Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-03-04
NATIONAL SOLONS.
REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT
WASHINGTON.
Detailed Proceedings of Senate and
HOuse-Bi11s Passed or Introduces
in Either Branch-Questions of Mo-
ment to the Country at Large.
The Legislative Grind.

The Legislative Grind.
Most of Wednesday was devoted to Dis
trict of Columbia business. The confer
ence report on the bill to define the rights
of the purchasers of the Atlantic and Pa
cific Railroad under the foreclosure sale
was adopted. Attention was recalled to
the Cuban question in the Senate by the
presentation of three resolutions OH that
subject. One Of these came by unanimous
vote from the Committee on Foreign Re
lations and called for the immediate and
unconditional release of Julio Sanguily,
held at Havana. Another resolution by
Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska, calls on the Pres
ident to effectively protect American citi-
zens in Cuba, and for that purpose to send
battleships to Cuban waters A third res
olution, by Mr.. Hill, of New York, was
agreed to, requesting the Secretary OF
State for the correspondence with Consui
General Lee relative to Americans I'M
prisoned in Cuba A sensational eplsode
occurred late in the day during the con-
sderat;on of the Indian bill. Several of
tho New England Senators had criticised
various items This aroused Mr.. Petit
grew. in charge of the bill, to some caus-
tic recitals of barbarities practiced
against Indians in Massachusetts in the
early days. Mr.. Hoar defended his State,
and amid impressive silence arraigned
Mr. Pettigrew, a New Highlander by birth,
for ''befouling the nest in which he was
born" Little progress was made on the
Indian BILL and Mr.. Allison warned the
Senate that the status of appropriation
bills was most dangerous.
Representative Sulzer, of New York.
Thursday introduced bill in the House
declaring war between Spain and her
colonies and the United States. A reso-
luton calling on the President for all in
formation concerning the treatment of
American prisoners in Cuba was adopted.
The Senate was storm swept by such pas
sionate debate, such extraordinary DEM
onstrations in the crowded galleries and
such frantic personal exchanges between
the conspicuous figures Of the Senate as
to make the day one of the most memora-
BILE in the annals Of the upper branch Of
Congress. Cuba was the theme and it
seemed to call forth all the pent-up emo
tons of months 1t brought about the
complete displacement of appropriation
bills, threatening their failure, and the
advancement of the Cuban question to the
very front of Senate business.
Cuba was again a topic in the Senate
Friday, from 1 to 80 o'clock; but the
debate upon the Sanguily and Acquire
resolutions was comparatively spiritless,
and resulted in no definite action. The
first half hour of the evening session was
given to private pension bills, the pension
calendar being cleared. Among the bills
passed was that pensioning Gen. Cassius
M. Clay of Kentucky at $50 month. At
8 o'clock the consideration of the Indian
bill was resumed, the amendment relat-
ing to the five civilized tribes being dis
cussed at great length. The amendment
as finally agreed to gives the United
States exclusive jurisdiction over all civil
and criminal cases, abolishing the native
courts. Two additional judges are pro-
vided for the territory. The bill was then
passed. The House passed the Senate
international monetary conference bin by
a vote of 279 to 3. 1t was supported alike
by Republicans, silver Republicans, gold
Democrats and silver Democrats Bills
were also passed to provide for the arbi-
tration of differences between the carriers
of interstate commerce and their employees
(known as the Erdman bilD, and the Sen
ate bill to prevent the importation of inn
pure tea.
There was a majority of three to one
against ticket scalping when a vote was
taken in the House Saturday on the bill
reported from the Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce Mr.. Sher-
man, chairman of the Committee on In
dian Affairs, moved that the House non
concur in the Senate amendments to the
Indian appropriation bill and agree to q
conference. The motion was carried and
the bill was sent to conference. In the
Senate Mr.. Daniel presented certified
copies of the naturalization papers of Julio
Sanguilly, and had them printed, with ex-
tracts from the law showing their regular
ity. Mr.. Chandler made a statement as
to the Loud bill, saying the committee
had concluded that it was impossible to
have any legislation on the subject at the
present session, and that a commission
should be created to investigate second
class mail matter. The usual Sunday
quiet of the capitol building was disturb
ed by a session of the Senate, made nee
essary to pass the appropriation bills The
attendance of Senators was even greater
than that through the week. By par
liamentary fiction the session was part
of the legislative day beginning Saturday,
a recess having been taken at 2:3O
o'clock in the morning until p. m. The
sundry civil appropriation bill received it's
hnlshlng touches, and was passed. The
Senate, by unanimous vote, has added
an amendment to the bill, counteracting
the Presidents recent order withdrawing
q, OOO,O 900 acres of land from the public
domain and establishing it as forest re-
serves.
Notes of Current Events.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker, wife of Commander
Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Army, be-
came so i'll in Brooklyn that she had to