Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-06-30


Discussion by the Senate of the QUO,
ton of Hawaiian annexation was BEGIN
on Monday in open session. The prinG
pal speech Of the first day was made h
Senator Morrill, Of Vermont, in opposition
to annexation. The taking of a test w.
AS to 80 showed the opponents of annex
alton to be in hopeless minority. Thu
House passed the general deficiency bin
carrying 500, 100000. The bill occasion
ed little debate. and it passed practicaDr
as reported to the House from the Com
mittee on Appropriations. The remainder
of the day was given to District Of Co
lumbia business.
The resolution for the annexation Of /
Hawaii was laid before the Senate a, Il
most Immediately after it convened On {
Tuesday. Speeches opposing annexation
were made by Mr.. Mitchell of Wisconsin
and Mr.. White of California. After pass
ing several bills Of minor importance the Il
House, in committee of the whole. cons& !
cred, without disposing Of it, a bill to re-
fer to the court Of claims certain clamE
of persons for property taken or destroyed
by the confederate invasions into thu
SOulHSIl CouIIltcS VI tllllSN ~ dNld. LIRE
bill brought on long debate.
Opponents of the annexation Of Hawai-
again occupied the attention of the Sem
ate on Wednesday. Mr.. White Dem,
CALI resumed his speech begun the DAY 4
before, but, after speaking two hours
yielded the floor to Mr.. Pettigrew (S Dl@
who discussed the resolutions for an how
and half. Mr.. White had not CONCLUDED
his speech, Mr.. Pettigrew taking up the Il
argument against the resolutions mereE
to afford him an opportunity to rest. Mr. Il
Pettigrew maintained that the territOT
Of the United States was already large
enough, and he believed it his duty to re-
sist the acquisition Of any territory nhab a
tied by people far inferior to ours or 50
located MS to require a navy 10 defend it u
Discussion in the Senate of the Hawaii Il
an annexation question was interrupted q
on Thursday by Mr.. Rawlins of Utah with
speech in which he criticised vigorously n
the provision embodied in the conference 81
report on the Indian appropriation bill
which acknowledges the right of Indians
to lease mineral lands on their reserve M
tons. AT l o'clock the Hawaiian rcSon
ton was called up and Mr.. Pettigrew w.
South Dakota resumed his speech in opp
sitiOn, addressing the Senate for abonY
two hours. Mr.. Pettigrew, on account dE
fatigue, yielded the floor to Mr. McEneF
Dem., Lay, who presented a constitution
al argument against annexation. At tNb5
session of the House further aGreemenSs
upon the sundry civil bill were reportess
from the committee on conference and
cd tod I'D f,,r Inr an
remaining points in difference was r9s
quested. A large number of bin OF minr u
Importance were passed and sixty-thre
pension and relief measures were dispoSc
Of pursuant to the recommendatN0e8
reached several days before in commtte 1
of the whole. The House adjourned until
Monday
The conference report on the bankru15
cy bill was reported to Congress Frida
afternoon and was Immediately agreedtE&
in the Senate. The bill as agreed to is
compromise between the provisions ofh$a#
bills passed by the Senate and Hou@nV
spectively. The Senate bill was knCV1
as the Nelson bill and that of the HM
as the Henderson bill. The latter vi
far more liberal to the debtor than D.
former. The compromise leans to D.
House side Of the question. The IIav& SS
an annexation resolutions were under d
cussion in the Senate. The speakers wGs
Mr.. McEnery Oem., La, who concluds
his address begun on Thursday, and Ns4g
Turley (Dem., Tenn.), who presented
constitutional argument against the rS
olutions.
Filibustering tactics We're begun in
Senate Saturday afternoon on the II
woiian resolution. Senator Morgan toa
to task the men who were defying publ #
sentiment, and, as he said, misrcprese
ing their constituents and embarrnSS
the President. AS result Senator WIZ
made an insinuation that may result
O settlement outside of the Senate ch1
Der. Mr.. White said that Morgan's sta I.SAN
ments proceeded from corruption orr
becility," and the latter intimatcd that E
would require a personal eXplanaM
The conference report on the sundry CIV
bill was presented. A long discussion
lowed on the proposition of the CONF
ence committee that the Senate reo
from its amendment suspending P' I'll
dent Cleveland's forest reservation oFs
and restoring to the public domain
homestead entry the lands embn'
therein. Finally the conference req
(partiaD was agreed to and a further
ference ordered. The House was not
session.