Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-10

Ae,1 w: ooioel' was on Monday do
MED admission to the Senate as Sonot ue
from Oregon on appointment by tho I "a
ernor by a vote of so to 10. The SonOt'
began consideration of the Alask, bon ae
stead and railway right of way hin an,
had not concluded it when it adionrnns
The House passed the sundry civil
preparation bill after four DAYS dobo+pp
The appropriation for representation y.
the Paris exposition was eliminated Nv
a point Of order. The sudden chance ~
sentiment which Is often witnessed Thoa
members so on record was twice ;nna
trated. On Friday the House in comm;.
tee or the whole, where there is no record
OF the vote, Knocked out a provision in
the bill for an appropriation to nav thosa
who furnish the Government with infnr
nation leading to the conviction Of N.
violators Of the internal revenue laws and
In committee IN extra months nav vos
voted the employees Of the House, Whom
the members voted on roll calls in tbe
| House, however, both Of these proposi.
tons were overwhelmingly defeated.
The House entered upon the considar.
alton of the Loud bill relative to second.
| class mail matter, on Tuesday. The bin
| is Identical with the measure passed nv
| the last Congress, but Mr. Loud gave no.
/ tice Of an amendment permitting tho
transmission at pound rates of sample
| copies up to 10 per cent. of the bona fde
| circulation of the newspaper periodicals,
This amendment removes much opposj.
ton to the bill. Mr.. Loud made an OK.
haustiye speech in its favor. Mr.. Moon
! Oem., TENN spoke in opposition to the
bill, and Mr.. Perkins Nep., Iowa. in ia.
vor of it. The Senate passed resolu.
ton for erection of a bronze tablet to the
memory Of the victims of the Maine.
Wednesdays debate in the Senate on
the Alaskan homestead and railway right
| of way bill was spirited. Mr. Carter
(Mont) delivered a vigorous speech in re-
ply to that made by Mr.. Rawlins Utah),
in the course of which he made strong
| defense Of the honor of Congressional
| committees and of officials in the several
| government departments. One Of the spe-&
cial features of the debate was a speech
delivered by Mr.. Elkins CIV. Va.), in
which he explained that the Canadian Pal
ciic Railway was enabled to make war
upon American interests, and how and
why the aggressions of that great rail-
road ought to be stopped by the United
| States. The speech drew replies from
Mr.. Hoar (Mass.), Mr.. Chiffon (Texas
and Mr.. Nelson CMinn.). Mr.. Ioar main
tanned that a large part of the speech Of
| Mr.. Elkins was irrelevant to the pending
discussion. The House spent another day
in debate upon the Loud bill relating I'd
second class mail matter. The speeches
as a rule attracted little interest. Tho
speakers were Messrs. Bromwell Rep,
Ohio, and Ogden Dem, La.) in favor
| Of the measure, and Messrs. Bell Pop.
| Colo.), Simpson Pop., Kan.) Clar&
(Dem., Mo-, Brown (Rep., Ohio, and
Lentz Dem., Ohio, in opposition to it.
In the Senate on Thursday the HOUSE
amendments to the bankruptcy bill wers
non-concurred in, and Messrs. Hoar, Mel
son and Lindsay were appointed as SEN
ate conferecs. During almost the entr9
session the Senate had under considera
ton the Alaska homestead and railway
right of way bill. One of the features
the discussion was a speech delivered by
Mr.. Vest, in which he ridiculed the idea
of demonstrating any part OF Alaska
constructing railroads in that district. lily
motion to eliminate the homestead req
ture Of the bill by striking out the mrs
section was defeated. The resolution 1o
q congressional investigation of the mu1
der of the postmaster at Lake City, 5. q
was referred to the Committee on OolI
tingent expenses. A bill was paSsea
! establish an assay office in Seattle, NaSl
| In the House the Loud bill, to correct "A
leged abuses of the second-clasS mail ma
ter privilege, was laid on the table pv
vote of 1872 to 119, thus killing It, for'l
seven Republicans joined with the Ne!
ocrats and Populists in accomplishing IN
result and ten Democrats voted WIN
majority of the Republicans Mr. WIN
rep, n. O., the only colored member
| the House, asked unanimous conslue ~
| ton for a resolution approprlatlng 9I'o
| for the family of the assasslnated ~"
| C;tv postmaster, but it went over up
| obiection from Mr.. Bartlett Dem, va
After a debate lasting several Gays
| Senate on Friday passed the Dill eAvel
| ing the homestead laws and pro'iulns
| right of way for railroads in the uIs'l
of Alaska. Comparatively little dlS'
| sion of general interest was crea'su
the bill. Section ID, providing loi w. IT,
bonding concessions to CANADA Ill n ner
| privileges to be extended by tng Du ora
| ion Government to this country no" es
induced a pretty lively deDu'e "a &c
brought into the controversy the o'u an No.
| cries question on the New Englalu Uni TIM
which has been pending between IN, [Ie r o
| ed States and Great Britain LOT wv yo y,
Two more appropria tions were we're bill SiI ad
| the President Friday, the pension 18th D,+
the consular and diplomatic, a to'n
which went through their final 81, slaST IT.
the House. 1t was private bill ua't ocorl
most important action taken was .b asG
| escence in an agreement to maze noa fo or' vs
appropriating about $1,2oo'oVo 81 ~ claim
claims approved by the court pao oI a
under the provisions Of the 1 D3%n ri
a special order for the next 5 fr ID nsnmbe
claims carried by the bill, Ioo III durid
are for stores and supplies sel zeo Onl
the war In the Southern o'ales .be he'll
two bills were passed, one to pay eyo 'G GOO ID
of Sterling r. Austin about $o1 the oil
a--J,, Tho war, uuU w.