Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-24
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, Dec. 13.-For nearly
three hours today Senator Hanna
of Ohio addressed the senate upon the
pending ship subsidy bill. While he
had spoken heretofore on the floor of
the senate, his effort today really
was his first formal speech to the body
since he became a member of it.
Since coming to the senate Hanna has
devoted much time and labor to the
preparation of the ship subsidy BILL
and as he is regarded by his col
leagues as one of the best informed
public men on the question, his speech
was given unusually close attention
| Senators on both sides of the chamber
remained in their seats throughout the
| delivery of the address. He spoke
without manuscript, his delivery at all
times being forcible and intense.
The debate upon the war revenue
reduction bill was continued in the
house. 1t was dull and featureless.
Those who spoke were Messrs. Gros-
vener of Ohio, Bartholdt of Missouri,
Hill of Connecticut, Boutelle of IIli-
nois, Mcclellan of New York, New
lands of Nevada, Levy of New York
and Underwood of Alabama
Mr.. Barthodt criticised the action of
the ways and means committee, in not
making a deeper cut in the tax on beer
and gave notice he would offer an
amendment to reduce it $3.50 a barrel.
The house adopted resolution for the
holiday recess from Dec. q to Jan. 8.
| Washington, D. c., Dec Ia
Throughout nearly the entire legisla-
tive day the senate was in secret ses-
sion, discussing the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. No business of Importance
was transacted in the brief open ses-
sion, except the adoption of the house
resolution providing for a holiday
recess to extend from Dec Fl to Jan.
3.
Senator Allen of Nebraska proposed
a substitute for the ship subsidy bill
providing for the protection of ag
ricultural staples and American ships
in the foreign trade by authorizing
the payment of bounties on exports of
/ agricultural products of the United
States" The substitute provides for
| a bounty of 10 nents a bushel on
wheat, SO cents barrel on wheat
-four, 10 cents a bushel on rye, so
cents barrel on rye flour, cents a
bushel on corn, cents per GENITAL on
corn, ground cent pound on cot
ton, cents pound on hops, and
cents pound on tobacco. It also
directs the president to arrange for
the abrogation of all treaties in con
travention with the proposed legisla-
ton
In the house determined effort was
made to reduce still further the tax
on beer below the committee rate of
$1.6O barrel, but the Ways and Means
committees overwhelmed the Opposi-
ton. The committee. however. sus-
tanned two signal defeats. In con
nection with the beer tax, Mr.. Payne
offered an amendment in tho language
of the bill passed by the house last
session designed to abolish the use OF
small beer packages; 1-16 and Il bar
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after charges that it's purpose was to
crush out the small brewers. An
other defeat occurred in connection
with the amendment offered by Henry
G. Smith of Michigan The bill
abolished the one cent stamp tax on
express receipts and telegraph mes
sages, but retained the tax on rail
road and steamship freight receipts
Mr.. Smiths amendment restored the
tax on express receipts and altered
the form of the section so as to compel
the company instead of the shipper to
pay the tax. The amendment was
carried
Washington, Dec. Ex-senator
Lodge in charge of the Hay-Paucefote
treaty made another effort In execu-
tive session of the senate to get a day
set for final vote on the treaty and
amendments and, while he did not
succeed, received considerable en-
couragement.
Washington, Dec. 15.-The house to-
day passed the war revenue reduction
bill. The opposition sought to re-
commit the bill but the motion failed,
|131 to 155. Thereupon the bill was
passed without the concurrence of the
minority, who refrained from voting.
The amendments placed in the bill to
tax express receipts was defeated on
an aye-and-nay vote 125 to 1879.
The pension appropriation bill
carrying $145, 145,2 30 was passed.
Mr.. Underwood of Alabama demand
ed separate vote on the Powers in
heritance tax amendment, which spe-
officially exempted the estates of per-
sons who died prior to June 81, 1898.
It was adopted, "a to So.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE senate
gave it's consent to tho fvipo IF q