The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-02-04

senate.
NASHTNGTON, D. G., Jan. 25-Neither the
anti-option bin nor the Cherokee outlet nil.
which have the right ot-way in the senate. had
any show OF consideration to-day. The hour of
me session WAS taken up in routine matters and
ne ~ "I the d&y sc'sion-frOm O. clock up
10 Adjournment Ht 5-pessed behind closed
uGorS and was devoted TO the question of
NHtther the noluf nation OF Mr.. MCComaS q ono
OF the judges OF the supreme court of the Dis
tIlct o! Columbia should be or not be
tohhFmed Nj. Hale (Rep, Me- re-
IalEa an amen meut 10 be offered to the nav nj
appropriation bill authorizi Il contract for
me constrEc ion of one battIeship OF about
.'}iV tons lIsp!. cement two armored coast d.
tense vessels, ten gunboats OF 500 TO I 600 tons
ll-uiacement ant eight frst-c as torpedo
p""t& he amendment was referred TO the
committee on appropriations. If fixes no limit
ol COST put ApproprIates SS,O00,001 tOwar the
construct of the vessels, $1,000 600 for arma-
I.tht 4ia S-V0VVa tor torpedo experimentation
WASui&5ToN D. C.. Jan. 2G-Mr Cullom in
t'olrccH a lolnt resolution requesting the mu-
hicIpa. authorities OF Philadelphia 10 lend to
iGe MteG states government the Liberty Bell
!oT exhibition at the Worlds Fair. and asked 10
nave II pat upon It's passage. The objection
was made hy Mt. Ho9r on the ground that it
was novel and extraordinary thing 10 place
CnIted States government in the position Of n
petitioner To municipal body. II { Joint reso :
luton was referred to the committee on library
Ar. casey lken, y. ID moved 10 take up and
pass SeHatc biIi ior commission of five per-
sons SO day ana necessary expenses with
St2hoGTaFher and Clerk--to make a thorough
llNeSIlGhtlOh 0t the alcoholic LIQUOR traffic Mr.
Vest Dem. Mo. )iTgued against the bl!l After
further discussion the morning hour expired
without action on the bill. Senate bill
l9F ne establishment and enforcement of rules
anu regulations for the navigation Of canals was
reported ana pissed. he following Senate bills
among others we're pissed: To authorize Mis-
s"lEl hlNCr rover Company, OF Montana, to
construct dam across the Missouri River; to
provide Tor the reservation OF certain timber
iNnds upon the olletz Indian reservation for the
F4.T 44FE of T.s.4F
WAS then u ken up and Nj. Mills made speech
against tie bin as being aimed against the ex-
IStcHcr OF state goveTmn"nts
HAoHI>GTON d. G., jan. 1.-The announce
mcHt OF MI. HlHtue's death in the Senate was
mace hy Mr. Hale, who has been for many years
one OF the closest personal and political friends
II the lead statesman. His remarks We're fol-
loved by q motion imade by Mr.. CockrelD that
the senate adjourn out Of respect to the mem
ory OF the deceased, and that motion was de-
tlhTgl earned Inc adjournment makes the
sixth interruption of business in the Senate
caused by death within the last few weeks
NN~HINDTOM, d. G. Jan. 2S.-PraCticaIly the
VII lie Of to-day session spent by the SEN
0ie behind closed duOrs-the executive session
lasting from I240 TO TO, hen the senate Gd,
]oufnc1 uatIl 0 clock MondGy-tne change Of
hpur heInS hNed in order to give senators an
opportunity to attend Mr.. Blaine's funeral
Ih" new senator from West Nirg lnia. Nr Cam.
don. G ected 10 ill the late Senator kenna's un-
expired term. appeared ana took the Oath of
oh!Ce. The credentials of Nh Stockbridge for
his seCond senat urlal term beginning March 4
T. placed
/ ne army appropriation bill was reported from
the committee on appropriations and was
placed on the calendar. This is the first gen
ctai appropriation bill reported TO the Senate
during tl5 present session. Senate bill relating
Ia th" anchorage and movement OF vessels in
he port OF Chicago was reported and passed.
NAsHTNsToN, Z. C.. Jan. &9.-Mr. Chandler
lHtp., \. H. offered the following resolution
ana sEyd IuInCdI1;c action upon it: Resolved
blythe ,eHEte tug House of Eeprcse eutatiyes
concurrin4s that the President he requested to
yisinual government Of the late Kingdom of
Hawaii for the a1ml- sion OF the island
as territory into the United States
and to lay any convention which he
may MAKE before Congress tor ratification by
legislation" Under the objection OF Senator
mite the resolution went over TIL Tomorrow.
The anti-opIou bill was then taken mp. and
VT. White made another argument against the
''s""ee substitute Cor it
MA~IINGToN, D. G., Jan. i.-The Senate got
rId today Of the legislative incubus under
which II hus laborcd since the first day of the
session. The anl;-oltiUns bill reached the
point At which voting began at $.l5 p. VI The
first vote was on the amendment offered by hr.
Niias 10 The George substitute, ana the amend
mout WAS reiectei-yeas. u, nays, %. Then
the George substitute itself was rejected
yeas, ~ nays s.. And finally the bin was
passed By vote of 80 TO - Pairs were an
EOUnCea between MesSrs. CarliSleAud Paddock,
AldriCA and quay, Bate and Allen, Jones (Nev)
Warren he bill IS one passed by the
House .of Representatives June . 1892,
with yarIOns senate Gmeudm dmeutS thereto
Ine fortltCationS appropriation bill was
taken up. Nr. sherman moved to have the
Nicaragua TIL taken up so as 10 make ii the
unfinished business after the appropriation
bllI. After some discussion the motion was
rejected The first amendment to the forti-
tcatlous bill ian item of $4,000 Tor gun
and mortar pIEtiOrmS) having been read.
Mr.. polph took the floor and continued the
speech which he had begun this morning on
the subject OF the annexation OF the Hawai-
ian islands. lie yielded later temporarily 10
permit notices to be given OF memorial services
ON Friday next. Mr. Dolph then went on with
the reading OF his speech. most Of it was de-
voted to tile question OF the Nicaragua ship
canal. it having been originally prepared as an
argument in favor OF the pending bill on that
subject. When ne closed. the consideration of
the fortiicatton bill WAS projected with. 10
progress, however. was made