Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-02-22
CONGRESS.
Senate.

| ate on the 18th was q quorum of the body
present, a majority Of the members being
| snowhound at their homes. For the first
Tune IN many years no Invocation was pro
| nonnceG at the opening of the session, Meth
er the regular chaplain nor any other min
| lister being able to reach the capitol. The
| agricultural appropriation bill was called
! up. considered and passed with only a few
unimportant amendments, and the House
! Dill removing the jury disabilities Of GER
! tain persons engaged in the Civil war was
| passed
The unanimous consent agreement
| reached by the Senate on the 18th to vote
on the resolution of Mr. McEnery Dem,
La declaring the policy of this government
IN the philippines was not vacated on the
! 18th In accordance with that agreement
/ the vote was taken OF the resolution at
2:30 today, and it was adopted-26 to %.
! An amendment offered by Mr.. Bacon Dem,
Ga.) several days ago was defeated. The
and VicePresident Hobart cast the decid-
ing vote against the proposition. The Me
Emery resolution follows: That by the
ratification of the treaty of peace with
| Spain 1t is not intended to incorporate the
inhabitants of the Philippine islands into
citizenship Of the United States, nor is it
intended to permanently annex said islands
as an integral part of the territory of the
United States, but it is the intention Of the
United States to establish on said islands a
government suitable to the wants and con-
, ditions of the inhabitants of said islands, to
prepare them for local self-government and
in due time to make such disposition of said
islands as will best promote the interests
of the citizens of the United States and the
Inhabitants of said islands,.
In the Senate the 10Th Mr. McEnery
(La.), as q question of personal privilege,
made emphatic denial Of the statement that
his resolution, adopted by the Senate the
day previous, was introduced in the interest
OF the suGar-groWers OF Louisiana. He said
that he had not consulted the planters
about the resolution and that as a matter
of fact they were known to be opposed
a body to the ratification CT the. peace
treaty. bill extending the cordial APP
probation" of Congress to Miss Helen Mill
er Gould for her patriotic services during
the recent war and providing that the Presi-
dent should present to her gold medal was
passed. A bill was passed providing for the
admission to the naval academy as a cadet
of Oscar w. Deignan. one of the Merrimac
heroes. Senators Cullom, SeWell and Teller
were named conferees Oh the Legislative
appropriation DILL
The army reorganization bill was report
ed to the Senate the 10th and Mr.. Haw
ley Conn.,, chairman of the military affairs
committee, gave notice that he would move
to proceed to its consideration at the ear
lieSt possible time. The naval personnel
bill was taken up and read, but no effort
made to proceed further with its consider
alton. Soon after the Senate convened
House joint resolution authorizing the sec
rotary of the navy to pay certain laDorers,
TOrkmen and mechanics at United states
navy Yards and naval stations 90 per cent:
additional for work performed in excess or
eight hours per diem was called up and
adopted Mr.. Hale having gotten the per
sonnet bill before the Senate did not press
and Mr.. Galinger On. H called up the bill
enabling soldiers who served in the Span
ish war who had previously been pensioners
again to obtain their pensions and had It
recOnsidered The proviso of the bill thar
applicants for pensions should file their
claims within a year was stricken out anu
the bill was then passed.
The naval personnel bill, for which the
navy department has been contending for
50 many years, was passed by the Senate
on the 18th. 1t was under discussion for
several hours, but was passed practically IN
the form in which it was reported by the
Senate committee. The remainder of t.
days session was devoted 10 passage Cf
bills on the private pension calendar. SeT-
enty-fOur in number, and to the reading of
the Alaska code bill The agreement under
which the Alaska bill we read provided
that no other business than the formal read
ing should he transacted resolution was
adopted expressing the sympathy of the
Senate with the people of France in the
bereavement that has fallen upon them in
the death of President Faure. Mr.. Fair
banks Und) presented the credentials Of
Indiana to succeed Mr.. Turpie. Among the
pension bills passed was one granting to
John NJ. Palmer. formerly United States
senator from Illinois, a pension of $50 i
month
In the Senate on the 18th the postofice
appropriation bill was taken up. Senator
Cullom (Rep., ILL offered amendment.
increasing the appropriation for transpOrta-
devices from 1925, coo to 100000 He in
timated that the extension of the pneu-
matic-tube service was intended for Chi
cago. The amendment was defea ted. The
bill was amended by extending the frank
ing privilege now fixed by law to the
Hawaiian islands.
House.
The raging blizzard caused practically
suspension Of business at the House on the
18th. Speaker Reed did not appear at the
capitol. but sent word to his lieutenants
that in his opinion it was inadvisable TO
hold a session of the House, and after con
sulting several members Of the majority
Gen. Henderson of Iowa, who had braye1
the storm decided it would be best to ad-
journ Immediately after assembling.
The Nicaragua canal bill was offered in
the House on the 18th as an amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation bill by
Mr.. Hepburn Of Iowa, chairman of the
committee that reported it, and the leaders
on the respective sides are engaged in a
desperate struggle which involves the fate
Of the measure at this session of Congress.
After Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the com
mittee on appropriations, served notice last
week that there was no time for the con
sideration of the canal bill at this session.
the supporters of the measure decided to
force it on the sundry civil bill as a rider
if possible. AS soon as it was offered Mr.
Cannon raised four points of order against
it: first, that it was not germane: second
that it was directly obnoxious to ruIe ~
third. that it violated the rule recurring
that appropriations in general appropria-
ton bills should be authorized by law, and.
fourth that it was not in continuation of
work authorized by law. The debate lasted
two hours and was not concluded. A bill
was passed to grant to the state of Wis
consin certain lands for use as part of
the present military reservation Mr.
Wheeler Dem, KY, in the course of some
remarks in opposition to expansion. served
notice that he proposed to vote against the
$4,000, 900 appropriation to be pafd 10
Spain.
The House on the 10Th settled the fate
of the Nicara qua canal bill in this Congress
by refusing to override the decision of the
chair, occupied by Mr.. Hopkins in commit
tee of the whole. when the chair held that
the canal bill offered amendment by
Mr.. Hepburn was out Of order. The friends
of the Nicaragua bin were very confident
Yesterday and today that they would
triumph. but after four hours of debate
the chair sustained-12T to 100. The
reading Of the sundrycivil bill was then
continued. The appropriation for the deep
waterways commission was increased from
$50. COO to 100000 on motion of the appropri-
ationS committee.
In the House on the 10th the proposition
to include the item Of $50 000, 600, to be paid
Spain for the cessiOn of the Philippines. in
the sundry civil bill shared the same fate
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