Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-04
WORK OF CONGRESS-,
ruE WEEKS DolNGS IN SENATE
AND HOUSE.
A Comprehensive Digest OF the rro-
ceedings in the Legislative Shan-
hers at Washington MatteFs 'nao
Concern the People.
Lawmakers at Labor.


oonol hill was reached in the Senate We'd
nesday. It brought out an energetic state
wont from Senator Sherman, In Whlcn ne
foreshadoved u new treaty by when inc
limited States could build the canal WITH
ont the INTERPRETATION of private cohces-
sion The Senator declared that this gov
ornamental execution of the proJect was
the only feasible one, and that All p'isave
efforts in that direction had proved lall-
ures. Answering Mr.. Morgan's recent
charge that England inspired oppositlons
TO American control of the Canal. MI
sherman asserted that this was 'buga-
hoo wholly without foundation. lie
odded q handsome tribute to England and
bor institutions. The House adopted the
conference report on the immigration Dill
nv n vote of 131 to us. The pfinclpai
criticism of the measure agreed on by the
conferees in debate was based upon the
extension of the educational test 10 le-
male as we'll as male immigrants, on the
ground that it might divide families. ana
to the limitation to the ability OF an I'M
migrant to read and write the English IAN
guage or the language OF their native
country or residence. Mr.. Hepburn Qsep..
Iowa) closed the debate in support of the
renort When he declared that hundreds
TODAY walking the streets of the great
cities because they had been crowded out
by tho incoming stream Of aliens, the pub
lie galleries of the House fairly shook with
acclaim.
The House passed the Indian appropria-
ton bill Thursday and entered upon the
consideration Of the agricultural appro-
priation bill. but all interest in these two
a
markable speeches, one made by Mr. Gros-
vcnor Of Ohio, attacking ex-Gov. Altgeld
of Illinois, and the other by Mr.. Dear
mond of Missouri heaping ridicule on Sec
rotary Morton for the recent issue of
pamphlet entitled 'The Farmers Inter
est in Finance" Mr.. Grosvenor's obSer-
vations on the Governor of Illinois were
called forth by the latters recent speech,
in which he charged that Mr.. Bryan had
been defeated by fraud and based his
charge particularly on the enormous in
crease of the vote in Ohio, where, he al
legged, 10000 votes were illegally cast.
Mr.. Grosvenor analysed the Ohio vote
and explained the causes of its increase,
calling attention to the fact that the Dem
ocratic vote in the State had increased
proportionately much more than the Re-
publican. The Senate, by vote of Al to
49, confirmed the nomination of William
S. Forman of Illinois to be Commissioner
of Internal Revenue. Senator Cullom
presented to the Senate a number of let
ters and memorials he had received from
Chicago business firms asking for the pas
sage of the Torrey bankruptcy bill.
By the decisive vote of 46 to 4 the SEN
ate Friday passed the bill for the appoint
ment of commissioners to an international
money conference. The Dill as passed is
as follows:
whenever, after March 4, 1897 the
President of the United States shall de-
termine that the United States should be
represented at any international confer
ence called by the United States or any
other country, with view to securing by
international agreement a fixity of rela-
tive value between gold and silver as
money by means of a common ratio be-
tween these metals, with free mintage at
such ratio, he is hereby authorized to ap-
point five or more commissioners to such
international conference, and for COM
pensation of said commissioners and for
all reasonable expenses connected there
with, to he approved by the Secretary Of
State, including the proportion to be paid
by the United States of the joint expenses
of any such conference, the sum of $780,
600, or SO much thereof as may be neces-
sary, is hereby appropriated.
"The President of the United States is
hereby authorized, in the name of the
Government of the United States, to call,
in his discretion. such international con-
ference to assemble at such points as may
be agreed upon"
The House witnessed another sensation
DO A 4 -
debate on the conference report on the
bill to confer the rights and franchises of
the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad on the
purchasers under the mortgage foreclos-
ure, Mr.. Powers Of Vermont and Mr.. Bar
rett of Massachusetts exchanged broad
sides
The nominal business of the House SAT-
urday was the consideration of the agri-
cultural appropriation bill, which was
passed before adjournment, but much Of
the time was devoted to political discus
slon The free distribution of seeds bv
the department of agriculture raised q
lively discussion. Mr. Northway Rep)
of Ohio asserted that Secretary Morton
endeavored to discredit the custom by
procuring poor seeds, and Mr.. Bromweil
(Rep) of Ohio charged that Minneapo-
lis seed firm had attempted to bride him
by an offer of seeds free to refrain from
calling the attention Of Congress to the
quality of the goods they furnished the
department. An amendment was offered
oy Mr. Mercer for the free distribution to
members of poultry, swine and other. live
stock, to illustrate his opposition to seed
gl1ts. At the request of agricultural or
carnations of his State Mr.. Hill of Con-
nectlcut proposed to strike out the seed
items, but his proposition was lost. Speak
er Reed voted for the first time this ses-
sion, and against free seeds.
Tc1egraphic Brevities.
Three different sections of Toxos