Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-06
CONGRESS.
Senate.


tween Mr.. Brice and Mr.. Elkins. The con
trOyersy.. arose over Mr. Hills motion to
strike from the pending appropriation bin
the proposed change of the date of assem-
bling the New Mexico Legislature from De
cember to May. Mr.. Hill bitterly denounced
the change as a political trick" which had
been "sneaked into this appropriation bill
in order, as he claimed, to postpone the
meeting of the Democratic Legislature III
the hope that Republican President would
be elected and the political control Of the
territory changed. Mr.. Elkins protested
against the use of the words ''sneaked into
The exchange between the senator's was
use Of his adjectives: Later, Mr.. Brice
sought. to question Mr.. Elkins when the
batch Which had he been sent TO Mp Rrce
from New Mexico. Mr.. Cullom sought to
table Mr.; Hill's motion. but motion to
lom yielded to the Hill motion and the New
Mexico provision was struck out. Al the
close of the day the Senate pass ed the legis-
lative appropriation bill carr ing $21 ,500,-
The Senate is to have revival Of finan-
cial and bond discussion as result of an
Closed Closed on on the soth. Nj. Peffers resolution
for the appointment Of special committee
OF five senators to investigate recent bond
owing to the opposition Of Mr. Hill, but it
wSs reached in the regular order on the
Both. Again Mr.. Hill sought to have the
resolution go over, but he was met by ener-
but also from Mr.. Wolcott and Mr.. Teller.
The latter gave notice that further delays
with notice that he would move on the
31st to proceed with this bond inquiry reso-
luton. as soon as Mr.. George concludes
a speech on the Dupont case This prom
ises to bring a test vote, unless d1latory
tactics postpone the measure
The expected debate on the resolution for
not take place in the Senate on the 31St, as
Mr.. PETER gave notice that he would defer
his motion to proceed with the subject. The
pOstOfiice appropriation bill, carrying $685.
100000, was considered in part, hut not
completed. A sharp debate on mail subsi-
dies arose. Mr.. Villas opposing an extension
kins and White of California upheld them.
Senator Georges speech in opposition to
Mr.. Dupont's, claim to seat occupied most
of the day and was not completed
Ocean mail subsidies brought on an anil
mated discussion in the Senate on the LIST,
during the consideration Of the postoffice
sides and pointed out many instances Of
what he declared were excessive payments
for mail service. Mr.. Perkins of California
energetically defended the subsidies for
their encouragement to American shipping.
The subsidy item was reserved for separ-
ate vote. The balance of the postoftice APP
preparation bill was completed Mr.. Call of
Florida introduced a resolution of a radical
character concerning Cuba. proposing the
immediate use of naval force to protect
Americans in Cuba from atrocities and for
humane reasons in general. Mr.. Georges
speech on the Dupont case occupied most Of
the day.
The postoffice appropriation bill served to
bring out some sharp discussion in the Sen
ate on the I'd. on the propriety Of abolishiDg
country postoff1ces and absorbing them as
branches of city offices. Mr.. German OPP
posed the plan as undemocratic He stated
that the Baltimore postofice territory in
cluded two congressional districts and this
postoffice power was eXerted toward in
fuencing the selection OF men for Congress.
After a speech bv Mr.. Elkins advocating
subsidies and other means of extending
American commerce on the seas. the postof-
fee bill went over. During the day Mr.
George closed his speech covering three days
In opposition to Mr.. Dupont's claim to
bond sale again went over on Mr. Hills OBJ
lection. An agreement was reached that
adjournment r, et at the close Of the session be
The appropriations committee attempted
to take up the sundry civil appropriation
bill in the House on the 9th, but the mem
bers who were interested in bills on the
private calendar defeated them by vote of
142 to II Members from the North who
are interested in pension legislation and
those from the South who are interested in
over the inability to proceed with the work
on the private calendar. On this day. by
a sort of combination. the appropriations
ever, was completely barren, so far as the
Southern men were concerned, as after the
ROUSE went INTO committee. the RepuDllcanS
forced motion to pass over all claims on
the calendar. The Southern men retaliated
by filibustering against the pension bills. so
that the net result was less than half a
dozen bills passed. ~ RAT
The House on the 3Oth took up the con-
sideration of the sundry civil bill and dis
posed of fifteen of the 100 pages before adj
journment. During the general debate Mr..
Cannon, the present head of the appropria-
ton committee, and his predecessor. Mr..
Sayers of Texas. interchanged opinions as
present Mr.
Cannon. in the course of his remarks, ex-
pressed the opinion that the appropriations
for this session could not fall below $685.
100000. The action of the committee in
appropriating for contract work only until
March, 1887, was. attacked. but Mr.. Cannon
justified it on the ground that the same
thing had been done last year in the case of
the Notifications bill. But few amendments
were added to the bill. Eight amendments
to increase the salaries of lighthouse SUI
perintendents from $1,000 to $500 were
adopted.
The House spent the 31st considering the
sundry civil bill and fair progress was made
No amendments of Importance were adopt
ed. A determined effort was made by some
OF the Southern representatives to strike
Of internal revenue informers, but it was
unsuccessful. Mr.. Adams (Rep) Of Penn
sylvania undertook to correct some of the
false reports as to the alleged compact be-
tween certain free silver Republicans and
some Philadelphia manufacturers. In that
connection he referred to the resolutions
adelphia. Mr.. Hartman of Montana and
other free silver Republicans in reply
charged that they had been persistently and
lnalicciously nlisrepresented by the gold
bugs press. The conference. they asserted
had not been of their seeking. Mr.. Picker
of South Dakota also made statement CON
corning what he said had been a misrepre-
sentation of the Republican platform of his
state, which instead of making a specific
DECLARATION on national Issues had simply af-
irmed the doctrines Of the national Repub-
lican party at Minneapolis until the ST
Louis convention should have adopted a new
platform.
The House on the LIST practically COM
pleted the consideration of the sundry civil
bill. In the course Of the debate on an
amendment to appropriate $4,000 for be-
ginning the erection of new military post
at Spokane, Wash, Mr.. Cannon, chairman
of the appropriations committee made an
appeal for economy on the ground that the
condition of the treasury was such that no
new project should be entered upon by this
Congress- He was supported in his appeal
by Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio. who, in some
plain-spoken words. insisted that the neces-
sites of the situation must govern. He
called attention to the fact that during the
first nineteen months of the operation Of the
present tariff law. the receipts had been ex-
ceeded by the expenditures S76 900 600 This