Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-01-10
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Senate.


rho resolution introduced by Mr.. Allen
pop, Neb) relating to the occupatlon of
rooms I'm the basement of the Senate VINE , oa
the capitol for restaurant ppTpo.as sase ii''
Mr.. Allen severely c.-.+i .sed the practice Of
furnishing to the proprietor Of. tie rcsteur,,
asserted it was a violation of tho statu.ea
and constituted larceny OH the public funds:
No action was taken On the resolution TN
rremainder Of the .4ay was taken up by NJ Nj:
NicaraguAn canal bill, in which he rep!'eQ III
detail to the arguments advanced ny NJ suf-
pie Dem. Ind in opposition TO inc a,:1t:
THE Hawaiian question was Hxaip brought
before the pub bic in the Senate on inc 4th
by the discussion Of the resolution introduced
the secretary of the navy foi, information as
to why the United States battleShips han
been withdrawn frohh Hawaii2n waters, The
debate, which was Interesting Throughout.
consumed the greater part of the morning
hour and at It's chose the resolution tnsal its
place on the calendar, and now can be taken
up only by unanimous consent. DURING the
debate several members intinated that j;
looked as though the administration was try
ing to htrow The Sandwich Islands into the
hands Of Gyss;lt Britain and also no restore
Queen LiIiHDkalani. The policy OF the ad-
ADMINISTRATION was defended on the Democratic
side Mr., Morgan concluded his speech on
| The Mica guam canal bill, af:rw which the
bill making appropriation for support Of the
| military academy for the fiscal year 1870
/ $500, OCG, reduction of Sal. as passed by
| the House.
The Senate was not in session on the 9Th.
House.
| The proceedings In the House the Sd
| lacked marked incidents of any kind. The
debate on the currency bin continued all day
but was generally spiritiess and the attend
ancc, which was large at the beginning
| dwinded to almost nothing. The speakers
| were Mcssrs. Black OF Georgia, McCraary
nmd huGkner Of Kentucky IN u fayor ct ,h1
| Adams Of PENNSYLVANIA in opposition TO it
No other business was transacted.
| The general debate on the currency bill
| which consumed the time of the House aga II
on the 4th, will continue until the caucus is
| held. Then If the present plans of the
| advocates of the bill are endorsed, the debat
| will go on under the fiNc-minute rule anti
| Thursday OF next week. when the final vote
| will be taken. The feature of the days de
bate was the speech made In opposition tt
| the measure by Representative Hendrix ;
| New York banker He declared that The
| bill would be inadequate as Il measure OF re
| lief for the treasury, and besides would pro
| vide an unsound currency. He suggested
as the only measure of relief the passage OF
Il bill to fund the grecnhacks. The othel
| speakers were Messrs Hepburn Of Iowa
Dingley of Maine and Gresham Of Texas.
| The only business done by the House II
! the morning hour on the 9th was concurrence,
| in the Senate amendments to II bin for tho
relief of Zimri elliott of Kansas and Il reso
| William T, Fitch. for twenty-one years. ;
! doorkecpcr in the House and who dice
! Christmas day. The feature Of the day was
| Bourke tockrans speech on the currcnc.
| question. lie declared that the tendency {,
| treat the measure as party one likcl,
| to wreck 1t on the rocks of political cype
| dicncy. The vote on confidence In the Demo
| cratic party in 1892 had been reversed, he
| said, and he did not think the constitutional
| provision which allowed the party to retain
power until March 4 was granted it in pass
| ing party acts.
AN agitation without result which woult
| ruc restored business tranquility had bet
| ter be drODDcl. VI this House succeeds il
| establishing Il monetary system based ol
! human reason and experience OF experts it.
| last days Will not be without profit or de
! void of honor he declared. There were, il
| his opinion, questions on which Legislators
| could divide along party lines with advan
| taGe, but this was not one of them.