The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-02-18
NATIONAL LAW MAKERS.
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WAsUINGToy D. C. Feb s-Tbe morning
hour in the senate was snent for the nnst nari
In the consideration ana passage of bills on the
calendar. and considerabfe nroeress wns msde
In that direction All | o'clock the senator's
headed by Vice. pr asident Norton and accorn
panied by soma of nrinctnaI on ceps nrnceded
10 IN he II of tho Uo1se of p panrascntat,ya ma
there took mart in the CEREMONY of connting
he votes for presldeniisl electors Afterwsrds
the railway automatic car counler biii vas
taken up and was debated up 10 the hour of ad-
journment, without any definite action being
taken. The following bills were taken from
the chalendgr and passed: House bill for the
relief OF certain settlers on public lands in the
Tucson land district Arizona: House hill To
amend the act of March r 1901 stsbIisbinp a
court of private land claims: Senate bills for
the examination and allowance OF GER
tain awards made Dv n Board OF Claims to Ger
tain citizens of Jefferson County. XIV: senate
bill to exempt veterans from competitivc expm-
ination in the classified service of the United
States senate bill to amend the net of Nav :
ls92. prohibiting the Immigration of Chinese
having been reached on the calendar lin tho
absence of Mr. Doiph who had re-
ported was laid aside without action
after notice by MI Hoar of a substitute
70, the bill-the substitute being that
the act lis hereby repealed" "A yery simple
substitute" was Mr.. Cockrell's laughing com
Inent. subsequently Mr.. Dolph moved TO take
up he bill, and said that it merely proposed to
strike ont the word while" as a Qualification
for witnesses, When Informed of Mr.. Hoar 9
substitute he SAID he was ready to have n vote
taken upon il; but MI Hoar simply said let II
IL
NhSHINGToN, D. C., Feb. 4-The whole of to-
days session in the senate after the morning
hour, was devoted to a discussion of the rail-
way automatic car bill. Without concluding
the consideration of the bill the Senate ad.
journed.
WasHiSGToS u c Feb 1n-The dehste IN
the senate to-day on the automatic car coupler
bill was not of an enlivening or even an intes-
estiny character; ana O'clock tomorrow was
fxed as the time to take the vote The Vice
President presented Z memorial of the Chicago
Chamber of Commerce fayorinr the anneynti6n
OF the Hawaiian Islands and il was referred 70
the COMMITTEES on toreinu reI,tious "
The vote by which the House hill To nroxide
for sundry lighthouses othor aids 10 navi
CATION was passed was on motion OF Mr.. DoIph
reconsidered: all amendments a1opted hy he
senate TO il were rejected and the biIi was
passed without amendment lust as IT came
from the House. The caIendnr was taken an
and these bills were passed: Senate bill apprO.
priating S5OOCO for n nublic building nt lara
mie Wyo senate hin to am nd serteon .qs- -,
,ho = a,:iSna Statr,.ar =; raI.i, ~ " -, 80 - -, , o
noItsIfon ~ "nercbanii. ~ hihi, .i,G
trnrsnortor,oD nf mnrrhan6isa troTr, ono ,ypari
can port to another American port through a
as aimed Mt the foreign tramn steamers which
eysdn tho constxisa Tvs ~ ,taL.inn r,s-oban
disc from \ew York tn Rrcm@n and a 4n,wern
md tbenca N san Eranc;scn Tha s,S
tion was made nv Mr. Ncpberson .baT ,bs
additional distance of 1000 miles oupht 70
be sufficient nrotection for domestic com
The last calendar b;Il Thai was nassed was
senate bin to amend the net of Aupust
* iSss in reIstinn 70 tho in-isJiotioTs ISt 80
the circuit courts of the United States. 1t II
provides that any foreign c0rDoration may he
sued in any district where ii NAV be tonud
The conference report on the bill to restore to
the public domain n rortion Of the White
Mountain Apache Indian 7. selyauou was pre-
serted and greed to. The legislative. execu
tive an Ii judicial appropriatlon bill WAS printed
snu roterrsd
WASUIvGToS d e Fob II-Tba hin to
promote the safety of employes and travellers
upon railroads by competing railway com
panics to equip their cars with automatic
cOupl,rS and continuous brakes and Their
locomotives with driving wheel brakes was
finally disposed Of in the Senate TODAY The
substitute for the House bill OF last session was
agreed 10 nnd The bin passed: Yeas Sy nays
10 The only other important piece OF legisla-
tion was the agreeing To the con uference renort
on the fortificntions bill and making the
Nicaragua Canal unfinished busi..ss.
WA<HINGToN. y. c. Feb I2-l,te bill which
Is intended to secure the construction OF the
Nicaragua snip canal occupied the attention
OF the senate to-day. 1t provides that 3 per
cent. bonds OF the company to an amount not
exceeding 500 900 0Ol shall be guaranteed
iprinCi pal and lulerest by the government of
the United States These bonds 10 be
issued according as money is actually
paid out and expended by the company
meut Is then to own the capital STOCK of the
company. with the exception of The $4,000 600
of il which is to be retained bv the company
and, except the shares 10 be delivered 10 the
governments OF Nicaragua and Costa Rica
4 he importan g OF this guarantee by the
government demonstrated IN n
speech by Mr.. FRYE, who undertook
10 show it would with the guaranteed be
finally completed at a cost of slOo 900 600. and
that its 1xed charges would be only 100 1000 a
year toutolde of n sinking fund, whereas with
ont the guarantee. the cost would be not less
than 500 0O01 0tJ and its fixed charges S4 900 0U0
a wear, The bill finally went over without
action. The credentials Of Edward Murphy
Jr.. : senator from the state of New York TO
succeed Mr.. HiscockJ, and of John l.. Mitchell
as senator from Wisconsin to succeed Nj saw.
yer, were presented
NAsHINGrOH, y. C., Feb. l4-Mr Quay OF
M et tI u 'Iol' Ni1t'n man nsteeG 'o catiins
as 10 whether any part Of the appropriation for
the Worlds Columbian Exposition had been
paid ami if so under what modification Of the
rule to sunday closing. He also gave notice
OF M sIneudma MT to an appropristiOu bi II mai =
ing appropriations connected with the orld's
Far conditioned on sunday closing. He also gave
notice OF All amendment TO the Nicaragua Ca
nal btll-that the act shall not take effect until
the United states shall have secured by con-
yentiou wi h the government OF Costa Kics and
Nicaragua the right to fortlty and garrison
the termIni of the proposed canal on the At
lautic and Pacific oceans, a nd to maintain one
or more armed vessels on Lake Nicaragua and
TO march military forces through the
territory of either of those states for
the purpose of protecting the canal and
the persons tcluzens OF the United
states operating the same. MI. Hoar offered a
resolution (Which went over until to morrow
providing that on February y tWashington's $
birthday Nashington's farewell address be
read to the Senate, Immediately after the read
ing of the Jour al, by the president pro TEN.
Nj Manderson. The Senate then proceeded to
the consideration of the sundry civil appropria-
tiCu bill. Nearly half of the bin had been dis
posed Of Il he items as 10 the Worlds Fair having
been passed over temporarily when Mr.. Ali
son, in charge OF the bill, said he would not
ask further consideration OF II to-day, but
would Yield TO the Slcaraguan bill. The Nlca-
ragua biiI was then taken up, but 1t went over
without action. All but twelve pages OF the
sAhdry CiElt Ditt were dlsposed OF. We amend
ihei' l"l Nofiu Items ahE I4Nel anu mar
Dor III improvements oeIhs feseI'
House.
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