Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-02-06

ton in Argentine, Venezuela and Peru
were increased from $1,000 to $780,;
and of the consuls at La Guayra, Ven
ezuela, from $1,000 to $4,000, and
at Pernambuco, Brazil, from $4,000 to
$500. An allowance for clerks at
consulates was increased from $1,600
to $4,000. The salaries of the three
third secretaries of the embassy at
London, Paris and Berlin were fixed
at $1,000 each The consulate at
Naples was placed in the $4,000 class;
at Collingwood, Canada, in the $1,000
class; and at Niagara Falls in the
81 500 class. The bill as amended
then passed
The bill amending the law of appor-
tionment and election of representa-
tives in congress so as to permit the
use of voting machines was passed.
In the executive session Mr.. Frye
continued his argument for ratiica-
ton of peace treaty with Spain.
Washington, Jan. 28.-The house
spent the day discussing the dull
army reorganization bill.
Washington, Jan. 31.-An effort on
the part of Mr.. Allison (rep., Ia.) in
the senate in favor Of the Indian ap-
preparation bill, precipitated run
ming debate, which occupied all the
time until the senate at 2 o'clock went
into executive session on the peace
treaty. Mr.. Jones (deCn., Ark, lead
ing opponent Of the treaty, opened the
debate. Mr.. Carter (rep., Mont.)
favored standing by the president.
The president sent to the senate the
correspondence bearing upon the
peace treaty and it was read in the
executive session. Much of the mat
ter covered the same ground as al
ready published.
washington, Jan. 31.--The house
put in hard days work on the army
bill, 13 Of the 20 pages being COM
pleted. The committee amendments
giving the president discretionary
power to reduce the size Of infantry
companies and cavalry troops, to 60
men each, were adopted; also series
of amendments to reduce the officers
of the staff to 331 men. A fight was
made to reduce the age limit for Of
ficers to be appointed to the various
staff departments from so to &c. but
it failed. An amendment was, how
ever, adopted to require mental and
moral, as we'll as a physical examina-
ton for such appointees.
Washington, Feb. 1.-Messrs. Gray
(dem., DELI and Money iGem., Miss.)
occupied the entire executive session
of the senate in speeches on the peace
treaty, Mr.. Gray favoring ratification
and Mr.. Money opposing it.
Washington, Feb. 1.-The bill to re-
organize and increase the standing
army to about 100000 men, but giving
the president authority to reduce the
size of infantry companies and cavalry
troops to so men each, thus fixing the
minimum at $4,000 enlisted men.
passed the house by vote of 1853 to
128 Only six republicans voted against
the bill, as follows: Messrs. Barber
(Md), Connolly Gll.), Loud (Cal.),
Johnson Qnd.), McEwan IN. J.) and
Wadsworth IN. ". This republican
detection was almost offset by five
members of the political opposition
who voted in favor of the bill as fol-
lows: Messrs. Berry (Ky.), Mcclellan
IN. ", McAleer (Pa.) and Taylor
(Ala.), democrats, and Skinner (pop.
N. CO.. Among the important amend
ments adopted before the vote was
taken was one to exclude the appoint
cnent of civilians to positions in the
engineering corps; one to abolish
canteens and the sale of liquor in
camps; and one to strike out the
provision for additional pay for COM
mands serving in the West Indies,
Philippines and Alaska. The amend
ment of Mr.. Cummings IN. W to pro-
hibit the use of troops in the several
states to SUPPRESS riots, etc., except
upon the application of the states, was
defeated by a large majority.