Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-01
Congress-.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

In the Senate on Friday passage of the
bin 10 protect the President by vote of
- to 10, and of the war revenue reveal
bin, without division, occupied practically
all of the session. A bill appropriating
$125,OOO for 4 marine hospital at Buff
falo. \. Y. was also passed On motion
of Mr.. Proctor. chairman of the commit
tee on agriculture, the oleomargarinc bill
was made the unfinished business. After
an executive session adjournment until
Monday was taken In the House the
river and harbor bin was passed without
division. Mr.. Sulzer u. W attempted
TO force a record vote. but only three
members. Messrs Smith Qowal Fitzger-
aid On. " and Cochran (MoJ, supported
him. Several minor committee amend
ments were adopted one authorizing the
Michigan Power Company, with eertain
restrictions, TO take water from the ST.
Mary river for use in its power canal.
During the debate II. G. Smith (Mirh.)
complained that the $50. 100000 charg I'd
10 Michigan in the bill benefited the COM
merce of Chicago. Duluth. Buffalo and
Cleveland. and not a sIrssie port in Aliehi-
gau. Adjournment followed final action.
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Consideration of the contested election
case of Moss versus Rhea from the Third
Kentucky District. occupied most of Sat
urday in the House. The committee on
elections divided on party lines. the ma
jority sustaining the view that Mr.. Moss
had been elected and the minority that
Mr.. Rhea. the Democrat. was entitled to
retain his seat. In the face of the re-
turns Mr.. Rhea had LOG plurality. Ac-
cording to the contention of the majority
certain votes rejected under the Goebel
election law would transform this plu-
rality for Rhea into a plurality for Moss
of II. Mr.. Mann (Ill.l and Mr. Smith
uowa) spoke for the majority. and Mr..
Burgess (Texas) for he minority. An
agreement was made whereby the vote
shall ks taken on Tuesday. Before tax
ing up this case the unanimous report of
the committee in the case of Spears
versus Burnett from the Seventh Ala
bama District, confirming the title of the
sitting member TO his seat, was adopted.
Several bills of minor Importance were
passed at the opening of the session, in
Guiding one to authorize the Secretary of
War to loan tents for the use of the
Knights of Pythias encampment
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Consideration of the oleomargarine bill
was begun in the Senate on Monday. The
measure places a tax of 10 cents a pound
on oleomargarne colored IN imitation of
butter and reduces the present tax Of
cents a pound on oleomargarine to one
quarter of l cent pound in its uncolored
form. Mr.. Proctor, chairman of the COM
mittee on agriculture, made the opening
statement in support of the measure. He
concluded with the. observation that the
pending bin was "a measure TO protect
an honest product against fraud" A
few bills of minor Importance were pass
ed before the oleomargarine bill was TAX
en- up. Among these was one authoriz-
ing the establishment Of life-saving sta
tion at Eagle Harbor. on Keweenaw
Point, Mich. In the House Mr. Boreing
CKy.) injected an attack on the Goebel
election law into the continued discussion
of the MossRhea contested election case
from the Third Kentucky District, but
Mr.. Rhea declined to be drawn into an
extended debate on an issue not directly
involved in the case. He contented him
self with paying his respects to Mr.. Bore
ing charging the latter with ignorance of
the law of his own State. Mr.. Rhea had
not concluded presenting his case when
the House adjourned. The Senate amend
ments to the bill TO repeal the war revc-
nue. taxes were non-concurred in. A sim
liar course was taken with reference TO
the legislative. executive and judicial APP
preparation bill.
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A sharp attack on the oleomargarine
bill was made by Mr.. Money in the Sen
ate on Tuesday. He denounced the meas
ure as demonstrations immoral Dis
honest and unjust" He said it was a
proposition to tax ont of existence one in
dustry for the benefit of another Mr..
Hansbrough, a majority member of the
committee on agriculture, denied there
was any attempt in the measure to de-
stroy the oleomargarine industry. Forty
four private pension measures were pass
ed, as was the bill to amend the act es-
tablishing a code of laws for the District
of Columbia. In the House. by a vote
of 1877 to 127 it was decided to unseat
Mr.. Rhea of Kentucky, Democrat, and
seat in his place J. Mckenzie Moss. who
was formerly Democrat, but who ac-
cording to his brief, is in accord with the
Republican party on the dominanc issues.
Consideration of the army appropriation
bill was then begun, with the understand
ing that general DEBATE should continue
for ten honrs. Mr. Scarborough of South
Carolina discussed the Southern election
laws and Mr. Gaines or Tennessee the
Philippine situation. Mr.. Hull of Iowa,
who was in charge of the bin, explained
its provisions briefly. 1t carried $780,,
SSO,934. being S11, 025,005 less than the
estimates.