Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-02-10

In the Senate on Monday two of 4.
general appropriation bills, that foa =. me
army carrying $23.243, 400. and tbot tne
the legislative, judicial and cyecntiro io'
partments, carrying sol ,G5S,5o0 wo w.
passed. the latter consisting of 1o1 o we
occupying the attention of the Senate 5','
ing the greater part of the session , ea''
prieI executive session the Senate al,
Journed. In the House all dav WAS sr "a
IN debate on the Teller silver rcso,nt;on
1t was defeated by a vote of 13o to $50
The feature of the short session Of AZ
Senate on Tuesday was Il statement maj
by Mr. Clark Rep., Wyo.), as mcttan
OF personal privilege. concerning his votn
in favor of the Teller resolution ~
maintained that his vote was in no uar
inconsistent with his Rcpublicani.m owl
declared he would not permit anybody to /
read him out of the party, as he was
SATISFIED the masses Of the party wonIl
not convict him Of political hcrcsv Tho
House devoted most of the session 70 +ho
District of Columbia appropriation hin
but had not completed it at the time oel
adjournment. Some politics was injected /
into the debate just at the close, the fea.
ture of which was bitter denuncjationI
of w. A. Stone Of Pennsylvania bv Mr.
Mahany (Rep.. N. W, for the former'sI
position in favor of the immigration bill
Mr.. Stone did not see fit to reply. Beforas
the district bill was taken up several bills
and resolutions Of minor Importance vera
passed.
After three days spent on the District
OF Columbia appropriation bill, mostly inf
political discussion, the House passed theE
measure on Wednesday and then took
up the bill to provide for Notifications and
coast defenses. Several Democrats. notal
bly, Mr.. Mcclellan of New York. criticised
the measure because it cut down approl
priations for these works below what
has been appropriated in recent years
Beyond the reading of the agricultural an
preparation bill and agreeing to the amend
ments proposed by the committee, tho
Senate transacted no business of importk
ance in open session. The greater part
OF the afternoon was passed in execl1
tive session, the discussion being upon
the Hawaiian annexation treaty.
Thursday in the House was spent osl
tensibly in CONSIDERING the Notifications
appropriation bill. In reality the majou
portion Of the time was consumed in thd
discussion of political topics The exist
ence of prosperity in the country was
again the main question of dispute All
attempts to increase the appropriations id
the Notifications appropriation bill or I'd
i in Il
One of the features of Thursdays session
of the Senate was a speech by Mr.. CAT
fiery of Louisiana in support of the reso
luton reported by the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections declaring that Henri
w. Corbett is not entitled to seat in thu
Senate from the State of Oregon. Nj
Corbett was appointed as Senator by tn
Governor of Oregon after the failure
the Legislature to elect a Senator to sud
coed Senator Mitchell. Mr.. Caffery main
tanned that the Governor of a State ha
no authority to appoint to fill an origna
vacancy-a vacancy beginning with new
ternl-after the Legislature had had a
opportunity to eject and had failed to d
SO. The agricultural appropriation bi
was under consideration during the grea
err part Of the afternoon and was FINAL
passed. After brief executive sessio
the Senate adjourned.
Friday was private bill day in t1
House, but by systematic tlibusterng To
private calendar containing the bills n
ported by the Committee on Claims wa
not reached, the whole day and evenNI
being consumed in passing thirty-seVq
private pension bills favorably acted upq
by the House at the session last tTd;I
night. During the consideration OF OF
of the bills an interesting discussion
the sale of the Kansas Pacific Road wa
prccipitated by Mr.. Fleming (Dcn.,
Georgia., who, with his Democratic C
leagues, desired legislation to require
President to bid the full amount OF
debt, principal and interest. Mr.. Power
chairman Of the Pacific Railroad CoH
mittee, contendcd that the real purpose
the opposition was to compel the GoFel
ment to take the road and operate II.
said he thought the administration, VIII 10
had secured every dollar owing from
Union Pacific, could be safely trusted
protect the Governments interest at
sale of the Kansas Pacific. In the y
ate no BUSINESS Of Importance was u'
acted in the brief open session. Al
the executive session of three hours
Senate adjourned until Monday
The House during its entire session
Saturday had under consideration
bill making appropriations for forum
tions and coast defenscs. Little lh''i
seemed to be manifested i'll the prOce
ings, less than one-half OF the m III,
being present during the session. lne
was passed. 1t carries 81, l44''l-' "s"
$9,517, al last year. The Senate WAS
in session.
The Cat in Several Languas0'
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Dutch, katt in Swedish chat ID ri'A
and the most of its dependencies, ka =