Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-03-08

year contract woulu 1urnlsn armor ut Sz4v
q ton and would begin work in twelve
months. Mr. Boutelle, chairman of the
naval committee, moved that the House ac-
cent the other Senate amendments, which.
he said. included nothing important except
three torpedo boats and practice vessel
for the Annapolis cadets This motion was
agreed to-. and the naval Dill y. was thus
ence report was presented by Mr. Sherman
Rep., n W, who reported that all differ
ences had been settled except the sectarian
school question and questions involving
mineral lands. The House then voted to
accept the Senate amendment on the school
question and mineral lands and the bill was
disposed of so far as the House is con-
cerned. The District of Columbia appro-
priation bill was reported. After a Skin
inish on the provision extending sectarian
school appropriations for one year, the re-
mort was agreed to. This left but two APP
nropriation bills-the sundry civil and the
deficiency-to be finished so far as the
House can act.
The House was still in the previous
We're WEI u uneventfuI. The statesmen had
worked all night to get the sundry civil,
Indian and agricultural bills to the President
only to have them pocket vetoed, while the
general deficiency failed of passage because
the House refused to subscribe to the $500,
sisted upon. The only feature of the clos
ing throb Of life was the reception accorded
Speaker Reed and the unanimous standing
vote of thanks rendered him. All night the
two houses worked necessarily on the APP
preparation bills, while the corridors and
the galleries seethed with sightseers: At
10 a. m. Chairman Cannon, the griZZled
veteran at the head Of the appropriations
committee, reported to the House that after
hours of struggling, the conferees on the
last appropriation, the general deficiency,
had been unable to agree. Every item Of
deficiency had been agreed to except that
the House conferees had refused to accept
that of the million of claims tackled on by
the Senate. 1t was too late for another at
tempt to adjust matters in conference. Worn
out with his efforts, Mr.. Cannon was will
ing to throw the whole matter into the
the responsibility of yielding or letting the
bill fail. There were hot words between
Mr.. Cannon and Mr.. Richardson Dem,
TENN, who was championing these claims.
The latter aroused Mr. Cannon to intense
anger by haunting him with throwing stones
from a glass house. The chairman of the
appropriations committee, with flaming
cheeks and flashing eyes, challenged the
Tennessee member to make his insinuations
in a manly way. scene was averted by
Mr.: Richardson, who retired and dis
Grosyenor Rep., o., Dalzell Rep., Pa
and Sayers Dem, Tex to join the commit
tee from the Senate and wait on the re-
firing President and inform him that Con-
gress was. ready to adjourn The confusion
Oh the floor and in the galleries was so great
CnaC the speaker was With QlmculTy aDlo TO
maintain order. There were many express
sions of regret at parting. At 11:3O the
committee appointed to wait on the Presi-
dent appeared and created a howl of laugh
ter by reporting that they had been unable
to fulfill their mission because the Presl-
dent had left the white house for the capt
toll before they arrived at. the executive
mansion. With hardly dissenting voice
the House stood by the appropriations COM
mittee on the deficiency bill. Thus the last
ceased and the expiring moments of the
House were calm and serene. Mr.. McMillin
of Tennessee, on behalf Of the minority,
with few appropriate remarks, offered a
resolution of thanks to the speaker for his
impartiality as a presiding officer which was
unanimously adopted by rising vote.
With a whack of the gavel at 11:56 a. M,
the speaker declared the House adjourned
without day and the members hurried over
to the Senate to participate in the cere-
monies thore