Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-09

airy troops to sixty men each, thus fixing
minimum Of about $4,000 enlisted men,
passed the House on Tuesday by vote
of 16S to 125. Mr.. Burton Rep., o.,
chairman of the River and Harbor Com
mittee, called up the river and harbor bill
The House went through the form of go
ing into committee in order to put the
river and harbor bill under consideration
The committee then rose and the House
at 4:35 p. m. adjourned. During almost
the entire morning hour the Senate had
under discussion the policy of this coun
try to be pursued in the Philippine ISL
ands. Mr.. Berry (Ark.), in a speech upon
the resolution offered by Mr.. Vest, dis
cussed the policy of expansion. An at
tempt by Mr.. Bacon (Ga.) to secure
vote upon his resolution which, in brief
declares that the United States Govern
ment will not make war upon a people
seeking for their freedom, precipitated a
lively debate, which was participated in
by Mr.. Plat Comm and Mr.. Teller
(Colo.). No action on the resolutions was
taken. A bill was passed at the opening
of the Senate session granting extra pay
to the officers and men of the temporary
force of the navy-two months extra pay
to those who served beyond the limits of
the United States and one months pay
to those who served within the United
States.
The House entered upon the considera-
ton of the river and harbor bill on Wed
neSday, and made rapid progress. Fifty
Of the lightweight pages of the bill had
been completed when the House adjourn
ed. The bill appropriates directly about
$12,5OO,0OO and authorizes contracts to
the extent of $1S,00O,O0O additional The
general debate was unusually brief It's
feature was a speech in opposition to the
bill by Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa. Practically
the only amendment adopted was one
| striking out an appropriation Of $3.50, 900
| for a channel from Galveston to Texas
| City, Texas. Mr. Rawlins (Utah) ad-
dressed the Senate upon the Vest anti
| expansion resolution. Mr.. Lindsay Ky)
offered a resolution declaring that terri
| tory not part of the continent of North
| America shall not be admitted into the
| Federal Union as a State or States. Dur
| ing Mr.. Rawlins' speech a message was
received from the House transmitting the
| array reorganization bill. 1t was referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs. At
the conclusion of Mr.. Rawlins' speech the
| Bacon resolution was laid before the Sen
| ate. Mr.. Sullivan CMiss.) then offered his
| own resolution as a substitute for the
Bacon resolution. Senators Teller and
Hoar were the speakers in the executive
session of the Senate. Mr.. Teller made
set speech in support of the treaty, and
Mr.. Hoar replied.
| A notable speech was made in the SEN
ate on Thursday by Mr.. Spooner of Wis
| consin. He took for his text the anti-ex-
| pansion resolution offered by Mr.. Vest.
but did not confne himself closely to that
| proposed declaration of policy. The ex-
| ecutive session of the Senate was merely
continuation of the legal argument
which started with Senator Spooner's
| speech, in the open Senate. The river
and harbor bill, carrying slightly more
| than $2O,OOO,OOO, passed the House by
| vote of 100 to T. A bill was passed to pay
| the heirs of John Smith 81 900 in salts
faction of judgment against Gen. John
| X. Brooke for trcspass and false impris-
| onment while he was lieutenant colonel
of the Third infantry in 1869.
The controversy in the Senate over the
vote upon the various resolutions inter
| pretive Of the peace treaty took an acute
| turn late on Friday. The opposition to a
| vote first came from the friends of the
! treaty, who held to the theory that it
could be ratified without compromise.
| Those who apparently were then willing
that vote should be taken that day. held
an opposite view and absolutely refused
| to agree to time for taking a vote. The
| contest occurred in the executive session.
| The next hour and quarter was spent
| in vain endeavor on the one side to get
| an agreement to a date for a vote upon
| the resolutions and on the other in a more
| Of II off 70 hr;, A.
| to close without allowing anything to he
accomplished in that direction. For more
| than five hours the Senate in open session
| listened to arguments in opposition to ex-
pansion and in opposition to the ratifca-
| ton of the treaty of peace. The speakers
| were Mr.. Money (AIiss.) and Mr.. Daniel
| (Na.). Mr.. Hale Me.) presented the CON
| ference report on the diplomatic and con-
| sular appropriation bill, and it was agreed
| to. Most of the time of the House was
| consumed in filibustering against relief
| bills on the private calendar. The flibus-
| ter was finally successful and the House
| adjourned without taking up the bills.
At the opening of Saturdays session
! Mr.. Allen pop, Neb.) offered resolution
| declaring that the United States, in rati
| flying The treaty of Paris, does not com
nit itself to the doctrine that the islands
| acquired through the war with Spain are
| to be annexed to or become part of the
| United States. Mr.. Chiffon Dem. Tex.)
| addressed the Senate on Mr.. Vests anti
| expansion resolution. Senator Wolcott
| made strong speech in favor of expan.
| sion. The Senate went into executive SEES
| sion without voting on any Of the pending
| resolutions regarding expansion. The
| time of the Senate behind closed doors
| was consumed almost entirely by Mr.
Morgan. After disposing Of q few routine
| matters the House took up the bill max
ing appropriations for the expenses of the
| military academy at West Point for the
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