Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-03-07
Congress.

| Wednesday in the Senate was devoted
| - dahate on the Cuban and Philippine
| amendments to the army bill, after Wnlch
| voting began on the minor amendments
| TO the measure. All of them were OTTER
cd by Democratic Senators, and all or
them were voted down by heavy MAORI
| tics Philippine amendment adopted by
vote Of 45 to %. Cuban amendment
| adopted by a vote of 43 to 20. In the
| House the day was spent in consideration
I Of various conference reports. reports
| on fertilization, District of Columbia and
military academy bills, the latter contain
| ing anti-hazing legislation, were agreed
| to- Naval bill was sent back to confer
ence after defeat of motion to concur
| in the Senate's provision for three more
submarine torpedo boats.
In the Senate on Thursday an immense
| amount of business was disposed of, but
1 not a single point raised was sharply
controyerted. The river and harbor bill,
carrying appropriations of more than
S5O,OOO,O0O was passed without a word
/ Of discussion, and the Senate adopted the
/ conference report on the war revenue re-
duction measure without disturbing the
smoothness of the proceedings. Final
/ conference reports were made and agreed
| to on the diplomatic and consular and
| the agricultural appropriation bills and
another conference on the poStofflce bill
was ordered The last hour and half
! of the session was devoted to considera-
ton of the sundry civil appropriation
! bill. In the House conference report on
| the war revenue reduction bill adopted
without division. Final reports on the
| diplomatic and consular and agricultural
appropriation bills were adopted. The
major part of the day was devoted to the
| bill to promote the efficiency of the reve-
nue. cutter service. Although the bill
| is House measure, its friends were very
| persistent, and in the face of many diff
culties hung on to it with bulldog tenacity
and finally forced the bill into such par
| liamentary situation that it will be voted
upon after FIVE minutes debate.
In the Senate during the greater part
| of the session on Friday the sundry civil
| appropriation bill was under considera
ton. An interesting and at times lively
| debate was participated in on q resolu-
| ton to discharge the committee on inter-
state commerce from consideration of the
bill requiring railroad companies to make
! detailed Investigations of all accidents
| involving loss of life on their lines and
to report to the interstate commerce
commission. No action was taken. The
old question as to the reclamation of pub
lie lands in the arid and semi-arid Sec
tons Of the country was brought up, but
the efforts to attach an amendment to
the measure appropriating money for the
| work was defeated. The bills appropri-
ating 100000 for the Buffalo Pan
American exposition, $5,0OO,O0O for the
st. Louis Louisiana purchase exposition
and $25O,00O for the Charleston, S. c.,
interstate and West Indian exposition
| were attached to the bill as riders. By
So to Is the Senate sustained a point of
order against Mr.. Morgan's Nicaragua
canal amendment to the BILL Passed
sundry civil bill at 1:15 a. m. The House
concurred in Cuban and Philippine
amendments to the army appropriation
bill-1o9 to 134. Final conference report
upon the Indian appropriation bill was
adopted and a number of minor bills were
put through the final stages. The con-
ference report on the st. Louis exposition
bill (Which agreed to Sunday closing) was
agreed to and the bill was sent back to
conference. A motion to concur in the
Charleston exposition amendment was
defeated-S4 to 1872. The revenue cutter
service bill was sidetracked early in the
day by vote Of the House.
The chief event of Saturday was the
passage by both houses of what is known
as the omnibus public building BILL 1t
increases the cost of buildings in thirty
two States by 100000. The day was
devoid of exciting incident in either
house. though the galleries were throng-
ed with sightseers. The Senate passed
the deficiency bill. Throughout the dav
the House was in the throes of the clos
ing hours Of the session, with many
measures clamoring for attention, and
with crowded galleries looking down ND.
on the weary legislators. Work began
at y a. M. and proceeded until 5 o'clock
IN the afternoon, when a recess was fax.
en- untll 3:oO p. NJ to permit conference
reports to be framed. Under suspension
OF the rules number of important bills
were passed, including those for a ma
tlonal standardizing bureau for confer
ring bronze medals on the enlisted men
OF the navy and marine corps for dis
tlngulshed heroism, and to amend the
Chlnese exclusion laws and the omnibus
publlc buildings bill. The legislative an
preparation bill was also finally disposed
Oh, and many conferences were advanced.
:, both houses put in a large share of
sunday under the legislative fiction that
1t was still Saturday. The House was
IN session from 2 to 6 in the afternoon.
anu resuming at o'clock it worked on
into the night to dispose of the confer
ence reports which crowded in upon it.
Ihere was big fight over the Senate
| amendment to the sundry civil bill, which
linked together the fate of the st. Louis.
Buffalo and Charleston exposition appro.
prlatlons. The House refused to concur
4he conference report on the deficiency
| appropriation bill was concurred in. fins
dlsposlng of that measure. Conference
agreements We're reached on general def
cheney, postofice and naval appropriation
Diiis, the Senate receding on Holland
submarine boat amendment to the LAST
uailed. Inc Senate passed a bill urged
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