The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-01-29
CONGRESS.
Senate,

CONGRESS.
| Senate.
Joint resolution proviG:ng for the an.
pointment Of commission to make i survey
| Of Of, ship canal from the lower part of Lake
! hy Mr.. Turp.e indD in the Senate on the
! lHth and referred to the committee on COM
! mcrce. Mr.. Hoar offered a resolution rt,t-
! tive 10 the recent ord n Of the pnSt!ua>tvr-
| general reducing the number of letter ear
! rierS in some of the large cities on account
! "I deficiency in The free delivery apprn-
! pflatlon, the resolution providing that The
! committee on poStottfceS and poSiruads
! should Immediately ascertain what amount
! was necessary To preserve the postal free
| delivery service. but no action was taken.
! MI Chandler presented and secured the pas
sag OF resolution directing the committee
! ON interstate commerce. To inquire. whct her
| the fund provided for in rules Is and Il Of
| the Joint traffic association is lawfully in
| existence; TO examine the details Of itS ex-
! peilu1nre. as to whether or not it had been
| expended for lawful purposes. aud whether
| any Illegal or improper uSe Of the funds
| couid be prohibited and punished by law.
| Mr.. TelIer'S resolution that bonds he paid
| IN SILVER as well aS gold was taken up in the
! Senate on the 2Oih by vote Of ii tn -
ana, afler debate. was made unfinished bust
/ ness Mr.. Pcttigrew secured the passage If
! resolution directing the secretary Of the
| interior anu the attorney general IL inform
| the Senate what steps the government had
taken concerning the killing of a woman in
| okiaEoma territory by Seminole Indians and
! the burning of two Seminole Indians in The
! or the postmaster general what action was
| necessary to maintain the excellence Of the
| postal free delivery service was agreed L.
Mr.. Tillman'S resolution cxtcudfrg fhr ail-
| thority of the Interstate AMI foreign com
| mcrcc committee relative 10 the invcSti-a-
! tlon Of the giving by ra'ir 'idS If tranSpu--
! tatlon Tor any other consideration than cash
! was ais" pasSc-i.
! In the Senate on the o1>t the resolution
| Of Mr. Alien asking the secretary # thr in
| terror Tor pan"rS c"nccrnirg The dismissal
| from the pension Office of Mrs VI. =. ErhrrtS
! was referred to the conmimttep on civil
| service and retreuchment. after ,uN~ ryan'c
! vote on the Teller silver resolution ON the
! 21th. The Senate spent most OF the Cay IL
/ executive session.
| In the Senate on the 22d. after y speech
! by Mr.. Stewart in favor Of the Teller silver
! resolution consideration of bills on the pri-
| Eate calendar was begun and Il number were
! passed.
| In the Senate on the 2ith Mr. Walthau
| tNisSD presented the credentials of II. H. :
! Money as senator from Mississippi to sue
cced the late Senator George and the oath
! of office was administered TO Nr- Money!
! who has been sitting as senator under ap-
| pointment from the governor Of Mississippi
| Mr.. NalthaI presented q Joint resolution
adopted by the Legislature of Mississippi
! urging the United States government to in
| terv"ne III the Cuban war on behalf of the
| Insurgents ''peaceably If ii can, forcihly if
! it must" The resolution was referred TO the
rcsnImt"n was W, thaG dd bn tbn rr
! an'. III accordance With notice previously
| gnrh, Mr. Tnrpie QndD addressed the Sen
| ate In support of the resolution. Mr.. Nor
| gan mad" speech in reply.
! The session of the Senate on the @5th was
! charactrriZrd by heated almost acrmoni-
| ous. discussion of the financial question. For
| nIiitI tnIHin'Ia,i"h' ~" Pr'ncilti HpG," ne
! beng made by Mr.. Allison ial: Mr. E"rTy
| '-Anhl. aIu VT. lioaf 'MaSN > IN" TA|th'~'
! tnIoqnS was M times indulge! IN between
! ihe advocates ana the opponents OF the reSo-
! luton. me debate often approaching bitter.
a, tfi LT i"tJ irr 90 me HiSruSSl"h VIZ
! ss',rh h'IlIcI!N ny VT. l'fI'F. lnG an'h"i
s,'.rn,i s t,',, Nj ~ ~. W.
