Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Congress.
Observation-Disclosures

At the day session in the Senate ON
Thursday the pension appropriation bill,
carrying $144,000,000, was passed after
few minutes consideration. The ship
subsidy bill was then taken up, and
Messrs. McLaurin and Morgan, both
Democrats, made speeches upon it. Mr.
McLanrin announced his intention to sup
port the BILL aud Mr.. Morgan opposed
it in vigorous language. At the night
session the debate consisted largely OF
protests by the opposition against night
sessions The House passed the postofiice'
appropriation bill.
In the Senate on Friday an Intellectual
attempt was made to set time for final
vote on the shipping bill. Naval appro-
priation bill considered without action
The House passed 1S4 private pension
bills.
On Saturday the Senate had under
consideration the naval appropriation
bill. Practically the bill was completed
when it was laid aside for the day. all
the committee amendments being adopt
ed; but as the measure was about to be
placed on its passage Mr.. Butler pre-
cipitated a discussion of the armor-plate
question. In order to enable some others
to speak upon the matter the bill was
laid aside until Monday. Eulogies upon
the late Representative Alfred @. Har-
mer of Pennsylvania concluded the SEES
sion. In the House consideration of the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bin developed something of a sensation
when Representative Brown of Ohio
made Il speech strongly condemning
colonial policy and urging that Congress
should at once give assurance to the
Filipinos that the purpose of the United
ST. es was to give them independence
Representatives Miers Qnd) and Dins-
more (Ark) also spoke ON the Philip
pines. The consideration of the diplo-
matte and consular bill went over at =
o'clock, and the rest of the day was given
to eulogies to the late Representatives,
DAILY of New Jersey and Wise of Vir-
ginia.
The Senate on Monday passed the
naval appropriation bill and bill for an
additional judge in the northern district
of Illinois. The shipping bill was then
taken up, and kept before the Senate dur
ing the remainder of the legislative day
The House disagreed with the Senate
substitute for the war tax reduction bill
and requested 4 conference by a vote of
233 to IS. Considered diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill.
On Tuesday the Senate had the agricul-
tural appropriation bill under considera-
ton during the entire session, but the bill
was little more than half completed. De
bate dealt almost entirely with admins
trativc details of Department of Agricul-
ture, many Communications of depart
ment's work being made by Senators on
10th sides Of the chamber. The House
passedfarmy appropriation bill and began
consideration of sundry civil BILL the last
of the big money measures.
The Senate during the greater part of
Wednesday engaged in executive session
and in the counting Of the electoral vote
for the President and Nice-President of
the United States. Late in the afternoon
consideration of the agricultural appro-
priatlon bill was resumed, but little pro-
greSs was made. At night session the
District of Columbia code bill was read
The House devoted the day, excepting am
hour and a half consumed in counting the
electoral vote and promulgating the re-
suit of the presidential election, to the
sundry civil appropriation bill. General
debate upon this measure was completed.
but little actual progress was made with
the bill.