Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-27
FORK OF CONGRESS.
|,,cH ACCOMPLISHED IN FIRST
TWO WEEKS.
.,1 legislature Got Down to Its
..;es in Businesslike Manner
elevation Is Given at Once Co
bending legislation.


ire busjness-like manner than this
A. From the opening day no oppor-
piry has been omitted to give need
consideration to pending legislation.
tbo House, where debate is abridg-
and necessarily, the greatest
,ount of effective work has been &C
In,lisled, the passage Of such meas
ps as tie army bill, the Grout oleo-
rooripe bill and the revenue reduc-
n bill-aIl within two weeks OF the
oniuc Of the session-shows what
he accomplished by business adj
nistration. because it must not be
tcotteD that the measures thus rap
dfSnosed of are those that have
On urgently recommended by the
&esident.
n thp Senate. however, things are
sorant There. at the opening, pre-
Hence was given to the merchant ma
. bill. but this gives way to the dis
F.. Ssfon of executive business and ap-
nnriat,on bills. The time of the Sen
has therefore been divided during
! first TWO weeks of the session be-
tepp the two great propositions
own as the shipping bill and the
by.Pauncefote treaty. In the discus
N of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty 1T
easy for ore familiar with legislative
bcedure TO notice the outcropping OF
clustering tactics on the part OF GER
In Senators. At the beginning OF the
s kson 4 vote upon the shipping bill in
Senate was confidently looked for
fore the holidays. But now it is ap-
rent that a vote will not be reached
fore late in January. When the vote
he taken cannot be safely predict
of course. # a vote on the Hay
unccfote treaty can be delayed until
army bib reaches the Senate, then
bate may be protracted upon that
|asure-whjch will have precedence
Rr the shipping bill-until the neces-
for vote upon the appropriation
Is forces a vote upon the army bill.
bnce tie appropriation bills come be-
h the Senate. if it be the desire OF
mbers TO defer a vote upon the ship
L BILL that will be easy of accom-
khment without a showing of hands,.
IA disclosure of motives. The ship
L. bill is one Of the most important
asures now before Congress, and
opposition % it, whatever the OBJ
cannot have any other result than
defer Indefinitely. the rehabilitation
bur Slipping upon the seas-an ac-
lpli>hmcut to which the Republican
ty has been committed over and
II again in State and national con-
ltions. That the pending bill is a
= publican measure, and has the III
Sement Of tie party as such, is not
lbtel The facts speak clearly for
u>clyes. Republicans were in con-
of the Fifty-tifth as they are OF
Fitry-sixtu Congress. The bill now
ding is the only one that has been
FOluced by Republicans, and may
Fetore be accepted as the one that
party leaders intend shall carry
the lar;ys pledges in behalf of our
chant marine.
addition to this, the bill has been
&c heScre the House Committee on
fcaa..t Marine and Fisheries, ana
&C. before lie Senate Committee on
lmerce and it has been as often
oah.y reported from each Of these
M.-totS With the Endorsement OF
iy Republican member. Consider
That he bill has been discussed at
l leGcth at hearings he'd by each
lmtttee. aNd in succeeding years, 1t
De clear that ample opportunity
occurred for all of those advocating
passage, and all of those opposed to
passage, 10 secure at the hands OF
committees the most careful con-
ration ct heir statesemtns. Each
'l,te Las ny Il majority vote rec
A'Adta lie passage of the measure
- respective branch of Congress.
NY UNDER these circumstances, that
10, d bill to which the Republican
= committed, is to at the same
charge lie Republican party with
III neglect in the fulfillment Of its
MN Promises.
'~e ii now pending is not the
sure 10 which the party is commit
o' through which the party expects
e IS promises to revive our mer-
~ marine fulfilled, then to what
>"'e eah The party point as having
'4e iultillment of these prom
A"lieSdy none; because no 9th
'e'1te congress. Clearly the Re
40" party IS either intending to
49, 4ei-es through the pending
.' las no intention whatever of
''.u- rs pledges with respect to
~3> upon the sea. 1t does not
'@"' opposition to the bill has
mere and there. The duty of
- anu lie promise of the Repub-
10y IS Tile earliest possible pass
d, S~eh measure as will most
- anu effectively revive our mer-
no., 80 'ie N the foreign trade.
~, vI> must be impressed. there
-.H We QhliwafinnS which a ma