The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-03-05
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tNIINWINT aUUTNpriIflOn
ii niii on the sd. sharp debate on the Cuban
>lutil"h was preciritated by Mr. Allen
lNth-i, who offered as an amendment the
raS"iutinn rsS.i, passed by the Senate year ago
tN"ShlZlhE the belligerent rights of the
onnah Insurgents The debate became gen
tfaI and occupied nearly four hours In tho
h'nt ny Mr. Allen, Mr.. Morgan ri AIananfs
Sald TINS conntry'S relations with Sraiu =,
me present time were seriously strained and
that intervention by the United States
which year ago wnalS have been jnnncnsiv va
N"uid now I've alm"St a ease Of war He eN-
pressed tue opinion that the Cuban affair
tra,,, Mouid ,Fcnt,Sily be submitted /" the arli-
lament oi the sword between the United
states and Spain, hut he did not want war
precipltated by any rash acts Of legislation
ne amendment was finally ruled out on a
81 TO :. was SuS'"'Deu
a feature of the Senate's session on the
-4ih was the speech OF Mr. Spooner (Wis-
cohSihl on the right of Henry VI. Corbett To-
Il seat In the Senate from Oregon under an
polntmcnt Of the governor Mr. Spnnurr
made constitutional argument in favor of
seating Mr. t"rbrrt- An effort was made TO
OBTAIN consideration of the Alaskan home
stead and railway right VI way bill but on Il
parliamentary techncalty il went over Tho
RESOLUTION offered Yesterday by Mr. Allen
tNehraSkal tn appoint committee ofs tiyr
senators t. investigate the cuban situation
was Withdrawn by its author when il was
iald before the Senate
: Henry w. tGrbeIt'S right to a seat In the
l1V uNc hourS ON the 25th. \ bill permitting
the building of dam between Coon RapidS
anu anu me north limits OF Minneapolis. across
the Mississippi river. was passed Early in
me session an attempt made to gct up
the Alaskan bill, but ii failed
Ihe House did not Cnmplctr the consider
Hlioh or the Sundry civil bin on the 26th
Hut u, ,nairman Cannon held the floor with
II until adjournment, refusing to Weld 10
Mr Boutelle tNes the chairman Of the naval
t",hihittec. who was anxious to secure con
SiuIuta'iHh i"r the bill reported by his com
hilttre for the relief uf the victims and sur
NiN"rs Of the Maine disaster. About twenty
paSeS on tn" Shndry civil bill were disposed
mi, Many cnortS were made by different
nthbTFN 70 inject river and harhor items
~" IN" bill. three Of them being success
~, IA amendments apPropriating $3un.Oop for
Cleveland harbor. s3co.or for Wilmington
i'ei.- ana increasing the appropriation for
BoSl"n harbor from S1on.pr to $50 600 we're
adopted As contracts for these works were
rules. "
In the Senate on the 2sth Henry w Cor.
hett was denied admission to the Senate as
a senator from Oregon on appointment hy
the governor by vote Of - to 10 The
senate senate began consideration of the Alaska
homestead and railway right of way bill.
ana had not concluded it when il adjourned
Tn" senate on the 1st passed a resolution
Tor erection OF hronz" tablet To the MEM
rTE,r IrT "r Ei hGtms oGI Of h III, Main The bank
fiSht OF way bill were debated.
House.
A variety of subjects occupic,. the nttcn-
tion Of the House during the consideration
Of the sundry civil appropriation bill on the
I'D Mr.. Mahany Of New York made an at
tack on the patriotism of some of the social
leaders of New York who. he said. held
high revel while the nation was bowed down
with grief over the loss of life resulting
from the Maine explosion The Sontbrrn
members, who have for years been fiChtinr
the appropriation for ''informers'' on Illicit
diStiliericS. succeeded in killing tho appro>
prlation i'll committee of the whole but
Chairman Cannon gave notice that he would
demand yea and nay vote in the House 4
resolution was adopted inguiriuE of the treas
ury department what has been done hy thu,
United States to prevent the conveyance To
tn" tuhanS Of articles produced In the Init
ed States; also as to the prevention Of fill
clustering.
The House disposed Of thirty additional
pages of the Sundry civil appropriation bill
ON the 2ith. The fact that the government
Is preparing for contingencies was recognized
when Hartman Cannon. who has been labor
Ing to keep down appropriations. accepted
without word OF protest an amendment to
Increase the appropriation to care for the
unused machinery at the Springfield arsenal
Resolutions which were objected to Il few
weeks ago for the appointment Of two extra
naval cadets ta positions in the engineer
corps of the navy were also aduDted One
OF them Will fill vacancy caused by the
death of Lieut. Merritt OF the Maine
long and somewhat exciting debate over
the question Of river and harhnr appropriate
tiunS waS prccipitatcd during the cuiSdera-
ti"n of the sundry civil appropriation hill on
the 18th. 1t was practically agreed hy all
those who participated that there would be
no river and harhor bill at this session If
congress. The item approPriating Si00.p0
for san Pedro harhor. California was
passed, and the Oakland harbnr appropria-
tion remains in the bill 10y a vote of lis 20
IL. An unsuccessful effort was made to- Sc
cure consideration of the bill passed by the
Senate for two additional regiments of artii-
lery, but on objection from Mr. Cox tDem
Tenn II went over.
During the greater part of the session on
tn" 10Th the right Of Henry W. Corhctt to n
seat from the state of Oregon was under
discussion Mr., ThurSt"n lNcbl. in an eX-
tended speech. opposed the admission of
Mr. Corhett, while Mcssrs. Foraker, krIe
and Mantle supported Mr. Corbett's claim
The vote on the case. il has been agreed
pension calendar was cleared by the passag"
OF several private pension bills 4 few bills
OF q general character We're also passed.
The Hous" on the 2Sth passed the sundrv
bate. The appropriation for representation
at tn" Paris exposition was eliminated on u
point of order. The sudden change of scnt-
mcnt which is often witnessed when mem
hcrs 20 on record was twice Illustrated ON
the 10Th the House, in committee Of the
whole, where ther" is no record of the vote
Knocked out a provision in the bill for ap-
preparation TO pay those VIII" furnish tn"
government with Information leading To the
conviction or the ViOlat"rS OF the internal
revenue laws, and in committee an extra
monliI pay was voted the employees Of the
House; however. both Of these propositions
were overw helmingly defeated
The House ON the 1st entered upon the
consideration Of the Loud bill relative to
second-ciaSS mail matter The bill is identI-
cal with the measure passed 10y the last Con
grcsS. but Mr.. Loud gave notice of an
permitting the transmission at
pound rates Of sample copies MP to 10 per
cent. Of the bona fidc circulation Of the
newspaper periodicals. This Amendment re
moves opposition to the bill. Mr. Loud
mad" an exhaustive speech in its favor.
claiming that the government practically
paid Il subsidy Of $40. o.ppDU-b to the pr0prie-
tors OF publications which now got access to
the mails at pound rates the cost Of trans
porting mail. and It's handling averaged 3
cents per pound. Mr.. Moon Ucu.. TennD
spoke in opposition 10 the bill. and Mr. Per
kins Rep Iowa. iu favor If il.