Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-10
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bill was agreed to and the rest OF the
day was devoted to the Philippine BILL
The House passed the subsidiary silver
coinage bill. the bill for the Improvement
and care of the Confederate mound in
Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago. and the
bin 10 reduce the schedule of reserve
banks to cities of $4,000 inhabitants; ac-
cepted the conference reports on the ON
nibus public building ana Notifications
appropriation bills, named Messrs. Dali
zell (Pa.), Cannon Qll.l and Richardson
(Tenn.) to confer with the Senate COM
mittee upon the action of the House in
instructing its ccnferees upon the army
appropriation bill. and adjournment I'M
til the next Monday was then taken.
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Consideration of the Philippine govern
ment bill was resumed in the Senate on
Saturday and Mr.. Spooner tWis.l con-
Guided his speech in favor of the meas
ure. For a considerable portion of the
time that he was on the floor he was en-
gagged - a keen interchange of wit and
satire WITH Senator hoar of Massschu-
sets. Hoar made his way into the con-
troversy OF account of an old statute of
the COLON OF Massachusetts Offering
prizes for the scalps of Indians being
brought up by Mr.. Spooner. who found
in it a precedent Tor Gen. Smiths famous
massacre order in the Philippines. Dur
ing the course of Spooner's speech. Car
mack (Tenn) interfered with the Wis
oonsin Senator. and made a sighting re-
mark in regard to the soldiers IN the
Philippines. which brought out volley Of
Kisses from the galleries. which was sup
pressed by the chair CaTmack of Ten
nessee occupied the floor at the night
session in opposition TO the Fhilipmae
bin.
In the Senate on Monday debate upon
the Philippine bill. with the customary
executive session, again occupied the en-
tire day. In the House by a vote of ~
to 46 the rules were suspended and JOINT
resolution was adopted extending the
thanks of Congress to Secretary of State
Hay for his address on the occasion OF
the Mckinley memorial exercises last
February. Unanimous consent for the
consideration of this resolution was OBJ
jected to by Mr.. De Almond MOI some
tilee ago, and Mr.. Clark MOI made
twenty-minute speech in opposition to its
ADOPTION on lllc SIOuIiI lheib 49, As-AS AN'N'
abused the occasion by injecting Il Re-
publican stump speech" into the address.
Gen. Hooker (Aliss.). one-armed Con
federate veteran, delivered an eloquent
defense of Mr.. Hays address, denying
that it contained anything that was OBJ
iectionable from a political standpoint.
Special orders were adopted for the con-
sideration of the anti-anarchy bill, and
the bill TO transfer certain forest re-
serves to the Agricultural Department.
The Senate bill to retire Surgeon Gee
erai Sternberg and the Honse bin 10
encourage salmon culture in Alaska were
defeated on motions to pass them under
suspension of the rules.
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The Senate on Tuesday passed the
Philippine bill and took up the canal bill.
The House resolution thanking Secretary
of State Hay for his Mckinley memorial
address was agreed to. In the House
consideration of the anti-anarchy bill was
begun. The House committee reported a
substitute for the Senate measure. Mr..
Ray IN. ", chairman of the judiciary
committee, who was in charge of the bill
argued that the Senate bill was uneon-
stitutional. Mr.. Lanham (Texasl sup
ported the feature of the bill to exclude
anarchists, but opposed that making It a
particular offense TO kill the President or
anyone IN the line of the presidential sue
cession. He argued that every man was
equal before the law, and that existing
laws were ample to punish the killing OF
attempted killing of the President. The
conference report upor the river and har-
Dor bill was agreed 70.
49,
In the Senate on Wednesday the bill
authorizing the promotion and retirement
of the present senior major general of the
army, Mai Gen. John II. Brooke, was
passed as was bin providing that the
Postmaster General may extend free de
livery to cities of 5000 inhabitants OF
81, 900 gross income, instead of 10000 IN
habitants, as at present. a joint resolu-
ton empowering the State of Minnesota
to file selections of indemnity school lands
in Minnesota otherwise undisposed Of
after the survey thereof in the field and
prior to the approval and filing of the
plat of survey thereof, was approved.
Senator Morgan occupied the rest of the
day with a speech on the canal bill. In
the House the debate on the anti-anarchy
bill continued all day. 1t was without
sensational features, being confined al
most entirely to the legal and constitu-
tional phases of the question. Mr.. .len-
kins (Wis.) and Mr.. Parker tN. j. con-
tended that the bill did not go far
enough: that the killing of the President
should be made punishable by death
without any limitation whatever. Mr..
Powers (Mass.) and Mr.. Neyin tOhioi,
the other two speakers, supported the
measure as it came from the committee.
The resolution calling upon the Secre-
tary of War for a detailed statement OF
the expenditures made under the direc-
ton of Gen Wood during his admins
tration as governor general of Cuba was
laid upon the table by vote of ITO to
rs.