Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-05
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

OONUAtA1'cACAON NJ -.
Washington, March Ex-senator
Foraker in charge of the Porto Rican
bill, announced in the senate
that he would press the meas
ure to a vote as soon as pos
sible. Senator Hanna, chairman OF
the republican national committee.
speaking to question of personal
privilege, vigorously denied the inter-
view with republican member of the
house of representatives whose name
was not given, published in Washing
ington newspaper and alleging that
the passage of the Porto Rican tariff
bill would be in pursuance of a deal
by which the committee was to get a
big contribution. Hanna denounced
the statement as a malicious lie. -
The Alaskan civil code bill was
under consideration during the
greater part of the session. An amend
ment was agreed to fixing license
upon almost every kind of trade and
commerce in the district of Alaska
the licenses ranging from $40 to $500
Der annum.
Washington, March 26.-The house
entered upon consideration of the
army appropriation bill but the debate
was without exciting incident being
confined to discussion of army mat
tiers. Mr. Meyer (dem., La.) discussed
the Philippine policy, opposing the re-
tention of the islands.
Washington, March 27.-Little prog
ress was made by the senate with the
Porto Rice tariff and governmental biz.
1t was under discussion for nearly
three hours but the greater part of the
time was consumed in a consideration
of the free coinage amendment offered
by Senator Morgan. The amendment
is still pending. The Alaskan civil
code bill was considered during the
morning hour. The amendment Of
fered by Senator Carter setting aside
the permits hitherto granted by the
secretary of war for mining gold under
tated a lively debate. The conference
report of the pension appropriation bill
was agreed to. Prior to the restoration
of the consideration of the Porto Rican
bill, Senator Foraker, in charge of the
measure, announced that he had con-
Guided not to ask a separation of the
tariff and civil government bill but de-
cided to proceed with the unfinished
business now before the senate.
He then yielded the floor to Senator
Stewart who maintained that we had
nothing to fear either from the people
of the islands. The treaty of Paris he
of the islands. The treaty of Paris he
said, expressly placed the question of
citizenship of the inhabitants of the
islands in congress. Senator Stewart
advocated the enactment of the Spoon
er bill, which confers authority upon
the president to govern the Philippines
until congress shall provide otherwise,
urging that Porto Rico be included in
the measure
Washington, March 27.-In the house
there were some lively debates during
the consideration of the army appro-
priation bill. Little of it was perth
nent to the measure, 1t covered a wide
range of topics, the Porto Rican tariff,
boer war and the Philippines The
charge that the Porto Rican tariff bill
was the result of deal for raising the
republican campaign fund was again
referred to by Mr.. Pierce (dem.
renn.) Mr.. Sulzer (dem., NJ, W
made an appeal for extension of official
sympathy to the beers and Mr.. Lentz
tdem., Ohio) delivered a scathfng de-
nunciation of militsrism and the war
in the Philippines. His attack aroused |
the indignation of Mr. Marsh (rep.,
I'D, who. in bitter exeoriation oil the
Ohio member, declared the Iatter's !
speech disgrace to the American
congress