Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-24

packages, and imposes a tax of 10
cents per pound on oleomargarine
made in imitation of butter of anN
shade of yellow" When not made
in such imitation the tax is reduced
to one-fourth of one cent a pound.
The second section is intended 20
prevent dealers, hotel proprietors,
restaurant and boarding house keep
ers from coloring the uncolored
article by making any person who
colors the product and then sells or
furnishes it to others a manufacturer
within the meaning of the act.
Heavy penalties are provided. War
claims occupied the attention of the
house after the passage of the oleo-
margarine bill and the day was made
notable by the passage of the first
bill for the payment of claims or
United States citizens arising out of
the Spanish war. 1t carried some
thing over $4,000 for the payment of
202 claims for property taken within
the United States for, use in the
army. An omnibus bill carrying
claims aggregating $2,114,552 for
stores and supplies taken from
loyal citizens during the civil war
also passed. These claims were al
lowed under provisions of the Bow
man act and the bill was identical
with one passed by the house at the
last session. Two other bills, which
had been before congress % years,
to refer certain claims for additional
compensation by builders of certain
monitors during the civil war to the
court of claims, were also passed.
Washington, Feb. 13.-While NO
definite agreement has been reached,
the vote on the Philippine tariff bill in
the senate seems to be in sight. 1t ap-
pears likely, judging from the discus
sion of the subject today, that the
vote may be had next week, although
the matter yet is involved in some
uncertainty. Senator Teller of Col
orado concluded his speech. He
urged strongly that the Filipinos be
given the fullest possible measure of
self government, the United States
simply maintaining a protectorate
over the islands. He said he would
prefer that this government should
withdraw absolutely and without con-
ditions from the archipelago than that
the present war should be continued.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon made a
speech in support of his amendment
to reduce tariff duties upon Philippine
products coming into this country to
SO per cent. of the Dingley rates,
maintaining that congress owed this
concession to the Pacific coast states
as well as to the Philippines them
selves.
The house unanimously adopted a
resolution proposing an amendment to
the constitution of the United States
for the election of senators by direct
popular vote. This is the fourth time
the house has adopted similar res
olution. Two bills of general i'm
portance were passed. One was a
senate bill to provide for the payment
of claims of confederate officers and
soldiers whose horses, sidearms and
baggage were taken from them by
union soldiers contrary to the terms
of the surrender of Lees and John
sons armies. The amount to be paid
under the bill is limited to $4,000.
The other bill was to confer on the
Spanish claims commission authority
to send for persons and papers and
punish for contempt. Mr.. Corliss,
who is the author of the bill for a
government cable from San Fran
cisco to Manila, made a speech in op-
position to the laying of such a
cable by a private corporation.
Washington, Feb. IA little
furry was created in the senate over
the employment since the beginning
of the session of score or more of
extra clerks and messengers for the
committees. Charges of extrav-
agance made induced the reference
of the whole subject of clerical en-
ployment to a committee for inves-
tigation. The bill creating a per-
manent census Office was under con-
sheraton for a time, but was not
dipsosed of finally.
The monotony of private pension
day of the house was enlivened by a
sensational speech from Mr. Wheeler
of Kentucky in denunciation of what
he denominated 'flunkeyism" toward
foreign countries. He took recent
statements emanating from con-
tinental cabinets regarding the at
titude of Great Britain during the
Spanish war as a text for wholesale
attacks upon the trend of our recent
diplomacy. He severely scored Sec
rotary Hay and declared that II
Lord Pauncefote had sought, as al
legged, to circumvent us curing the
war of 1893 the sooner he was ship
ped across the seas the better he
also criticised the president tor MS
reported intention to send his daush-