! n HiSS'H,i"n from Mr. iir'F thaj ne I'lr.
| .l L'nri, "I|h' T." ni'' ,hcIl >,rich"n IRON.
Nv ir'"'". III ItNl,"hH' 20 ah inquiry hA
/ NJ. NJ. Sl,'"hItF. Nr N'ct admitted ihAt j"
| :h"uSht me !Ntehl "l '"lhaEr referred I"
! iiiiiil"' ~ l"' i'S,luti"I ni'alI IIr li!t. anu Nh-
llill,tTI '"Ii"S' "l >ilN't: 'HIi adiHINNl"li aH-
| P1lrEtH ENlhS satisfaction 10 the opposition
| OF tEe measure.
House.
| All day long on the l!th the question OF
/ granting bcl!lg"rent rights to the Cuban i'll
sHrSehtS was af2Hru III IN" House, I,Hl, rs
! on the day before. the minority hurled itself
| against sion" wall ON IN" only vote tax
| en- today motion designed - "Verrnie tht
mTtt,i"n "i ft ,re Si''iEyf "'i "!,rr 'm' S,,
fmrther Tclav he Cnhan rrsnIrtion nalsti
| hy tbn Senatc ~ tba Iast sassinr tha I,,
| n;niirans stood SoiiI and ynrod to .u.,.,s,
! ihn .h.ir TIL i.J,t I'm ,,,., ,,.,,,.. .,,...t,
| At + n'rinck Tu5rr thc ;ITrln.,aIncnf mad.
| tadnr ,vbot, , tuoI tns+ MI j., u,aI. a., -
| rn,ti.,n If ryhirE Mr. Vilit,,,y ,p,',
| Niss Vl,a untira tnGav ~ r, ro5,,tri- ~,
! iii v-i+h i,strnrtiorS ~ rn,nr, -, ti,,
| ,,rh,n RESOLUTION ou a ri,l.r '
! ~ - - g ''"''
| 4 sensational ending marked the third day
! OF Cuban debate in the House on the 9'tn.
speaker Reed, IN uhIulli'icd WORDS. stamped
! aS false an assertion lhad" by congressman
! lail"y the moor leader uf the Democrats
| ana turmuli ensured Motto" WAS gwen the
/ daN helnre DN MI NliilaiN ifrht.. MiNS)
/ ION Toni,T ha mad. IA r,,.[,,,'ft tLo mix
! matte and consular apuropriatinu bin ,ho
! ha SiS nf d;>r,ut. with ir.tf tf,,nti,r.. a1 +I,a
! o0.h ,rhar mo rnntin,, ,,..,s ,,rde l,, III.
Hniinv II vas r,,lnJ nrt ,f ,,rir I, Sl,..uk,y
! Rcd Mr. EaiIrv tLrrnunnu sfirfInI tI,r
! UnUsc by = affirTIinis thai he i.d = nri,-ltr m
| drrstguiirg win tho sneaker Iy v-Li,f, ,
/ yurn sHnrII I,r tafnn directly, am tbn n,uti,11
| 10 rrcomnij. This The speaker culphafi. ..,lIy
| denied and tu.s,. two leaders Of fArfr r.
! ,rn..tfyp nartirs in Tho TT,usn vim ,,.lita
! faces and voices shaken hy rmntfor. Set tIrir
! Statements each against tho other wbiIr
| the galleries looked on in brra th!c~S amaze
mFHt and the members were in an uuroar
! The hll was finally passed Mr. Diug}pv
| niadr Il speech relative to wage Reductions
/ in the cotton industry. In which he showed
| that the tariff uut stiur has nothing 10 do
! Win them
| There was a parliamentary struggle in the
/ Uousr on the 2i st over th, bin for tho relief
| of the book publishing company of the
| Methodist EnisconaI church suuth which
was before the IJdpSc the yvceI, before Nv
! shrpwd maucuvprinc its opponents Succeeded
| i'm r,rpyrutinc, action rrryiurs tn tI,,. ,.nr,
! sitI9ratiuu Of this hill th. UnuSt. ras.rI Tho
! Mn fo ,ytcnd the nubIic land laws Of no
! Tnftad states to the territory af Alaska ami
! through the Territory The urgent dpficfciry
/ hill was 10 9Tt@r rho siIypr