Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-05-21

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of the administration of affairs in Cuba
by agents of the United States occupied
the attention of the senate during the
greater part of the session. Senator
Bacon (Ga.) spoke at length on his
resolution directing the comml.tee on
relations with Cuba to make investiga-
ton of the conduct of financial affairs
in the island. He said it was due the
people Of this country to know just
how affairs there were being conduct
ed; since the disclosures of the past
few days had been made with respect
to alleged transportation of funds in
the postal service, the obligation upon
congress to make Investigation was
doubly heavy. He urged that the
honor Of the country depended upon its
being able to clear away the fraud and
corruption which it was charged had
been discovered. He insisted that the
government Of the United States had
no authority in Cuba, and demanded
to know how soon it proposed to re-
deem it's pledge and leave the govern
ment of the island to its inhabitants.
The following measures passed.: The
house bill repeating the provision, of
the law allowing merchandise passing
through the United States from any
foreign country to be transported free
of duty so far as the Mexican free zone
was concerned. The resolution calling
upon the secretary of the treasury for
information in regard to the influx OF
Japanese laborers into the country and
whether there had been any violation
of the contract labor law Senator
Chandler, chairman of the COM
mittee on privileges and cleo
tions, called up the resolution
declaring Mr.. Clark of Montana not
entitled to seat in the senate and
asked that it be postponed until Satur-
day in order that the committee may
consider what action shall be taken.
The reqeust was agreed to.
The following bills were passed:
Gran ting a pension of $100 to the widow
of Gen. Lawton; ito facilitate the en-
try of steamships engaged IN coasting
trade between the United States and
Porto Rico and between the United
States and Hawaii. This bill is in
tended to restore the privilege coast
ing vessels enjoyed before the annex
alton of those islands to the United
States. Other bills passed were Pro-
viding that where an unmarried Wo-
man settles on a tract of land and
marlies before making entry her
aghts shall not be forfeited by mar
riage; providing that all honorably
discharged soldiers or marines who
saw service in the civil war, Spanish
war or Philippine war be given pre-
| ferment in civil service appointments,
| age or loss of limbs not being regard
ed as disqualifcations; amending the
| United States statutes in relation to
| taking dispositions, and X private
pension bills. The conference report
on the District of Columbia appropri-
alton bill was agreed to without de-
| bate.
HOUSE.
The house accomplished little be-
| SluG passing GuC SGludCC JILL " 1uCOI-
porate the American National Red
| Cross association. No progress was
made with the Alaskan Code bill
owing to the inability of the two
sides to agree as to the time to be al
| Lowed for the general debate. The
conference report of the District of
! Columbia appropriation bill displaced
| the code bill. After a debate upon the
| proposition to appropriate 100000
| for the municipal hospital at Wash
| ington and over the question of alp
| preparations for sectarian institutions,
! the report was voted down and the
| bill sent back to the conference. The
naval appropriation bill was sent to
conference, Messrs. Floss GID, Day
| ton CIV. Va) and Cummings IN. Y.)
| being appointed conferees.