Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22

ment Of the question in order TO per- |
NIT an opportunity for negotiations |
with Great Britain for the modifica- |
ton of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and
Mr.. Morgan antagonized the PROPOSE
ton. Other questions before the
senate were: The government
pension policy and the bill re-
garding the registry of foreign-built
vessels wrecked on the American coast.
Vest (dem., MOI precipitated the pen
sion discussion. He called attention
to the private pension bills and en-
tered a protest against their passage
without due consideration, as he said
that the senate was falling into the
habit of doing. He called attention 10
the fact that notwithstanding Illinois
had furnished $4,000 more soldiers
than Indiana, the pension roll for In
diana exceeded that of Illinois by ST.
100000. He accounts for this fact on
the ground that Indiana is a pivotal
state politically, saying that it was no.
torious that the commissioner Of PEN
siOns, who was an ex-UniCO soldier,
had granted pensions to almost every
applicant in political districts which
were close
Senator Hale reported the army de-
ficiency bill Among the amendments
are appropriations of 100000 each to
be expended for the army and navy I'M
der the direction of the president. The
signal service gets S350,000. The to-
tai amount carried by the Indian ap-
preparation bill, also reported, is ST.
347 ,264
Washington, Dec. 15.-The house for
the second time during this congress
refused to consider the Lodge immigra-
ton bill. At the last session an at
tempt was made to take it from the
speakers table, but it was defeated by
a large majority. Mr. Danford (rep.
o., chairman of the immigration COM
mittee, thought that the bill would be
stronger after the elections were over,
but when he tried. again to secure
consideration the house declined, by a
vote of 100 to 103, to take it up.
An interesting but brief debate on
the rules was precipitated during the
session by Mr.. Grow (rep., PENN dur
ing which Mr.. De Almond (dem., Mo- }
made speech on the decadence o. me
privilege of debate in the house and
held Mr.. Reed responsible for the tacc
that the house had had no opportunity
to adopt new system of rules this
session. The speaker replied with a
sarcastic speech, in which he said: 1T
so happens that in the house there are
many members and while in theory
every man can occupy all Of the, time
in discourse, in actual practice he has
to occupy it in Subordination to the
rights OF every other member, to the
rights of the body itself, and to the
prosecution of public business. In act
ual practice the house may have no
ticed, however, theS despotism eXer-
cised by the rules; yet were this not as
it is there is no subject in the heavens
above or the earth beneath that would
not be discussed, even in this present
| congress. Now, if the gentleman will
| turn to the annals of congress, away
back in 1916, during the period of lib
erty such as he thinks he desires, he
will find that John Randolph, who GER
| tainly was heard enough to become ia
nous for a century, complaining about
| the despotism of the rules of that pc
Rod, and also complaining that even
| the arch inquisitor himself would have
been satisfied with the wickedness Of
them. So you see human nature is the
same in all time"
| Mr.. Cooper (rep., Wis., introduced 9
| bill for an appropriation of $4,000 tC
| build new postoffice at GAINESVILLE.
| Washington, Dec. 16.-The urgen
deficiency appropriation bill, making
! provision for the army and navy fol
! the next six months, displaced the Mic.
aragua canal bill in the senate, pre-
venting even the taking of vote or
| the question Of postponement until at
| ter the holidays as intended. The de
fciency bill passed, after spirited dis
cussion, turning principally on the
point Of keeping the volunteer soldier!
! in the service. The senate adopted {
resolution calling upon the presiden
for information as TO the status of tht
report Of the Nicaragua commission
! The senate then went into executive
session and adjourned until Monday.
Washington, Dec. 16.-In the hous,
Mr.. Barney (rep., Wis., in charge o
the pension appropriation bill called
up this measure and made a genera
explanatory statement of its provi
sions. Mr.. Allen (dem., Miss of tn,
appropriations committee n reply tx
Mr.. Barney, called attention to the fac
that when he first came to congress
fourteen years ago the pension bill in
variably precipitated bloody shir
discussion. He congratulated thu
country that congress had progressed
since then and that there would be q,
acrimonious discussion on the bill. [
took only twenty minutes to pass thu
measure This is the shortest time OF
record for a general pension bill. The
bill carries S145, 1885, $3.50.
Mr.. Hill (rep., Conn., called UP thu
bill ''to carry into effect the recommen
datlons Of the international American
conference by the incorporation of
international American bank" Mr.
Brosius (dem., Pa opened the debat'
in its favor. The development o
trade between the United States anC
South and Central America, he argued
was greatly handicapped by lack o
adequate facilities for exchange. Thu
| business transacted between this coun
try and those to the south of US aggre
gated more than s3,000,0 100000 since
the recommendation Of the pan Amer