Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-29
SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR HArif6NAl LAW
MAKERS.
A Weeks Proceedings in the HAIL.,
Congress-1mportant Measures NJ.
cussed and Acted Upon-Ap r
tial Resume of the Business>

Monday was suspension day in !,
House, and several bills were passoa IA .ue
most important of which was the hin we
propriating $350,OO0 for the PbjadnI,tsp
exposition of 1899. The vote was ov v,puta
ingly close. 1t had but two votes mo o~
than the necessary two-thirds. Bills wose
also passed under suspension of thn r, J.e
to authorize the distribution of tbo ',eS
sets Of the Freedmen's Bank, to enIos~|
the scope of the Fish Commission ~ :: 90
clude game birds, for the relief of ~
Fourth Mounted Arkansas Infantry ou us
for the relief of John W. Lewis, Of N Ina
gon. The Senate had a busy dav on,
there were several important speachna
Mr.. Platt, of Connecticut, spoke apa;ns.
the Vest resolution, which declares +hS.
the United States has no power to acon;~s
territory. Mr.. Proctor, of Vermont ana
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, exchanged diyergona.
views upon the subject of a commiSS;on
Of Senators to visit Cuba. The copfo,
ence report on the urgent deficiency hin
was agreed to. The Senate then took nn
the Nicaragua canal bill, and Mr., Ra,,r
(Ark.) spoke upon his amendments to N,
measure.
The House resolution providing for "a.
journment of Congress from Dec, 81 to
Jan. was adopted by the Senate witbont
division on Tuesday. Mr.. Gallingcr favor.
ably reported Mr.. Proctor's resolution nro.
viding for committee of Senators TO WISH
Cuba and Porto Rico with a view 70 &c,
certaining the conditions on the islands
and reporting on them, with recommends.
tons. Senator Teller then addressed ho
Senate upon Mr.. Vests resolution dech,.
ing that under the constitution no powpris
given to acquire territory to be held and
governed permanently as colonies. Sew
eral private pension bills were disposed Of
after which Mr.. Elkins called up the bill
relating to the registry of foreign built
vessels in this country. At . O'Clock the
Nicaraguan canal bill displaced the regis.
try measure, and Mr.. Caffery spoke in Cd.
position to it. The debate on the agricul.
tural bill was signalized by the first
speech in the House on the question Of
annexation of the Philippines Mr.. VIII
liams of Mississippi submitted general
argument against their annexation. After
Mr.. Williams remarks the agricultural
bill was passed. 1t carried 1906, 800, or
$1S7 ,12O more than the current law. Be
fore adjournment for the day the confer
ence report on the army and navy def
cheney bill was adopted.
The last session of the House before the,
holiday recess was held on Wednesday
and lasted but an hour. The Bailey reso.
luton directing an investigation of the.
right Of the members who volunteered in,
the Spanish-American war to seats in the
House was adopted, and several bills of
minor Importance were passed. One Of
these provided for holding terms of the
District and Circuit courts at Hammond
Ind. The absence of a quorum of the
Senate saved Senator Proctor's resolution
providing for the appointment of COM
mittee of Senators to investigate the con-
ditions in Cuba and Porto Rico during the
approaching long recess of Congress from
decisive defeat. An effort was made by
Mr.. Daniel of Virginia to obtain consider
alton for the resolution, but his motion
mustered only eight of the thirtyseight
votes cast. No business of importance
was disposed of at Wednesdays session.
Only some routine business, including the
passage Of a few private pension bills, was
transacted. Adjournment was taken to
Jan. 4, 1899.