Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-15
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the Senate accomplished little on the 9th.
tions for the war and navy, establishments
| aggregating S17,745, 900. These apprOprid-
tons are in addition to the amounts to be
| carried later by the general deficiency bill.
During the greater part OF the session the
subsequent cenSuSeS were under cOnSidera-
tom tom pat b no PToESS was ort MADE III by compile
| (Rep., Mass.), from the Judiciary committee
to provide for the compensation and ex-
| penseS of special counsel for the government
| IN prize cases was passed
| Almost Immediately after the Senate con-
| Vened on the 7th consideration was resumed
OF the bill for the protection of the people
| discussion Of the measure, which occupied
| nearly three hours, it was passed. 1t pro-
| Yides for the allotment in seyeralty of GER
| tam lands to the Indians of the territory,
| the payment of interest claims to the Chick
| asaW Indians and the ratification of the
| Dawes commission. The discussion of the
| census bill precipttated a civil-servce debate
! which had not been concluded when the Sen
| ate adjourned
! twelfth census was passed by the Senate on
| the Sth after a debate which occupied the
| greater part of three days. Ender it, if it
| should become. law, director Of the
| census, an assistant director, and five ex-
| pert statisticians will be appointed immedi-
| ately to make the preliminary arrangements
for the taking of the census of 1905 in ac.
| cordance with the outline presented in the
| Dill. A determined effort was made to pro-
should be examined and certified by the civil
| service commission, but it failed by vote
| or Is to 81. A provision was inserted that
not more than two-thirds of the supervisors
| and enumerators should belong to one politi-
cal party.
| AT the session Of the Senate on the 9th
| Mr.. Carter (MOnt.), in connection with the
| rejection by the government of the steam
| ship Centennial as a transport, made some
| ugly charges against the shipowners Of the
| Pacific coast. He said they had been en-
| deavoring to hold up the government and
| compel it to pay inOrdinate and extortionate
charges for ships to be used to transport
| denied the statements Of Mr.. Carter, declar-
| ing, that the vesselOwners of San Francisco
| had placed their ships at the disposal of the
government at a rate fully so per cent. less
| than they usually received for them.
| shortly after O'Clock on the afternoon
Of the 10th the conference report on the
! ale after discussion lasting four hours.
! me debate upon the measure was without
| specia! incident, and was entirely devoid
| OF acrimonious features. IT was a foregone
| conclusion that the report would be agreed
/ 10, and the only question of interest in
! TolVed was how soon a vote could be
| reached The debate indicated generally
! that the bill as agreed upon by the conferees
was reasonably satisfactory except as to the
| BOND provision. The votes cast against
| the adoption of the report reflected the Opin-
! ions of those senator's who are opposed to
any increase in the Understanding debt Of
| the country The report was agreed to by
| the decisive vote of 43 to %. Every Repub-
| llcan voted for the measure and their votes
! were supplemented by those of Democrats,
| Democrats who voted for the adoption of
the he report vas MesSEs. Gaffery, German,
| ply and Turpie; the Silver Republican was
Mr., Mantle, and the Independent was Mr.
Kyle The vote against the report was cast
| Dy 10 Democrats, Silver Republicans, and
Populists. As soon as the engrossed bill
| can be signed by the presiding officers Of the
Two r branches OF Congress it will be sent to
After the revenue bill was sent to confer
! ence the session Of the House on the 9th was
| devoted to routine business, chiefly under
suspension pei Of the rules, several bills being
the disposal Of a measure providing a code
Of criminal law and procedure for Alaska.
the committee on rules providing for an i'm
mediate vote upon general concurrence in
, the war revenue bill and sending the bill to
| the previous question was ordered. The
| Democrats wanted to vote on the separate
amend me The roll call resulting 1877
the House voted to nOn-cOnCur and agreed
to conference The speaker named Messrs:
Bailey (Dem., Tex as cOnferees.
After disposing of the urgent war def
cheney bill, as passed, with amendments by
the Senate, the House on the 9th considered
the conference report upon the sundry civil
Dill. The report so far as it embodied agree
ments, was adopted and the House then be-
gan voting severally upon the Senate
been reached in conference OF these there
are forty-tive. The House considered today
eight of them, acting fay0rably upon three
and rejecting the remainder Consideration
Will continue tomorrow. The House adj
journed pending disposition Of a measure to
enable volunteer soldiers to vote at con-
greSsiOnal elections during the war. 1t in
yolved constitutional questions and by unan-
imous consent it will be taken up on the
Stl. following the Sun1rV civil PT0fprnOpn
port.
The House on the Sth disposed of the Sen
ate amendments of the sundry civil bill and
agreed to further conference. The confer
ence report upon the postoff1ce appropria-
ton bill was adopted to consider the bill to
provide for participation Of volunteer SOL
diers in congressional elections Adjourn
ment was taken pending disposal and it will
come up on the 9th.
After FIVE hours devoted to the considera-
ton Of the bill to enable volunteer soldiers
to vote in congressional elections the con-
ference report upon the war revenue bill
was presented to the House. on the 9Th.
to O'Clock in the evening, at which hour
the report was taken up again, and after
three hours debate involving a wide range
Of subjects and some sensational features,
it was voted upon and adOpted-154 to 107.
The election measure will be disposed Of
on the 10th, Immediately after the meeting
of the House.
The feature Of the session of the House on
the 10th was the securing of an agreement
to consider and vote upon the Newlands
resolution to annex Hawaii Beginning on
the 18th the debate will proceed until 5
O'Clock on the 10Th, when a vote will be |
taken. The annexationists came today de-
termined to force consideration and for three
hours the opposition filbustered. Consid- |
Grafton of the resolutions could have been |
prevented under the rules a recess until |
the evening pension session necessarily |
would have been taken at o'clock, but it |
was plain that the annexatonsts would win |
their victory the next day. Realizing this. |
and knowing the resolution would pass and |
go to the country involving a prominent is
sue, the opposition treated for liberal de- |
bate and their demands we're granted read |
lily Eight Democrats voted with the an |
nexatonists in the movement today to force
consideration Of the resolution, thty being |
Messrs Berry of Kentucky, Devries of Cali |
f0rnia, Livingston of Georgia, Brucker Of |
Michigan, Cummings, Sulzer and Vehalage |
of New York and Cochran of Missouri. It |
Is claimed at least twenty Democrats will !
favor the passage Of the resolutions.
The session Of the House on the 18th was, |
as per stipulation, devoted to a debate upon |
the Hawaiian resolutions. Proceedings be- |
gan with a mutual withdrawal by Mr.. Gros- |
yenor (Rep., o. and Mr.. Swanson Dem,
Va of uncomplimentary and Injurious /
language" used by them relative to each |