The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-14
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~ of excitement anu $500 ain ~
dry VI mate. The fact that the treaty
The s 81 no voted upon and that the re-
Fss os hanging in the balance served
slt We senator's on both sides of the
10 ke Spr of a high tension. Mr.. Allen
elaHInInhraska addressed the senate in
o. Nnrnng hour in favor of the rati-
Tue . mu of the treaty but in opposition
Dcasnansion. Mr.. German followed
70 o.. I'm notable speech, in the course or
r witch he took Mr.. Wolcott to task for
VIZ VIZ statements in the latter's speech
SO NV days ago in which Mr. German
Ss,l.;abt reference was made to him.
i detoS the ratification Of the treaty the
AIT in open session, took up a joint
ss snti offered by Mr.. McEnery de-
l l,orne q policy for the Philippines,
"a. Ia an effort was made to adopt it,
@ az the debate occupied SO much time
. gu the resolution went over until to-
day.
Yesterday was suspension day in the
house and quite a number OF bills were
Used no several Of them of importance.
Tbo census bill prepared by the house
oommttee went through by vote Of
tl7 70 AZ. A bill was passed to extend
tho anticOntract labor laws over the
Hawaiian islands, and another bill was
nassed to refer forty-four war claims
FIR stores and supplies to the court Of
noims A bill was passed to create
NATIONAL military park on the site of the
hattie Of Vicksburg: also to grant 25,-
MpD acres Of land in Alabama to the
rtls' industrial school of the state.
Senate resolutions were adopted au-
tborizing cadets from Costa Rica and
rolombia to enter Annapolis.
Washington; Feb. S.-For two hours
NJ more the senate had the resolution
declaratory Of policy of this govern
nent in the Philippines Under consld-
pration. but no vote was reached and
tho resolution went finally to the cal
pndar In accordance with notice
given the previous evening Mr.. Till
man addressed the senate upon the
resolution, making a characteristic and
nirtnreSOue argument. He maintained
that clear. explicit, and direct resoIu-
ton ought to be adopted and not one
that was meaningless and incOnSe-
0uential He predicted that dire re-
suits would follow the ratification OF
the treaty unless the United States
treated the FilipinoS with absolute
frmneSs and gave them salf-govern-
nent Mr.. Lodge followed with a
strong reply to Mr.. Tillman, in which
he expressed strongly and clearly the
conditions az they affected the United
States in the Philippines.
The Indian appropriation bill was
taken up but was not completed when
the senate adjourned.
The House.
Yesterday and to-day We're set aside
for the cCnSiderat ton of public build
irgS bills The committee had report
ed seventy eight bills for buildings i'll
tMrty-hve states, authorizing in the ag-
gregate an expenditure of $14, O6O,900.
Little or no opposition developed anu
bills were favOrably acted upon almost
as rapidly as they could be read. There
was. however, more or less good ma
tured chatting throughout the session.
As result forty bills, carrying or au-
thOrlzng appropriations aggregating
Ml,36+0OO had been laid aside with
favorable recommendations before adj
IOurnmpnt was reached yesterday.
Washington. Feb. 9.-The senate con-
fined itself largely to the transaction OF
routine business. The Indian appro-
priation bill which has been pending
Tor several weeks was completed ana
passed. The executive, legislative and
judicial appropriation bill was taken
up, but after twenty-four pages of 1t
mad been disposed of it was laid aside
for the day. A few measures OF
minor Importance were passed.
The House.
The net result of the work during
the two days allotted for the cOnsidera-
ION Of the public building bills in the
mousse was the passage of a single bill,
Providing for the erection of building
at Newport News. Va, at a cost OF
Mo'OOO Sixty-fve bills in all, carrying
Vt authorizing the expenditure OF about
MsZVOOOO0 were favorably considered
Ill committee of the whole when the
VVulmlttee rose yesterday, but because
seventeen other bills reported had not
Ueen acted upon in committee, fllbus-
lerlng tactics were resorted to and all
tuoftS to advance the bills favorabiy
acted upon in committee were blocked.
nuother day, therefore, will have 10
" allotted to secure action upon them,
auu assurances have already been Cd
famed for another day as soon as the
appropriation bills are out of the way.
~ as"ehty-four bills were favorably act
gu upon by the committee yesterday.
washington, Feb. 10. Chairman
cannon, Of the appropriations commit
oee Oh tie house. in the course of gen
t .,ai ueoate on the sundry civil bill yes
terudY SOundnd q noto of warming