Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-21

coo Ooo to meet the expenses or the q. A.
= encampmept IN Washington, the APP
nronriation 10 be paid entirely out or the
claims of the District OF Coiumola: ;oa ne te
House took recess, the evening session 10
he for the consideration OF private pension
bills. =. .s+or ,,,o ro,-
tine business Mr.. Gatherings was
recognized. and yielded the floor 10
Chairman Bland of the coinage commit
tee for fifteen minutes. Mr.. Bland wa, was
accordingly recognized. In accordance
with the programme of the silver men ne ne
offered an amendment to the stewart Oh,
to meet alleged legal defects IN II ana
also to apply the cloture RUE 10 lne
followed. Mr.. Bland closed the debate
and Mr.. Catchings moved the previous
question on the resolution. On motloH
of Mr.. Tracey the yeas and nays were Or
dered and the vote resulted in the de-
feat of the free coinage men, the previous
question being ordered by vote or LOS
yeas against12S nays. The question then
required on the adoption OF the resolution
reported from the committee on rules ana
1t was rejected, yeas, l3b; nays, lo4. MI.
PETER offered an amendment TO ada 10 the
section a provision prohibiting the sale or
giving away Of Intoxicating liquors on the
exposition grounds. except for medical.
mechanical or scientific purposes. he SUD-
scquently modified the amendment by
making it apply merely to the sale or
liquor. The question was taken ana MT
PETERS anti-lquor amendment was agreed
to: yeas. %; nays, rs The House then
proceeded to the consideration OF private
pension bills, tifty-seyen of which were
passed, and then adjourned.
WASHINGTON. July 14.-Although the
day in the House was given to the com
merce committee, that committee was UNI
k,l hrySt 10
lative conference report was agreed TO
without much opposition, as was also the
conference report on the diplomatic
and consular appropriation Dill ana the
conference report on the naval oproprla-
ton: Mr.. Andrew, from the committee on
foreign affairs, reported, and the House
adopted the McAleer resolution requesting
the Department OF State to inquire into the
circumstances relative to the Imprisonment
OF DR.. Gallagher, an American citizen, in an
English prison, and to endeav0r to secure
his release. Mr. Herbert presented disa-
greelng conference report on the naval
appropriation blll and 1t was agreed to.
Mr.. Herbert then moved that the House
recede from its disagreement to the Senate
amendments which are still in controversy.
These are the appropriation OF $50, for
the naval review and the authorization for
the construction of a new battle ship. Mr..
Herbert's motion was agreed to: yeas, 146;
nays, SO. The bill is disposed Of as far as
the House is concerned. The conference
report Oh the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill was presented and
agreed to.
WASHINGTON. July 15-Mr. Watson, of
Georgia, asked consent for the considera-
ton of a resolution inStructing the com
mittee on labor to investigate the
labor trouble at Ceur d'Alene,
Idaho, and the conduct of the
Sullivan police therein. Mr.. Pendlcton
n ~ cd
Mr.. Holman, from the commute on APP
preparations, reported, and the House
passed q Joint resolution extending, tenn
porarily until July 30, the appropria-
tons of the last Congress. Mr.. Holman
also reported back the sundry civil appro
priatiCn Dill, with Senate amendments,
with recommendation that all the Senate
amendments be non-concurred In. Mr..
Holman then asked consent that all the
amendments, except those relating to the
Worlds Fair, be non-concurred in, and
that those (the Worlds Fairl amendments,
be considered in committee of the whole.
Mr.. Goodnight objected, and the House
went inlo committee of the whole, Mr.. Les
ter, of Georgia, in the chair. for the nur-
pose of considering the Senate amend
ments. All the amendments. except those
relating to the Worlds Fair. were read
and non-concurred in. Mr.. Holman then
asked consent that general debate on the
Worlds Far amendments shall proceed
to-day and 0m0rrOW-thc speeches to be
limited to half an hour-and that a vote
shall be taken at II O'Clock Tuesday.
After q good deal of trouble and confusion,
caused by the raising of objections and the
making Of counter suggestions. Mr. llol-
mans suggestion was acceded to.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-After routine
business the House went into committee of
the whole. Mr.. Lester. of Georgia, i'll the
chair, on the Senate amendments to the
sundry civil appropriation bill. A long
but undressing debate took place, and
no decisive action was reached.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-This was sus-
pension day in the House, but unlike its
predecessor of a fortnight ago, no great
party measures were brought forward.
Nevertheless there were features of inter-
est For instance, the celebrated McGar-
rahan BILL which has been a bill and new
er an act for the last quarter of a century,
was at last passed by the House as it came
from the Senate, and SO goes to the Presi-
dent for his signature. The bill refers
claims. A bill Of great value TO local
architects was also passed. 1t opens
to their competition the designing and con
struction of public buildings. Mr.. Camin-
ETH also managed to secure the passage of
his bill creating the California Debris COM
mission. The bill to increase the efficiency
of the militia received a setback. but only
because it came lrregularly before the
House. The Senate Joint resolution was
passed authorizing the committee on labor
to make an investigation into the SlumS of
cities. The House then took recess, the
evening session to he for general debate on
Worlds Fair features Of the sundry civil
appropriation bill