Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-03-29
CONGRESS.
Senate.

United States to Great Britain; Horace Por-
ter of New York to be ambassador of the
United States to France Henry White of
Rhode Island to be secretary of the en-
bassy of the United States to Great Britain.
The President sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations Justice department,
Willis Van Devanter of Wyoming to be
assistant attorney general, vice Isaac H.
Lonberger resigned; Samuel S. Kercheval
of Indiana, to be marshal of the United
States district of Indiana; Albert w. Wish
ard of Indiana to be attorney of the Unit
ed States for the district of Indiana. Sen
ator Davis, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, spoke at length in the
executive session of the Senate, presenting
the views of the majority committee favor
able to the treaty, and was listened to with
the utmost attention Many senator's gath
cred together in the seats nearest the
sofa senator had made upon the subject
and there was general feeling that he
would present the law and the precedentS
and that his argument would exhaust all
that could be said in behalf of the agree
ment Mr.. Davis went into the history of
the negotiation. of the treaty at some
length and made strong appeal for its
ratification as the first important step be-
tween two nations in recognition of the
speech. He said that as amended the
treaty offered perfect security against
violation of the prerogatiyes in the Senate
as an integral part of the treaty making
power of the United States, and that I'M
der the provisions of these amendments
there was no danger of snap Judgment in
The Senate on the 22d agreed to a resou.
ton requesting the President for informa"
ton relative to the imprisonment and death
of Dr. Ruiz in Cuba. Beyond this the brief
session, lasting but forty minutes, was de-
voted to the presentation of bills and re-
ports. Among the reports was that on the
Lodge bill restricting immigration by an
educational qualification. Mr.. PettigreW of
South Dakota reported the bill for free
homes on the public lands and gave notice
that he would endeavor to secure action at
N1in Cfr h1n nf n.
er bills relating to Indian affairs and public
lands were reported and placed on the cal
endar Among the bills introduced were
those of Mr.. Hanna of Ohio for public
building at Cleveland, O., and by MI.
Chandler of New Hampshire for the axclu-
sion of alien anarchists. House resolution
tee investigating the use of alcohol in the
arts, etc. At 1910 p. M. the Senate went
into executive session, and at 5:35 adj
journed.
The Senate on the 23d confined itself with
civil service debate arising on resolu-
ton offered by Allen Pop, Neb.) to investi-
gate removals in South Omaha, Neb He
and Wilson of Washington and Gallinger of
New Hampshire denounced the civil service
law vigorously, while Hawley of Connect
cut and Hoar of Massachusetts supported 1T.
The Senate adopted the resolution for an
investigation of federal removals at South
Omaha, Neb., but added an amendment di-
recting the civil-service committee to eX-
anime into the general action of the civil
service law and report whether it should
be continued amended or repealed The
Senate has passed joint resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Berry of Arkansas for the pur-
chase Of 1000 tents for Mississippi river
food sufferers. Mr.. Turpie of Indiana took
the floor to speak in favor of his joint reso-
luton for an amendment to the conStitu-
tion providing for the election of SEN
ators by direct vote of the people. After re-
viewing the historical points he spoke d1-
rectly upon the subject of the cases now
pending in the Senate, in two Of which the
legislatures failed to elect and the senators
were appointed by the governors of the
states This is not now uncommon, he Said
that the Legislature of a state spends the
whole of it's session in attempting to elect
a senator and adjourns without succeeding
in the attempt thus Submerging the rights
and interests local to the people of the
state.
The first of the appropriation bills, the
agricultural, was reported to the Senate
gave notice that he would ask the Senate
to take it up at an early day. AS sequel
to the, civil;service debate the day before,
repeal the civil-service law and also to
annul all executive orders based on these
laws. The bill further directs the head OF
every government department to establish
rules relative to appointment with refer
ence to the special fitness of applicants
for the service required and not with refer
ence to educational standards. 1t express
ly provides that the lack of university
college or academic education shall in no
case disqualify an applicant. The bill eX,
United States citizens equal rights to APP
pointments. Mr.. Hoar (Rep., Mass) intro
duced a bill prohibiting the shipment Of
kaleidoscope pictures of prizefghts in the
mails or through the channels of interstate
commerce. AT 12:l5 p. m: the Senate went
into executive session The Senate agreed az eed
arbitration treaty by individual senators
on the 31st.
The Senate held half hour open session
early in the day on the 10Th and then after
| In
bitration treaty resumed the open session,
in order to go on with the bankruptcy bill.
The latter measure, generally known as
the Torrey bankruptcy bill, was read at
length, and Mr. Nelson of Minnesota offered
a substitute, differing in number OF par
ticulars from the committee bill The de-
bate has not yet opened. Amended creden-
tails were presented in behalf of john w.
Henderson, appointed by the governor Of
Florida to the seat vacated by MI. CAN.
1t brought out a statement from Mr.. Hoar,
acting chairman of the committee on pr1vl-
leges and elections, that action on the pend
ing election cases was delayed by the I'M
certainty as to committee organization in
the Senate.
The House. by vote of ITO to 132, Demo
Gratis and PopuliSts comprising the MINOR
ity on the 10Th adopted rule providing
for sessions beginning at 10 O'Clock each
day, with sessions at night, for debate on
the tariff bill. the vote to be taken on the
bill and pending amendments at 3 p. m.
March 81. After the adoption of the rule
for the tariff debate; Mr.. Henderson pre-
sented a special rule for the immediate
consideration of the four appropriation
bills which failed in the last Congress,
forty minutes debate to be allowed on
each bill The rule for the consideration
of the appropriation bills was adopted
173 to 16.
The first day of the tariff debate in the
House was rather tame, both from a spec
tacular and an oratorical standpoint The
galleries were Well-iled on the 22d and
the members on the floor listened cOnscien-
tiously but there was an absence both of
that sharp cross firing which keeps the
nerves on edge and that brilliant eloquence
which inspires and holds the imagination.
The opening of the debate was delayed over
two hours by the full reading of the bill of
162 pages, and this, to begin with had a
somewhat depressing influence. The Re
publican leaders insisted on this to avoid
the possible charge in the future should the
consideration of the bill not be completed
under the fve-minute rule, that the bill was
never read in full in the House, thing
which happened in the cases of both the
Mckinley and Wilson bills. Only four
speeches were made at the day session. Mr.;
Dingley, the chairman of the ways and
means committee, opened in an hour 5
speech for the majority, and Mr.. Wheeler
of Alabama fired the broadSde for the OPP