Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05

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milch bear unto Enon' Now | expect,
brethren, the preacher went on. If
| you would lock at commentaries YOU
Will find various meanings to this text:
but taking the common sense view of
| it ! will say this: | expect Enon was
sick and the doctor told his seven ms,
great strong fellows, that il was ahso.
lutely necessary that he should have
milk for his nutriment; thereupon the
seven sons went ont to look up the
COWS. The cows had not come up the
night before so the sons could not find
them; but they came across bear and
MIXED her and carried the milk to
| EnOn: and SO brethren it is writ.
seven sons did milk a bear unto
Enon. Senator Pettus then durided
the speech Of Senator Beveridge. say
ing genuine orator is absolutely alb
solved from all rules of logic or com
mon sense.
Washington, March 30 The house
devoted the day to war claims The
Dill to remunerdte the British Gable
company for expenses incurred in re-
pairing the Manila cable, cut bv Adj
mlla Dewey was consigned to 0hliy-
lon as WAS also the bill to refer TO the
court OF claims the claims of citizens
Iof Pennsylvania who suffered losses
during various incursions of rebel
forr"S INTO that state during the civil
n h, /;
Matthias Peterson of Spring Valley.
Wis, $500.
Washington, March 3l.-So far rs
the committee in charge of the meas
ure Is concerned, the Porto Rican bin
was completed. At 4 o'clock Tuesday
the votes Will be taken on the pending
amendments and the bill. Senator
Fairbanks (rep., Ind spoke for the
bllI and Senator Davis (rep.. Mimi. |
presented compilations of tariff statis- |
tlcS III support of remarks he made a |
le" days ago Senator Chandler, |
chairman Of the committee on cleo
tons gave notice he would ask the
senate to proceed with the QUAY case
Wednesday.
Washington, March 81 The house
finished up nard weeks work nv
passing the Notifications and appropri
alton bill. Not a single amendment
was offered and the bill passed as Il
came from the committee. 1t carries
S7O93, 4SS.
Washington, April Advocates
ana opponents of the Porto RIcan tar
III government bill waged vigorous
war IN the senate for more than seven
HourS The galleries were crowded,
ne speeches We're good and the run
hIhg debate unusually bright and live
~ During the speech of Senator
tr"p.. Wis., particularly. the
chamDer seemed to Srinyllate with
SPARKS as he crossed argument1tiye
swords with some of the best dpbatnrs
on IN" democratic side. Senators Bate
tdem., ienn.), Cullom (rop., uID Dp-
pew trep.. \. w., Sp0Ouer (rcp. Wis.,
Perkins rep, CalD and Simon Gep.
Orr) spoke. "Npvcr since the close of
the war of the rebellion, said Senator
SPooner, i'll opening. has either the
president or congress been called upon
10 solve problems equal in difficulty
with those which confront us now
Does the constitution follow the hag?"
he inquired. No, it does not Orr
army entered Cuba during Tho war
with Spain. Our flag is there now.
t'ut is our constitution there? Certain
~ not Can We legislatc for Cuba?
No we cannot Our oldie.s are
there but our constitution Is
not. The only law which follows
the flag is the law OF war. The flag
follows the constitution not che con
the flag In Response To a
question asked by senator Tfllman
tdem., S. e. senator SpoonoY said:
The proposition that the constitution
extends OF its own force over acquired
territory was invented in the interests
OF slavery. Senator SpoOner declared
the pending measure was the most
generous ever proposed for any terri
tory belonging TO the United States,
ana the people of the territory were be-
ing treated thus differently from those
territories because they were in dire
distress. Senator Spooner maintained
that territory acquired by the United
states over which the constitution had |
been extended could not be disposed of ,
by congress and demanded to know
how we could proceed to establish a
stable government under the constitu-
ton in the Philippines, for instance
and then later cede the islands either |
to another nation or to the tilipnos !
themselves
Washington. April , possible re-
duction of war taxes was foreshadowed |
in a resolution adopted by the house
calling upon the secretary Of the treas
nry for information as to the probable |