the United States
treasury of certain moneys OF the
bank by Gen. Benjamin L. Butler. The
amount involved is $215,000. The
measure gave rise to quite a long dis
cussion, it being advocated by Messrs.
Blanchard and Boatner LA. J, and OPP
posed by Mr.. Thomas (Wis.), and Mr..
GrosNenor CO., After further debate
Mr.. Thomas moved to strike out the en-
acting clause. Lost-59 to IS. The
hour of 5 o'clock having arrived the
bill went over, the committee rose, and
the House too k recess until o'clock-
the evening session to be for the con-
SATURDAY, Jan. 10.-The House went
into committee of the whole, Mr.. Ding
ley (Me.) in the chair, on the army
appropriation bill. Mr. Cutcheon
(Mich.) J., chairman of the committee on
military affairs, explained that the bill
was purely an appropriation measure
and contained no general legislation
whatever The amount carried was
S24, 500 900, or 100000 more than the
appropriation forthe current year. The
bill was discussed by Messrs. Lonham,
Kerr and Tassney, and pending further
debate the committee rose, and eulo
CYSTIC addresses were made in memory
Of the late Joseph p. Walker, of Mis-
souri,.
MONDAY, Jan 12.-The House has de-
cided to investigate the alleged silver
pool business. The matter was brought
up this morning by Mr. Dockery, who
offered resolution on a question of
privilege, reciting the fact of the refer
ence of his ''silver pool" resolution
to the committee on rules, and the
fact that that committee had refused to
report the same, and directing the COM
mlttee on rules to report the resolu-
ton to the House for consideration. Mr..
Rogers (Ark offered an amendment
to the Dockery resolution, provid-
ing for the appointment of special
committee of five members to inquire
into all the facts and circumstances con-
nected with the silver pool, in which
senators and representatives are al
legged to be interested; also as to the al
legged purchase and sale of silver prior
to and since the passage of the act of
July Il, 1890, including the names of
the persons purchasing or selling the
same, and who are the owners
of the $l2,O0O,OO0 of silver bull
lion which the United States is
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