Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-01-11
CONGRESS-.
Senate.

| SENATE
! In the absence of Vice. President Hobart.
VINO is slightly indispOsed, the Senate was
called to order on the 4th by Senator FRYE
| OF Maine, president pro tenn. Immediately
after the reading Of the journal Maj. Pruden,
| one OF the Presidents secretaries delivered
! TO the Senate the treaty of peace with Spain.
! Cnairman DAVIS then moved executive
session, IN which the treaty was referred to
the committee on foreign relations The
Presldents message accompanying the
! treaty was merely a formal letter of trans
INITIAL. A few minutes afterward the doors
| were reoDened and Mr.. Allison made for
| maj announcement in open session of the
| death of Senator Morrill,
In the continued absence of Vice-President
Hobart on account Of illness, the chair in
! the Senate was again taken by Mr. FRYE
| on the 9TH chairman pro tenn of the Sen
| ate. Mr.. Hoar offered resolution request
! ing the PreSldent so far as not inconsistent
| Senate all instructions given by him to the
! commission negotiating the pending treaty
| with Spain; all correspondence between the
| executive ana the state department with
| Such commission, and all reports made by
! the commission to him and TO the state de-
partment. The Senate bill to ratify the
| agreement with the Indians on the Lower
Brule and Rosebud reservations in South
dakota, and making appropriations to carry
! the same into effect was passed. The Sen
ate bill granting to the state of California 5
per cent OF the net proceeds Of the cash sales
! OF pubic Lands in that state was taken up
! cation and fixing Of salaries of clerks in the
! trst-cIaSs and secOnd-class pOstofices were
passed 1t provides that after July / next
the clerks in first-class offices are to be di-
H11dieedd INTO eight grades, with salaries Of
$14OO $780, $1,000, $11O0, $1,000. $500. s7OO
and 5000, respectively, the number in each
| grade to be one-eighth of the whole, In
! second-class offices the clerks are to be d.
| yided into four classes, with salaries rang
| ing between $1,000 and $500. After debate
| on the Nicaragua canal bill the Senate ad-
| journed
! Mr. FRYE who took tba cboir on tho c+E,
| INST. @s President pro TEN. laid before the
| Senate the resolution offered by Mr.. Hoar
| calling on the President for copies of all in
| Structlons given by him to the commissioners
Tor negotiating the treaty with Spain, and
| 1Or all correspondence between the executive
ana the state department and the commits
SlonerS so far such communications are
not inconsistent with the public interests.
After 4 brief discussion in executive session
MI Hoars resolution was adopted without
a yea aRd nay vote When the doors were
! opened NJ. Caffery addressed the Senate in
| support of Mr.. Vests joint resolution de-
| cIaring THAI, under the constitution of the
! United States, no power is given to acquire
| territory to be held and governed permanent
| ly as colonies. He occupied the floor over
| two hours and half and then announced
that he had said all he desired to say just
now on the subject. The Nicaragua canal
! bill was taken up and Mr.. Morgan explained
| the notifications agreed to by the committee
| to the amendment offered by Mr.. Berry be-
| fore the holiday recess. These notifications
| were ordered to be printed Mr. Morgan say
| Ing lndI VIII IneSe mOulncatlOnS he mad
! been instructed to accept Mr.. Berry'S amend
| ment.
In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Mason of
| Illinois offered 4 resolution declaring thai
as all just powers Of government are de-
| rived from the consent of the governed,
| therefore be is resolved, by the Senate Of
! the United States, that the government of
| the United States of America will not at
! tempt to govern the people Of any other
| country i'll the world without the consent
| of the people themselves, or subject them
| by force to our dominion against their will.
| He asked that the resolution lie on the
| table, announcing his intention of address
! ing the Senate upon it next Tuesday. The
first of the regular appropriation bills to
| be reported the District of Columbia was
| passed. 1t carried trife over 81. 900 900
| and was passed practically without debate
| The House bill granting extra pay to of
! ficers and enlisted men of United States
| volunteers passed without amendment The
| bill grants two months extra pay to troops
| that have served outside of this country
and one months extra pay to those who
| have served only in this country.
House.
Less than one-third of the members of +he
! House were in their seats on the 4th. when
| Speaker Reed raped for order The davis
session was set apart, under special order
and punish crimes and to provide a code of
criminal procedure for the territory of
Alaska 1t came from the committee on
revision of the laws. The code is that IRE
! pared by the special committee appointed
| by the President. whose report was for
Warded to the House by the attorney-gen-
be devoted to general debate. The bill went
over as unfinished business. subject to the
| special order setting apart the next day for
consideration Of matters from the commit
tee on Judiciary and to appropriation bills.
| message from the President was laid
before the House on the 9TH transmitting a
report from the Secretary of Agriculture of
the expenditure at the various experiment
stations under the direction of the agrcu-
tural department. The House. after passing
a few bills reported by the judiciary com
providing criminal code for Alaska Mr.
Bingham reported the legislative execu-
tive and appropriation bill, and gave notice
that he would call it up next day for action
Consideration of the legislative, executive,
and Judicial appropriation bill by the House
on the 9th inst gave opportunity for what
Mr. Brosius called the annual merry-go-
round against the civil service law" A mo-
ton was made by Mr. Evans of Kentucky
TO strike the appropriation for the commits
sion from the bill, and after a two hours
debate in the committee Of the whole the
motion was agreed to 81 to 81 Notice was
given that yea and nay vote would be de-
nandetl in the House when the bill came up
for passage. The bill to give officers and
soldiers in the war with Spain hereafter to
be mustered out, sixty days extra pay in
stead of siXty-day furloughs was passed.
The House was engaged all day on the 7th
in the consideration of the executive ap-
preparation bill, and completed it substai
TALLY reported, except the items for
| the civil service commission, which went
over until Monday. The Philippines also
came in for attention on the discovery of
an item of S12 900 for naval charts of the
islands The item was ruled out on a
point of order by Mr.. Dockery, the chair
man, Mr.. Payne holding that the Philip
pines were still foreign territory and as
such not the proper subject of the legsla-
ton proposed. Mr. NcCIeary sought to
Withdraw from the cal. ndar the banking
and currency bill. Without granting the
quest for the withdrawal of the bill the
House adjourned.
A blow to Northwestern university
football has been administered, accord
ing to authorities at the Evanston school,
by the official announcement Of Manager
Fisher of Wisconsin to the effect that he
has scheduled a Thanksgiving day game
for the coming season with the Uniyer-
- e Nh1A oil hot