Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-15
CONGRESS.
Senate.

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| r. Kenney to the Delaware seat vacated
| many months ago by Mr.. Higgins, and
which has since then been the subject of
| the Democratic membership to forty, and
| for the first time raised the full member
| ship of the Senate to its proper quota of
| ninety. 1t effects no essential change in
party strength, however, the division being:
Republicans, including Independents, "A;
ton to the seating of Mr.. Kenney was with
| drawn, Republican senators cOnceding that
| his credentials from Gov. Tunnel certifying
| that the regular Legislature had chosen him
in due form gave him prima facie right of
admission. The Nicaragua canal debate
| proceeded without definite conclusion, Mr.
| Caffrey (Dem., Lao speaking against the
| bill.
/ The Senate on the 9th adopted Senator
| Morgans resolution, introduced last June,
| Spanish warship After O'Clock the SEES
sion was taken up with eulogies on the
| character of the late William Cogswell con-
gresham from Massachusetts. In the
| course of his remarks on this subject Sen
| ator Hoar referred to what he designated
an Improvement in the character of public
| men in Washington He gave it as his
| opinion, based long experience, that
| there had been vast Improvement in this
| respect; that the characters of legislators
We're growing better from year to year,
and from generation to generation and that
| lie IN Washington was Sweeter and better.
| The AngIo-American arbitration treaty
! executive session on the 8th. The debate
| was characterized by several sharp pas
sages at arms, participated in by Senator's
! Hill, Morgan, Lodge and Sherman The
| only vote of the day was secured on the
| Hill motion to open the doors of the Senate
| defeated, the count showing only 9 to 80.
| The vote to open doors cast by two
gold Democrats Hill and Lindsay two sill
yer Democrats, Roach and Tillman, two
| Independent silver Republicans. Teller and
Pettigrew, two Populists. PETER and Stew
art and one straight Republican. Brown.
| This was not considered as in any respect
test vote, there are known to be many
senator's opposed to the treaty who did
lot favor departure from the ordinary
| the treaty believe that sufficient strength
| was developed as to the attitude of the
senator's to justify, the conclusion that the
treaty is certain of ratification, if it can be
| brought to vote. 1t is claimed that the
! straight Republican vote is solidly favor
a ABLE to ratltica att and that fraction at
found in that column when the vote is an
nounced.
The most important developments con-
| corning the consideration of the arbitration
| treaty by the Senate i'll executive session
on TIE 9th were the offering of an amend
nent by Senator Morgan of Alabama proYid-
| ing for the abrogatiOn of the C1aytOn-Bu-
Wer treaty. and the speech by the same
senator in favor of this proposition Sen
ator Morgan declared that the conditions
which called for the Clay Bulwer treaty
had long passed away it was no longer
| binding on either nation, nor was it of
any use or value to this nation, though it
might be of great Importance to Great Brit
ain IN case the Nicaragua canal was con-
structed. While the old treaty was obsolete
and disregarded, yet it was still used as a
menace and bugabOO to the United States
Whenever the construction of the Nicaragua
canal was advocated. Great Britain, de-
clared Senator Morgan, had violated the
treaty and abrogated it by occupying a por-
ton OF the territory of Honduras There
was no better occasion for abrogating the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty than by provid-
ing iii this arbitration treaty, said Mr.. Nor
gan.
Senator Morgan. the champion of the
Nicaragua canal bill. announces in the Sen
ate on the 10th his abandon mt of that
measure or the present session of Con-
greSs, and thereupOn it was displaced by
the bankruptcy bill The senator made this
move after protracted contest covering
several weeks. which had disclosed the fact
that obstructive opposition could not be
overcome. He gave notice that he would
renew his advocacy of the bill at an early
day Of the coming extra session. Mr.. Nor
gan bitterly criticised British opposition to
the canal, and addressing himself directly
to Mr. Sherman. declared that if the next
secretary of state permitted himself to ''be
fed on the anOdyneS of fiattery of Great
Britain. the people would not support him
Mr.. Morgan asserted. also. that Mr. Shel-
man would not succeed in negotiating a
treaty relative to the canal, as the genius
OF Talleyrand or Metternich could not stand
against the "thimble-rigging' of those re-
publics. The bankruptcy bill succeeded to
the advantageous position of unfinished
business but the debate went over until
.priatiOn bill was taken up late in the day
| and passed at S3.255500. 1t led to lively
debate, in which Secretary Morton, was
sharply criticised by Senators Vest, Chand-
Ter. Tlllman and others
The Senate on the 18th passed the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill. and
fixed O'Clock p III. on the 18th as the
time for final vote on the immigration
conference report. These were the only
features of the open session, which was cut
short early in the day by the executive
plomatic and consular BILL as passed car
ries 81 .64530S, a slight increase on minor
items in the House bill.
House..
The 9Th was private-bll day in the
clearing the calendar of the unfinished bust
ness reported from the Friday night SEES
sions Out Of sixty-three bills, ffty-ninc
were passed.
The House on the 9th passed the District
of Columbia appropriation bill and after
some routine business adjourned.
The House devoted the Whole day on the
8th to District of Columbia business, and
TWO Os OF more eo or e5f Local in
of the presidential electors forwarded to the
House by the secretary of state were sub
anticipation of the counting of the electoral
vote Wednesday. The conference report
Oh The immigration bill was presented. and
notice given that it would be called up to-
morrow. Mr.. Barthod1 Rep., MOI, who
fought the first report, has signed the pres
ent report, and it will be adopted. it is be-
lieved, practically without opposition. The
speaker appointed Messrs. Grosvenor (O)
and Richardson (Tenn.( tellers on the
part IF the House to count the electoral
vote.
The House on the 9th agreed to the final
conference report on the immigration bill
by an Overwhelming majority, 217 to SO,
and passed two more pension bills over
the Presidents veto. The notifications OF
the immigration bill contained in the con-
ference report, by which ali intending i'm
migrant was required to be able to read and
write 1.-THE English or another language
and which permitted the illiterate wife ana
minor children to accompany an eligible
immigrant removed the main opposition to
the bill, but Messis. Mahany Qep.. n. W
Mcguire Dem, CALI and Keifer Rep;.
Mimi opposed the whole theory of the bill
on general principles. Mr.. Bartholdt Rep.,
Mo- and Mr. Mccall Rep., MassD BOTH