Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-03-28
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The Senate was not in session Safur-
day. In the House members pronounced
eulogies upon the Late Monroe l.. Hay
ward, Senator-elecr from Nebraska, who
died before taking the oath of office. No
other business of Importance was trans
acted.
On Monday the Senate passed the legis-
Iative, executive mad judicial appropria-
ton bin, carrying more than S25, 100000,
and the measure providing for the APP
peintment OF commission to adjudieate
and settle claims of the people of the
United States growing out of the war
with Spain. For a brief time the Porto
Rican government and tariff measure was
under consideration. Mr.. Foraker, in
charge of the bill. submitted some COM
mittee amendments. A few of them were
agreed TO, but the important ones were
left pending. 4 free trade amendment
to the bill was offered by Senator Bey-
eridge. The House refused TO concur in
the Senate amendments to the Porto
Rican tariff bill and conferees were APP
pointed. Rest of the day devoted to
District of Columbia business.
The Senate on Tuesday received ma
jority report from the committee on priv
Scott of West Virginia entitled to his
seat. Listened to extended speech by
Mr.. Morgan on the Porto Rico bill. In
the House Mr.. SuIzer of New York at
tackled the administration in a speech
upon his resolution calling upon the War
Department for information as to what
Notifications Great Britain was erecting
on the Canadian border. The committee
"a 1
Adjutant General Corbin, saying such
information was secret, but that Great
Britain was erecting no works which
threatened American rights. The com
mittee reco amended that the resolution
lie upon the table. and this was done by
a vote of 10 to 81. Consideration of the
Loud bill to restrict the character of pub
lications entitled TO pound rates as sec
ond-class Tnail matter was then taken up.
Mr.. Loud defended it in long speech.
The othe. speakers were II. G. Smith
(Mich.). in favor of the bill. and Messrs.
Little "a k.l, Bell (Colo.), Henry (Miss,),
Stokes Is. c. and Brown (Oho) il oppo-
sition TO it.
In the Senate on "Wednesday MIR Tur-
ner (Waih.) stated he was informed by
the Governor of Alaska that exclusive
concessions for gold mining in the bed of
the seq near Cape Nome, Alaska, had
been granted by the Secretary of War,
and upon that statement he based res
olution of inquiry. Senator Turner said
If such grant had been made it was "a
shame, a reproach and a scandal" The
resolution was agreed to- The additional
urgent deficiency bill was passed Dur
ing the debate in the House upon the
Loud bill relating to second-class ,laiI
matter Mr.. Mcpherson (Rep.. Iowa.
charged that Mr.. Lentz Dem, Ohio was
the attorney of the lobi which is fight
ing the bill. Otherwise the debate was
without incident. Mr.. Loud agreed to
accept amendments t. increase the num-
Der of sample copies which newspapers
can send out at second-class rates from
500 to 1000 and to limit the provision re
Quiring newspapers to separate their mail
to those having in excess of 5000 circu-
lation. The speakers were Messrs. Brom-
well ohio, Griggs (Ga.), Mcpherson
Qowa), Burke (Texasl, Bingham (Pa.),
Heatwole Mimi and Latimer Is. O. in
favor of the bill and Messrs. Moon
(Tenn.), Lentz (Ohio) Yandiver MOI,
Snodgrass (Tenn.l, Cochran MI and
Neville (Neb) against it.
On Thursday the Senate passed a reso-
luton by Mr.. Butler asking the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury for information as
to the bank charters granted since the
passage of the currency bill. and for 9TH
er information concerning the operations
of the new law. Devoted the rest of the
day to debate on the Porto Rico prob
lem. The House by a vote of 14S to 80
recommitted to the committee on post
office the Loud bill relating to second
class mail matter. 1t is not thought the
bin will geappear IN the present session.
The Senate on Friday agreed to send
thu diplomatic and consular bin to con
ference. Passed the Porto Rico 81
000.000 appropriation bill as amended in
conference by a vote of 50 to u. The
House passed the bill, introduced at the
request of northwestern lumbermen. gu
thorizing the Secretary Of War to make
regulations permitting the running of
loose logs, RATS and lumber ON streams
in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Passed AZ
private pension bills Agreed to vote ON
the conference report Of the Porto Ri
can appropriation bill at O'Clock Satur-
day afternoon, March "a