Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-07-18

enactment of the war revenue law.
It's trainers expected it to produce
$3.50, 900 ,000
Other revenue legislation included
a bill enlarging, in favor of import
ers, the provisions as to disposition
of abandoned imported merchandise
and extending the outage allowance
on distilled spirits in bond from four
to six years.
Minor war legislation included the
following: Allowing a maximum in
crease of 100 army hospitals; pro-
viding for the maintenance of volun-
teers between their enrolment and
mastering in United States service;
adding two assistant adjutant gener-
ais; organizing volunteer army sig
nal corps; organizing volunteer
brigade of engineers; creating two
additional artillery regiments, adding
1910 men; adding fifteen assistant
surgeons to the army permanently
and in emergencies as many contract
surgeons as necessary; creating
United States auxiliary naval force,
not exceeding 1000 enlisted men, and
appropriating 100000 therefor;
organizing a naval hospital corps of
twenty-five pharmacists and as many
hospital stewards and apprentices as
necessary; organizing a naval batta-
lion of the District Of Columbia:
keeping life-saving stations on the
Atlantic and gulf coasts open during
June and July for patrol purposes;
ratifying all temporary appointments
of naval officers on and after April FL;
authorizing assistance to Cubans and
providing them with arms and sup
plies; allowing homestead settlers
who volunteer to count their service
in homestead requirements; resolu-
tions of thanks to Dewey and his
men, the presentation Of a sword to
him and medals to his officers, and
providing for increase in the force of
inspector generals, ordnance and
other army departments.
Other important legislation, aside
from war, included: Prohibiting the
killing of fur seals in the north Paci-
f1c and importation Of sealskins into
this country; prohibiting foreign YES
sells from carrying merchandise d.
rectly or indirectly between United
States ports; an Alaskan homestead
and right of way act, encouraging
railway construction; appropriating
100000 for the relief Of the Yukon
miners suffering from the fierce Win
ter there; creating a non-partlsan
industrial commission to Investigate
immigration, labor, manufactures and
business; appropriating $473,1 to
pay the Behring Sea awards; remov-
ING the disability imposed by section
8 of the fourteenth amendment to
the constitution heretofore incurred.
Bankruptcy Law.
Late in the session general bank
ruptcy law was enacted providing for
voluntary and involuntary bank
ruptcy.
Many important measures were
agitated which never passed. These
included the movement to either
modify Or overthrow the civil service
system, which brought out investiga-
lions, numerous conferences ana
committee sessions and acrimonious
debate on the floor of both houses,
but finally was lost in the war excite
ment The Loud bill to create basis
of second-class mail matter was killed
in the house in March. The person
mel of the navy bill, recognizing
the entire naval service, was reported
to the house, but went over until the
next session. Banking and currency
legislation proposing general reform
in the existing scheme reported from
committee, but never reached consid-
Grafton in the house.
The Teller resolution declaring for
payment of the national bonds in
silver as we'll as gold was passed by
the senate by vote Of At to 81, but
was defeated in he house Statehood
bills for New Mexico, Arizona and
Oklahoma were killed in committee.
An immigration bill requiring ability
to read and write on the part of those
16 years old passed the senate, but
did not reach a vote in the house.
The anti-scalping bill. prohibiting
ticket brokerage, reported in both
houses, went over to the next session.
The free homes amendment to the
Indian appropriation bill. giving over
twenty million acres of public lands
as free homes for settlers, was finally
compromised on two years extern
sion of payment for such lands.