Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-06-18
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10 pay $1.O42 TO Frank g. Darling Of
Minnesota for damages done by the Sioux
Indians, and a large number of private
pension bills were passed. In the House
general debate on the anti-anarchy bill
was closed The incident of the day was
a speech by Mr.. Richardson, an Alabama
Democrat, coudemning the President in
severe terms for the references in his
Memorial Day grafton at Arlington To the
epithets applied 10 Lincoln and Graz
during the Civil War and for his 70
sions 10. lynchings. Mr.. Littlefiel3 made
a legal argument of an hour and half
in closing the debate GU the bill. The
section of the Senate bin providing
bodyguard for the President was strick-
en- from the Senate bill as a preeaution
In case the House substitute failed. An
effort was made to strike from the first
section OF the substitute the words linn
iting the crime of killing the President
TO the President in his official capacity,
but the motion was lost. 80 10 50. Only
one section had been disposed of when the
House adjourned. By vote of 100 10
y. cast on strict party lines, the resolu-
ton requesting information as to salary
or other compensation paid to Gen. Wood
during the occupation of Cuba was laid
on the table.
At the conclusion OF routine business
in the Senate on Saturday Mr.. Depew
spoke in advocacy of the bill appropriate
ing $10,000000 for the purchase of 3
100000 acres of land for national for
est reserve in Virginia. North Carolina,
South Carolina. Georgia. Alabama and
Tennessee The Senate then began the
consideration of the measure commonly
known as the London dock charges bin.
Consideration of the canal bill occupied
the rest of the session. In the House
Mr.. Cannon, chairman of the committee
on appropriations. asked unanimous con-
sent to consider a resolution TO authorize
the eonferees on the sundry civil app"o-
priation bin to insert in that bill the nee
essary appropriations authorized by the
omnibus public building bill. He ex-
planned that about 100000 should be
appropriated in the sundry civil bill on &C
count of the omnibus act which was sign
ed Friday. There was no objection. and
the resolution was adopted.
49,
During the early part of the Senate
session on Monday the naval anpropria-
ton bill was considered. All of the COM
mittee amendments We're agreed to eN-
ccpt that relating to the construction of
two additional battleships. two cruisers
and two gunboats, action on which was
delayed After speech by Mr.. Sim
mons in support of the" bill for the es-
tablishment OF a national forest reserve
in the southern Appalachian mountains
discussion of the canal bill was resumed.
In the House the anti-anarchy bill was
passed. The remainder of the day was
devoted to the bill to transfer certain
forest reserves from the Interior Depart
ment to the Agricultural Department,
and to authorize the creation in such re-
serves of game and fish preserves.
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The Senate on Tuesday passed the
naval appropriation bill and resumed con-
sideration of the isthmian canal question.
Mr.. Turner delivered an extended argu-
ment in support of the Nicaraguan route.
A bill was passed appropriating S1o,S4o
for the relief of the persons who sus-
tanned damages by the explosion of an
ammunition chest OF Battery f, Second
United States artillery, in Chicago, July
16, 1894 The House bill providing for
the protection of the President was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee. The
House defeated the bill to transfer GER
tain forest reserves to the Agricultural
Department The special order for the
consideration of the Corliss Pacific cable
bill was then adopted by a vote Of los
to 70. and for the remainder of the af-
ternoon the author of the measure ar
gued in favor of it's passage. MIR. Dali
zell (Pa.). who presented the rule, an
nounced he was opposed to the govern
ment building cable to the Philippines.
He said he favored me construction of
an American cable by American capital.
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The House bill amending the present
law providing for the issuance of pass
ports to persons who owe allegiance to
the United States. whether they be citi-
zens of the United States or not. was
passed By the Senate on Wednesday. It
was explained by Mr.. Foraker that the
bill simply was to provide for the issu-
ance of passports to citizens of Porto
Rico and the Philippines. The rest of the
day was devoted to consideration of the
canal bill and the subject of election OF
United States Senators by popular vote
The House killed the Corliss Pacific bull
by striking out the enacting clause.
Senate bill was passed to authorize the
town Of Iawton, Okla, to use $l5e.ptJ
from the sale of town lots for MUNICIPAL
improvements; Anadarko, Okla. S60.oO9
and Hobart. Okla. $4,000. Another
Senate bill was passed to retire four sur
vivors of the Lady Franklin Bay expe-
dition as sergeants in the signal service.
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The Senate devoted the day Thursday
TO debate on the London dock charges
hill and the canal measure. The House
adopted special rule for the eonsidcra-
ton of the irrigation bill. which passed
the Senate some time ago, and devoted
the day to general debate of the meas
ure. Messrs. Mondell (Wyo9. Ton@ue