The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-07-01
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The House on the 10th passed the general
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practically o. reported TO the House from
the committee on appropriations. The re-
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30nrned.
Interest In the Senate already hiss begun
TO nag. On the 21st Mr. White Dem. Cali
the leader Of the opponents Of annexation.
was sEfn as ana ms
the attention from senator's 4 really de;
he M Mitchell e% Wis., opsHea
was y one providing severe penalties for the
m n,sn injury or destruction Of submarine
coast defenses. Senator Hoar In charge Of
the conference report I'm the bankruptcy bill,
~ ssid That that It would hardly be considered By
! report Is privileged. Its considerations de-.
Ponds pen on the VIII Of the majority of the Sem
70 want TO do any business outside Of the
consideration Of Hawaiian resolutions at this
time. Almost Immediately after the Senate
annexation Of Hawaii was laid Before it.
Opponents of the annexation Of Hawaii
ssatn opened the discussion In the Senate
On the ed. Mr.. White resumed hts speech.
gut aIter speaking two hgurs Yielded the
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ihe resolutions for an hour and a half. M.
Wnite has not concluded his speech,
MI; rettlgrew taking up, the argument
opportunity to rest. The conference report
On the Indian appropriation bill was pre-
scented to the Senate, and read. bat no eff
Tort was made to dispose of it.
Discussion in the Senate of the Hawaiian
annexation question was Interrupted on the
20 by Mr.. Rawlins Of Utah with a speech
IN which he criticised vigorously the proyis~
Ion embodied in the conference report on the
edges the right Of Indians to lease mineral
lands on their reservations. He declared
that It was FAR graver matter than the an
Involve the cession to the Indians Of the min
efai rights In territory exceeding $1,000, coo
acres OF land. not Including the territory Of
obtained already leases to much Of these
committee were adopted the government
would lose tens of millions of dollars
II, The conference report on the bankruptcy
Of 4s to ID. Mr. Hale Ofe) reported from
me ths committee on appropriations the general
denclency bill and announced that he would
az an early date call 1t up for consideration
MI. Hale reported from the naval affairs
committee f6n pnasd bill comforting authority upon
1he next year to the naval academy. Mr..
Hale said 1t was particularly designed to En-
able able the President to appoint to the naval
ley, commander Of the Olympia. the dag
ship OF Admiral Dewey's squadron. who died
recently at Kobe, Japan. The bill went
The Senate met on the 18th. at II o'clock,
that quorum was secured and proceedings
began. The conference report upon the sun
ary civn appropriation bill was called up by
MT. Allison. The forestry reservation ules-
ton was discussed for nearly two hours by
MI. Wilson of Washington. Mr. Carter OF
Montana N Mr.: Cannon of Utah: Nj: Mantle
strennously insisted that the amendment of
the Senate providing for an abrogaticn OF
tine order Creating the ssd be
from the secretary Of the interior that the
whole question would be properly and fairly
dealt with to the satisfaction of all persons
interested, In criticism of the conference
committee action upon the Paris exposition
representation. Mr.. Lindsay of Kentucky
said 1t was evident no such public sentiment
existed in this country in favor of the Paris
exposition appropriation as existed at the
time the bill passed. He attacked the con-
ference provision that twelve commissioners:
port presented by NJ s RIlison was On
agreed to. The Hawaiian annexation auerL
ton was laid before the Senate at lao p.
IN: and debate continued until O'Clock.
Discussion by the Senate on the question
Oh HAWAIIAN annexation was begun in open
session on the goth. AT the very opening the
oppogsHts OF annexation quite unexpectedly
scored point by presenting, yea and nay
vote on taking up the resolutions. When
foreign relations. called mp the resolutions
as usual, he announced that without objec-
ton the resolutions would be considered.
| resolutions to be before the Senate. mo-
| ment later Mr.. Frye tMe) demanded the yea
and nay vote on the question of taking up
| made the point Of order that yea and nay
vote conld not be had on dead issue-that
the resolutions were already before the Sem
ate OF course the point was sustained.
The opponents of annexation were decidedly
pleased at preventing a show of strength.
but at 4:3o this afternoon Mr.. White af-
forded the friends Of annexation the oppor-
tunity they had been awaiting He moved
| to adjourn and. like fash. Mr.. Davis de-
manded the yeas and nays. The motion.
and tet the
was defeated declsivel, by A to Is.
After. passing several bills of minor i'm
portance on the 21st the House. in commit
tee of the whole, considered. without dispos-
Claims certain claims of persons for property
taken Dr. destroyed by the Confederate in
vasions into the southern counties Of Penn
bate. in which It was vigorously advocated
and opposed.
bill: incorporating the National Congress
Of Mothers WAS passed by the House ON the
ed: The conference report upon the bill to
ratify the agreement between the Dawes
commission and the Seminole Indians was
adopted: Mr.. Simpson Pop: Kas.l created
something of a diversion by rising to ques-
| ton OF personal privilege and proceeding to
read from report Of Representative Grosve-
nor's speech before the Ohio Republican con.
vention in which the Ohio member was re-
ported as saying. after referring to the op-
position to the Republicans in the House
having voted In the interest of the recon
centrados'' the s5000o,oOe appropriation.
that nine ont Of every ten of those gen
tlemen had voted No upon every subsequent
appropriation bill for the suffering soldiers
Of the Onion"
At the session of the House on the 23d
further agreements upon the sundry civil
bill were reported from the committee on
conference and adopted and further confer
ence upon the remaining points in difference
was requested. large number Of bills Of
minor Importance were passed. and sixty
three pension and relief measures were dis
posed of pursuant to the recommendations
reached last Friday in committee of the
whole