Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05

bill was reported 70 tnS nrr.ow, Thn
aeulGr m,,e report on the legislative
onnronriation bill was presented anu LUZ
ther conference was ordered: j nc conli
ence report on the supdry clVll appll 12l 40 ~
tiln bill went over without ACTON ~ ~ 40
morrow. The House amcndmcnt 10
Senate bill for the inspection or i've ca.ulo,
boos. etc. intended for eXportatlon was
noncurred in. A further conference VIZ
ordered on the Indian approp,Tllant.ioonn oi,,
The Senate at lis adjourned I'LL You A. NJ
House.
TrrsnAy. FEB. 2t-After short de-
hate involving points of order the house
took up the direct tax bill. MI. CaSWeIl
WIS. = in charge of the bill, offered an
amendment providing that no money Si. ~
be paid to any state or t9rIiColy uatlt [I
Nv resolution, the sum Appropriated
in full satisfaction of all claims against inc
Tinted States on account OF the levy ana
collection of the tax. Adopted. Inc pre-
ylouS question was then oroeIeu U m Ulo
bill Yeas ia; nays 81, and the d pill W Nis
then passed. Yeas 172; nays. 1Ol. MI.
Routeile Me- preseted the conference re-
mort ON the naval appropriation bill, ana IL
TUESDAY. Feb. 25.-The immigration
beng on Mr. Oates substitute, which was
reiected-yeas So, nays 2O2. The phi was
noSSed The House then went into COM
mittee of the whole, Mr.. Dingley (Me.) In
the chair. on the agricultural appropriation
bill. After general debate the Dlli was
considered by paragraphs, Dut, "l1n4uo
disposing of the measure, the conlnll.lt 1
rose. Mr.. Gibson md. announced, Ieel-
ipoly. the death of Senator Wilson, OF lhaI
state, euloglzing his life ana cnaracteI.
The House met in night session ato O cloch,
and. after several hours debate, passed. VIC
horticultural bill.
THURSDAY. Feb. 26.-After transactlng
routine business, the House took up the
| shlpping bill IN committee OF Tn Whole.
| The debate lasted all day. At the evening
session, the House proceeded, IN coinlnlC"
tee of the whole, to the further consldera-
| ton of the general deficiency apptoprla-
ton bill, Which was finally passed.
FRIDAY. Feb. 27.--AftGr long debate
and considerable wrangling the House or
dered the shipping bill to q third readlng
Then that measure was dropped ana the
| Senate postal subsidy bill was passed DIS d
substitute.
SATURDAY, Feb. 2S.-When the House
| met this morning the speaker stated that
| he had been informed by the clerks that IL
was physically impossible to prepare inc
| journal of yesterday s proceedings, ana tne
reading of that document was postpCneu,
| and the House Immediately proceeded TO
| vote on the motion to ask the Senate
| for conference on the shipping bill. as
amended by the House last night. Inc
| motion was agreed tO--yeaS llo, nays 90.
| MesSrs. Farquhar, Dingley and Springer
were appointed cCnferees. MI CasWell
| wis J. submitted the conference report on
| the bill to define and regulate the JurlSdlc-
| ton of the courts of The United States;
| ana. after a short debate, it was adopted.
| The conference report on the bill eStaO-
| hshing a private land claim court was also
| agreed to. After some debate the Sundry
| civil and legislative appropriation DIS
| We're sent to conference without Objection.
| Mr.. HIT Gil. J, from the committee on tor
| elgn affairs, reported back the dlplomatlc
| and consular appropriation bill, with a
recommendation that all the Senate amend
ments be agreed to, with the exception OF
| the amendment providing for cable pc
| tween San Francisco and the Hawaiian
| Islands. The recommendation was agreed
| to unanimously. Mr.. Hermann core. pre-
| scented the agreement Of the cOnfereeS ON
the Indian depredations claims bill,
| and it was agreed to. Mr. Thomp-
| son (O.), from the committee on
| judiciary, reported q resolution calling
! for the impeachment Of Aleck BOarman,
juego of the United States district for the
| Western district Of Louisiana, for high
| crime. Mr.. Mccormick pa. spoke IN Ia
vor of the resolution. Pending further
| consideration public business was suspend
ed and the House proceeded to the conSld-
| craylon of resolutions culogiStic OF the life
and public services of the late James
n mef at e oolesS this ne e7 n1nss
and after the disposal of a few private
| measures the copyright bill with Senate
| amendments We're nOn-cOncurred in. Mr..
| Mckinley then called up the bill providing
| that nothing in the existing tariff laws
| shall ue construed as affecting the treaty
existing be; Necn the United States and
| the Hawaiian Islands. The bill was
passed ithout opposition. The follow
n3SSp6s A Thor
zing the Norfolk & Western Railroad
company to extend it's road into the Dis
| trlct of Columbia with amendments);
authorizing the construction of bridge
across Portage Lake, Mich, between
| Houghton and Hancock: to prevent book
making and pool selling in the District of
Columbia. Mr.. Clunie (Cal. briefly and
/ feelngly announced the death of Senator
Hearst. and in reSdect to the memory Of
the deceased statesman the House at 1850
| A. NJ. adj Ourned until 10 O'Clock Monday
morning.
MonDAY, March Fin the House the
Senate amendments to the appropriate on
bin were non-concurred in, and the bill
was sent TO conference. The senate bill
was passed for the erection of a public
building at Saginaw, Mich, at cost of
S25O,0O0 The conference report on the bill
to repeal all the timber culture law was
agreed to. Mr.. McCutcheon IN CHI,
moved that the House non-concur
III llAC totudh' dlllSLu LcIU TO the
army reorganization bill, but on
a point of order raised by Mr..
Holmes IDd) the bill was sent to The
committee Of the whole. SuDseauen, ly
the speaker stated that the bill should have
been sent to he committee on military af-
fairs, and would be so referred On mo-
ton of Mr.. Carter Mont J, the Senate bill
was PASSED granting TO the Missoula 4,
Nortncln Railroad Company thu rilht of
way through the Flathead reservation in
Montana. The rules were suspended and
Scnae bills passed for the erection of new
mint building in Philadelphia at a cost not
to exceed S20Q0,00o, ard new custom
house III New York on the site which has
been selected by the secretary of the treas
urN. 1t authorizes the secretary to sell the
present cuStonl-hOuse for NOS less Than
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