Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
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On account OF tie indisposition Of SIR.
Vest of Missouri and Mr. Mallory Of
Florida. who EXPECTED 70 speak on the |
pending ship subsidy bin. that measure
was not copsidered by the Senate E'riGay
The diplomatic ard consular aparopsia-
ton bin was passed. and then the Senate
took up the measu9e Tor the protectioa of
the President of the United States. Mr.
Bacon of Georgia. continued his speech
begun the previous day. in oppoSisioR to
the bin. making an extended constitutions
al argument against it. The Senate
agreed to make the bill the unfinished
business al the conclusion az considAra-
ton or the ship subsidy bill. The BIZ. 10
classify the rural free delivery service
and 10 place the carriers under the son-
tract system held @he floor in the Hoase.
So
The House on Saturday closed the ;sen-
eral debate upon Shc bill TO classify the
rural free delivery service and place: the
carriers under the contract system. Mr..
Sims (Tenn.l rose to question Of priv
ilege in connections with the adoati0a Of
the conference report on the perinaaent
census bill. He commended that tie state
ment of the conterees with references to
section 5 which oeignally placed ALI the
employees of the bureau nj the tims of
passage OF the ACT under the protection
of the civil service has "misled and de-
ceived" the House. The Speaker held
that as the whole subject had been dis
posed of no question Of privilege was .pre-
sented. Later ia 5he afternoon a resolu-
tion was introduced in the House 10y Mr.
Hughes of West Virginia stating that it
was the intention of Congress in passing
an act creating permanent census bu- |
reau to place in the classified services of
the government al the employees of the
census office above the grade of unskill- |
ed lahorer whose names were on The rolls !
of the census at the date of the approval |
of the act. The resolution further pro-
cides that this intantion shall be caEried |
out by the passage % the resolution:
The bin to classify the rural free de- |
livery service and place the carriers I'M
der the contract system. which has been |
debated in the House for over {, week, |
was passed on Monday. but in form T,
that completely changed the purpose for |
which it was framed Before it lwas |
passed the bill was altered radically by |
its opponents. Az the provisions rhlat- |
ing TO me piacins of carriers under the |
contract system were stricken out and |
the salary system not only was cosltin- |
ued, but the maximum salary Of CARRIERS |
was increased fron $500 to 5000 pc. an
mum. For nearly two hours Mr.. Vest Of
Missouri addressed the Senate IN cppo-
sition TO the ship subsidy bill. No lhem-
Der of the body has been accorded more
flatteringly close attention thar h. re-
ceived Despite his evident feebleness,
he spoke with force and fire, aud At times
became brilliantly eloquent. He eare-
fully analysed tho pending measure and
particularly attacked the present na7iga-
ton laws. which ne declared were relics
Of barbarism and responsible for thn de-
cline of our merchant marine. Mr.. Till |
man of South Carolina followed with a
brief speech in opposition to the bill; He
denounced the poiicy Of giving subsidies
10 anybody particularly to individuals
and corporations engaged in the fcrma |
ton Of shipping teusts.
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Senator Hoar made a vigorous speech |
in the Senate on Tuesday in opposition |
10 the proposition to elect Senator'S by
direct vote Of the PEOPLE, which h5 de-
clared would be breach OF the pledge |
given the States when the government
was founded. The speech was brought |
by the effort Of Senator Berry Of AIkdn- !
sas to stir up the committee on privileges |
and elections TO report the resolution pro-
viding for p0pulas election OF Sen.tors.
Secretary Hay was bitterly attacked in
speech in the House by Representative
BurleSon OF Texas Cor declining IL ask
the British authorities for passports
whereby Rev. Hiram w Thorlas, and
wife Of Chicago Iaight pass thrcugl. the
British lines % distribute relief funds |
collected i'm Illinois for Boer wolnen aud !
children. Mr.. Hit Of Illinois made a
spirited reply csllins attention tcs the |
fact that the resolution calling uponi Sec /
rotary Hay for an explanation had been |
referred 10 a committee. OF which Mr.. |
Buriesoa was member. He said il |
was an apparent effort 10 prejudice the |
case before the evidence was in. lead |
ers of organized labor claim big viptory |
in favorable report received fron The |
House committee en- judiciary op the
Grosyenor bill to limit the meaning 81
the word conspiracy and the use Of re-
straining orders and injunctionS Inf Ger
tain cases.
49,
Again on Wednesday the ship subsidy
bill occupied practically the entire time
of the Senate Mr. McCumber tN. ID
presented a carefully prepared argument
in which as a representative of an agri-
cultural State he favored the bin OF. the
ground OF its protective features Mr..
Depcw. one OF the members Of tile com
mittee ON commerce. delivered On csabo-
rate speech. which was listened 4. at-
tentively 10y Senators and lily thronss in
the galleries. General debate on The
postoflice appropriation bin continued in
the House. The proceedings were cnliv-
ened by clash 5ctwecu Ar, CDrlils OF
Michigan and Mr. Richardson of lAIa
bama on the subject Of Che Pacific cable
This is tine sccoui time these two lnem
bers have locked horns on the caAie tiues-
ton Mr. Sims of Tennessee devoted