Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-25
WORK OF CONGRESS.
THE WEEKS DolNGS IN SENATE
AND HOUSE.
A Comprehensive Digest of the Pro-
ceedings in the Legislative Cham
bers at Washington-M Matters that
Concern the People.
Lawmakers at Labor.

The sundry civil appropriation bill, car
| rying $5O,G44, 743, was passed by the
| House Monday just as it came from the
| committee The main opposition was di-
| rected against the river and harbor item
| in the bill. Quite number of other bills
| were passed of more or less Importance
among them the Senate bills appropriate
| ing S2oO.O00 for closing the crevaSse at
Pass l'Outre on the Mississippi, and to-
equip the National Guard with uniforms
/ Springfield rifles, 45-calber, and the Sem
| ate resolution to authorize the Secretary
| of the Navy to transport the contribu
| tons of the Pacific coast States to the
| famine sufferers of India. The report in
| the contested election case of Benoit
against Boatner from Louisiana, confirm
ing the latter's title to his seat, was imam
mously adopted. The conference report
on tie diplomatic and consular apDropria-
ton bill was adopted and the agriculturak
bill was sent to conference. Owing to the
brief time 0f this session YET rti..&inir"~
extra night sessions were decided upolI,
Tor the consideration of private pension
bills, of which many hundred still re-
main on the calendar. The Senate was
in executive session most of the day. Some
progress was made on the bankruptcy bill.
In the Senate Tuesday Mr. Chandler de-
livered a carefully prepared speech in adj
vocacy of bimctallism. 1t was an argu
ment against single standard of either
gold or silver, and warning against
policy Of mononetalism. Nothing else
Of Importance was done. For the first
time this session the House declined tc
override a pension veto submitted to It
for action The bill was that 10 pension
Nancy G. Allabach, the widow of Peter
H. Alabach. of the One Hundred and
Thirty first Pennsylvania volunteers, at
the rate of $50 per month. The House
sustained the veto by 115 to 70, the rcquis-
lite two-thirds not voting for the bill.
The immigration bill is now in the hands
of the President, the last legislative step
having been taken in the Senate Wednes-
day by an agreement to the conference
report on the bill. Strong opposition was
made to the report, but on the final vote
the friends of the measure rallied small
majority, the vote being: Yeas, 81; nays.
81. The bill as passed extends the immi-
grafton restrictions against "All persons
physically capable and over 16 years Of
age who cannot read and write the Eng
lish language or some other language; but
person not so able to read and write who
is over 80 years of age and is the parent
or grandparent of qualified immigrant
over Il years of age and capable of sup
porting such parent or grandparent may
accompany such immigrant or such par
ent or grandparent may be sent for and
come to join the family of child or
grandchild over p years Of age, similarly
qualified and capable, and a wife or minor
child not so able to read and write may
accompany or be sent for and come to
join the husband or parent similarly quail
flied and capable
The Senate adjourned at $50 Thursday
night, after spending six hours in execu-
tive session devoted to the consideration
of the nomination of G. r. Amidon to be
district judge of North Dakota, and Of
the Anglo-American arbitration treaty.
Mr.. Villas has secured the passage by the
Senate of the Senate bill ito extend the
use of the mail service" It provides for
using a patent postal card and envelope,
with coupons attached. The Postmaster
General is authorized to suspend the sys-
tenn if it proves unsatisfactory on a test.
The House, by a vote Of 1877 to 81, revers-
ed the finding of majority of the cleo
tons committee and decided the contest
ed election case of N. Z. Hopkins VS.. J.
M. Kendall from the tenth Kentucky dis
trict in favor Of the Republican contest
ant. Eleven Republicans and three Pop
ulists voted with the Democrats against
unseating Kendall.
The Senate adjourned at S:15 o'clock
Friday night, after having spent almost
eight hours in continuous executive ses-
sion on the arbitration treaty. No result
was accomplished beyond voting down
the motion made by Senator Nelson to
postpone further consideration of the
treaty. A very spirited debate on the
general subject of the payment of claims
found to be due against the United States
was INDUCED in by the House during the
consideration Of the general deficiency ap-
preparation bill Mr.. Richardson (Tenn.)
had called attention to the apparent in
consistency of an item to pay the costs of
defending suits, and the fact that the bill
contained no item to pay the judgments.
Mr.. Mahon Pa.), chairman of the War
Claims Committee, made the statement
that the House had been frightened by a
"bogie man." and the just claims against
the Government, instead of aggHegating
hundreds of millions, as was frequently
stated, could be discharged with 100000
OOO. The consideration of the bill was
not completed. The bill carries SS,441.-
OPT.
Both houses worked hard Saturday,
getting measures in shape for final action.
Appropriation bills and conference re-
ports were before the House for action.
there is evident an intention to pare APP
Preparations down to the last notch. and
CONSERVATION reigns among members who
nave pet measures, affecting their partic-
ular districts, which they hoped to put
through. Senator Sherman announced
MS purpose not to again bring up the arbi-
tration treaty for debate so long as the
appropriation bills are pressing for con-
slderation, but if there should be a lull
IN this work he may renew his efforts to
secure ratification. The Senate Joint res
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