Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-12-13
FIFTY.THIRD CONGRESS.
Senate.

reading of the Presidents message MI.
George presented a resolution directing ,ne
committee on rules to report comprene .ndit
revision of the rules with view to eApeu4Ia-
ing business and compelling vote. NJ.
Turpie offered a resolution recltlng t1al tu S
time had come for the election OF uni. i
States senators by direct vote or the people.
Mr.. Lodge offered a resolution ealing on
the secretary of state Tor parllculaio -. go,
corning the execution of two Japanese SUI
dents by the Chinese authorizes at 4hn nrn,
when the students had been given the plo,
lection of the United States MI blanc - az
presented a resolution protesting asa!nsI .u1
recent Turkish atrocities against a. ny e
ans, and directing that the remonstrancte u
this government be communicated TO lurhey.
Mr.. PETER offered two resolutions. 1n S -,
directs the judiciary committee on Tue 0G II
to investigate the circumstances ana ieSal
authority under which the secretary OF tle
treasury made the last two issues OF po .Is.
The second resolution calls on the fresluenI
for information concerning the circumstances
and necessity for sending United states
troops to Chicago during the penuehc9 Va 'A~
Pullman strike. ~.
The Senate was in session Tor only ha a
an hour on the 4th as the leaders OF the
majority desired to caucus on the genera
ordew ~ business before proceeding Win
the business itself There was time enough,
however. for Mr.. Lodge of MASSACHUSETTS 10
have passed two resolutions for lnforma-
tion which promise to bring the daWitiian
and Bluefelds incidents before Congress Tor
comment and probably criticism. Inere
was the usual deluge of bills and petitions
incident to the opening days OF session.
none of them, however, Being OF Dslphc lih-
pCrtance.
The Senate showed it's first signs ~ anina-
ton on the 9Th and, although the session
lasted only until PAS, there was time enough
for several brisk debates. MI Nest enotts
to secure a change in the rules OF oruer ~
expedite Senate business was the CHIEF event
of the day. The usual dizziness of discus
sion of rules was offset by the preVaienn.
feeling that cloture rule would nave hI nue.!
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tariff bills affecting coal, iron and sugar. MI
Vest was formerly opposed to cloture, put
he announced his conversion ana sald cloture
was imperative to maintain the dignity anu
self-respect of the Senate and the esteem OF
the public. 80
The Senate had a brief session on the 9th
and then adjourned over until Monday. mr.:
Vest had intended to urge action on his plan
to secure cloture in the Senate, but there
was no disposition among the senators TO
settle the question at once and Mr. vest 11y
Turpie Dem, Ind.) deliverd carefully
prepared speech on the resolution Tor the
election Of United States senators by direct
vote of the people. A bill was passed for the
national dedication of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga national park on September 10
and 90 1895, under the direction OF the Sec
rotary of war, and then at 80 p m. the Sen en-.
ate went into executive session, ana at 1 200
p. N. adjourned until Monday.
In the House on the 4th inst. bill provid.
ing for the free coinage of silver was intro
duced by Representative Hartman of Mon-
tana An important provision of the meas
ure is that requiring import duties to be
paid in gold in cases where the articles or
importation are brought from countries
whose governments refuse to open their
minis to the free coinage of silver and gold.
The session in the House on the 18th was
exceedingly dull and uninteresting. The at
tendance was small, and there was no clash
of any kind. bill providing for the dedi-
cation of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga
Military park September 10 and 20, 1895,
and one for the establishment of national
military park on the site of the battle Of
Shiloh were passed, and the remainder Of
the day was devoted to fruitless discussion
of the printing bills. MI Richardson occu-
pied two hours in explaining the minute de-
tails of the conference report, which was
subsequently vigorously attacked by Mr..
Dunn On. J), on the ground that the bill
would clothe the joint committee on printing
with inordinate power, both in the matter
of patronage and control of the printing of
public documents After further debate the
report went over to the House.
In the House on the 9th, Mr.. Cultivate,
from the committee on rules, presented the
special order for the consideration of the
railway pooling bill each day after the
morning hour until disposed of. The order
was agreed to without division. The object
of the bill is to authorize competing COM
mon carriers, subject to the provisions of
the interstate commerce act. to enter into
contracts for the division of their gross or
net earnings and to secure more expeditions
and efficient enforcement of that law. APP
plications for pooling together with copies
of the contracts must, according to the
terms of the bill, be filed with the commits
sion, and unless disapproved become opera
tive twenty days after filing.
The entire time of the House the 9th
was occupied in the discussion of the rail-
road-pooling bill, to which there appears to
be great deal Of opposition. Messrs. Cooper
Fla.), Gresham Tex.) Morse Mass.), and
Daniels On. ", took part in the debate.
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section giving the railroads the power to
carry questions relating to the revocation Of
pooling orders into the courts and offered a
substitute giving the interstate commerce
commission absolute control over all pooling
contracts. Messrs. Gresham and Morse ia
vored the bill, while Mr.. Daniel attacked it
on the ground that it would subvert the OBJ
3ects of the interstate commerce law.
The House spent an hour on the 18th in the
consideration of the bill to protect forest
reservations. The remainder of the day was
road pooling bill. The debate was particf-
pated in by Messrs. Bartlett On W Coch-
ran On. -, and Wise Wa) in support and
opposition to the bill. Mr. Wells Dem.
Wis., opposed the bill in every feature.
The attempt to drive this bill through under
savored, if he did not have such high re-
spect for the chairman of the public land
committee, of 'boodle." 1t was said that
the Forestry association vas behind this
Dlll. lHere was another association behind
1t, which had it's origin in Maine fifty years
ago, and had now extended to the Pacific
slope; The pine land thieves of Michigan
ana wisconsin, he declared excitedly, had
grown rich on their plumber. and had then
bought seats both in this House and the
other. He would not permit the people of
this country to be plundered of millions of
dollars worth of timber. He appealed to
members of the House not to permit these
thleves to go into the forests with the dis
gulsed purpose Of cutting only dead anu
Less than twenty-five members were nros-
ent when the House was called to order on
the Sth. In the morning hour Mr. Mallory
lDem. Fla), from the committee on inter
s.ate commerce, called up the bill to pro-
note the eihclency of the revenue cutter
service, which provides for the retirement
OF officers Of the service incapacitated by
reason OF infrmities of age or physical or
u mental disabilities Mr.. Mallory. Mr. Eng
1sh Dem, \. -, and Mr.. Covert Dem.. 4
- supported the bill, but it was anita eonizai