The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-02-11
CONGRESS-.
Senate.

con tbH) Hau called up his resolution ana
Mr.. Chandler (N. H. had withdrawn his
motion to refer them 30 the committee on
foreign relations. Mr.. Sullivan Miss had
entered motion to substitute his resolu-
tion for that of Mr.. Bacon, while Mr.. Davis,
chairman of the foreign relations commit.
tee, had announced that he was willing that
a vote should be taken Immediately. AS 1t
was evident, however, that vote on the
resolutions and amendments could not he
taken before o'clock-the hour fixed by
unanimous consent for the Senate to go into
executive session-Mr Bacon asked for
unanimous consent that vote he taken at
1890 next day. To this request Mr.. Car
ter (Mont.) objected, and the whole question
was left suspended.
notable speech was made in the Senate
on the I'd by Mr.. Spooner of Wisconsin.
lie took for his text the anti-eXpanSion reso-
luton offered by Mr.. Vest but did not con-
fine himself closely to that proposed de
claration of policy. He discussed the queS-
ton of expansion in all of its phases and
urged the ratification Of the peace treaty
rs the best means of bringing the burning
question home to the people themselves,
who. he said, could we'll he trusted on their
sober second thought to do that which
would be fair. just and generous toward the
inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago.
The executive session of the Senate was
merely Il continuation of the legal argu-
ment which started with Senator Spooner' S
speech In the open Senate.
For more than five hours on the Sd the
Senate listened to arguments in opposition
to expansion and in opposition to the rati-
hcation of the treaty of peace. The speak
were Mr.. Money Miss and Mr.. Daniel
iEa.D. Mr.. Hale tMe.} presented the con
ference report on the diplomatic and con
sular appropriation bill, and II was agreed
TO. Mr.. Hale, chairman Of the naval af-
fairs committee, favorably reported the fol
lowing joint resolution. and it was adopted
That the secretary Of the navy is hereby
authorized to have erected in the Colon
cemetery, at Havana, Cuba, suitable
granite monument to the memory OF the
sailors and marines who lost their lives by
the explosion Of the United States steam
ship Maine, and the sum of $4,000 Is ap-
propriatcd for this purpose
Another effort was made in the executive
session of the Senate on the 4th to secure
unanimous consent to a vote on the rcSolu-
tion interpretive Of the peace treaty and it
WAS refused by the opponents of the treaty.
The request WAS preferred by Senator Suili-
van Of Mississippi, who expressed 4 deSr"
to have IL vote ou the resolution offered hy
himself. Senator Jones made the objcc-
ton. There also another effort to Sc
cure general consent to an earlier meeting
Monday. but this also was refused, Senator
Jones of Arkansas acting as spokesman for
the opposition.
The 9th was day of excitement and Sc
we're strain in the Senate. The fact that
the treaty was to be voted upon and that
the result was hanging in the balance
served to keep senators on both sides of the
chamber at Il high tension. When the Sen
ate convened at noon more members We're
present than had been in attendance upon
any session of the Senate since it assembled
in December. After season OF debate on
the treaty the Senate went into executive
session and passed il with the following
vote. Iens-Aldrich. Allen, Allison, Baker,
Clay, Cullom, Davis, Deboc, Elkins, Fair
banks. Faulkner, Foraker. Frye, Gnlllnger.
Gear. Cray, Hanna. IIansnrough Harris,
Hawley. Jones tNcv.l, Kcnney, Kyle, Lind
say. Lodge. Mcbride. McEnery, McI.aurin.
Mcmillan. Mantle Mason. Morgan, Nelson,
renroSe. Perkins: rettus; Platt Conn ;,
platt N. -: fritchard, Quay Ross, Sew Sew,
ell, Shoup, Simon, Spooner, Stewart. Sulli-
van. Teller. Thurston Warren. Wellington,
Wolcott-I1 Nays Bacon, Pate Berry,
Cafrery. Chiffon, CockreIl, Daniel, German,
Hale, IIetfcld, Hoar Jones tArk.l, Nal
lory, Martin. Mills. MITCHELL Money, Muir
ply. pasco, Pettigrew, Rawlins, Roach.
Smith. Tillman, Turley, Turner, Nest-2I.
