Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-05
Congress.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


+, The Senate devoted Saturday to the
| Indian appropriation bill and made only
| fair progress. The chief feature of the
| debate was sharp attack by Mr.. Petit
, grew on the Dawes commission, which he
s. was eXtravagant and was accom-
| Ishing little in the way of results. Am
| nouncement was made by him that he did
not purpose to filibuster against any bill
| The shipping bill was not taken up. The
| House spent the day in consideration of
the naval appropriation bill, completing
1t with the exception of single para
graph.
The Senate made little progress with
| the Indian appropriation bill on Friday
Listened to a speech by Senator DeDew
in favor of the shipping subsidy bill
| Passed number of private pension bills
| The House adopted the conference re-
port on the army reorganization bill and
| seventy-seven private pension bills.
On Saturday the Senate discussed ma
| tiOnal irrigation, the text being aU
| amendment to the Indian appropriation
bill providing for surveys looking to the
construction of an irrigation dam and
| bitches for the watering of the reserva-
| ton of the Pima and Maricopa Indians,
at San Carlos on the ella river, Arizona.
Mr.. Plat of Connecticut led the opposi-
| ton, and was assisted by Mr.. Quarles
Of Wisconsin. Mr.. Stewart, Mr.. Chand-
Ter and Mr. Thurston argued for the ex-
pertinent. The report of the conference
committee on the army reorganization
bill was presented and Mr.. Hawley an
nounced that he would call it up on Mon
day. The House made good progress
with the bill to revise and codify the
postal laws. Only twenty-eight Of the,
221 pages remain to be disposed Of Eff
forts were persstently made to load the
bill up with amendments to effect changes
in the existing postal laws. The pressure
was especially strong in favor of re-
classifying certain classes of postofice.
employees, but Mr., Loud of California
in charge of the bill, fought all of them,
explaining that such amendments were
out of place on Il codiGcatiOn bill, ana
would if adopted, mean it's death in the
Senate. In this way every attempt to,
amend the bill was successfully resisted
The latter part of the session was de-
voted to eulogies upon the life and pub
lie services of the late Senator Gear OF
Iowa.
Towne Of Minnesota made a speech ON
the government of the Philippines I'm
mediately after Mr.. Towne's speech Mr.
Clapp, his successor was sworn in. The
remainder of the day was devoted to con
| sideration of the Indian appropriation
| bill. District of Columbia business Oc-
| cupied the most of the day in the House
Bill to revise and codify postal laws pass
i
claims of Americans aggregating SIS.
100000 against Spain deferred until the
| following Monday. Bill to extend char
ters of national banks twenty years call
ed up, but went over on objection of Mr.
Richardson.
In the Senate on Tuesday Senator Frye.
gave notice he intended to keep shipping.
bill to the front, even as against appro-
pnation bills, not yielding to them with
out vote of Senate. This indicated dispo-
sition on part of Senate leaders to force
to early issue question whether shipping
bill IS going to pass at this session. Mr..
Turner spoke in severe Arrangement of
bill, declaring it to be ''lawless, pratt
cal raid upon the Treasury in interest
of few private benetciaries and commit
eating $270000,000. Committee amend
ments were informally agreed to. In
dian appropriation bill was passed early
in day. The House spent day upon agri-
cultural appropriation bill. Mr.. Corfisss
(Mich) made vicious onslaught upon bu-
reau of animal industry of Agricultural
Department, but his attack raised host
of defenders, and his amendment to re
duce appropriation for bureau was over
whelmingly defeated. All that portion OF
bill relating to reorganization of scien-.
ti6c bureaus of Agricultural Departments
went out on point of order raised by Mr.
MahOn Pa.)
Wednesday the Senate spent in debate
on the shipping bill after an unsucces@-
full attempt to secure ain agreement 70
the conference report on the army re-
organization bill. The House passed
the agricultural appropriation bill.