Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-05-04
CONGRESS.
Senate.

luton was brought up and Mr.. PETER, its
author, proposed notifications to meet the
criticisms in the recent speech of Mr.. Hill.
AS modified, the resolution strikes out the
decision that the special committee of five
senators shall inquire whether any officer
of the government made any contract OF
agreement in connection with bond issues
with the intent to receive commission or
personal reward, and also the provision
that not more than two of the senators on
the committee of inquiry snail be members
OF the same political party. The resolu-
ton then went over by agreement. A Vene-
zuelan debate came up when the item of
the sundry civil bill was reached authoriz-
Ing the Venezuelan commission to pay rent
Tor It's quarters out of 100000 appropriated
for its expenses. Mr.. German suggested
that explanation was in order In great
haste and in great emergency Congress had
appropriated 100000 at the suggestion of
posed, of preventing a war. But now it
appeared that the legislation was not eff
fective in giving quarters for the Vene
zuelan commission. There was some oppo-
sition on technical grounds but arrange
ments were finally made to provide for the
rent The sectarian question came up in a
prOprlat1ng for the Providence and Garfield
hospitals at Washington for the care of
destitute invalids. Mr.. Gallinger Rep., N.
h. proposed an amendment requiring a
contract to be made by Providence hospi-
tai. This brought forward Mr.. German in
some general statements on the sectarian
ment that the Congress of the United States
or any party in control of Congress should
be so far swept from the plain dictates of
Justice as to raise the. sectarian question
! against hospitals If it was for political
| purposes, Mr.. German declared it would re-
| act on it's authors Mr. German moved fo
| lay the amendment on the table and the
motion prevailed without dissent
The tariff question made it's appearance
unexpectedly in the Senate on the 25th and
for time it looked as though the routine
OF considering appropriation bills would
give away to general tariff debate. Mr..
sherman endeavored to secure action on
the bin relating to fruit brandies and
alcohol used in the arts Mr. Sherman's
motion to proceed was followed with great
motion, 22-27. The sundry civil appro-
priation bill was completed and passed dur
Ing the day; AS it passed the House, it
Senate it reached S35O0O.O and with
amendments added today the total was
raised to $37 100000. Mr.. Lodge secured
/ postmaster-g to take steps for expedit-
ing the distribution of seeds through the
postof1ice. The resolution seeks to over
come congestion in the Washington post
ONCE owing to the pressure of seed Ship
ments, the number of seed packages re-
c t,N. being be 50 great as to block passage
| ways ana Obstruct business
In the Senate Oh the 9th Mr. Chandler
/ presented supplemental report concerning
alleged election frauds in Alabama and the
naval appropriation bill was then taken up.
The main features of the bill are the items
for four seagoing coast line battleships de-
signed to carry the heaviest armor and
! most powerful ordnance, to cost So $50 900
each, three torpedo boats having a speed of
thirty knots. to cost $500, 900, and ten tor
p fesos boats to cost 5000, 900. Mr.. Quay of
tered an amendment increasing the appro-
priation for reserve guns for auxiliary cruis-
ers from $250.000 to S400,0 Agreed to.
MI Perkins CRep. Cal) moved an amend
ment appropriating $4,000 for naval
training school at Yerba Buena, Cal, but
Withdrew it after several speeches in oppo-
sition to it had been made
The Senate proceedings were enivened on
the 18th by a speech from Senator German
In opposition to the appropriation for battle
ships, in which the war spirit and eXtrava-
gance in Congress were criticised The adj
ministration came in for thrust at the
same time. The Senate resumed considera-
ton OF the naval appropriation bill after
some routine business had been disposed of.
The pending question was on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Chandler (Rep., n. H.
making it unlawful for retired naval Of
hcers to enter the service of contractors
furnishing naval material to the govern
ment. Before proceeding with this amend
ment Mr.. Bacon Dem, Ga.) reported an i'm
! portant new amendment from the commit
! tee on naval affairs. 1t provides as a condi-
ton to the building of four battleships, as
provided by the BILL that in case the sec
rotary Of the navy makes separate contracts
for armor or armorplate he shall not ac-
cept bids exceeding $3.50 a ton for such
armOr, and in case the secretary cannot
make contracts within such limits he shall
/ delay action and report the facts to the
amendment was agreed to- 70 to H. AS
adopted the prohibition against naval of
hcers serving naval contractors goes into
effect June 30 1897 This brought the SEN
ate to the most important feature OF the
ill-appropriating for four battleships to
cost 3,750O00 each, three thirty-knot tor
! pedO boats at $780, 600 and ten torpedo boats
/ at $500, 900. Mr.. German moved an amend
ment to fix the number of battleships at two
instead of four and Mr.. Quay an amend
ment fixing the number of battleships at
/ length n
closing his speech the senator with great
sarcasm referred to the secretary of the
eaup n spendd o D"d nB man nq
secretary Of the navy" said he then after
pause that is to say, our secretary of
the navy, who is not great, who went into
the cabinet because of the success of Demo-
cratic ideas, as we supposed, asked for
more ncpeod SHIPS fSa and more re money He de-
unfeigned contempt and attributed much of
his inspiration to association with naval Of
fcers who were anxious for ships to com
mand. He ended with an appeal to the Sen
ate to limit expenditures if the revenues
could not be increased
Two notable speeches by Senator Teller
and Senator acknowledgements oppos-
Ing elements on the financial question
were heard in the Senate on the Goth. Mr..
/ Teller addressed himself particularly to
the Ohio. senator controyerting the views
! held by him and maintaining that no hon
est effort had been made in the present
Congress to pass a tariff bill. The senator
referred in passing to the Mckinley candi-
dacy, saying that the motto of advance
agents OF prosperity was delusve, as no
prosperity could come until financial con-
ditions were reformed The climax of Mr..
Teller's speech was reached when he an
nounced that he would vote as he spoke
and that he would not hesitate to separate
himself from the great party to which he
/ had been allied for forty years if it an
nounced for the gold standard. Mr.. Sher-
man answered Mr. Teller, arguing against
bo-cent dollar t and announcing that the
the people He appealed the case he said.
to the tribunal Of the e.; American people at
day was given to speeches by Senators
Villas and Mitchell of Wisconsin, Palmer
and Kyle, euogizing Pere Marquette, after
which the resolution was adopted accepting
the statue of Marquette presented by Wis
consin. The naval appropriation bill is
nominally. before the Senate, but is being
thrust. aside for the incidental tariff and
financial debate. Mr.. Hale, in charge of the
bill, protested against the distracting de-
bates, declaring that if it continued Con-
gress would remain in Washington until
/ next fall.
Senator HILL from the committee on jul
dietary, on the Both submitted report to