Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-03

House. The feature of the day wos
spirited contest over the bill to pay New
berry College, q Lutheran institution in
South Carolina, $4,000 for damages NV
Federal troops. 1t was finally passed
On motion of Mr.. Bailey, the Democratic
leader, the House voted-5S to 35-to OH
serve Washington's birthday by adiourn-
ing OYER until Wednesday, but Mr. Ding.
ley raised the point of no Quorum and
before further action could be taken tho
House recessed. For three hours the
Senate had under discussion the bill pro-
viding for the taking of the twelfth and
subsequent censuses. 1t was amended
SO as to place the census bureau under
the Secretary of tho Interior, but the ey-
tended discussion which followed disclos-
ed so wide a divergence of views rs n
the various features of the measure thar
no further action was taken. A resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Allen. directing the
Committee on Naval Affairs to make an
investigation Of the Maine disaster, was
adopted without debate.
On Wednesday variety of subjects
occupied the attention of the House dur
ing the consideration of the sundry civil
OAAAs NAL. VI A<S" 1Otk made
attack on the patriotism of some of the
social leaders of New York, who, he said,
held high revel while the nation was
bowed down with grief over the loss of
life resulting from the Maine explosion.
The Southern members, who have for
years been fighting the appropriation for
''informers'' on illicit distilleries, succeed
ed in killing the appropriation in commit
tee of the whole, but Chairman Cannon
gave notice that he would demand yea
and nay vote in the House. A resolution
was adopted inquiring Of the Treasury
Department what has been done by the
United States to prevent the conveyance
to the Cubans of articles produced in the
United States; also as to the prevention
of filibustering. In the Senate tho entire
day was devoted to debate on the Cuban
question. By a vote Of 81 to 5, Mr.. AL
lens proposition to add belligerency rid
er to the consular AMI diplomatic appro-
priation bill was rejected.
The House disposed of thirty additional
pages of the sundry civil appropriation
bill on Thursday The fact that the Gov
eminent is preparing for contingencies
was recognized when Chairman Cannon,
who has been laboring to keep down ap-
preparations, accepted without word Of
protest an amendment to increase the APP
propria ton to care for the unused machn-
cry at the Springfield arsenal. Resou-
tions which were objected to few weeks
ago for the appointment of two extra
naval cadets to positions in the engineer
corps Of the navy were also adopted. One
Of them will fill q vacancy caused by the
death of Lieut.. Merritt of the Maine. a
feature of the Senate's session was the
speech of Mr.. Spooner wisconsin, on the
right of Henry w. Corbett to a seat in
the Senate from Oregon under appoint
ment of the Governor. Mr. Spooner made
q constitutional argument in favor of seat
ing Mr.. Corbett. An effort was made to
obtain consideration Of the Alaskan home
stead and railway right of way bill, but
on a parliamentary technically it went
over. The resolution offered on Wednes-
day by Mr.. Allen (Nebraska) to appoint
committee Of FIVE Senators to investigate
the Cuban situation was withdrawn by
its author when it was laid before the
Senate.
In the House on Friday a long and
somewhat exciting deb tie over the ques
ton Of river and haFbor appropriations
was precipitated during the consideration
of the supdry civil appropriation BILL 1t
was practically agreed by all those who
participated that there would be no river
and harbor bill at this session of Con
gress. The item appropriating 100000
for San Pedro harbor, California, was
passed, and the Oakland harbor appro-
priation remains In the bill by a vote Of
lis to 16. An unsuccessful effort was
made to secure consideration of the Dill
passed by the Senate for two additional
regiments or artillery, but on objection
from Mr.. Cox Oem., Tenn, it wenq
over. In the Senate Henry w. Corbett
right to a seat in the Senate from Oregon
was under consideration for five hours
A bill permitting the building OF da'l
between Coon Rapids and the north I'LL
it's of Minneapolis, across the MISSISSIPPI
River, WIS passed. Early III the sessio
an attempt was made to get up the al"
kan bill, but 1t failed.
The House did not complete the COY
siGeration of the sundry civil Dill on %
urday. but Chairman Cannon held
floor with it until adjournment, feluSln
to yield to Mr.. Boutelle (Mame)'
chairman of the naval committee
was anxious to secure consldela'ion ~
the bill reported by his committee ios ~
relief of the victims and Survivors VI
Maine disaster. About twenty pass'
the sundry civil bill were disp9 ,:ea,o1
Many efforts were made by u'ii '.pn1
members to inject river and harool a a,S
into the bill, three Of them being s Su 0
full; amendments appropriatlng sooVW, ";
for Cleveland harbor, S2O0,CGo loi
mington, Del, and increasing tn e1n api M
priation for Boston harbor from FlJ,
to $3.50, eco were adopted. AS coH'' tb1
for these works were authorize, n
were in order under the rules. Dui ;nn II
greater part of the Senate Session fra
right of Henry W. Corbett to a 81, se eonssc
the State of Oregon was under di sctond4
Mr. Thurston (Nebraska), III an ~, a. "a
speech, opposed the admission OF E ,rl
bett. while Messrs. Foraker ~ ny caid
Mantle supported Mr. CorDeIL Led br i
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