Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-20

tiOn bill was continued in the house. |
The proceedings were enlivened by a
clash between Mr.. Corliss (rep.,
Mich) and Mr. Richardson (dem.,
Ala on the subject of the Pacific
cable. This is the second time that
these two members have locked horns
on the cable question. Mr.. Sims
(dem., TENN devoted some time to
showing how the house had been
"buncoed," as he considered it. in
connection with the permanent census
bill. Mr. Dougherty (dem., Mo- dis
cussed rural free mail delivery, Mr..
Jackson (dem.. Kan.) government
ownership of telegraphs. and Mr..
Green (dem., Pa the Philippine sit
uation. The latter argued that if we
would proclaim our purpose to grant
independence to the Filipinos. the in
Surrection would cease instantly. The
house adjourned out of respect to the
memory of Doorkeeper Glenn of New
York who died.
Washington, March 13-The senate
subsidy bill. Mr.. Berry (dem.. Ark,
resumed consideration of the ship
member of the commerce committee
which reported the bill, charged that
it would foster trusts and monopolies
in the shipping industry and that al
ready j. Pierpont Morgan and his as
sOciates were forming a syndicate
for the control of shipping on the At
lantic. In this connection he became
involved in a cOllOquy with Mr..
Hanna (rep., o., who maintained
! that the ships acquired by Mr.. Morgan
| from foreign countries could not par
| ticipate in the subsidies provided by
! the pending measure. Mr.. Perkins
| (rep., COLI, another member of the
| commerce committee, delivered a
| speech in support of the bill. During
the debate on the postoffice appropria-
ton bill Mr.. Jenkins (rep, Wis., took
occasion to explain his position re-
| garding Cuba, which is that the is
land is now domestic territory of the
| United States. He quoted many de-
casiOns of the supreme court in sup
port of his contention that foreign
| territory must be territory beyond
! the jurisdiction Of the United States,
whereas he maintained that Spain had
relinquished sovereignty over Cuba to
the United States and that such terri
| tory could only be relinquished or
| alienated by congressional enactment.
| Holding this view of our relations to
| Cuba, he argued that congress would
waste it's time talking reciprocity
with an island under the sovereignty
of the United States. Mr.. Jenkins
went even farther than this and raised
the question as to whether duties col
lected on goods since the ratification
of the treaty of Paris should not have
to be refunded. His views have at
tracted wide attention.
Mr. Randall (dem.. Tex, intro
duced a joint resolution extending
sympathy to the people and govern
ments of the south African republics
i to the British government to cease
hostilities and requesting the presi
dent to tender the good offices of
this government.
Mr.. Sulzer (rep., N. W, introduced
a bill amending the sugar schedule SO
that the president can grant Cuba,
| during such time as the island re-
mains free, exemption from the Dutch
| standard color provision of the law.
| He said the color restriction was
merely an obsolete method of deter
mining approximately the quality of
sugar. 1t was merely a means, he
said of assuring to the trust an abso-
| lutte monopoly in the sugar business
Washington. March 14-In the sen
| ate Mr.. Penrose (rep., PENN intro
dUced as an amendment to the pend
| ing resolutions providing for the cleo
| ton of United States senators by
| direct vote of the people, a PROPOSE
| ton to increase the number of sena-
tors in proportion to population and
providing for other important changes
in senatorial representation OF the
states. According to the last census,
the measure proposed by Mr.. Penrose
would give Wisconsin four senators,
as the state has population OF 2.O67,-
042. The ship subsidy bill was dis
cussed by Messrs. Foraker rep. o.
McLaurin (dem, Miss.) and Harris
(pop., KanD. Mr.. Foraker supported
the bill. although he admitted that he
would have preferred TO build up an
American merchant marine by levying
discriminating duties. Both Mr. Nc
Laurin and Mr.. Harris opposed it.
The house passed the postofice ap-
propriation bill. Quite a number of |
other bills were passed, including |
three for marine hospitals at Buffalo, !!
Savannah and Pittsburg. Mr.. Kahn !
rep. Cali submitted the report of /
the judiciary committee on the bill TO I
suppress train rObbeTies. The bill
provides the death penalty fer train |
robbers when death results TO any |
one on the train; otherwise imprison- |
ment from five to ten years.
Washington. March 15.-Diferences |
of opinion on the republican side APP |
peared in the senate debate on the |
ship subsidy bill. Mr.. SDoOner trep.. !
Wis., took exception TO some OF the /
provisions Of the measure. He vas