Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-03-09

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Inc House spent practically tho ona-
time of the seven-hour session IN T'
day passing the public building HIM. uss'
vorably acted upon by the committoo Ia
the whole ten days before. Sixtv-onott .v Vf
IN all were passed, carrying So 40 on AMY
$15O,OOO of which, however Gbe a,n""
appropriated for the New York cns.nu
house), is to be repaid from the proc Y,On
OF the sale of the old building. A ioiu,
resolution was passed to authorize for .o'u'
governments desiring to make exhibits 81
the commercial exposition to ho holI At
Philadelphia in 1899 to bring into +h; az
country foreign laborers under contra. s
to prepare the exhibits. A frenzy Of HIM
passing was on in the Senate. Tho KIM
passed were principally public hni,dns
measures, and at times during tho aug
and night the scenes in the Senate v IS'
remarkable. Bills carrying an agcro,o.s
of 100000 or $10.OO0000 We're nas s"se
and many more that had not been nossa1
by both houses of Congress were nIooea
as amendments on the sundry civil onn.s
priation bill. Finally, at a late bon rr'U "
the evening. an amendment to the supd,u
civil bill was adopted, appropriatpg ns.s
ly $4,0OO,0OO for the preliminary worL ",
the buildings which had been author7o5
The sundry civil bill was passed at 11Is
p. m, having been technically under con,
sideration throughout the day and ovon.
| ing.
The last possibility of an extra session
of Congress disappeared "Wednesday
when the House passed the Senate amv
reorganization bill The bill passed 9Os
to 81. The decks were also cleared Of
many other important matters. The up,.
eral deficiency appropriation bill, carving
| 2l,OS9,OOO, was passed under suspension
OF the rules, without a word of criticism.
The Senate amendments to the river and
harbOr bill were non-concurred in and It
was sent to conference. The conference
reports on the omnibus claims bill, the
naval personnel and many other less i'm.
| pOrtant measures were agreed to- The
Senate bill making Dewey full admiral
was passed. The naval appropriation bill,
which ordinarily consumes the time of the
Senate for several days was passed by
that body after less than five hours Of
debate. One of the first acts of the Sen.
ate when that body convened was the
consideration of the bill carrying $4,000,
600 with which to pay Spain for rein.
quishment of the Philippines in accord
ancc with the treaty of Paris. Mr.. Ali.
son Qowa) reported the measure from the
Committee on Appropriations and asked
for it's immediate consideration. The bill
was laid before the Senate and in half a
minute was passed without a word of de-
bate. The Senate concluded the days
session by pronouncing eulogies upon the
late Representative Dingley.
In the House on Thursday two public
building bills attached by the Senate to
bills for public buildings in other cities
were agreed to, one appropriating $780,
900 for a building at Los Angeles, Cal,
and the other $4,000 for Il building at
New Brighton, Pa. A number Of confer
ence reports on minor bills were adopted
Mr.. Payne rep, n. W, the floor leader
Of the majority, moved the passage under
suspension of the rules, of the bill appro-
priating 100000 for the Pan-American
exposition to be held at Buffalo, n. "
in 1901. The bill was passed. III to H.
Mr.. Southland followed this motion with
a motion to suspend the rules and pass
bill to appropriate $50g,000 for the Chic
centennial exposition to be held at Toledo.
The bill was passed, 100 to 10. Mr.. Mer-
Ger (Rep., Neb.) moved to suspend the
rules and pass the Senate bill appropriate
ing $1,00O,OO0 for new building for the
department of justice in Washington. Al
MIR. Cannon's request an amendment was
adopted limiting the cost of the building
to 100000, and as amended the Dill
was passed. During almost the entire
session the Senate was engaged in routine
business. Three score or more of MINOR
bills were passed, the calendar DeinS
cleared entirely of private pension DIS
and Of measures correcting military anu
naval records. Two measures of national
Importance were passcd-the fortlhcanonS
appropriation bill and the bill providing
code of criminal laws for the district u
Alaska.
Friday was the last day of the congress
sional session. Sessions in both houSe'
were prolonged through Friday nlgn"
During the day the army bill brought Ger
ator Foraker to the front with his amenu'
ment to prohibit the granting OF lI :ni
chises In Cuba and led to debate par1u.
pated in by half the Senators on the no %.
The overwhelming vote by when NV
amendment was passed after the proI"a
ion for the withdrawal of the troops naS
been stricken out indicated decided op'u
ion that will have weight in the laDors u
the colonial board. The bill was pa's LII
as amended. The river and harDol ID,
from conference led to flibusterlns' nsa .o.
ed by Senator Carter, to secure an app pnd
priation for irrigating the ard WeS ,rh ar
threatened the passage of the Dill l ldrv
was considerable debate on the sun Iii
civil bill, which was finally passed; ~ q Of
providing for Government exhiol nd
and to encourage the Ohio centennIa hnId
northwest territory exposition to DC s5 I
at Toledo, Ohio, and appropratl,n!g;, y, T wore
600, was passed. The following D Mn+ional
passed: To incorporate the no. 1;ng the
White Cross of America, amehu ll;sst;lId
internal revenue laws relating 70 oSI ofs
spirits, authorizing the construc',tD sbet
bridge over the Tennessee river We. s a.
field, Ala; authorizing the W aSn,n Ct
and Gettysburg Railroad Coi naad into
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