Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-12-24

eficiary had divorced her soldier hus-
band and was by the bill pensioned
as his widow. Mr.. Turner (dem., Ca
defended the veto while Mr.. Poole and
Mr.. Baker (rep., N. H) advocated the
bill and dwelt on the soldiers drunk
enness having caused the estrange-
ment from his wife. The veto was
sustained by a vote of 50 to IS, not
the necessary two-thirds to pass il
over the veto. ~ A'T .'4l@sa. -te
The house then voted on the Morse
bill to amend the law relating 10 the
sale OF intoxicating liquors in the
pending question when the house adj
journed Thursday The vote resulted
1872 to 81. Mr. Bartholdt (rep., Mo- made
the point OF no quorum An attempt
was made by opponents of the bill to
adjourn, but the motion was voted
down and call of the house ordered
under the rules The bill was then
ordered to a third reading, the vote
being 1863 to 81; whereupon Mr.. Bah
cock rep, Wis., moved to commit
the measure to the committee on the
District of Columbia, which was lost
by vote OF "a to 141 The bill was
then passed.
On motion of Mr.. Dingley chairman
of the ways and means committee, a
I concurrent resolution for a. holiday re-
cess from Dc. % until Jan, was
adopted.
Washington, Dec. 15.-As soon as
the senate convened Mr. Morgan dem,
Ala) delivered a speech on Cuba. He
said In part: I viii con-
fine my remarks to COM
ments upon the facts stated in the re-
cent annual message OF the president,
and the report of the secretary of
state. | am not able to discover that
the president has made any specific
recomm endations or indication as to
any action he deems it proper or ex-
pedient for congress to take with ref
erence to Spain or Cuba; nor that he
has indicated any course, except a
still, patient waiting, that the execu-
tive proposes to take. Congress, thus
left to its own initiative, must assume
its own responsibility in a matter OF
the most serious gravity"
The senate then took up the bill
pensioning Nancy Allabaeh. which was
vetoed by the president Mr.. Palmer
dem, Ill) who was in charge of the
bill, answered the suggestion of Mr..
Coekrell dem. Mo- that this was
move to override the president; that
the duty of senat II was to act ac-
cording to his information despite the
position of the president While he
had the utmost respect for the presi-
dent he was not willing that a prece-
dent should be established in which the
president should prescribe rate at
which pensions should be established.
MIR. Palmer thought the president had
acted under misrepresentation in vetoing
the bill. A vote was taken, resulting in
AZ yeas to II nays The chair an
nouneed that the bill had passed not
withstanding the presidents objection
The negatives were cast by Senators
Bate, Berry. Blanchard, Chiffon, Faux
ner, Harris, Mills, Morgan, Pasco, Vest
and WalthaIl s at4
Washington. Dec 15.-The house
entered upon the consider
alton of the Loud bill to
amend the law relating to the trans
mission of second-class mail matter
The bill denies the right Of serial
novels to admission to the mails at
newspaper one cent per pound rate,
denies to newspapers the sample copy
privilege, prohibits the return Of UNI
sold publications at the pound rate and
makes some other changes in the pres
ent lew designed to correct existing
OF the law have cost the government
$240, 100000 in the last ten years. No
action was taken.
WEDNESDAY.
Washington. Dec. 16. The session
of the senate yesterday developed the
most eventful and exciting debate that
either branch of congress has heard in
a long time. 1t brought forward the
recognized leaders of the various par
ties and elements, including such con-
spicuous figures as Senators Sherman,
Frye, Teller, German, Vest, Aldrich,
Plat. Mitchell (Ore), Chandler, Hale
and Allen, in notable statements on
leading questions. A bitter debate came
on in an apparently innocent way
when Mr. Vest (dem., MOI called UP
and denounced the Dingley bill He
asserted that the opium habit had no
more deadly hold on its victim than
this advocacy of protection.
Why is It," he asked. that with the
balance of trade in our favor, and with
a gold standard in force the country
is ia state of Distress
Mr.. Frye, rep, Mainel said that he
would present just two points in an
swer TO the senator First, never be-
fore in his experience had he known
a time when the wool industry was 50
dead as ii is today. Second, leading
wool authorities had declared that one
half of the wooden mills are closed.
The wool schedule was the very worst
ara .f ali ~ 4ha ,apacepf tariff law