Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-07-14
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, July 6.-The annexa-
ton Of Hawaii is now accomplished SO
far as the legislative branch Of the
government is concerned. Quite I'M
eXpectedly the resolutions providing
for the annexation of the islands
were brought to a vote in the senate
and were passed by the decisive vote
of AZ to 81. A test vote came On an
amendment offered by Mr.. White
(CaD. 1t was offered with no
expectation that it would be
| adopted, but merely to place the ideas
and opinions of the opponents of an
nexation on record. II was rejected by
a vote of 40 to 20, indicating that the
anneXationists were strongly in the
| majority Amendment after amend
ment was offered, but the advocates OF
the resolutions stood solidly together,
gaining rather than losing strength on
the successive votes. Finally at $50
p. m. the resolutions themselves, in
| precisely the form in which they were
received from the house of represent
| atives, were reported to the senate and
| the rOll-call began. Intense interest
was manifested by every spectator, and
| when the vice president announced the
vote by which the resolutions were
! passed a tremendous wave of applause
swept through the galleries, which the
| vice president made no effort to check.
The detailed vote on the adoption Of
| the resolutions was:
Yeas-Allison, Baker, Burrows, Can
non, Carter, Clarke, Cullom, Davis,
Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker,
Frye, Gallinger, German, Hale, Han
ma, Hansborough, Hawley, Hoar, Kyle,
! Dodge, Mcbride, McLaurin, Money,
! Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins,
Pettus, Plat Conn, Pritchard
Proctor, Sewell, Shoup, Sullivan, Tel
| Ter, Warren, Wellington, Wetmore,
Wilson, Wolcott: total AZ.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Gallery, Chiffon, Clay, Daniel, Faux
ner, Jones (Nev }, Lindsay, McEnery,
Mallory, MITCHELL Morrill,, Pascoe, Pet
tigrew, Roach, Turley, Turpie, White
total, 21.
Mr.. Frye (Me.) reported from the
| committee of commerce and the senate
passed the bill granting an American
register to the steamer Titania of San
Francisco.
| Mr.. Pettigrew Is. d. offered the
| following resolutions:
Resolved, that the thanks OF
! congress and the American people are
| hereby rendered Commodore Winfield
Schley, of the United States naval
force operating against the Spanish
| forces in Cuban waters, for the highly
distinguished conduct in the conflict
with the enemy displayed by him in
| the destruction of the Spanish fleet OFF
| the harbor of Santiago, July 3, 1898
| Section 2-That the thanks Of congress
and the American people are hereby
extended through Commodore Schley
| to the officers and men under his COM
mand for the gallantry and skill ex-
| hibited by them on that occasion. Sec
| ton 3-That the president of the
United States be requested to cause
! these resolutions to be communicated
| to Commodore Schley and through him
| to the officers and men under his COM
| mand."
| Commenting upon the resolutions
! Mr.. Pettigrew said that the impression
had been conveyed to the public that
{ not Commodore Schley, but another
man" had achieved a great naval vic
tory. "All accounts Of the battle he
said, "agree that Schlev was in COM
mand Of the vessels of our fleet. He
| pursued the last of the spanish vessels
| so miles personally and brought to an
| end the most remarkable naval duel
| ever fought"
Mr.. Stewart New thought Admiral
Sampson had been unfortunate in the
wording of his official announcement of
| victory in not giving in that dispatch
| the credit due Commodore SchIey. Mr.
Allen (Neb.) thought at least a few
days had ought to elapse before action
was taken upon the resolutions, and
they were referred to the naval COM
n;ttee.
Washington, July 6.-The house, af-
ter debate of hours, concurred in the
senate amendments to the general de-
ficiency bill, authorizing the secretary
! OF the interior, attorney general and
secretary Of the treasury to settle,
with the approval Of the president, the
Indebtedness of the Central and West
ern Pacific roads to the government.
The amendment was concurred in by