Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-02-02

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The debate on the army reorpan;,o..
bill opened in the House on Tuesdor
der an agreement by which the genera a ~
bate is to run fifteen hours, exclnsira ue.
three night sessions. Mr.. Hull and ",
Mcclellan in support of the measure anI
Mr.. Hay of Virginia in opposition div;dna
the honors The other speakers wora
Messrs. Parker (Rep.) of New jersey ons
Brown (Rep.) of Ohio in fave. " n1
Messrs. Cox Dem.) of Tennessee P plu
.(Pop.) Of Colorado and Latham mem 81
Texas against it. At the conclusion ~
routine business in the Senate Mr.. ToaUA
(Rep., Mass.) delivered his annonncsd
speech upon the policy Of expansion. A.
the conclusion Of Mr.. Lodges speech M
Teller (Col) addressed the Senate nnon
question with respect to the constitutional
powers of the Government in the torr;
tories. Mr.. Clay (Ga.), one of the Dem.
ocratic Senators who expects to vote fo,
the ratification of the treaty of peace. tbon
addressed the Senate on the general ones.
ton Of territorial expansion.
Not since the stirring days before tho
declaration Of war last spring has tho
House witnessed such an exhibition of nv.
element and such scenes of unbounded
enthusiasm as occurred on "Wednesday
the Indiana member, and Mr.. Dolliver Of
Iowa, locked horns on the question Of
expansion. The army bill was under de-.
bate. At the night session Mr. Crum.
packer Rep., Ind.)' supported the bill and
advocated annexation. Mr.. Rixey (Dem.,
Va.) opposed the bill. Mr.. Linney Rep.,
N. c. supported the bill. Only brief
time was occupied by the Senate in open
session. Mr.. Hale, chairman of the Com.
mittee on Naval Affairs, reported the
naval personnel bill and gave notice that
at the earliest time possible he would call
it up for consideration. Mr.. Cullom Gll.)
reported the legislative appropriation bill.
Mr.. Chandler On. H.) introduced q bill
temporarily creating the office of admiral
of the navy. It was referred to the Naval
Affairs Committee. A senate bill provid-
ing for the erection Of building in Wash
ington for the department of justice at
cost of $1,OO0,00O was passed
AS the Senate seemingly was about to
conclude consideration of the pension ap-
preparation bill late Thursday afternoon,
Mr.. Butler pop, N. CO. offered his
amendment, announced some time ago,
providing for the pensioning of ex- Con-
federate soldiers. Upon this he took the
floor and delivered a speech, in which he
defended the course of the South in the
civil war. The executive session of the
Senate was consumed in discussion of the
failure of the President so far to send to
the Senate the documents in his posses
sion and on file in the State Department
bearing upon the Paris conference. The
feature of the third day of the debate
upon the bill for the reorganization and
increase of the regular army was an
hours speech by Mr. Grosvcnor of Ohio
The other speakers were Messrs Brom-
we'll (Rep, o., Stewart Rep., n. j.,
Tongue Rep., Ore, in support of the BILL
Messrs. Dinsmore Dem, Ark, Jet
dem, Ill.), McRae Oem., Ark, Simms
(Dem., Tenn.), in opposition to it, and Mr.
Marsh (Rep., HID, in favor of the bill
with certain notifications.
The opposition to the army reorganiza-
ton bill on the Republican side of the
House had become so strong that on Fri
day Chairman Hull, after Mr.. Henderson
Of Iowa, one of the floor leaders of the
majority, had threatened to vote to re-
commit the bill, decided it would be wise,
in order to secure it's passage, to abandon
the idea Of providing directly for a regu-
lar army of 100000 men. Speeches were
made by Congressman Henderson Qowa),
Prince Ollinois), Cousins Qowa), Hull
and Robinson Gnd). This ended the gem
eral debate, and several amendments were
considered. At 5 o'clock the House re-
cessed until 8, the evening session being
devoted to private pension legislation.
Particular interest was manifested in the
Senate in brief speech delivered BY Sen
ator T. G. Platt of New York on the
general subject Of expansion. Under the
arrangement concluded the previous even
ing consideration of the pension approprl-
alton bill was resumed, Mr.. German OF
Maryland submitting some remarks upon
it. Mr.. Perkins of California, in charge
of the measure, replied briefly to Mr.. Cor =.
man. The pension bill was then passed.
The days session closed with euloges or
the late Representative Cooke of Illinois.
The Senate continued the consideration OF
the peace treaty in executive session, the
doors being closed for almost three hours
The House on Saturday continued the
consideration of the army reorganization
bill until 2 o'clock, when the members
paid their tributes to the memory of the
late Representative Simpkins of Massa-
chusetts. Very little progress was made
with the army bill. The time before the
eulogies began was chiefly devoted to a
continuation Of the debate on the advlsa-
bility Of retaining the Philippines, A
spirited debate was precipitated IN the
Senate while the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill was under consIdera-
ton. The Appropriations Committee was
sharply criticised for not providing ade-
quate salaries for some of the consular
officers and secretaries of legations OF ll,IS
Government in foreign countries, ana IHe
parsimony of the nation in this reSPeu'
was denounced as disgrace. The Dill
which appropriates $1,710,533, was many
passed. A bill amending the law relating
to the apportionment and election Oh req
in Congress so as to perliii'