Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-03-09
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.
Senate.

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WASHINGTON D. c., Feb. 2S.- House bill ex-
tending for year the time for filing petitions
in the court of private land Claims was passed;
also senate joint resolution authorizing the
loan of the portraits of the chief justices of the
United States for exhibition at the Worlds
fair. The naval approprla ion bill was taken
up--amendments reported from the committee
OH appropriations being first acted upon. The
first amendment that elected discussion was me
one appropriating $500 600 for the expenses of
the inter1 atlOnal naval rendezvous and re-
view. Information as to the necessity of ap
propriating SO large sum was asked by Mr..
Vest. He was told by Mr.. Hale, in charge of
the bill, that invitations had been extended to
foreign nations to send ships OF war to partlcl-
pate in the review. 1t would be an imposing
and stately spectacle. large item of expense
would be the employment of temporary sea-
men tine navy being now 'hard up for me NJ.
another considerable item would be the matter
of salutes. He could not give in detail the
purposes for which the money would be used.
After further discussion the apprO prlatlon
of $500, 900 agreed to, with the words 'or so
much thereof as may be necessary ADDED TO
it, The whole amendment was then agreed to;
as was also the next amendment approprlatlng
Sc. 500 for army exposes incidental to the naval
review. The amendment for the construction
of four light draft protected gun boats (nstead
of one as provided in the bilD was agreed to
without question. This completed action on
the amendments reported by the committee on
appropriations, and general amendments were
then in order Mr.. Squire moved to increase
the appropriation for the dry dock at Puget
Sound from 1925 900 to $500, coo. Agreed TO.
The bill was then passed. MIR. Sherman moved
to go into executive session. He said that he
could not give the reason why 1t was Important
to have an executive session, but it would be
brief The yeas and nays were demanded on
the Democratic side, and the motion was dis
agreed to-yeas. 81: nays, pa strict party vote.
The House bill regulating the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors in the District of Columbia was
passed-yeas. Al; nays. is. Another motion was
then made to go into executive session: The
vote was taken, and for the second time the mo-
tion to proceed to executive business was de-
feated-yeas. so. nays, 50. The agricultural
appropriation bill was taken up and passed
with few unmportant amendments
STIalioh Il dane s@ Up teiors the Senate
question as to the route of the Southern fast
mail That question was not disposed OF when
the conference report on the sundry civil ap,
preparation bill was presented. The report led
to a long financial discussion on the Sherman
bond amendment, the result being, however,
that the Senate receded from the amendment
Senate had before it in the morning hour the
McGarrahan bill, which went over without &C.
&R %2 d 'n aas HE sfsa up Pvf but ef a
peared Immediately when the conference
report was taken up. after routine business
doors were opened in about half an hour and
legislative business was proceeded with. The
post ice appro prlation bill was reported and
placed upon the calendar. conference was
Messrs. Hall. Allison and German were APP
pointed conferees on the part OF the Senate
of the Senate were crowded with visitors all
day, but there was very little in the proceedings
of interest to them. The post office appropria.
yesterday was completed to- day-the paragraph
in relation to the Southern fast mail having
9o modified o tS Sc to fee the Of whq he
ppPopfiaion bill was followed BY the
contained an amendment reported from the
committee on appropriations appropriatlng
SIS. $40, 900 to pay the Cherokees f~r the lands
coded by them in the Indian territory lying
between Oklahoma and Kansas. The amend
ment provoked some discussion. but was event
ually agreed to. Then the deficiency bill was
acted upon. Both the McGarrahan and the
New York bridge bills were crowded out by the
appropriation bills.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 3.-The last legis-
lative day OF the fifty second Congress opened
in the Senate with crowded galleries, and with
a pretty full attendance of senators. The first
business that came up for action was the con-
alton bill. The report was read in full,
without yielding much information A
vote was then taken and the confer
agreed to-yeas ~, lays 81. The conference re-
portion the post appropriation bill was pre-
done as to the paragraph appropriating $780,
ooo to the Southeast mail The report was
agreed to-yeas. 35 nays. 25 The confer
report on the agricultnTal bill was
ton. Then the conference report on the naval
appropriation bill was presented. read and
agreed to. The McGarrahau bill was then
taken up for consideration, the vote being:
Yeas, 46; nays, s. The credentials of William N.
Roach senator ELECT from North Dakota for the
full term OF six from March 4, 1898, were pre-
scented and placed on file. House joint resolu-
ton authorizing the state of Wis
consin to place in statuary Hall at the
was reported and passed. The House bill to con-
tinue the duties Of 10 per cent on linen count
ing IS containing 100 threads per square inch
no O M q N hv law w seed RI
an amendment making it take effect in 1895 in
stead of 1894 The McGarrahan bill was again
taken up and Mr. Morrill, moved an amend
ment referring the case to the United States dis
trict court for the southern District of Califor-
mia instead of the court Of private land claims.
Without disposng of the bill, the Senate
took recess. After recess the corridors and
galleries were jammed with people. The con-
ference report on the deficiency bill was read
all points except the French spoliation claims,
the Pacific railroad judgments, and the clerks
for senators-all these being reserved for
further action. The conference report was
agreed to and the Senate voted to in
sist on the amendments not settled in con-
ference End to have conference as to hem
The Conference report on the sundry civil
Dill was then presented, showing several points
on which the conference had been unable to
agree. Mr.. Allison, in charge of the bill, eX.
planned the report. The Senate conference had
receded from the item of $4,000 for the suitable
entertainment OF special guests invited to the
Worlds Fair by the President of the United
States. The Senate conferces had also
receded from the other item, S25, OpO
for the entertainment by the govern.
ment of the United States of such dis.
tinguished representatives of foreign goverll-
ments might be in the country during the
year. Mr.. Allisons motion that the Senate in
sist on the Worlds Fair amendment was then
carried-yeas. 81; nays. 1l-all negative votes
being Democratic. senator Dawes presented
the conference report on the Indian approplia-
ton bill, and it was agreed to without objection.
Senator Hour then called up the message of the
House announcing that it had passed over the
pointmcnt of district attorney and a marshal
for the middle district OF Aiabuma 1t was
passed overthe veto: Ayes. 5S; hayes, (Frye)
and therefore becomes law, Notwithstanding
the veto. Senator Aldrich, from the finance
committee, submitted the report of the
majority on the wholesale transporta-
ton features of the committees investiga-
ton on the tariff question, leave being given Mr.
Harris to file report for the minority. BY reso-
linton the Vice President WAS 1e6 to 70