Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-07

naval nominations for promotion ex-
,ept those of AdmiraIs Sampson and
3cLley.
The house was the scene OF SEN
,ational incident which threw that
body into violent state Of excite
nent. For an hour the storm ragged,
ending abruptly when adjournment
was taken upon motion of Mr.. Payne
1oOr leader of the majority. Mr..
-entz Of Ohio, the democrat who has
created so many sensations during his
service in the house, stirred his party
colleagues to fever pitch by rising to
4 question Of privilege, alleging that
q speech he had turned over to the
public printer under general leave to
print had been withheld from the
record, and had been turned over to
General Grosvenor of Ohio by the
speaker The nature of the speech
was not developed during the events
that followed, but it was learned that
it was an attack upon Senator Hanna
and the methods by which he was
elected to the senate. The speaker
that it had been represent
ed to him that the speech had violated
the privileges Of the house and he la
directed that it be withheld until he
could look it over. Pressure of bust
ness had prevented him from doing
so, however, and only twenty minutes
before, he said, he had directed that
the speech go into the record, beliey-
ing if it contained anything offensive
it could be stricken out by the house
later. Intense excitement followed
Several points Of order were made by
the republicans, but the speaker de-
clined to sidetTack the matter in that
way. Mr.. Richardson, the democratic
leader, offered a resolution declaring
the speaker had no right to withhold
speeches. Against this the question
Of consideration was raised by Mr..
Lacey and by strict party vote the
house decided not to consider it.
Amid still greater excitement and con
fusion, Mr.. Richardson offered an
other resolution condemning the
speakers action and directing that
the speech be delivered forwith" to
the speech be delivered forthwith" tC
raised the question Of consideration
and again by a strict party vote the
house refused TO consider it. At this
point further proceedings were cut off
by adjournment. Earlier in the day
a partial conference report Of the
Indian appropriation bill was agreed
to and the bill sent back to con.
ference. Western members made an
Intellectual effort to accept the senate
amendment appropriating 100000 fol
irrigation experiments in the ella
river in Arizona, but was defeated
So to 81.
Washington, Feb. 27-The senate
passed the army appropriation bill
containing the propositions of the re.
publican majority for a temporary
government in the Philippines and for
the future relations between the
United States and Cuba Many amend
ments we're offered to both PROPOSE.
tons but were voted down. The orig
inal SpoOner amendment was amended
in regard to franchises as proposed
by Senator Hoar. Senator Hoar of.
fered an amendment providing that nc
official of the Philippines vested with
legislative power should exercise i'll
dicial or executive power and vice
versa, ito the end that the govern
ment might be one Of laws, not of
men," 1t was rejected, 26 to 80. At
last the decisive moment arrived and
the vote was taken upon the amended
Spooner resolution which was adopted
40 to q. Not since the enactment of
resolutions that war existed beween
the United States and Spain has there
been such an avalanche of passionate
Oratory as the senate listened to.
Throughout the session the army ap-
preparation bill was under discussion,
the controverted questions being the
SpoOner Philippine amendment and
the Platt Cuban amendment The de-
bate was confined entirely to the dem
Ocratic side Of the chamber, with one
exception. Both amendments were
denounced as vicious, pernicious leg
islation, subversive of the principles
Of government and unparalleled in the
history of legislative enactments
The most notable speech was by Sen
ator Bacon of Georgia. His arraign-
ment of the administration for ''corec-
ing congress into enacting such pro-
visions in the closing hours of the ses-
sion was sensationally fierce. He de-
clared that the only possible object
of such action was that the ''plunder-
ers and vultures" might have an op-
portunity to prey upon the PROSTATE
land Of the Filipinos. Senators Tur-
ner (Wash), Tillman IS. c., Petit
grew Is. d., Hoar (Mass), Teller
(Col), Mallory (Fla), Lindsay (Ky.),
Culberson (Tex), Jones (Ark.), Money
(Miss.). Allen (Neb.) and others, all
denounced the proposed legislation.
The house had a busy day of routine
work agreeing to conference reports
on the fortif1cation, District of Column
bia and military academy bills, the
last named containing anti-hazing leg
islation. The naval appropriation bill
was sent back to conference, after the
defeat of the motion to concur in the
senate's provision for three more sub
marine torpedo boats The Louisiana
purchase exposition bill which has
been in a precarious parliamentary
state, was finally sent to conference
for an adjustment of difference.
Washington, Feb. 2S.-An immense
amount Of business was disposed of IN
the senate and not a single point