Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-12-28
, Rhea (Ky), Thayer (Mass.), Levi,


tPa.), Joy tMo.), Corliss mich. Stsv.
art IN. j., Barham (Cal.), Haw,o,
tTex.), Mann Qll), Lowering Mass
McAleer PA, Davey La.). Adams.
tGa.), Davis (Fla.), Muller IN. W
Shackelford (Mo).
Rivers and harbors Messrs. Burton
tOhio), Reeves Qll), Dovener Cw
Va, Bishop (Mich.), Acheson tpa
Morris (Minn.), Alexander IN. v
Tongue (Ore.), Lawrence Mass Dsv
idson (Wis), Catchings Miss Lesto,
lGa), Bankhead (Ala), McCulocs
tArk.), Berry (Ky), Sparkman ina
Ball (Tex.).
Foreign affairs Messrs Hit On
Adams pa, Cousins Qowa), W 81
Smith (Mich), Heatwole Mimi. IN
lett CMass.), Gowler IN. j., Land,
tlnd.), Clarke On. H., Brown (Ohio,
Dinsmore (Ark), Clark (MoD. Wi
liams (Miss.), Berry (Ky.). Howar.
(Ga), Burleson (Texas), Scudde.
IN. ".
Military affairs -Messrs. Hull ia
Marsh (lll), Ketchum IN. ", Brown
low (Tenn.), Parker IN. ~. Canro,
Or. ~, Stevens (Minn.), Dick (Obio,
Mondell (Wyo), Esch (WisD. sulzs,
IN. V, Cox (Tenn), Lentz (obiol
Hay (Va.), Jet nl), Sladen (rexas,
Broussard Ua), Pedro Perea IN. NJ
Naval affairs-Messrs BouteI.
tMaine), Foss Qll), Dayton (W Va
Loudenslager On. J), Hawley CTexasl
Butler (Pa), Bull (R ~, Mudd CNd
Watson Qnd.), Metcalf (Cal.), Cum.
mings IN. V, Meyer Qa.), Tat
tGa.), Rixey (va), Kitchin On. Cl
Vandiver MOI. Wheeler (Ky).
Insular affairs Messrs Coone,
(Wis.), Cannon Qll), Hit uI
Payne IN. ", Hepburn Qa.), Loud
tCal). Tawney (Minn), Babcoc,
tWis.), Moody (Mass), Crumpacks
(lndD, Jones (va), Maddox (Gal
Williams Qll), henry (Tex.), Carmac.
Crenn.), Clayton (Ala), siblsy
PENN.
Washington, Dec. l9.--The di.
cuss1on In the senate of the fnan.
clal measure drafted by the :.
publican majority of the committee On
nnance will begin Thursday, Jan. 4. The
day after the holiday recess. This an
nouncement was made in the senau
by Senator Aldrich Or. ID, chair
man OF the finance committee mi
connection with his report of the sen
ate substitute for the financial bn|
passed by the house Senator AldrIA
declared his purpose to press the meas
ure to a passage as soon as possible
Senator Allen (Neb.) took the oath d
office, The bill creating a commissic
OF I'VE to revise and codify the pensior
laws was passed.
Washington, Dec l9.-The hoVy
was in session two hours. al
large number of perfunctory resoll.
tlons for printing, for committes
leave to sit during sessions, etc, nee.
| essary to get committees under way
were adopted anu 'rtions Of
the presidents message u!st. Ibuted n |
accordance with the usual custom
speeches were made by Mr.. Grow, h.
venerable ex-speaker of the house. ID |
detense OF the administration cous
In the Philippines, and by Mr.. Bel
(pop., COLI criticislng the president,
utterances upon the prosperity of The |
country. Scores of members left tq |
thelr homes to spend the HOLIDAYS.
Washington, Dec. 21.-Before a.
9ournment Senator Hoar Introduce
preamble and vigorous resola.
lions setting forth that the clos,
or the war with Spain reduced
the people OF Cuba, Porto Rico and The
philippines to practical dependence o.
the United States, and that its politiel
acton ought to be directed to en.
noDling humanity, enabling a person
coming lawfully under its power 81
influence to live in freedom and honr
under governments in whose admins
uatlon they shall have an equal share
and that thla governments most press
ing and important obligations are.
TO solve the problem of securl1,
equal constitutional rights for our ne
groes and Indians to enable crest
cities to govern themselves in freedom
honor and purity; to make the ballot
DoN as pure as a sacramento vesss
and election returns as perfectly in sc-
cord to law and truth as a judgment Of
the supreme court; to Danish illitepc
ana ignorance, 10 secure to all working
men and women wages enough To-
comfort in life and an old age OF les
ure; to expand over the continent All
the Islands of the sea no faster thar
we can bring into them with equaliG
and selfgovernment peoples and races
who VIII share our ideals and male
them real, TO set peaceful example
freedom to mankind, but never to f0f1
even freedom on unwilling nations d
the point of the bayonet or the canno'
mouth to abstain from interfenl:
With the freedom and just rights
other nations and peoples, remembe''
that tho 4