The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-09
WORK OF CONGRESS-
Proceedings In the Senate and House
of Representatives

WhelmlnS vote OF III TO q, the senate
adopted concurrent resolution favor
able TO Cuban belligerency and indie.
pendence. When the result was an
nounced the densely packed galleries
broke into a long-continued applause
which the vice president checked with
difficulty. The result was reacht af-
ter day OF feyered speeches which
at times aroused the crowd of Specta-
tors to enthusiastic demonstrations.
The main feature of the debate was,
the speech of Senator Sherman, chair
man of the foreign relations commit
tee. AS rule the veteran senator
from Ohio speaks with reserve and
conservatism, so it was the more sur
priSing when he arraigned Spain and
her governor general, Weyler. in the
most Scathing language. Mr.. Sherman
read specific instances in which Wey
Ter was pictured as stripping young
girl captives and making them dance
before Spanish troops. Other speeches
were made by Mr.. Lindsey ky.
Lodge (MasS.), Caffrey Qa.) and Allen
(Neb)
In the House.
There was an enthusiastic demon
Stration in the house when Secretary
Cox. of the senate, appeared and an
branch of congress of the Cuba reso-
luton, but the matter did not come
up in any other form during the day.
After encountering the unexpected OPP
position of Mr.. BOutelle yesterday the
house leaders concluded to postpone
taking up the resolutions until the leg
islative bill was disposed Of. The day
in the house was spent in the cOnSid-
Grafton of the legislative appropriate ton
BILL and conSidera BILE progress was
made. An agreement was reached
whereby the bill to change the COM
pensation of United States attorneys
and marshals from the fee to the sal
airy system and to be offered as an
amendment to the bills. An amend
ment offered by Mr.. Tawney (Rep.,
Minn.) to provide that the members
shall have 500 a month for clerk
hire throughout the year, instead of
during the sessions only as now is the
case, provoked the charge that it was
q salary grab" Mr.. Payne Rep.,
n. ", who was in the chair, ruled it
out on a point of order An attempt
was made to overrule the chair, but he
was sustained-1O2 to 43. The provis-
ion for senator's clerks was then
stricken out with the avowed inten-
ton of effecting an equitable adjust.
ment' with the senate later.
Washington, March 8. - The first
presidential veto of this session of
congress was overriden by the house
by a vote of POO to 3S-122 more than
the requisite two-thirds All the Re
publicans and 30 Democrats voted for
the bill, while the votes to sustain the
bill were all cast by Democrats. The
bill authorizes the governor and local
officers of Arizona to lease the educa-
tiOnal lands of the territory for school
purposes. The presidents objection
to the bill was that it did not give the
secretary Of the interior power to APP
prove or diSapprOVe the lease, and did
not throw proper safeguards around
the lease. The bill was identical with
a similar bill passed by the last con-
gress relating to oklahoma Territory
at the request of the secretary of the
interior, and the present bill had re-
ceived the written approval of both
Secretary Smith and the commissioner
of the general land office. The state
ment was also made that the lands
proposed to be leased were now in
possession of cattlemen and others
rent free. The remainder of the day
was consumed in the consideration Of
the legislative appropriation bill.
washington, March 4.-Cuba lbre
had field day in the house. Despite
the war talk from Spain the strug-
Cling patriots in Cuba were eulogiZed
and sympathized with in a two hours
debate and the rules were then sus-
pended and the resolutions by the
house foreign affairs committee were
adopted as a substitute for those of
the senate by an overwhelming ma
jority-263 to II.
In the Senate
A bill was passed by the senate to-
day for the increase of the navy, and
it attracted considerable attention in
view of the extension of Spanish
Cuban affairs. In explaining the mat
ter Mr.. Hale of Maine, who reported
it from the naval committee. said
that while he did not believe the Uni
ted States would be involved in war
as a result of the present troubles, yet
he considered it desirable to give the
president authority to call out the
naval militia and charter private ships
for naval transportation. The follow
ing hills were passed: Authorizing
the construction of bridges across the
Missouri river between its mouth
and the mouth of the Dakota or James
river, and across the Mississippi river
between the mouth of the Minnesota
river in Minnesota and South Port
land.
Washington, March 5.-The senate
gave most of the day to the agricul-
tural augmentation bill and passed