The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-28
WORK OF CONGRESS

,r..tinoton, Feb. 21-A separate bill
sonriating S20,OOO,OoO for the pay
"r an+ TO Spain under the provisions of
n ne treaty of Paris was passed by the
,.o rnder suspension Of the rules.
~ amendment was in order and an at
n secure unanimous consent to
te eur on amendment declaratory of our
Vn NV not permanently to annex the
Glands bland was objected to. Mr.. Wheeler
- kentucky, upon whose point of or
u gar the appropriation went out of the
a orrdrv civil bill, made the only spe2ch
~ omen hostility to the measure, but
N nnr the roll call "a members = 81
Tnpo To 2 Populists and l Silver
Donnhlcan - voted against it. The
otoc of 219 members were cast for it.
n M senate bill to reimburse the gov
lm If states for expenses paid by
ttn Gates in organizing the volunteers
s sIr service in the war with Spain be-
f foro their muster into the service in
~! IS war was also passed with suspen-
~. TIN of the rules. The bill appropriate
s srn s90OOOO for the Pan-American ex-
ms to be held at Buffalo, N. Y,
= 1oO1 was before the house when alb
n =. of a quorum compelled an adj
jOurnment'
The senate.
During almost six hours yesterday
,f+orno0n the postoffice appropriation
I'LL was under discussion in the SEN
otp the time being consumed largely
%T Mr. Butler of North Carolina and
Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota in an
amendment providing that the postal
commission should present it's final re-
nort 70 congress by March 1, 1900.
Failing, after many trials, to obtain
unanimous consent for the insertion of
thp amendment in the bill, Mr.. Butler
nprnitted it to come to vote. 1t was
dpfeated-27 to 10. Agreement was
reached to vote on the bill and the
amendment at 2 o'clock to-day.
At 2 o'clock Mr.. Hawley, chairman
of the military affairs committee,
moved to take up the army reorganiza-
ton bill, unanimous consent having
been refused to take up the measure
without dispIacing the unfinished bust
ness-the anti-scalping bill. Mr.. HaW-
leys motion prevailed-44 to &c, thus
making the army bill the unfinished
business. 1t is agreed that this action
diSposes finally Of the anti-scalping bill
for the present session.
Washington, Feb. %. = Formal dis
cussion of the Hull-Hawley army re-
organization bill was begun in the SEN
ate yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Hawley
and Mr.. Warren, Republicans, sur
ported the measure and Mr.. Mitchell
and Mr.. Cockrell, Democrats, opposed
It, while Mr. Porter, Republican, adj
dressed the senate in favor of some
amendments which he had proposed to
the bill. All the speakers are members
of the committee on military affairs.
DIr. Cockrelrs speech, though brief,
was particularly notable, as he spoke
definitely for the opposition to the
army reorganization bill. He declared
practically, in so many words, that the
Hull-Hawley bill could not become
law at this session. He and those who
stood with him were willing to give the
president all the money and every man
he desired, but they were determined
that no great standing army should
be fastened upon the country without
full and free discussion. The postof-
fee appropriation bill was passed, Mr..
Butler Of North Carolina and Mr.. Pet
tgrew of South Dakota having con-
clu0ed their speeches.
Soon after the senate convened Mr..
Pettigrew presented resolutions of the
legislature Of South Dakota urging the
senator's Of that state to support the
treaty Of peace Commenting upon
the resolutions Mr.. Pettigrew, said that
ne denied the right of the legislature
10 instruct him, although he was al
ways glad to hear from that body.
The House.
The house reached the last page of
The naval bill yesterday and adjourned
WIN point of order pending against
Iie provision fixing the price of armor
plale at S545 per ton. The provision
Ill the bill went out on a point of order
on the ground that it was not limited
10 the armor to be purchased with the
appropriation in the bill whereupon it
was modified to meet this objection,
anu against it the point of order pend
NY an adjournment was raised.
nuch OF the time was occupied in de-
,1atiug the amendment offered by Mr..
o oouu (Rep Md appropriating $780,
wv 10 complete the three buildings au-
.norlzed to be erected at the naval
aeauemy at Annapolis. The naval
CUTnllllttee with the exception of Mr.
cummings, strenuously opposed pro-
tt{Ieulng with the work of rehabilitating
me naval academy until comprehensive
S So mad been decided upon, but the
o oSuse oVerruled the committee and
t ton the amendment. Two impor-
v y+4s provisions in the paragraph pro-
s shmILlg fOr the constructing of new