Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-16

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| delivered speech in which he strongly
urged the Senate TO extend its sympathy
to the Beers in their contest with Great
Britain. The adoption of his resolution
of sympathy. he maintained, could not be
considered as an unfriendly act By the
British Government. During most of the
session the Senate had under eonsidera.
| ton the naval appropriation bill Mr..
Chambers amendment TO curtail the in
| crease of the marine corps created some
debate. and finally Y as laid on the table,
| 80 to H. The bill was not completed.
/ On Tuesday the Senate concluded con
| sIderation of the naval appropriation bill,
| with the exception of that section re-
/ lating to armor and armament. This
went over until Wednesday A number
of minor bills were passed. among them
| one to reimburse various collectors of
| internal revenue for internal revenue
stamps charged against them, but not
| accounted for. The derate on the naval
bill was practically confined to the para
| graph relating to the commissioning of
naval cadets. The committees amend
ment striking out the proposition in the
| House bill which sought to commission
| the cadets at the expiration of the four
| years term at the naval academy, abol-
| ishing the preliminary two years at sea.
was carried after a warm debate. The
| Hotse devoted most of the day TO the
| consideration of private bills recon-
| T"udsd from the committee on claims
and ten bills were passed. The most i'm
portant was one to remit the penalties
| imposed by the Government on the Union
| iron works of San Francisco, the build
| ers of tire monitor Monterey, for her fail
ure to make contract speed Resolution
was adopted calling upon the Secretary
| OF the Treasury to inform the House of
the material used IN the manufacture of
| oleomargarine.
Practically the entire session of the
Senate on Wednesday was devoted 10 the
section of the naval appropriation bill
relating to armor and armament. The
debate largely hinged on the proposition
that the Government should erect an ar
NOR plant of its own. Senator Tillman
presented an amendment limiting the
| price to be paid for armor to $500 per
ton, and providing also that the Govern
ment should erect plant of its own. Sen
ators Ttlman, Money and Chandler advo-
| Gated the erection of plant while Mr..
| Hale supported the committee amend
ment providing for plant in the eontin-
gency that armor could not be produced
| for S445 per ton. No action was taken
on the proposition, the bill going over
until Thursday. The House considered
the contested election case of Pearson
versus Crawford from the Ninth North
| Carolina district The report of the ma
| jority was against the sitting men.be q
Democrat, on the general ground that
Mr.. Parsons election was prevented by
fraud, intimidation. bribery aud blood
she'd The minority deny all the allega-
lions of the majority. The debate was
on party lines.
In the Senate on Thursday the case in
vOlving the seat of Mr.. Clark Of Montana
was postponed until Tuesday Mr. Gal
ling2r addressed the Senate at length on
mis- resolution, declaring that ''the pres
ent phenomenal prosperity of the country
| is due to the policy of protection as en-
bodied in the Dingley tariff law" Bill
appropriating 81 100000 for the cree
ton of public building at New Orleans
! was passed Joint resolution concerning
| certain Chippewa Indian reservations in
| Minnesota, the project being to preserve
forests or the reservations as a national
park, was passed. 1t creates q commits
sion to investigate the question whether
| it is practicable and desirable for the
| United States to create a national park
| upon and within the lands known as the
reservations of the Mississippi. Chime
| wa. Leech Lake. Winnebagoshish and
| Cass Lake Indians in Minnesota, the
| said lands comprising an area Of about
| $50, 063 acres, including Leech Whine
| bagoshish, CaSs and numerous smaller
lakes. together with the Mississippi and
other rivers and streams, comprising
| about one-fourth of the entire tract as
water area. Euogies on the late Rep.
| resentative Baird of Louisiana were de
| livered By Senators Gallery. Chandler.
| Berry, Sullivan and McEnery, The
| House by the very narrow margin of two
vot :, unseated Mr.. Crawford of North
| Carolina. a Democrat, and seated in his
| place Mr.. Pearson. The minority reso-
luton declaring the sitting member en-
| titled TO the seat was defeated by one
vote
After an all-day discussion in the Sen
| ate on Friday an agreement was reach
| ed to vote on the armor plate section at
/
a notable speech was delivered by MIR.
! Lodge upon the necessity of building np
the United States navy without delay.
| Mr.. Daniel presented an extended argu-
| ment ia support of the immediate con
| struction 10y the Government of an armor
factory, while Mr. Allison opposed the
| project of Government factory on the
score Of economy. In the House Mr..
Eseh Wis., called up aud had passed the
| bill to amend the law SO as 10 provide for
| the communication of travel and suhsist-
enee allowances Of discharged officers and
| soldiers. He explained the bin proposed
to allow a uniform rate of cents per
mile for officers aud enlisted men, The
House then went into committee OF the
whole TO consider private pension hills
and broke all records, passing 1870
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National Capital Notes.
The Philippines civil bill, il is believed,
viii not become a law al this session.
Late frosts in the South did permanent
damage. but otherwise are reported excel
lent by the Agricultural Department.
President will appoint Gen. Joe Wheeler
to the regular army, retiring him as brig
adler general
The naval Amendments abolishinc some
of the sea service of the cadets was pass
ed by the Senate
John SHrratt's sweetheart is in Wash
inEton. going over the scenes of the Lin
coin assassination.
, House judiciary committee passed reso