Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-01-17
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Senate.

for reports. documents and o,her papers re-
iating to the enforcem t5lor % Gaie1 by
Great Britain and the Tnittd St:tcs {" e:5tls
out the decision of the Paris tr1numa' 81
bitration, etc. The Lodge resolution callliSs
for information why Cnltcd STATES s!iifS I; v.
war had been withdrawn, from liI ,.9aI
and Mr.. Aldrich addressed the Senate -, 81 vi.
O'Clock the Lodge resolution went TO lhe c'ti-
endar, and the eulog.es on the late eeh'''oi
Colquitt were heard.
Mr. Cockrell Dem, MOI. from the apnro-
priations committee reported the me o nfSe"I n
reb1 n b n the by Ma QUAY 1n 'f ep
Mr.. Cockrell said the committee had mage
no amendments to the bill as passed w wv ~
House to those provisions readng 20 hi t1e for
the relief Of Homestead settlers ana M nsle
sin, Minnesota and Michigan, MI Pascoe
the Nicaraguan canal bill. He announced
that while fayorng the construction or an
canal yet ne was vent to into
executive session and when the doors were
reopened. adjourned.
The income tax came up for conslder"ple
discussion in the Senate on the 10th. In IN, me
course of the debate on the urgent deii-
cheney bill, which contains a. provision 1 1;T
carrying the law into operation Mr.. ~
tDem.. n. offered IN amendment deSlSneu
to afford an opportunity to test the consIiu-
tionality OF the act, upon which he spoke
briefly. Mr.. Quay (Nep., Pa also gave no.
tice of several amendments he intends to
offer to the bill, one for the income tax and
and the WOODEN schedule. Mr. Caffrey or
Louisiana commenced his speech on the
NicaraSuan canal bill but had not completed
1t when the Senate adjourned.
Practically the whole of the session on the
18th was occupied in the discussion OF Mr..
Hills amendment to the urgent deficiency
test the constitutionality of the income-taX
law. Mr.. Hill delivered long and carefully
prepared speech in support OF has amend
ment. DR.. Dubois 0daho) followed in sup
port of the appropriation to make the law
operative, but soon drifted into discussion
Of the silver question, in which he said
that no currency bill could pass that was not
toward liberal silver Mr.. Quay Pa.) sup
would be the duty of the next Republican
Congress to repeal the law - Messrs sher-
man 3o2 and , Mitchell or thought the ap
journment Mr.. Morgan (Ala.) raised, and the
chair sustained, a point of order against the
and action will be had on this Saturday.
Senator Teller addressed the Senate on the
18th in a speech marked by force and elo-
had been drawn to the galleries by the an
nOuncement that Mr.. German would urge Il
Senate solution for the currency problem, and
spectators We're not disappointed. Mr.. Tel
Ter took the income tax as Il text, but
branched into comprehensive review of the
present conditions of the treasury and the
remedies demanded. He severely arralgned
the administration for alarming the country
sH r@ yer the PHI IL Tne
was the only effective solution. but said
he did not expect this solution at the pres
e e time from either OF the great parties or
from the Populists.
Senator Lodge also addressed the Senate.
urging that if the Democratic majority would
present measure to raise a revenue instead
of currency bill that could not pass, the
minority would assist in enacting it.
House.
The first business called up in the House
on the 9Th was a resolution from the cCnl-
mlttee on rules authorizing tle al prorti,-
ton committee to insert 4 clause in tie sun
dry civil 2ppro2ri}tion hi! au,b9r.ny she
enWorth. kas from the Jurisdiction of t.
war war department e TO the deparm@nt Of jus
adopted by wore Of 15G to -
The feature Of the debate on the Currency
bill was the scoring which Mr.. Sblcy lDcm.,
tration was composed Of brains De,'y ana
brass. Mr.. Johnson (Dem., o. followed with
The Carlisle currency bill. which has been
under debate in the House for about two
weeks was practically defeated on the 9th.
decision of the Democratic caucus on Mon
day, brought in an order to close general de-
bate and proceed under the fve-minute rule
until Saturday, when the final vote should
be ken. but the supporters Of the bill were
unable to order the previous question. the
rising vote of 90 to 101. and then on the yea
and nay vote by 124 to 100. The Republicans
voted soldly with the Democratic opponents
OF the measure against ordering the previous
question. The House then settled quietly
down to the considerable of the diplomatic
Perkins Rep, LAD protested against Western
fast mail trains being held at Chicago for the
accommodation of the newspapers of that
city.
The proceedings in the House on the 10th
We're exceedingly dull, most of the day being
trict of Columbia appropriation bin, which
was passed. Several bills of minor imDor-
lance relating to steamship matters were
1t was private bill day in the House on the
18th, but only one bill was considered-a
claim of the heirs of William Johnson Of
Fayette county, Tennessee, for S13. 600 worth
OF stores confiscated during the war. Three
hours were consumed in debate but on ac-
BefoTe fhe 'n negn nI w order nH
demanded nine bills were passed by unan.-
nous consent. Most Of them were of minor
amend the shipping act of August 10. 1890,
SO as to eliminate some of the penal nro-
VISIONS OF that act. which had proved unduly
harsh in their application to seamen on
board vessels engaged in the coastwise and
nearby foreign trade. Another bill Was
Alaska. " W
About twenty members crowded down into
tne area III front of the Speakers rostrum at
on the l2th, in the hope of getting bills Of
local Importance through by Unanimous CON
sent sent but all We're unsuccessful Mr. Hatch.
chairman Of the committee on agriculture.
called up a bill to extend the provisions of
the Wilson original package liquor law to
oieomargarlne original packa ges. The bin
IT'S OF the oleomargarine act and its constitu-
ta1o9.nallty It was participated in by Messrs.
M1lllams (Miss). Warner IN w Foreman
tempted to have the extra hour to which the
I nlll would be entitled under the rule when
t tht, committee IS again called, granted ut
tlllS tlnle out his 7@4ucSt was refused He
tnen tried to have the previous question
ordered put filibustering by Mr. Bynum con-
1pfi
ana the bill went over. The House then took
uP the Dill to codfy the pension laws and the
w., s,iiontE before O'Clock public business
was suspended and euloges were delivered
~ ~ IN, tne late Representative George B. Shaw
VI W lsconsln. Addresses were made by Rem
reSentatiFpS R,bcocly Tvnub A'NP,