Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-25

Senate on Saturday and the measure,
carrying S9.S4S,6T3. passed. The irriga-
tion bill. which passed the House Fri
day. was then taken up. the House
amendments agreed to. and the bill
passed. 4 House bill, paying certain
claims heretofore reported by the Sec
rotary of War, growing out OF the war
with Spain, was passed Private pen
zion bills were then takel up and num-
Der passed. The House passed 1919 PEN
sion bills. and at 3'45 p. m. adjourned
until Monday.
After a discussion extending over parts
of seeyral days what is popularity known
as the London dock charges bill was
passed by the Senate on Monday. The
opposition TO the measure practically col
lapsed and it was passed without division.
Just before the executive session which
preceded adjournment a spirited discus
sion was precipitated over a motion by
Mr.. Proctor of Vermont to agree TO a
conference with the House Oh the army
appropriation bill Several weeks ago the
Senate was affronted by message from
the House refusing to submit to confer
ence certain Senate amendments to the
bin. The opposition TO Mr.. Proctor's mo-
ton was so vigorous that finally he was
forced to withdraw il for the present.
The House transacted miscellaneous bust
ness under suspension of the rules. 1t
Included the adoption of resolutions APP
propriating 5000 for the preparation of
plans for a memorial in Washington to
Abraham Lincoln. 100000 toward the
erection of a monument to the prison
ship martyrs. who died off Brooklyn as Il
result of the cruelties to which they were
subjected by the British during the Rev
olutionary War. and $4,000 for the cree
ton of a monument at fredericksburg,
Va. to the memory of Gen. Hugh Mer-
GER who was killed during the Revo!u-
tionary War. Two bills were passed to
amend the general pension laws. one to
provide for the restoration to the pension
rolls of the widows of soldiers who sub
sequently married and were again Wild
owed. and one to increase the pension of
those who have lost limb or were total
~ disabled while in the military or naval
service. The latter bill also carries a pro-
vision to increase the pension Of a sol
der under the dependent act If 1890
from S12 to $50 per month when ouch
pensioner requires frequent or periodical
the Secretary of War for his reasons for
the dismissal of Rsbecca J. Taylor. a
clerk in the War Department. was laid
on the table. 100 to "a.
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In the Senate on Tuesday bills We're
passed to regulate the Communication of
United States prisoners for good conduct,
TO amend the act providing for a per-
manent census office so as to include
"unskilled laborers" in the list of those
employed not included in the civil service;
to provide for refunding taxes paid on
legacies and requests for uses of relig-
ious. charitable or educational character;
for the encouragement of art. etc. The
rest of the day was devoted to debate
upon the c@aai bill The House passed
bills to amend the bankruptcy law; pro-
yiding for the punishment of United
States prisoners for crimes committed
while confined in State Institutions; TO
increase the fees of jurors in United
States courts from 50 to So per day: 10
allow appeals from final rulings Of the
general land Office to the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia; to ncor-
porate the Society of the Army Of Santi-
ago de Cuba. and to ratfy the agree
ments negotiated by the Dawes commits
sion with the Greek. Kansas or Raw
Indians of Oklahoma. A House bill TO
provide for the opening TO settlement of
10000 acres of land in the kIowa, Co
manche and Apache Indian reservations
in Oklahoma was defeated.
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In the Senate practically the entire day
Wednesday was taken up with debate
upon the canal bill. A resolution offered
several days ago by Mr.. Carmack, direct
ing the civil service committee TO inquire
into the discharge from the War Depart
ment of Miss Rebeeca j. Taylor for the
publication of articles in newspapers crit
icising the President was called up, and
Mr. Carmack spoke in support of it. IL
he House the general deficiency appro-
priation bill. the last of the supply bills,
was passed. In the course of some re-
marks early in the session Mr.. Cannon
do clared that if he could have mis- way
engress would adjourn sine die before
July 4. A night session was held, at
which the House considered bills report
ed from the committee on Indian affairs.
The Senate on Thursday passed the
canal bill with the Spoonef Panan
amendment. There was some debate over
the trouble into which the Senate has
got with the House over amendments to
the army appropriation BILL and con-
ference with the House was finally ask
ed. ignoring the offensive message
which caused the trouble. The confer
ence report on the bill to prevent the
false branding or labelling of food or
dairy products was agreed to. y bill was
passed to set apart certain lands in South
Dakota as a public park, to be known as
the Wind Cave National Park. In the
House debaCe upon the Philippine bill
occupied most of the day. A bill was
passed to amend an act for the relief and
civilization of the Chippewa Indians of
Minnesota.