Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-11-17

sion Of Congress to secure action hy tbo
Senate upon Il bill which passed the Honxo
without dissenting vote last summer /.
provides for the amendment Of the EIGHT
hour law so as to include all c0ntr9ctors
doing work for the Government and al
employees manufacturing material used by
the Government. If this bill should %
into effect it would be q long Strn toward
general eight-hour working day. Il
would require the Carnegics. for example
the Bethlehem iron works, the manuf3c
turers who furnish clothing for the army
and navy, the powder mills. the gun fac
tories, the packing houses which furnish
the beef and pork, the bakeries which
make the bareback. the factories which
produce the shoes for the soldiers and the
sailors. the men who build wagons for the
Government the miners who furnish coal
for the mcn-of-War and the Government
transports to adopt the eight-hour system.
except in extraordinary emergencies 1t
would pra ctically prohibit the Govern.
ment from buying anything from anybody
whose employees worked more than eight
hours.
Congress on the 18th of March. The Pres.
ident is understood to have given an as
surance of his intention to call one. The
regular session will be only three months
long. including the usual Christmas ylca.
ton. and there will be an unusual amount
of legislation that is considered absolutely
necessary, such as provision for colonial
governments in Porto Rico and the Phil,
ippine Islands and provisional govern.
ment in Cuba, which will doubtless re-
orlire n great deal of time. 1t is also in
tended TO nush the Nicaragua canal bin
through at the regl1lar session. in order
time Canal Company may be saved by
commencing actual work. Inc increase
Of the army and several plans OF rcorgaI-
iZation viii also require considerable at
tention, and they are considered cmcr
gency measures.
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President Mckinley is deyoting nearly
all Of his time to his message. 1t will
cover 50 many new subjects thar if is eN-
nnrtpd 10 he tha most innortant for wears.
The questions growing out of the acduii,
ton of new territory will require many
suggestions from the President as to the
form of government i'll each separate pos
session. The plan for reorganizing the
regular army on the 100000 basis, the
e,7~~astion for. thn incre7 so of the navy
gage the President. The subject OF the
Nicaragua canal and cable between inc
United States and Manila, via HGWaA
are points to be brought before Congress.
The President is likely to go into 4 dis
cuSsion of the race question and point out
the necessity Of Congress taking steps to
guarantee protection to life and the eXef-
else OF suffrage.
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Gentlemen who have arrived from San
Imam renoit that Cen. Brooke is having
some interesting experiences with Porto
Rico politicians and patriots who are anx-
ious to OCCUPY civil positions under the
new Government 1here seems TO De
serious misrepresentation among large
portion OF the population. 1hey nave
somehow or another got the idea tnaI
Uncle Sam is very generous employer
and will pay big wages for light WORK.
and nearly every man III Porto Klco Is Il
candidate for an office. Most OF ten
1A"SAAN >''hh> ~
who come to recommend somebody anu
then come back again the same DAY 10
recommend somebody else for the S'lD'
pace
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Tt is the intention of the Secretary Of
War to discharge all men in the regular
army who enlisted for the war just as
soon as possible after the treaty of peace
is ratified. but that will not occur until
mid-wintcr and perhaps not until spring
We are now under a SUSPENSION Of hoSuL-
ties until the terms are agreed upon, but
the commissioners at Paris must agree
ed States and the Cortes of Spain must
ratifv if before neace is permanently re-
stored and not until then will il be ad-
yisable to dissolve tho army.
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