Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-04-13

Friday was to have been private bin
day in the House, but the rules were sus
pended and private bills win be heard
Tuesday. The naval bill was then taken
up. After several hours of wrangling.
during which all sorts of amendments
were offered and voted down and many
speeches were made, the vote was taken
upon the Cannon substitute to reduce the
number of battleships to one and to in
crease the torpedo-boats and torp,do-boat
destroyers to twelve each. 1t was defeat
ed, 1S-124. Mr.. Underwood Dem1 If
Alabama offered an amendment appro-
priatlng 100000 for the establishment
OF government armor plate factory. The
amendment was ruled out on point of
order. An amendment to reduce the price
Of armor plate TO $500 per ton was de.
feated. This completed the bill and ii
was reported to the House and passed.
linen, at q p. m, the House adjourned
until Monday. The Senate spent almost
the entire day in the discussion of the res
olution reported Thursday from the SEN
ate Committee on Foreign Relations for
the acquisition of the West India islands
owned by Denmark and the session was
closed by the practical withdrawal of the
resolution by Senator Lodge, its author.
While there was no attempt to force
consideration for a resolution regarding
the Cuban situation in the House on
Monday, there was oee brief outbreak
III which the MSrlike temper of the gal
leries was manifest. 1t came over a bill!
to authorize the President to erect tenn
porary Notifications in case of emergency
upon land when the written consent of the
owners was obtained. The bill was pass
ed. The remainder of the day was spent
IN the transaction of District of Columbia
business. In the Senate prepared speech
es upon the Cuban situation were deliver
ed by Messrs. Perkins of California, Clay
of Georgia, Mantle of Montana and Raw.
Inns of Utah. The sundry civil appropria.
ton bill was then taken UP.
The whole of Tuesday in the House
was spent on the private calendar, with
the result that several bills were passed.
among them one to pay the heirs of John
Roach, the shipbuilder, $4,000 on a
claim which has been pending a dozen
years, and another to pay o. G. Bosby-
shell, superintendent of the Philadelphia
mint, $4,000 extracted from the gold
vaults by weigh clerk. At : o'clock
the House recessed till s p. m. The even
ing session was devoted to private pension
| bills. In the Senate speeches upon the
Cuban crisis were delivered by Senator
Chandler On. h, Mr.. Turpie QndD. Mr..
Harris (kan.), and Mr.. Kenney Del), all
of whom took strong grounds for vigor-
Gus and instant action by the United
States
The House on Wednesday took up the
consideration of the army reorganization
bill. The request of the President that
action on the Cuban question De delayed
until after receipt of his message the
next Monday was granted Ten minutes
after the Senate convened consideration
of the suIdry civil bill was resumed, and,
with the exception of eight minutes CON
sumed by the executive session, in which
| Senator Davis announced that no mes
sage would be sent in. almost the entire
| session was consumed by the appropria-
ton committee.
Almost no routine business whatever
was transacted by either branch of Con-
gress on Thursday. Congressman and
Senators alike devoted most of their time
and attention to Cuban affairs. Efforts
were made in both houses to decide upon
some plan of action when President Nc
Kinley's message should have been sent
to Congress on the next Monday. The
bill for the reorganization of the army
was under consideration in the House. 1t
was opposed by Mr.. Sulzer IN. W, and
Mr.. LEM (Ohio), the latter making a Sc
we're onslaught upon the administration
on account of its course in Cuban affairs.
The administration was defended by Mr..
GrosyenOr of Ohio.