Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-06-11
CONGRESS.
Senate.


to debate on the bill. Mr.. Cullom speaking
against it as step toward reputation and
Mr.. Brown of Utah in favor of this bill,
or of resolution offered by him declaring
that. the bonds under any future issue
would be illegal and void Mr.. Morrill,,
chairman of the finance committee; gave no
tice of a tariff speech. A resolution by
Mr.. Lodge (Rep., Mass.) was adopted, re-
questing the President for information as
to the seizure of the, American schooner
Frederick Gering by the Canadian cutter
Aberdeen. In Introducing bill for build
ing the Nicaragua canal Mr.. Morgan
Dem, Alal said 1t would be most appro,,,
pirate for the Senate to pass the canal bill
of last year. Final action could not be
expected at this session, but in connection
With the action Of Of the House. 1t
AT o'clock in the evening. the long
struggle in the Senate over the bill to
and the bill was passed by a vote of - to
% The bill as passed covers only three
lines, as follows: BE it enacted. that the
United States for any purpose whatever.
without further authority of Congress, is
hereby prohibited The vote on the hnal
ans: Brown Cannon. Dubois, Hansbrough
Mitchell (or.) Pettigrew, Pritchard, Teller
VAR Warren no Wolcott-1o Democrats: Bacon,
Pugh, Tillman. Turpie, Vest. walthall,
W Whit populsts: Allen. Butler Jones
Republicans: ,Aldrieh. Allison. Burrows.
aaawley; Lodge. Mcbride. Nelson. Plat
Mitchell Wis.j, Palmer: Smith. vilas-e9
$50 D. m, at which time the Chamber was
dimly lighted and the galleries almost emp
IT, food Of amendments was first voted
Aldrich Or. -, gave the executive power
to issue bonds in certain emergencies, an
other by Mr.. Aldrich provided that the act
coin MI Hits His amendment that II treasury cas-
notes be retired when redeemed was tabled
.-43 to - Mr.. Quay's amendment for the
was defeated without a yea and nay vote
The last preliminary vote was on Mr.
Hill motion to postpone the subject until
next December. which was defeated Then
came the final vote.
The Senate on the I'd passed the river and
harbor bill over the Presidents veto by the
making the bill effective and it is now
law. The vote was taken after three hours
Of spirited debate, during which the Presi-
marks at times being directly and bitterly
personal. The opposition to the veto was
tigrew, Hawley and Rntler, while the veto
was defended by Senators Villas. Hill and
Bate. Yeas-Republicans: Aldrich, Allison,
culom. DAVIS Dubois. Ekins. Galnger,
Gear, Hale. Hanshroush, Hawley, Lodge,
Mcbride. Mitchell (Or). Nelson. Per'~ns.
man, sshoup, SQUIRE, Teller. Warren. Wet
more, Wilson. Wolcott-33 Democrats: Ba-
con, Berry, Brice Faulkner. George, Glib
Mitchell (Wis). Morgan. Pasco, Pngh. Till
man, TuIpie, Vest. Walthall. White-19.
Prtopulists1ButIIer, Jones Nev;}, PETER,
Bate, Chiffon. Hill, Smith. vilas-5. Mr..
Sherman endeavored to go on with the filled
cheese bill, but Mr.. Vest objected, stating
ha q w tjre6 Of m cd OH
bill thrust forward constantly Mr.. Vest
said the bill could be defeated by flibus-
The Senate passed the ed Geese ea bill
on the 4th by a vote of 81 to Ii. An
amendment offered by Senator Stewart. fix
was defeated, the vote standing 80 to II.
The measure is analogous to the oleomar-
garine law. The bill defines filled cheese
or skinned milk with the admixture of
butter, animal oils or fats, vegetables or
any, other oils, or compounds foreign to
blance of cheese" Manufacturers of filled
cheese are taxed s4o0 annually; wholesale
dealers $3.50; retail dealers SIP In addi-
taxed l cent pound, and imported filled
cheese is taxed 8 cents a pound, in addi-
t ton to t,,a the import duty It is provided
manufacturers in wooden packages only.
and branded with the words .''illed. cheese
inches in length. 1t also provides that all
retail and wholesale dealers in filled cheese
shall display In conspicuous place in their
cheese sold here IN
not less than six inches in length, upon a
white ground. Among the other important
from its amendment to the naval bill re-
ducing the number of battleships from four
to two, and insisting OF! it's amendment to
the Indian bill providing for appropria-
1898.
the House on the 5th--Messrs. Downing of
the Sixteenth Illinois. and Lockhart Of the
Seventh North CAROLINA districts; Their
seats sea We're given to NJ Rnaker (Rep) and
Democrat from Illinois. A good deal Of
partisan feeling was aroused among the
Rep Y who v rufs Eaf the
chair, and on one or two occasions there
was mild reminder of the turbulent
scenes of the Fifty first Congress. The
break a quorum, but Mr. Payne declined
to recognize the point of no quorum or to
order to circumyert Mr.. KEN (Pop., Neb.).
who has been blocking all unanimous
sent legislation for over two weeks. Mr..
Henderson Rep., la.). from the commit
tee on rules. presented a special order maxi
ing tomorrow individual suspension day.
The rule was adopted without division.
House.
Immediately after the chaplain's prayer
Neb), in accordance with his announced
policy of obstruction raised the point of
no quorum. 1t took ten minutes for the
speaker to count quorum, and then he
remarked: 1.-The chair hopes that mem
bers will be present promptly hereafter and
save these annoyances." The House de-
cided by vote of 100 yeas to 125 nays that
in the contest from the Seventh district Of
South Carolina, there had been no valid
election, and that neither Johnson nor
Stokes were. entitled to the seat. The
President returned to Congress three pri-
waite pension bills with his veto in each
case. In the case of two of the bills grant
ing pensions to Mrs. Amanda Woodcock and
Jonathan Scott. both originating in the
House. he pointed out that owing to care
less description in the bills. the pensions
could not be paid under their terms. In
the other, Senate bill granting a pension
to Helen NJ. Jacobs the President forcibly
sets out his objection to allowing pensions
to widows of soldiers who remarry.
The House devoted itself on the I'd to
passing the river and harbor bill over the
Presidents veto. and to unseating. by
vote of 1872 to 80. John j. Walsh, the Demo
cratic member from the Eighth New York