Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-05-26


bill authorizing the sending of food o ,p1
arms to Cubans was adopted bin wa wa"
passed providing for an increase in ~"
force of the adJutant generals Office W.
House joint resolution appointing WV
liam j. Sewell of New Jersey, Martin n
McMahon of New York, John l. Mitcbai;
of Wisconsin and William H. Bonsan NJ
California members of the board Of ,non
ayers of the national home for disaEod
volunteer soldiers was called I'D and noSs
ed. The Presidents veto of a bill COMO,
ring upon the court of claims iurjsdictior
to retry the case of the representatives ~
Isaac L. lice against the United StatoS
brought in 1873 to recover So, 900. tho al
legged value of certain meters to measuro
the quality and strength of distilled snir.
its, was sustained. The Senate hin f.
establish an assay office at Seattle, Wash
| was passed. The House also passed with
amendments, the House bill to ratifv IN
agreement entered into in 1892 between
United States Commissioners and tho
Comanche, Kiowa and Apache Indians 10
open for settlement the reservation ~
these Indians in Oklahoma.
Consldera bic progress was made by tho
Senate on Tuesday in considering tho
war revenue measure. A bill was report.
ed from the Military Affairs Committpn
and passed providing that the pay and al
lowance Of the volunteers .rnliSed in the
United States army shall begin on the day
Of their enrolment at the State can,n
The latter part of the day was devoted
to eulogics upon the late Representative
Seth l.. Milliken of Maine. The House
held brief session. Tive important bills
affecting labor were passed, one limiting
the labor of persons employed upon GOV:
eminent works and in government service
to eight hours daily, and the other Do
vlding for the equipment of a non-part
san labor commission to consider legsla
tive problems affecting labor. Mr. Cor
llss (Mich.) called up the House bill to
repeal the law providing that transmits
sion of the electoral veto of the States to
Washington shall be by messengers. The +
bill proposes transmission by mail and
express. The bill was defeated Senate
bill providing an American registry for
the ship Centennial, now at Seattle, was
passed. The House passed bill to au-
thcrize the appointment of non-partisan
commission to collate information and to- E
recommend legislation to meet problems
presented by labor, agriculture and cap
ital.
Considera BILE progress was made in the
Senate on Wednesday in the reading of
the war revenue bill, which included, nat
urally, the consideration Of the amend
ments proposed by the committee
Through the influence of Mr.. German
Dem., Md the Imprisonment penalty &
was stricken out of some of the sections
relating to violations Of the stamp tax
After I'm extended debate part Of which
occupied the secret legislative session, the
conference report on the bill suspend
ing certain parts of the existing law reat
ing to the purchase of supplies by the war
department was adopted. The bill per
hitting officers of the regular army to
accept staff appointments in the volunteer
army without losing their rank or place
in the regular service was also passed. An
urgent deficiency bill, carrying SS,45h-
O32, mostly for pensions, was agreed on
by the House Committee on Appropna-
tions, and Immediately reported to theI
House, which passed it without debate
The bill carries $S01O,S12 for payment
of pensions and other items of small i
amounts, including expenses of United
States courts and clerical force and print
ing for the war and navy departments.
While several important paragraphs Il.
the war revenue measure were paSSed
over Oh Thursday for future consldera
ton, excellent progress was made oy tne
Senate in the consideration of the DILL
Two-thirds of the measure has peel
read, the committee amendments genera.
~ having been agreed to. The proposi
ton to place q stamp tax upon pfopi1e
tary articles and perfumerles 10" ~
stock aroused a lively discussion. IL was
regarded as retroactive Legislation am
as such was opposed by many Senators
After debate, confined to the proposlColl
to send the labor arbitration bill to con-
ference, in which many members parnci1
pated, a roll call of the House upon agree
ing to the Senate amendments, theIeoy
affecting the bills passage, was oruefeu
resulting in yeas 219, nays 4. After eA
periencing a brief political tilt, pfec!pi
tated by a personal political eXpianaVi ',
from Mr.. Tongue (Rep., OreJ, the l1ou'G
adjourned until Monday.
Soon after the Senate convened on
day Mr.. Hale (Maine), chairman Oh -,
Committee on Naval Affairs, faVo["p.s
reported, from the committee the 1ous
Joint resolution providing for the o ~
ization and enrolment of an auAl" lay
naval force which shall form an inner ~.
of defense. An amendment by the oe lhnT
committee provides, that the force ESQ.,, sH",
not exceed 5000 men. The reSoIusI nn
was passed. The Senate resumed C and
sideration of the war revenue DILL . ar
Mr.. Daniel of Virginia spoke lof W. .bo
hours on the measure. He supporter 'n
BILL. but opposed the bond feature .i %n
stamp tax, and said the corIora taxo.
should bear larger share of the s1A an
ton. Mr.. McEnery Q1a.) propoSeu hHj
amendment to the paragraph OF 'ne n n
placing tax upon all corporations .Hat the tbs
Specifically designated, providing 1 ,!aha If
law should not apply to "limlted l"t tinns
commercial partnerships or eofIo united; aat
and companies or corporations ol I'M, nr,;nr