Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
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On Tuesday President Roosevelts mes
sage was read before both houses. The
message recommended the enactment af
laws to drive anarchists from the eoun-
try. favored reciprocity treaties, new
Department of Commerce and indus
tries, an effective law governing trusts
and urged immediate action on building
the Nicaraguan canal. A bill to punish
assassination or attempted ASSASSINATION
Of the President and other high govern
ment officials was introduced III inc
House. as we'll Us a measure extending
Chinese exclusion iaw twenty years
More stringent immigration law was also
proposed 1t was resolved that joint
committee shall decide upon tribute Of
respect to Mckinley.
On Wednesday bill providing for a
Philippine tariff was introduced in the
Senate by Senator Lodge. The measure
provides for the use OF the island gov
eminent of the revenue thus raised. The
isthmian canal commission in its report
TO Congress recommended the Nicaragua
route. the cost of canal being esti-
mated at $1S9S64, 0G2 Senator Hoar of
Massachusetts and Senator Rcrrows Of
Michigan proposed bills covering assas-
sination or attempted assassination OF
the President. A new treaty with Eng
land concerning the Nicaraguan canal
was laid before the Senate.
On Thursday Senator Hoar suggested
establishing an anarchist colony on one
of the islands recently acquired by the
government, where there shall be neither
laws nor rulers and where the peculiar
ideas of the anarchists may be carried
out. Full text of the Hay-Pauncefote
agreement concerning the Nicaraguan
canal was made public by the Senate.
United States alone is TO control the
waterway. A bill was introduced by
Senator Lodge for the construction of an
executive building for the Presidents
use. The presiding officer announced the
following Senators as the committee -
act with the committee from the House
10 consider by what token of respect
Congress may express its deep senslbiity
at the death of the late President Me-
Kinley: Foraker cf Ohio, Allison, iowa;
Fairbanks Indiana; Kean, New Jersey;
-Aldrich, Rhode Island; Nelson,i Mime
sofa; Perkins, California; Jones, Arkan-
souri, and McEnery, Louisiana
On Friday the Senate foreign commit
tee made favorable report on Hay-Paun-
cefote treaty, which insures its rati6ca-
ton. The President sent to the Senate
names of 2.419 nominees for Office.
Speaker Henderson in the House an
nounced the appointment of two impor-
tant committees-ways and means and
appropriations. The committees are;
Ways and means. Payne, New York;
Dalzell, Pennsylvania; Hopkins, Illinois;
Grosvenor, Ohio: Russell. Connecticut;
Steele, Indiana; Tawney, Minnesota; Me
Call, Massachusetts: Long, Kansas; Bah
cock, Wisconsin: Metcalfe, California,
Republicans; Richardson, Tennessee;
Robertson, louisiana; Swanson, Yir-
ginia; Mcclellan, New York; Newlands,
Nevada; Cooper, Texas, Democrats. APP
preparations, Cannon, Illinois; Bingham.
Pennsylvania; Hemenway, Indiana; Bar
ney, Wisconsin; Moody, Massachusetts;
Van Voorhis, Ohio; McCIeary, Mime
sofa; Littauer, New York; Brownlow.
Tennessee; Gardner, Michigan; Burkett.
Nebraska, Republicans; Livingston.
Georgia; McRae. Arkansas; Bell Colo
RADIO; Pierce. Tennessee; Benton, Mis-
souri,, and Taylor. Alabama, Democrats.
Representative Hepburn of Iowa intro
duced his isthmian canal bill, which. by
reason of his being the author OF the bill
passed last year and his probable contin-
uance at the head of the House com
merce committee. is regarded as the
measure which will serve as a basis for
action by the House. 1t differs from the
Hepburn bill passed last year in making
the total appropriation $1S0,000,0O0 in
stead of $140,000,000. Congressman
Crumpacker again introduced his bill to
reduce Southern representation in Con-
gress.
On Monday Senator Tillman defed his
colleague, Senator McLaurin, in Senate
discussion of their troubles, and challeng-
ed him to resign. Their seats may be de-
clared vacant. President Roosevelt sent
several hundred nominations to office to
the Senate, including that of Cornelius
Van Colt, postmaster of New York.
The new subsidy bill was read in the
Senate. Principal items which aroused
antagonism in the last Congress have
been left out. Senator Hoar introduced
a bill to punish as murderers all who par
ticipate in a lynching.
On Tuesday Speaker Henderson an-
nounced the House committees for the
present session of Congress. The Repub-
lican leaders have agreed upon bill
which applies the full Dingley tariff rates
to goods coming from the Philippines.
The islands are treated as foreign conn
try. A bill was introduced into the
House to pay Miss Stones ransom. Presi-
dent nominated G. III. Darling Of Yer
mont for Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy. Senator Morgan introduced a bill
providing for the construction of the
Nicaraguan canal
On Wednesday a stormy discussion in
the executive session of the Senate plac-
ed the Hay-Pauncefote treaty for an
isthmian canal in peril Of an early death.
1t was contended by Senators CubersOn
and Bacon that the treaty gives Great
Britain equal rights with the United
States over such canal The new agree
ment was praised and defended by Sena-
tor Cullom. Congress SHE'D at the prof
fered S10,000000 gift from Carnegie be-
cause it consists Of stock in the steel
trust, and change of the offer to cash or
United States bonds is predicted. The
Democratic Senators in caucus decided
to fight the plans Of Republicans to in
crease party representation upon the
committees.
Affairs in Washington.
Russian artist, Makonsky, is painting
a portrait of the President.
The battleship Missouri will be launch
oil at Npwunrt News Dec 28