Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-19
CONGRESS.
Senate.

Senate.
The Senate on the 9th adopted joint res
olution offered by Mr. Jones 3 Ark a 4o s'1s
pend the removal Of intruders IN the Une an-
kee country until there snail ns an made
By tasm the N Senate ON the
His address was In support Oh aa n.s rin% in
substance the Monroe doctrine to De ny
precedent and tradition the recognizes o
rightful policy of the InlIed says Sta+os is
NOT government of conquest or usurpatlon
Our fathers taught us that the empire ros oL
happt the erritory Of % our neshbor
rather that the peace and prosperity. OF
our country and the highest enjoyment -, OF
for the magnificent inheritance which they
Transmitted to us. At the conclusion OF
Mr. Culom's speech MI squire hi ,afrndneed
BY him concerning the personnel OF the
navy. He advocated the appointment o.
naval cadets by senators. and made pea
for the thorough education OF naval ehsi-
peerS. - go
:; discussion of Senator Dubois proposition
to amend the rules so as to distribute the
APPROPRIATION bills among the var heSr cG be
fore the Senate. the clerk called the nrst
order on the calendar which PROVED 70 pe
the resolution Of M Allen H02 Ns go be 70
ligerents Mr.. Amen said he supposed TINS
resolution would be referred to the commit
tee OH foreign relations aud Informed the
Senate that the Populist party which was
sneered at party of domestic grey
ances. stood shoulder to shoulder win the
Republican and Democratlc par. t', ZOE u me
Allen commended some OF the remarks OF
Mr.. Cullom the day before and then pro
money power of the East with that or
England in connection with our diligence in
preventing the aggTesson OF ; the r.,s tex ~
he referred contemptuously to the report
that Theodore, Havemeyer the reilring
Austrian consul-general al New York was
to be made baron as an evidence that
the gentleman was ashamed OF the country
of his birth. He also referred to the Ameri-
ropean mendicants." Mr.. Call Dem. Fla)
gave notice that he would call up his Ar
menian resolution the following day and the
The proceedings of the Senate on the 10Th
covered the entire range of legislation from
the Introduction of petitions; bills and reso 70,
two formal addresses. bill extending the
Chicago port of entry so as to cover the
state Of ois received the @ nasss
the House the bill viii probably be the
first bill of the Fifty-fourth Congress to BE-
come law, Mr. Call then addressed the
Senate upon his resolution declaring it to
be the duty of the civilized powers to sup
press the cruelties alleged to be perpetrated
Turkish authorities. Mr.. Cal. said that
while it was the accepted; policy OF O.; this fl
to mean that we should not interfere to pre-,
vent such crueites and barharism as had
been enacted i'll Armenia. He thought the
United States should at least express en-
couragement to the civilized powers i'll the
effort they are making to suppress these
outbuTStS of bigOtry. superstition, cruelty
and crime. Almost an hour of the session
was devoted to listening to a speech by Sen
ator PETER in advocacy of his bill curtail-
funerals and providing that a sergeant-at-
arms shall take the place of the committee
now sent out by the two Houses as escorts
to their homes of the remains Of deceased
members.
The House held another short session on
the 9th, and devoted most of it's time to
ddiscussing the appointments of House Of Of
Republicans calling for the correspondence
in the Waller case. for lists of pensioners
Who have been enn stricken from the rolls since
Smiths reasons for an order affecting the
action of the land office in connection with
grant lands in Utah and Nebraska; but all
were objected to by Democrats. An effort
to have hay rned IN the eeord the
for higher rates met the same fate. The
first business proposition brought forward
(Rep.. lid to amend the statute fixing the
customs district Of Chicago so that the dis
trict would embrace all of the states Of II
that the bill was in the interest of the
smelters of Aurora, who desired to be able
to pay the duties on Canadian ores at the
port OF Chicago. AT present, he said, Au-
rora was not in the, district. The bill was
passed by unanimous consent. A resolution
new assistants to the superintendent of the
document room, as was resolution for
the appointment of Isaac Hill of Ohio as
deputy sergeant-atarmS and the three
other employees agreed upon by the Demo-
cratic caucus.
Representative William E. Barrett of
MASSACHUSETTS, enjoys the distinction Of be-
ing the author of the first thrilling incident
in the present House of Representatives
He threw bombshell into that body soon
resolution impeaching Thomas f. Bayard,
ex-secretary of state. and now United
James. for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The grounds advanced in the resolution
We're the ee ut ter nee: of Mr. Bayard. dev
sophical Institute November T. In this
speech Mr.: Bayard spoke of protection as
a form of state socialism," and said it
"breed inequality" corrupt public life"
flower the tone of national representation
"diyor 6. ethics from politics than any
government policy by a United States am
bassador before foreign audience, the reso-
luton recited, were in serious disregard OF
his proprieties and obligations and calcu-
lated to injure our national reputation.
1t concluded by instructing the foreign af-
fairs committee. which was empowered to
send persons and papers, to investigate and
report ''by impeachment or otherwise
Mr. Barrett's resolution had been preceded
by one by his colleague, Mr.. Mccall (Rep,
Masso, In milder tone Mr.. McCall's
resolution went down before an objection
and then It was that Mr.. Barrett sprung
his impeachment resolution as one const.
tutlng question of privilege. Mr. Crisp,
the leader of the minority, made an un-
avali1ng attempt to contest the privileged
nature of the resolution. Speaker Reed
osverruled his point of order. and the reso-
bate. where it remained for three hours
Inc Eepublicans took the position that Mr.
bayard's speech constituted an offense
against the country that called for stern
f rep, If not his recall. The Democrats