Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-19

In the Senate on Monday Mr.. Hos, 4.
Massachusetts made a strong spnooh
against territorial expansion. NJ T pIa.t
of New York replied. The Ncaran .aN
Canal bill was then taken up and Mr. qua Gas
fiery continued his speech in oppostio no u.
it. Messrs. Bacon, Money and CbHts"
engaged in a general discussion of ''. W.
binding power of treaties in general T Sle
House reversed the decision of tho oa aue
mittee Of the whole last Friday, whom th'
appropriation for the support Of the o;r ~s
service commission was stricken ONT "a
the legislative, executive and judicial ~
preparation bill. The House by snoa %p
order decided to proceed with the consS
Grafton or the naval personnel bill rs Soor
as the bill for the codifcation of tho low.
of Alaska was out of the way. AhouS
seventy additional pages of the latter hin
were covered.
Senator Mason of Illinois occupied H.,
attention Of the Senate for nearly an hon,
and half on Tuesday with a speech IN
support Of his resolution declaring tho,
the United States will never attemnt T.,
govern the people Of any country vitbont
their consent. Mr.. Turley was then rnc.
ognized to speak on the Nicaragua canal
bill. He announced himself as an advO.
cate of the canal, but said he was opposed
! to the pending bill. At the conclusion NJ
Mr.. Turkeys speech bill was passed d..
| recting the President to appoint Pavmas.
| ter General Z. Ell. Stanton major cen.
eral and retire him at that grade. The
House devoted it's undivided attention to
the bill for the codifcation of the criminal
laws of Alaska, and when adjournment
was had all but ten pages of the bill had
been disposed of.
In the Senate on Wednesday sharp
debate was preciptatel by Mr. Allen
| (Neb.) by some remarks he made upon
| resolution he had introduced Mr. Hoar
| (Mass.) and Mr.. Gray Del.) were drawn
| into 1t. The resolution stated that any
aggressive action by army or navy on the
| part Of the United States against the
Philippines would be an act of war IN.
warranted on the part of the President
| and the exercise Of constitutional powers
| vested exclusively in Congress. Mr.. For
! aker of Ohio was recognized after short
| debate and proceeded to deliver his set
| speech on the general question of the pow.
| er to extend our territory. At $40 p. N,
! the Senate, on motion of Mr.. Davis, the
| chairman of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee and in charge Of the Treaty Of
| peace, went into executive session. Sen,
! ator Davis reported the peace treaty and
| moved that the treaty and the proceedings
| of the peace commission be made public.
| This motion led to debate. The discussion
| was brid, however, and the motion to re-
| move the injunction of secrecy prevailed
| without division. The House completed
| and passed the bill for the codifcation Of
the criminal laws Of Alaska.
The supporters and opponents of the
| peace treaty in the Senate had their first
contest over that document on Thursday
| in executive session. The debate was
| upon motion by Senator Berry to con-
slider the resolution of ratification in open
| session. The discussion continued from a
| few minutes past l o'clock until about o.
when the Senate adjourned for the day,
without reaching vote. There were no
set speeches in the usual acceptance of
| that phrase. 1t was a running debate IN
which Senators Berry, White, Hale
Hoar, Vest and others In opposition to the
| treaty met Senators Davis Frye, Teller,
| Gray and others in advocacy of it. The
| House passed the diplomatic and consul
| lar appropriation bill without amend
ment. During the general debate two set
| speeches were made against imperialism
| by Messrs. Carmack and Gaines of Ten
| nessee. The diplomatic and consular IS
the sixth Of the regular appropriation bills
to pass the House. The bill as passed
carries 81, 7O5, 533. A bill was passed au-
| thorizing the Little River Railroad Com
pany to construct railroad through the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian reserva-
| tons.
In the Senate on Friday Mr.. McLaurin
| Dem.) Of South Carolina made a strong
appeal in carefully prepared speech
| against policy of expansion by this ma
| ton. Mr.. Sullivan Oem.) of Mississippi
| and Mr.. Pasco Dem.) of Florida ans
| cussed the pending Nicaragua canal DILL
| the former supporting it and the latter op
| posing it. The Indian appropriation Dill
was taken up, but it's consideration was
not concluded before the hour of adjourn
ment. The House entered upon the con-
| sideration of the naval personnel bill. lne
speeches on the bill were filled with glow
ing illusions to the glories of naval VIZ
| tories in the late war. The bill was sup
ported by Messrs. Foss (Rep.) of ILLINOIS,
Dayton (Rep.) of West Virginia Berry
| Dem.) of Kentucky, briggs CDem.) u
| New York and Dinsmore DEM OF Al
kansas, and was opposed by MeSsts
Lowe (Rep) of New York and Simpson
Pop) Of Kansas.
The session of the Senate was brlel III
Saturday, early adjournment beng '"NeD
out of respect to the memory OF Cohsie9o
man Dingley. A resolution asking ina ~.
pendence for the Philippine Islanders ~. ~
troduced by Mr.. Hoar of Massacnl'e',,I1 A.
was put over. The resolution OF W. .ll.np
len for the appointment Of commune n
five Senators to investigate the cohuu en-.
the late war was then laid before the ID.
ate, and Mr.. Allen made speech IL Inv
vocacy of it. The death of MI DiD7 +ba
occupied the entire attention u
House.
Lives with Broken Neck s+ote
Physicians at Columbus, ONO, .otpn
that the bones of Corporal Tracy 5 G .. NOS.