Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-07

the free zone OF Mexico Agreed TO- S:,,,, Inc
p Dos of to the highest and best bidder
t Mas P Mord . nigh s Mr. oNeil ass
presented the conference report on the pen,
sion appropriation bill, An agreement naa
The report was agreed to-1sO to II. The
conference reports on the bill to restore the
pension Of Geg a az @ and to amend the
agreed to. after which, under the special .sda
ed to the consideration of bills reported from
the committee on buildings anu grounds
The first bill called up BY Cha nm aau nhnn
half of what is known as the Mahoue
square, as q site for new building Tor
the government printing office; "A, A P pan.e
and the whole question of the selectlon OF d
o fhen ese Mps up he
ata0tl Mr. on Lo '"f Rep cs to
stroy the effect of the postmaster-general
order requiring railway mail clerks TO I'VE
on the line of railroads to which they are
assigned. but requiring future appol nd
to do so. Mr.. LIQUIDS motion was agreed TO
..122 to 81. The twenty-one pension piliS
favorably acted on at last FRIDAY stss tbl.
bills granting American register 10 tne
British built steamer Kahului. and to amend
Washington. B. 6. Feb. 2s.-The rush Of
the closing hours of Congress showed lt sen
in the House in the miscellaneous character
OF the business transacted. An attempt ~
pass a bill to pension Hiram Rhea, an az az
legged member Of the Tenth regiment or
North Carolina mounted infantry, over the
veto of the President failed, 20 to loo, pol.
the veto and the report of the secretary "a
to have been at the time he was wounded
a member of an armed band Of guerliias;;
The House. by vote of 10 to lou, declueu
to further insist on its disagreement to the
Senate amendment to the consular ana up
l4matic appropriation bill provld.ing TOT .me
Hawaiian cable. The Senate blll to reSu gu
late the deductions from the gross tonnage
Of vessels for the purpose of determining
the net tonnage (Which forms the basis OF
ferenee reports on bills of minor Importance
were agreed to. The House. after passing
few bills relating to the District of Column
Dia . Adjourned ,,,,o 4ha
House met fifty members with uplifted
arms were clamorng for recognition, but al
requests for unanimous consent were cut OIL
by the presentation of the conference rePore
on the Notifications appropriation bill, Wnlcn en-
wa geed to- The Senate tn ID
sent to conference, under sNspenslon OF t9e
rules; The legislative, executive and judi
cial bill was also sent to conference -le
merce bill was lost Mr.. Wilson, chairman
OF the ways and means committee. moved
the passage, under suspension Of the rules
tee for Mr.. Dingley's bill for the preserva-
ton of FIR seals in Behrng sea The The Sem
ference report on the bill to pension Gath
crime i. Culver was agreed to. The House
resolution y, to refund the state of Nest VIZ.
gina S1S1 .3C6. her share Of the direct war
tax Of 1861, less $27 1913. the amount here
tofore, paid by the government, was passed.
to conference if it came from the Senate
later, and then. at go, the House took
recess until o'clock the. night, session to
Washington. b: c.. March s.-After the
sharp fight in the House Saturday night
oyer the Senate provision in the sundry civil
bill appropriating 5000 600 for the payment
of sugar bounties earned up to June 30, 1898,
which resulted in the adopting Of an amend end
the session dragged YEARLY on through the
night until the sundry civil and Indian ap-
preparation. bills had been sent back to con
House took recess until 2 o'clock this aft
ernocn, and the worn-out members hurried
home to catch few hours rest and a asrye We
Last until Monday noon. When the Speaker
again took the chair at 2 o'clock more than
motion to suspend the rules and pass bin
granting pension of 500 month to Gen:
John A. McClernand of Illinois encountered
Va This opposition drew from Mr.. Sickles,
the one-egged hero of Gettysburg, an elo'
quent appeal that fairly made the ceiling
galleries. 'Iet US pass one good BILL said
Mr.. Sckles, "as an atonement for all the bad
ehes we not ow en
to die in want. 1 we'll remember the words
of Lincoln to me when he spoke of Douglas,
way had offered my services for the union,
and Mr.. Lincoln said to me that the action
of such men as Logan, Dix, McClernand and
shoulders. If this is to be party war
said he, then 1t cannot succeed, but when l
see great RSemocratie leaders coming for,
thank God that such success is within our
grasp At the conclusion of Mr.. Sickles'
speech the bill was cassed with whirl At
At O'Clock the conference report on the
sundry civil bill was called up. When the
conference Ito which the House conferees
had acceded) was reached. the silver men
demanded time: Later Speaker Crisp was
The conference report was adopted and the
sundry civil bill was out of the way SO far
were then hurried through by unanimous
consent, including the following: Senate
resolution calling on the PRESIDENT to insist
the United States relative to the claim of
A AT ond Maxim III Mora amounting to ST.;
200 co. SEo At 10 D a. NJ Holman
bill 1t showed that the Senate had yielded
to the House on the provision for the eX-
tinction of the contract school system at the
END Of five years so as to remove the time
limit. and the House had yielded to The
Senate amendment for the parcAase from
the lands within the Cattaraugus and Ale
gheny. Indian reservations. The report was
agreed to. After further discussion the
conference report on the whole general def
cheney bill was agreed to. The anti-toxine
bi,l was then passed-143 to 81 The naval
ing been received from the Sena te,. Mr., Tai
bott moved to suspend the rules and agree
to the Senate amendments to the naval ap-
preparation bill. This was DONE thus leay-
ing the naval bill as it was amended by the
Senate. The House then took a recess
until 8 a.