Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-18
Congress.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ZION Jill. TIE StCNAG Oh lue regular Supply
bis. Ii carries S25.1T1 .969. which is
$503.721 in excess Of the current law.
Only two amendments of Importance
were adopted One provides for a com
mission to redistrict the legislative dis
tricts OF Oklahousa. and the other author
ICES the President. in his discretion. to
cover into the civil service the temporary
clerical force EN- aloyed on account If tn"
war with Spain. ! There are about l.290
of these clerks sill in the service. BY
the terms of the amendment the Presi-
dent must place ~ or none OF them under
the civil service The Philippine iariff
bin was taken ub early in the Sena'e.
The session was iotably quiet. Mr.. Fur
ner of Washington delivered carefully
prepared speech ION the general Philip
pine question. and had not concluded
when the bill was lsid aside for the day.
He discussed particularly the legal and
constitutional questions involved in the
government and c9nsrol Of the Philippine
archipelago by The United States After
the adoption Of minor amendments the
pension approximation bill was passed
early in the session.
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The House on Saturday devoted an
hour to the transaction Of minor business
and the remainde( Of the day to eulogies
on the life and public services OF the
late Representative Burke of Texas.
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General debate3 on the oleomaTgarine
bin was closed Monday. The friends of
the bill have decided to offer an amend
ment to make tha 10-cent tax apply to
oleomargarine in Imitation of butter, "of
any shade of yellow" The amendment
is designed to meet tho charge OF the OPP
ponents Of the bill that without this
Amendments tae language Of the bill might
be construed 10 absolutely prohibit the
sale of oleoInargarine. Throughout near
ly the entire SESSION of the Senate the
Philippine tariff bill was under consid-
GRAFTON. Mr. Turner (Washl concluded
his speech begun, the previous Friday
on the legal and constitutional phases of
the Philippine question. He held in the
main that as the Filipinos had establish
ed an independent government in the ISL
ands prior TO the fall of Manila. the
United States under the principles of in
ternational law had no right in the ISL
ands. Mr. Teller (Colo,) took the floor to
deliver q speech OF the pending measure,
but had scarcely introduced his argument
before he requested that he be allowed to
continue his address the next day.
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BY a vote of 155 to LOG. the opponents
of the oleomargarine bill forced adjourn
ment in the House late Tuesday after
noon before the bill! bad been disposed of.
The temporary defeat of the bill was
complete. but not squarey upon its mer-
its. The dairy forces were repeatedly
routed during the day Without compe-
tent leaders the cowboys as the friends
of the bill have been dubbed. were fire.
quently stampeded. The unusual aud
wholly unexpected spectacle was present
ed OF a measure that was supposed I'M
questionably to command the support of
a safe majority, being torn to pieces and
kicked about the chamber. The joint
resolution proposing q constitutional
amendment making the commencement
and termination of Congress and of the
Presidents and Presidents terms Of
office the last Thursday in april Instead
Of the 4th day of March was taken up in
the Senate, and after some opposition by
Mr.. Stewart of Nevada was passed.. The
amendment is to become effective with
the expiration of the Fifty-eightl, Con-
gress in April 1905. 1t is believed she
House will concur in the resolution. Ii
it does President Roosevelt's term Of
office viii be extended nearly two months.
A stirring debate on the general Philip
pine question was precipitatcd in tbs Sen
ate late in the day the principal partici-
pants being Mr.. Platt Of Connecticnt and
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts.
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The House of Representatives on Wed
nesday passed the oleo bill The t,st OF
strength of the contending forces came on
the motion Of Mr. Wadsworth of. New
York to refer the bill back to the com
mittee on agriculture, with INSTRUCTIONS
TO report the substitute or minority meas
IRE. This motion was defeated by j ma
iority of forty -four, the vote being iG2 TO
11S. War claims occupied the attention
of the House after the passage ct the
oleomargarine bill. and the day was made
notable for the passage of the first bill
for the payment Of claims of Gnited
States citizens arising cut Of the Spanish
war 1t carried something over $4,000
for the payment Of 202 laims for proper
ty taken within the nited States for
the use of the army. AN omnibus blli
carrying claims aggreH eating ST. lf,JJ-
for stores and supplies Iaken from ;oyal |
citizens during the Civil War also was |
passed. These claims wcre allowcG an
der the provisions of the Bowman act, |
and the bill was identical with one pass
ed by the House at the last session Two |
other bills. which have been before ,Jon
gress for twenty-eight years, TO refer GER
tain claims for additional compensation |
by the builders Of cerlin monitors dur
ing the Civil War ID .he court OF cl9iims
were passed With 1.-The exception of q
sharp clash between Alr Lodge and. Mr.
Patterson over the mater Of admission
Of representatives Of the press to th in
vestigation which the Philippine contnit
tee is conducting, the discussion Of thf
Philippine tariff bill in 1.-The Senate was
quiet. Mr.. Teller occupied the attention
OF the Senate during thu greater part Of
the session, and Did not conclude hjs
speech before adjourHm4nt.