Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-17
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In the Senate Tuesday was ocer,
by discussion Of committee aman nSupa
restoring canteen provision in or,nn 4utas
ganization bill. Amendment snn,. seN
by Messrs. Sewell, Hawley Money! y' ~,
Garter and opposed by Messrs. GaIn aug
and Hansbrough. The arguments
each side We're along the CUSTOMARY Inv
opponents Of the amendment asssrs
the conteen led to drunkenness imm'
atty and consequent lack of discinIs
while its advocates declared the Nay
exchange promoted discipline and cn,,
order in the army, as well as relp|I
drunkenness to minimum. The Ham,.
by vote of 165 to 1O2 passed BuylsiS
eapportionment bill, which jnera,s'
House membership from 3J7 to 3SG
The Senate on "Wednesday, by a r,,
of "a to 10, concurred in House proyiyn
in army reorganization bill abo.isbns N,
army canteen. Referred House rpaDnos
tionment bill to committee on cpnsr,
The House devoted the day to consider,
ton of river and harbor bill, but m.i
little progress.
The assaults upon the river and HARM,
appropriation bill, which were Begin m
previous day in the House in sDepS
delivered by Representative Corliss Al
Michigan, were continued with viudiciu
emphasis Thursday afternoon. RqmA
sentatives Grosvenor, Hepburn and CpA
hn 1us,1 nj
spoke in opposition. Mr. Hill Of Comes
ticut announced the death Of Represents
tive Frank G. Clarke of New Hampsbr
and at O'Clock the House adjourna
Considerable progress was made by the
Senate with the army reorganization bin /
but the final vote upon the measure seem
ed to be still far off. An appeal va,
presented by Mr.. Teller Of Colorado from
more than 1900 persons in Manila uys
ing the United States government ID
cease it's operations against the Filpnos
The appeal is sensational in its state
ments and so unusual in form that Nh
Hawley Of Connecticut made vigorous
objection to it's publication as a doa
ment.
The Burleigh reapportionment bill will y
probably become a law within ten days
The Senate committee Oh census report
ed the measure favorably without dis
senting vote and the Senate late Friday
afternoon passed the bill as it came from
the House. A House of RepresentaiEs
of 1856 members, twenty-nine more than
there are in the House at present, is th
meaning of the reapportionment measure
Not since the Fiftyfrst Congress has The E
House passed as many private pension
bills at single sitting as it did Friday
In all ITO special pension bills were pass
ed at the session. The most ImpoTtal &
was one to increase the pension Of Gen
Americas Y. Rice from S3G to Sl00 Gen
Rice was wounded several times during
the Civil War and lost leg at \icis
burg. He was formerly Il member
Congress from Ohio and was the authJ
of the arrearages of pension act. lN
Senate had passed 4 bill to increase Oh
pension to $50 and the House raised I'LL
amount to 500. Representative LoA
of California, from the poStofce COM
mittee, reported to the House bill l
vising and codifying the postal laws ~
radical changes in existing laws are PRIV
posed in the bill The Senate bill TeIa
ing to the accounts Of United state
marshals and clerks of the district e0u'
Of Utah was passed.
The Senate devoted Saturday to eaf
gies Of the late Senator Davis Of Mln'
sofa. In the House the river and naEu
bill again occupied nearly all the Sess'l
On Monday the Senate again deVOH
the day to consideration of the army
organization bill, but made no pfosIvS
Messrs. Teller and PettigreW resoreu
filibustering tactics. The House pM
poned District Of Columbia business u
til Monday, Jan. p, and proceeded VIZ
the river and harbor bill. Good pFVsFs
was made, fifty mine of the nlnelF- NV,
pages of the bill being completed n u"
amendments were offered, but all laD'1