Absent and Paired Cannon and Wilson.
for. with Mr. White. against. and Proctor
and Wetmore, for, with MIR. Turpie against.
After the ratification Of the treaty the Sen
ate in open session took up a joint resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. McEncry. Dem., La.l
declaring policy for the Philippines, and
effort was made 10 adopt it, hnt the de
bate occupied so much time that the reSolu-
ton went over till next day.
For two hours or more on the nth the Sen
ate had the resolution declaratorY OF
q policy for this government i'll the Philip
pines under discussion, hnt no vote was
reached and the resolution went finally 10
the calendar The Indian appropriation blu
was taken up but had not been completed
when the Senate adjourned. Senate hli
granting right Of way through Indian Ter.
ritory to the ChOctaw, oklahoma and Gulf
Railroad company was passed. Mr.. Spoon
er (Wis.) presented the credentials of Sell
ator-elect Quarics.
The House entered upon the consideration
of the river and harbor bill on the 1St.
and made rapid progress. Fifty of the
eighty eight pages of the bill had been con-
peted when the House adjourned. The
bill appropriateS directly about 100000
and authorizes contracts to the extent Of
was unusually brief. Its feature was IA
speech In opposition TO the bill by Mr..
Hepburn of Iowa. who has fought every
river and harhOr hill for the last six years.
He said he knew his opposition would avail
nothing, as the. votes for its passage had
been arranged for by the appropriations in
the bill. He attacked particularly the Mis-
SiSSippi river Improvement. which WAS ably
defended hy Mr. CatchinCs of Mississippi
$4,000 for Il channel from Galveston to
Texas City. TeN., which was opposed by
Mr.. Hawley Of Texas. because the war
department had made no report upon the
feasibility of the project.
The river and harhor bill. carrying slight
ly more than S3o.oo0.ooo. passed the House
on the ID by a vote of 100 to = This is the
largest majority any river and harbor bill
has ever obtained in the House. The bin
attracted little opposition and every eff
failed. Mr.. Hepburn iRep., Iowa. iniectc
some criticism Of tho general policy Of i'm
proving rivers with insignificant commerce
and directed his remarks particularly at
the Improvement of the Muskingum river,
Ohio. That improvement, he said, was ac-
cepted from the state of Ohio as a charita-
100000 had been spent 10y the government.
but the commerce had fallen to almost
nothing. Saturday, February H. was set
apart for paying tribute to the memory of
no jot n Mr n
passed to pay the heirs of John Smith
$1,000 in satisfaction OF Judgment against
Gen. John K. Brooke for trespass and false
imprisonment while he was, lieutenant
colonel of the Third infantry in 1869.
Most of the time of the House during Il
three-ho session on the 81 was consumed
in flihustering against relief bills on the
private calendar. The tillbuSter was finally
successful and the House adjourned with
out taking mp the bills. The conference re-
port on the diplomatic appropriation bill
was adopted.
The military academy appropriation bill
was passed 10y the House on the 4th. It
carries SG01 .S1T, which is considerably less
than estimates. but more than recent ap-
preparation bills of this character. Mr..
Marsh IRep.. Ill.) in charge of the bill,
explained that the increased total was due
to the need OF rauovating the library and
furnishing the new Cullom hail. Then fol
lowed exercises accepting from the state OF
Missouri statues of Benton and Blair,
placed in Statuary hall.
The 9th was suspension day in the House
and quite Il number OF bills We're passed,
some OF them of import ince. The census
bill prepared by the House committee went
through by vote Of ! - to a. The bill
differs in Seyeral essential features from
the Senate bill, particularly in that it makes
the census bureau entirely Independent OF
any existing department. Bill was passed
to extend the anti-contract labor laws over
the Hawaiian islands. and another bill was
passed TO refer forty-four war claims for
stores and supplies to the court of claims.
A bill was passed to aut thorize the widow
of Gen. Hiram Berdan to sue the govern
ment In the court of claims for royalties due
her husband on inventions used by the gov
eminent between 1860 and 1881.
February 9TH and Sth were set aside by
the House for the consideration of public
building bills. The committee had reported
seventy eight bills for buildings in thirty
five states authorizing in the aggregate an
expenditure Of Il 4.O6n 500. Little or no op-
nnsitinn L.l.Lnr-aL ~ tha LII and hilLS Morn