Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-16

Ihe treaty of peace with Snain Wa
ratified by the Senate Monday aftnrnon'
| the vote being 81 to 81, only ono r,o1''
than the two-thirds majority reoniroS
Monday was suspension day in the Uonsn
and quite a number of bills were n,s.aS
| some of them of Importance. The co,,.,,H
bill prepared by the House commits
went through by vote of 147 to - Tte
bill differs in several essential foat,,as
from the Senate bill, particularly in ' rbos
| it makes the census bureau entirely inJa
| pendent of any existing department A
bill was passed to extend the anti.con
tract labor laws over the Hawaiian ;sI
| ands, and another bill was passed TO rofnn
forty-four war claims for stores and SIM
plies to the Court of Claims.
In the Senate on Tuesday a bill grant
ing right of way through Indian Terri.
tory to the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gnlf
| Railroad Company was passed. Mr.
Spooner of Wisconsin presented the cro,
dentials of Senator-clect Quarlcs N,
| Tilman of South Carolina, in accordono,
with notice given, addressed the Scnato
| on the McEnery resolution. Tuesday
| was the first of two days set aside for tba
| consideration of public building bills The
committee had reported seventyciybt
bills for buildings in thirty-fve States
authorizing in the aggregate an eyppnl..
| ture of $14,OGO,900 Little or no oprnsi.
| ton developed and bills were favoraMv.
acted upon almost as rapidly as thew
could be read. There was, however more
| or less good-natured chatting three shout
the session. AS result forty bills. car.
rying or authorizing appropriations aggrp-
eating $11, 1854 900, had been laid aside
| with favorable recommendations before
adjournment was reached.
In the Senate on Wednesday the In.
dian appropriation bill, which has been
pending for several weeks, was completed
| and passed. The legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill was taken
up, but after twenty-four pages of it had
been disposed of it was laid aside for the
day. A few measures of minor impOr-
tance were passed. The net result of the
work during the two days allotted for
the consideration of public building bills
in the House was the passage of a single
bill providing for the erection of a build
ing at Newport News, Va, at cost of
$50, 600. SiXty-five bills in all, carrying
or authorizing the expenditure of about
$50, 100000, were favorably considered in
committee of the whole when the com.
mittee rose, but because seventeen other
bills reported had not been acted upon
in committee all efforts to advance the
bills favorably acted upon in committee
were blocked. Mr.. Corliss Rep.) Of
Michigan called up the Senate bill to-
amend the law requiring ballots for men,
bers of Congress to be written or print
ed, so as to permit the use of machines
where authorized by the laws Of the
State. The bill was passed-94 to A.
Chairman Cannon of the Appropriations
Committee of the House, in the course of
the general debate on the sundry civil
bill on Thursday, sounded a note of warn
ing against eXtravagant appropriations,
and practically served notice that neither
the ship subsidy bill nor the Nicaragua
canal bill could be passed at this session
The general debate upon the sundry civil
bill was not concluded. Before it was
taken up quite a number of minor bills
were passed by unanimous consent
Throughout its open session the Senate
had under consideration the legislative
executive and judicial appropriation bill
During the entire open session on Fri
day the Senate had under consideration
the legislative, executive and judicial APP
preparation bill. Little progress was made,
the time largely being occupied with de-
bate on minor topics. A bill amending an
act to provide for the reimbursement OF
Governors of States and territories Tor
expenses incurred by them in raising ana
equipping the volunteer army in the war
with Spain was reported by Mr.. warren
(Wyo.) from the Committee on Military
Affairs. The bill went over to be printed
Mr.. Allen (Neb) offered joint resolution
providing for the submission to the Legs
latures of an amendment to the conslilu
ton providing for the election of Unleo
States Senators by direct vote OF the pt0
pie. The resolution was laid on the ID
BILE. A special message from the freSr
dent urging action on the PACING caoe
was received. General debate on the sur
dry civil appropriation bill was concur,
ed in the House. The speakers dur,nS
the day touched a variety of topics, Du,
as a rule the debate lacked spirit anu
interest. Mr.. Dockery of Missouri Hn'
is at the head of the minority of the ~, np
preparations Committee, re-enforceo NJ,
Cannon's figures as to the deficiency Ill NV
revenues; Mr.. De Almond Of NliSS1u,@
Mr.. Gillett of Massachusetts ana o ,Tr
discussed the policy of expansion, anu I ID.
Lentz of Ohio severely criticised tnc N
ministration for exercising clemene'
the case of Gen. Eagan.
After good deal of debate IN Tue .'tive
ate on Saturday, the legislative eAe' uoss.
and judicial appropriation bill was pan "An
ed. A bill to amend an act enttieU Coates
act to reimburse the Governors VI . I'D M
and Territories for expenses lilcu.a' raise
them in aiding the United STATES ~ TN the
and organize and supply ana equ n n the
volunteer army of the United otale9 Dassed
existing war with Spain was ;1n 20 bills
The House passed several o :.nI,nSortance
and other measures of minor Im ipo extra extra
and also a joint resolution to sos At the
payment to laborers and mechan, sor uork
navy yards and naval stations Nv in er
performed during the Spanish va" Il then
cess of eight hours per day. - to The