Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-02-09

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WASHINGTON D. c., JAM 81 The Senate got
rid to-day of the legislative incubus under
which it has labored since the first day Of the
session The anti-options bill reached the
point ct which voting began at S:l5 P. NJ. The
first vote was on the amendment offered By Mr..
Villas to the George substitute, and the amend
ment was rejected-yeas 21 nays, so. Then
the George substitute itself was. rejected
yeas, 10: nays. 81. And finally the bin was
passed by vote of 40 to %. Pairs were an
Eounced between Messrs Carlisle and Paddock.
Aldrieh and Quay, Bate and Allen. Jones lNeyl
Warren. The bill is one passed by the
House of Representatives June 9, 1892
w wltn xarions senate amendments thereto:
taken UP. MI. Sherman moved to have the
Nicaragua bill taken up so as to make 1t the
unfinished business after the appropriation
rejected The first amendment to the forti-
hcations bill ian item of $4,000, for gun
and mortar platforms) having been read.
speech which he had begun this morning on
the subject of the annexation of the Hawai-
ian islands. He yielded later temporarily to
on Friday next. Mr.. Dolph then went on with
the reading of his speech most of it was de-
voted to the question of the Nicaragua ship
canal, it having been originally prepared as all
argument in favor OF the pending bill on that
subject. When he closed the consideration of
the fertilization bin was proceeded with. No
progre however, was made.
WASHINGTON, u. c., Feb. 1.-Immedlately
after the routine morning business the COM
mlttee on appropriations asserted its right of
precedence and malntaIned 1t up to adjourn
ment. 1t even refused to yield to the urgent APP
peal of Mr. Harris to let him report substitute
on the quarantine bill and to have action upon
it. The fertilization bill was the first OF
the general bills to come before the Sem
ate and it was passed after a rather interesting,
though not novel, discussion on the subject of
coast Notifications. The army appropriation
bin was then taken up and passed with but a
single a1nendment-increasing the monthly
pay of sergeants of the army The District of
n m hia M q n a
m1ttee amendments were agreed to- except one
that was reserved for action to- morrow looking
to the erection of $500 900 municipal building in
Washington city, and the bill went over. Mr..
FELTON, sent to the clerks desk, and had read,
resolutions adopted Mt a meeting of the Cham
Der of Commerce OF San Francisco, Cal, hailing
with satisfaction the friendly offer TO be made
by the Hawaiian government to cede the islands
to the United States and urging prompt accept
ance of the proposed cessation. Referred
After short executive session the Senate ad-
journed
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. with the excep-
ton Of one hour in the early part of the day
and little longer time in the evening to-day's
session of the Senate was held behind closed
DOORS and was spent in the consideration of the
French and Swedish eXtradition treaties, and
incidentally of the Hawaiian question. In the
open session the Chandler Hawaiian resolution
(ofie1e ed some days ago. was referred to the COM
mittee on foreign relations; Messrs. Hale ana
Blackburn were appointed tellers to as
slst In counting the presidential votes,
and Mr.. Carlisle's resignation as senator
preparation bill was taken up, considered and
passed concurrent resolution from the leg
islature of Oregon requesting the senators from
that state to use all honorable means to secure
the annexation Of the Hawaiian Islands to the
United States was presented and referred. The
senate to-day ratified the French extradition
treaty after making amendments eXpugnlng
mlsdemeanorS and o1enses of political char
acter
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 9.-The question of
the repeal of the Sherman act, or at least of the
Snv n the silver million nuro h0Se
vision OF it, was Unexpectedly precipltated In
the Senate to-day by Mr.. Teller. He made the
presentation of some petitions on the subject
the occasion for launching out into dis
cussion of the whole question and expressed
his confident assurance that. the repeal
of the sherman act was not among the
possibilities of the present session. He COM
mented with some bitterness upon newspaper
statements as to the determination of President
elect Cleveland to have the Sherman act re-
pealed Mr. Vest repealed the newspaper state
ments as unworthy of consideration. Mr..
sherman stated that he had not moved TO take
up the bill because he was not satisfied that
there was majority in its favor. And finally
notice was given by Mr.. Hill that he
would test the question next Monday by
pass it. But, after all, the feature of the pro-
ceeding was Mr.. Shermrn's implied threat that
cloture would be applied in the Senate II nee
cssary to give effect to the will of the majority.
Mr. Mitchell reported from the judiciary COM
mittee bill to pay the awards of the court of
claims in the French spoliatlon cases. Calen-
ment with the Kickapoo Indians in Okla
homa territory appropriating s64,65o fer
that purpose was passed with amendments and
a conference asked. At P, NJ. the business of
the Senate was suspended in order that tributes
might be made to the memory of the late Sen
ator Barbour, of Virginia. Eu!ogies of the
dead senator were pronounced by Messrs.
Daniel. Henderson, Faulkner, Gallinger. Plat.
Hill, Hiscock and Hunton. Mr. Barbours sue
cessor In the Senate. Then the Senate ad-
journed.
WASHINGTON n c. Feb 1.-The Senate
passed the House bill relating to bills of lad1ng
after amending it. AS passed by the Senate, 1t
Of any vessel any Kind Of a clause relieving it
from liability for damage arising from negi-
gence or failure in proper loading or delivery
of merchandise committed to its charges or to
Ielease the vessel on account of not being sea-
worthy. The bill of lad1ng provision Is not
to apply to live stock and any refusal to Is.
bill is punishable by fine of not more than
$1,000 Two hours were set apart for the con-
sideration of House bills on the calendar and
eighteen of them were passed. and after that
the House bill to ratify the agreement with
the Cherokees Tor the cession of their
interest in the cheroke sc zos outlet Utd lands:
out was taken up. discussed and passed
in the shape Of substitute. The quarantine
bill was just reached when the limit of time
expired, and Mr. Harris gave notice that he
Ewould move to take it up and pass it on Mon
day. Senator Morgan introduced a resolution
which was agreed to requesting, the President
treaty negotiated in 1854, but not completed,
between the plenipotcntaries of the United
States and the kingdom OF Hawaii, and
with the correspondence between the two
governments relating to the negotia-
lions. senator Morgan stated that under the
present circumstances the text of this treaty
would be of interest to the Senate. and he
wanted it placed before them for the simple
perpose Of receiving all the information IAsssi-
BILE.
Memorial proceedings in memory of Mr..
Gamble e. d. Mr. Ford (Mich.) and Mr. Stack
house g. C.), late members of the House Of
Representatives, were then held.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. 6-In.the Senate to-
day. the junior senator from New York, Mr. Hill,
made the motion of which he had given notice
last Friday-to proceed to the consideration of
the bill to repeal the Sherman silver
purchase act; and in support of the motion.
delivered a carefully prepared speech de-
claring himself friend of free bimetallic
coinage. which he thought should be reached
through international agreement, His motion
defeated by nearly a two-thirds majority
the vote being yeas, 3d. nays, az. Afterwards
the quarantine bill was taken up and passed.
without Il division; also bill for the payment
out of the treasury of local taxes on lands held
by Indians in severalty.
House.