Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-03-30
CONGRESS-.
Senate,

In the Senate on the DIST Mr.. Bacon of
Georgia introduced amendment which he
announced he would offer to the resolution
proTiding for the annexation of the Ha-
waiian islands to the United States. 1t pro-
vides that the resolution should not be eff
fective until the question of annexation shall
tors OF Hawaii and passed upon affirna-
lively by them The amendment is the same
which Mr.: Bacon offered to the Hawaiian
treaty and which is still pending.
A feature of the Senate proceedings on the
I'D was an extended speech by Mr.. Caffery
of Louisiana in support of the pending ma
tlonal quarantine bill. Mr.. Gallery said that
he wanted the whole quarantine power in
the hands of the United States government,
the only authority which could make quar-
antlne effective, and he added that he was
as Staunch a state rights advocate as any
man Among the bills passed were these
10 prevent the appointment Of cadets from
states, territories or districts in which such
cadets do not reside; to raise the age of pro-
lection for girls in the District Of Columbia
and IN the territories to IS years
A vivid word picture of the horrors and
barbarit1es Of concentration on the island
or Cuba was drawn in the Senate on the 23d
by Mr. Gallinger of New Hampshire. The
senator recently visited Cuba to study the
situation there. Long before the Senate
Hale OF Maine, chairman of the naval affairs
committee, favorably reported the bill pro-
VIding for relief for the survivors of the
Maine catastrophe. There was a suppressed
the measure was read and passed without a
word Of debate. Senator Bacon introduced
a resolution to the effect that this country
wished to preserve peace, if it could be done
without sacrifice of honor.
Mr. ThurstOn in a thrilling speech told
the Senate on the oath what he saw in
cuba. Some surprise had been expressed
that Senator Thurston should appear in
PUBIC prominently so soon after the demise
or MIS- ThurStOn who passed away during
tne cuban trip, but the first sentence of
hn Enyr 70 aoti
Many claim that Mr., Thurston's speech,
viewed from one standpoint, was an unusual
the. conditions attending it. Mrs. Thurs
toms dying request to her husband was that
he should lose no time on account of her
death to do his utmost to save and free Cuba
and its people. In accordance with this re-
quest, therefore, Senator ThurstOn sacrificed
his personal feeling and delivered his speech
"A number r. of bills on the, calendar were
passed. Mr.; Bate presented resolutions IN
memory OF the late Senator Isham @. Harris
OF tennessee, and eulogies were delivered
by MI. Bate Mr. Morrill, Vt), Mr.. Morgan
(Ala), Mr. Hoar (Mass), Mr.. Walthal
Miss, Mr.. Hawley Comm, Mr. Cockrell
(Mo1, Mr.. Stewart New, Mr.. Chiffon
(IeXD and Mr.. Turley Crenn.). The Senate
adjourned until the 2Sth
House.
The House on the Dist unanimously passed
the bill for the relief of the survivors and
victims of the Maine disaster. The bill re-
imburses the surviving officers and men for
the losses they sustained to an amount not
to exceed years sea pay and directs the
payment OF a sum equal to a years pay to
the legal heirs Of those who persisted Mr.
MesiCk tRep., Mich) from the committee
on elections No. ), presented the majority
report in the contested election of Wise
vs.. Young. The report is in favor of the
contestant. The minority was given ten
days in which to file their report The House
then went into committee of the whole and
bill to satisfy the claim of the legal repre-
Sentatlyes of John Roach, amounting to
$33l ,131, for labor, material and dockage
| furnished by Roach, and the occupation Of
his yards by the gunboats Chicago, Boston
and Atlanta, was taken up out Of order and
long and bitter fight followed. Without
action upon the claim the committee rose
The naval appropriation bill was reported
to the House on the ODD. II carries a total
OF $50, BOSS, an increase over last year of
50, l64, 432 and over the current estimate of
S3 ~ - For the increase of the navy the
coast line battleships, designed to carry the
heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance.
Eppes, from the Fourth Virginia district
was taken UP and debated until 4 O'Clock
when the House adjourned until the Odd
The case Will be disposed Of then. The pre-
Yailing impression is that Mr.. Eppes, the
sitting member, will be unseated as upon
the decision in this case will largely depend
the decision in the two other vacancies in
which practically the same questions are in
VOWED: Mr.. Eppes has 1921 plurality on the
face of the returns Extensive frauds were
found that Mr.. Thorpe should have received
0OI plurality, and upon their findings recon-
mended that he be seated
The House on the 23d resumed considera-
ton of the contested election case of Thorpe
VS.. Epps. Mr.. Rhea Dem, KY, MEM
Der of the elections committee, which con-
sidered the case opened the debate with a
forcible argument, sustaining the sitting
members title to the seat.
Debate on the naval appropriation bill
consumed the day in the House on the 24th
Adjourned until the 18th.
The day on the 25th was spent in consid-
Grafton of the naval appropriation bill There
was much tilibustering and only four pages
of the bill were gone over. Adjourned until
the Both.
The House on the Goth went into commit
tee OF the whole to further consider the naval
appropriation bill. The Democratic members
evidently had their fight out the day before
on the proposition that political speeches
were pertinent and proper in tiye-minute
debate, and offered no objection to the read
ing of the bill, thus rendering unnecessary
the Introduction Of rule to compel speedy
consideration Of the measure. Mr. Cannon :
substitute for the whole drydock paragraph
authorizing the construction of three timber
docks, to be located by the secretary Of the
navy, was lost-7S to 107 The committee