Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
CONGRESS.
Senate.

Senate.
! The Senate Oh the 18th voted to take UP
| the Nicaragua Canal bill This gives the
| measure the parliamentary advantage of
/ being the unfinished business of the Sen
| ate, so that it will be considered from day
| to day until final action is secured The
prospect is that Il final vote will be reached
| at early day, and the test vote on taking
! up this bill, yeas 36, nays Il, foreshadowed
| its passage. Senator Morgan of Alabama
said he desired action before the Senate
| took up the new AnglO-American treaty OF
| arbitration This covered certain OUTER
ences" and Mr.. Morgan said it should be
| determined whether American control OF me
! Nicaragua canal or the upholdlng or the
4 Monroe doctrine was to be Included among
! the differences to be submitted to arbltra-
ton. The bill providing for an interna-
/ tional monetary conference, which has been
under consideration for some time, was pre-
scented by Mr.. Chandler (Rep. Y: H) in be,
of Mr. WGIcot He ashed hat Of the eoin
| to a committee The bill went over. The
army appropriation bill was passed with
mnoP s bap tne b as It passed
| the House. The oleomargarine bill went
| over for a day.
The session of the Senate OH the 10Th
was without incident. Senator Turpe
spoke against the Nicaraguan canal bill,
and the reading of the legislative appro-
| priation bill was completed with the eXcep-
/ ton of sections making, provision for the
congressional library Which hs Were y passed san
ators Interested in the subject. Mr.. Hale
of Maine called up bin proIidiing for the the
Of naval and oatf tha bill n was
| passed.
The Senate on the Goth proceeded with
the consideration of the Nicaragua canal
bill, Mr.. Turpie continuing his speech i'll
opposition Mr.. Morgan will ask to have
time fixed for a final vote. as soon as NJ
Turpie closes. The legislative, executive
! and judicial appropriation BILL carrying APP
| pro1imatey $23,O00,00O, was passed during
the day. Mr.. Pettigrew of South Dakota
| severely criticised the executive authorities
| for concluding the Venezuela boundary
agreement, which he said was Il complete
surrender of Venezuela to Great Britain:
| His resolution calling OH the secretary of
/! state for information was referred to the
| committee on foreign relations. Unanimous
agreement was secured for taking up the
| bill for an international monetary confer
| ence on the 26th. The House resolution
| directing the attorney-general to PRINT as
an appendlN 10 nus report. an let'er Si ano
| correspondence relative to the Chcago
| strike was agreed to. Mr.. Perkins (Rep.,
CALI offered a joint resolution, which was
referred to commission, to consider the
establishment of bureau of mines and 9TH
| er means of collecting mining information.
The Senate was on the verge of a dead
| lock on the Dist, and for a time there were
| prospects of a protracted test of endurance.
| extending the session late into the night.
| Mr. Morgan in charge of the Nicaragua
canal bill, was determined to secure time
for q final vote. This was resisted. how
ever by Mr.. Turpie and Mr.. Villas. There
| upon Mr.. Morgan announced that he would
ask the Senate to ''sit out the bill, re-
| manning in continuous session until q vote
was forced. This evoked sharp criticism
Mr.. Villas finally made dilatory motion,
| which on a rollcall. disclosed the absence
of a quorum and Mr.. Morgan was obliged
to give up his plan for the day. although
Il vote is not reached. Mr. Turpie con-
Guided his speech against the Nicaragua
canal bill, the third day being continuance
of the former bitter invectiye directed
against the measure. During the day, Mr..
! Chandler presented the credentials of John
Edwards Addicks, claiming the vacant seat
| as senator from Delaware. The claim OF
| Henry A. Dupont for the same seat has
already been presented. In the course of a
discussion of the subject of laying electric
conduits in the Washington streets. Mr.
| Hill (Dem., n. W spoke against trusts and
| mCnopOies in general as d serious menace
to the public welfare.
House.
A resolution of inquiry calling on the Sec
rotary Of the interior for the reason of his
refusal to issue patents to lands sold by the
| Union Pacific in the state of Utah was
| adopted III the House on the 10th. A reso-
luton was adopted empowering the commit
| tee on elections to proceed Immediately with
| the consideration of the Benoit- Boatner con-
tested election case from the Fifth Louisi-
ana district with 4 view to obtaining action
! before the close of the present session. MI
Il
OH contest and subsequently reelected at
the November election Almost two hours
were consumed i'll an ineffectual struggle 10
amend resolution for the appointment OF
| fifteen additional House employees so that
the new patronage should go to states not
now represented on the House roll. AT :
O'Clock the regular order was demanded ana
| the House proceeded with the consideration
Of bills on the private calendar
The House passed three bills on the. 18th
Of public Importance and devoted the re-
mainder of the day to District of Columbia
business One prohibited the sale of intoNi-
eating liquors to the Indians; one amended
the existing patent laws in conformity with
| the recommendations of the American BAR
| association, and another provided Tor the
use by the government of patents secured
| by naval officers at a compensation TO pc
| fixed by a board of three officers. Ihe Dill
to prohibit the sale Of Intoxicating drinks
to Indians imposes fine OF 500 and IN, I'm,
| prisonment for sixty days upon any person
| who shall sell Intoxicating liquors OF
any kind whatsoever to any Indian to whom
allotment Of land has been made while the
title is held in trust by the government, or
| to any Indian who is q ward of the govern
mert. The bill was passed-82 to %
The day in the House on the 10Th, in
| pursuance of the special order adopted the
day before. was devoted to the considc "a
! terms Of the order debate on each Dlll was
| limited to ten minutes. About Zp0 private
| pension bills remain on the calendar
me House spent the udy Oh thS -o.il Wy
batting the Yost-Tucker contested election
case from the Tenth Virginia district. Much
| interest was manifested in the case, owing
to the fact that the Republicans on the coM-
mittee which reported the case were divld-
ed four siding with Mr.. Tucker, the Demo-
crat, and the sitting member. and but two
with the Republican contestant. Mr. 1ost
The latter is a member-elect of the next
House, and Mr.. Tucker is one of the most
prominent and popular Democrats on the
floor. Before the Yost-Tucker contested
election case was called up, there was call
Of committees. a bill was passed to amend
the laws relating to the general land office
so as to reduce the fees to be charged FOR
taking testimony from 10 TO 10 cents per
| 100 words and to withdraw the privilege OF
| excess fees now allowed at land offices west
| of the Rocky mountains.
After a two days debate, in the course
of which considerable partisan passion was
| aroused and an Intellectual attempt to NIL
| buter for the purpose Of gaining time, the
| House on the DIST decided the contested