Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-03-07
LOUD BILL TABLED
HOUSE DIsPOsEs OF 1T BY AN
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.
PARTY LINES ARE BROKEN
On Motion of Mr.. Richardson the
Measure Is Laid ON Table by Vote
of 125 to 1O1-Senate Considers
Some Features of the Alaskan
Railway Bill.

Some Features OF the Alaskan
Railway Bill.
Washington, March 4.-The Loud
bill to correct alleged abuses in second
class mail matter, which last year
passed the house by a majority Of LA
to 1O4, was buried under an over
whelming majority by the house !.
The vote was not taken di-
rectly on the bill, but on motion to
lay it on the table. By a vote of 1872
to 119, the motion was carried. For
ty-seven republicans joined with the
democrats and populists in securing
the result and ten democrats voted
with the majority of the republicans
The refusal of Loud to permit vote
on the amendment at the last minute
was responsible in a measure for the
result, but the strength of the measure
Waned throughout the debate.
When the Loud bill was taken UP
it was read for amendment under the
flve-minute rule, Mr.. Vanderver (dem.,
Mo- offered an amendment to exclude
from the oper alton of the act books
and reprints of books designed for use
by school children and students as
texts for study. Mr. Clark (rep. Ia
in opposing the amendment, said the
country owed the school book pub
fishing companies nothing. They en-
gagged in business and if given this
bonus they would use their profits in
il creasing their lobbies at the state
capitOls After an extended debate
the amendment was voted down, AZ to
u. Mr.. Griggs offered an amend
ment to allow newspapers and period
icals to be transmitted at pound rates
one thousand sample copies. He offered
this as an amendment to the Loud
amendment to permit the transmission
of sample copies to the extent of ten
per cent. of the bone fide circulation OF
publications entitled to second-class
provisions. After some discussion,
the Griggs amendms mt, slightly modi-
fled, was adopted.
Z
vote, Mr.. Richardson (dem., Tenn.
moved to lay the bill ON the table. A
rising vote gave the victory to the OPP
ponents of the measure, 125 to 101, and
On Mr.. LIQUIDS demand, the roll was
called, but the record making the vote
only confirmed the rising vote. By
vote of 1862 to 119, the bill was laid
ON the table. The ammo. ncement was
greeted with a burst Of applause
The following republicans voted with
the democrats and populists to lay the
bill on the table: Baker QMd. } !,
Barney wis }, Barrett (Mass. Beach
CO.,, Bingham pa, Boutelle (Me.),
Broderick (Kan.), Brown (O.),
Brownlow (Tenn.), Brumm (Pa-), Bull
OR. ID, Burleigh (Me.). Capron Or.
u, Codding, (Pa.), Cooper wis. },
Curtis (Kan.), Davenport (Pa.), Da-
wilson (Wis.), Dayton CIV. Va.)
Dingley (Me.), Dovener CIV. Va.).
Gibson (Tenn.), Hopkins (Ill.), How
ell IN. j., Hurley IN. Y.), Kerr
(O) Kirkpatrick (Pa.), Knox (Mass.)
Kulph (Pa }, Linney IN. c., McEwan
IN. J.), Olmstead (Pa.), Pitney IN.
j., Powers Vt.), Pugh (Ky.), Rob
bins (Pa.), Russell Comm, Sauer-
herring (Wis.), Southwi3k IN. Y.)
Stewart IN. j., Sulloway IN. H.)
Urdegraf Qa), Walker (Va), Weaver
co., White IN. CO., Wilbur IN. Y.)
Williams (Pa.)
The following democrats voted
against the motion:
Alien miss. }, Davey Oa.), Og,
den La), Taylor (Ala.), Fleming
(Ga. }, Hinrichsen (Ill.), Howard (Ga.)
Love CMiss), Underwood (Ala.)
Young CIV. Va.).
SENATE.
Washington, March 4.-Durina
almost the entire session the
senate had under consideration the
Alaskan homestead and the railroad
report of the railway bill. One of the
/ features of the discussion was the
speech delivered by Mr.. Vest
| (dem. Mo- in which he ridiculed
the idea of honlesteading any
part of Alaska or the construction
of railways in that district
His motion to eliminate the homestead
feature of the bill by striking out the
first section was defeated, 81 to Is.
Section two of the bill was amended
by the insertion of the declaration
that 'all such rights" (tide lands and
beds of navigable rivers) should con-
tinue to be held by the United States
in trust for the people of any state or
states which may hereafter be created
out of the said district" And it was
further amended by the adoption of
foreign provisions offered by the
committee: "That all charges for
TRANSFORMATION of freight and nassan-