Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-04

believed the country would accept his
statement as true.
Washington, May 2S.-The Alaskan
civil government bill was passed by
the house and some odds and ends of
legislation cleaned up.
Washington, May 29.-Speaking to
the committee amendment increasing
from $4,000 to 100000, the APP
preparation for gauging Of streams,
rents and other purposes Senator
Wolcott (Col) made vigorous and
humorous attack upon the geological
survey. He declared the work for
which $S65,000 had been expended was
not worth S65 cents. 1t was not a
scheme to gauge streams, but to gouge
the people. He denounced the whole
scheme as gold brick game" SEN
ator Butler IN CO. made an appeal for
the adoption of the section offering an
amendment to increase the amount
appropriated to a quarter million dol
lars. Senator Buffers amendment was
agreed to 80 to "a. The amendment as
amended was agreed to authorizing
the president to appoint an architect
and landscape architect to aid in
the enlargement of the white house.
An amendment was offered by Sena-
tor Gallinger authorizing the president
to appoint a commission to study and
make full report of the commercial
and industrial conditions Of China and
Japan, appropriating $4,000 for that
purpose. Senator Allison made the
point of order that the amendment
was new legislation and it went over.
A few minutes before adjournment
in the evening the senate added to the
sundry civil appropriation bill an
amendment appropriating $5,000,000
to be held in St. Louis in 1903 on con-
dition that $10,000,0O0 be raised by the
exposition authorities. Senator Bacon
(Ga.) addressed the senate at some
length on the Teller resolution ex-
pressing sympathy for the beers after
WHICH InG 1C0O1uLlOA DIS IGlGIIOu@ u
the committee on foreign relations.
Washington, May 29.-The house
by vote of 107 to 124 refused to ac-
cept the senate amendment to the
naval appropriation bill relating to
armor plate, and adopted a modified
proposition reading as follows: That
the secretary of the navy is hereby
authorized to procure by contract,
armor of the best quality for any or
all vessels above referred to, pro-
vided such contracts can be made at a
price which in his Judgment is rea-
sonable and equable, but in case he is
unable to make contracts for armor
under the above conditions, he is here
by authorized, in his discretion, to
procure a site for and to erect there
on a factory for the manufacture of
armor, and the sum of $4000000 is
hereby appropriated toward the cree
ton of said factory. With regard to
the ocean and lake surveys the house
refused any appropriation for sur
veys by the navy and tied up the con-
ferees with instructions. 1t also re-
fused to concur in the senate amend
ment to abolish a two years sea
cruise for naval cadets. With the
above action the naval bill was sent
back to conference, the conference re-
port of the other items having been
agreed to. The conference report on
the postofice appropriation bill
agreeing on all items except the senate
amendment appropriating $225,000 for
the pneumatic tube service, was
adopted and the house then concur
red in the excepted amendment. The
opponents of the extended service in
the house were reconciled to their
concurrence in this action on the
ground that the $225,000 simply car
ried but the existing contract. The
bill now goes to the president.