Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-26
Congress.


Friday over the employment. since the
beginning Of the session. of a score or
more Of ezra clerks and messengers TO
committees. The charges OF extravaganza
made induced the reference of the whole
subject of clerical employment to a COM
mittee for investigation and report. The
bill creating a permanent census office
was under consideration for a time, but
was not disposed of finally. The COM
mittee amendment increasing the salary
OF the director of the census from $4,000
to $1,000 was adopted. After the pas
| sage of l?T private pension bills. clearing
| the caienGar of this class OF measures,
/ the Senate eulogized the life and charac-
ter Of the late Representative Brosius OF
1 Pennsylvania. Congressman Wheeler OF
Kentucky stirred the House with TRADE
| against Prince Henry and what he styled
'flunkeyism'' in plans for the entertain
ment of the royal guest His bitter words
| aroused members and called forth sen;i-
ments in opposition from Gen. Grosvenor
of Ohio.
The United States will speedily come
into possession OF the islands Of st.
! Thomas, st. Croix and st. John. known
| as the Dauish West Indies, lying just
east of Porto Rico aud forming an impor-
| tant strategy. base. In a little more than
| an hour on Monday the Senate took up
the treaty with Denmark, ceding these
| islands to America in consideration of
| $5,000,000. and ratified it. After an ex-
| tended debate the Senate passed the bill
| establishing a permanent census office.
| The discussion related principally to the
| collection and publication by the direc-
| tor of the census of statistics respecting
the production of cotton. Mr.. Allison
! vigorously opposed the provision. main
| tanning that the cotton statistics gathered
| by the Department of Agriculture were
complete and accurate and that no ne
cessity existed for their duplication. De-
spite his opposition the provision was
inserted in tle bil.I Several other bills
of Importance on the calendar were pass
ed, among them one extending the char
tiers of national banks. This extends no
new privileges to national banks, but
simply enables those whose charters are
about to expire to renew them. The
House passed the war tax reduction bill
two days ahead of schedule, the Demo
Gratis forcing an immediate vote when
power to amend the measure was denies.
-
The speech of Mr.. Wheeler of Ken
lucky in the House. when he bitterly as
sailed Secretary Hay and Lord Paunce-
fote and criticised the official prepare
tons for the reception of Prince Henry,
had a sequel in the/ House Tuesday dur
ing the debate on the Indian appropria-
ton bill. Mr.. GiIet of Massachusetts
declared that the intemperance of Mr..
Whee,er's language carried its own con-
demnation. Nevertheless he (Gillet)
grievously deplored such an affront 20
foreign country During the course Of
the speech two emocrats-Robinson of
Indiana and Thayer of Massachusetts,
disclaimed any sympathy with Mr..
Wheeler's utterances. These disclaimers
drew from Mr.. Talbert of South Carolina
the statement that he desired to share i'll
the responsibility of the speech, every
word of which. he said. he Endorsed. Mr..
Wheeler himself subsequently replied TO
Mr.. Gillet, reatfirming what he had said
and declaring that he would stand by
his words whether they were discreet or
| not In the Serate Mr.. Wellington of
Maryland spoke in opposition to the Phil
ippine tariff bill and Senator Stewart of
Nevada in support of the measure. Mr..
Wellington set forth his wel-known
views at length. while Mr.. Stewart made
a brief legal and constitutional argument
in support of the authority of Congress to
hold the Philippines and to provide a
proper government for their Inhabitants.
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The Senate continued the consideration
Of h. DhtIippfpn +,,tT htH "Wednesday
the main speeches being made by Mr..
Burrows for the bill and Mr.. Money
against it, although Mr. Mitchell. Mr.
Foraker, Mr.. Mallory and Mr.. Tllman
took part in the general debate. Mr..
Burrows maintained that Congress was
dealing with the question as it was TO-
day and not with any reference to what
took place in the past or might take place
in the future. He maintained that the
United States occupancy of the islands
was with due regard to international OBJ
legations. Mr.. Mallory spoke particularly
in favor of his amendment to that portion
of the bin relating to the navigation laws,
and said that it was necessary N the in
terest of American shipping. Mr.. Money
maintained that it was not so much a
question of what could be done with the
Filipinos as it was to legislate in the IN
terests of our own people. There were
several rather lively exchanges between
Mr.. Foraker and he opposition Senators
during the debate. In the House Repre-
sentative Boutell of Chicago took Con-
gresham Wheeler of Kentucky to task
fer his speech regarding Americas rela-
tions with the British and Germans.
With the exception of a few minutes
given to routine business, the Senate on
Thursday devoted its entire session TO
the Philippine question. Mr.. Patterson
of Colorado. one of the minority members
of the Philippine committee. delivered his
first extended speech in the Senate, and
was given careful attention. Other adj
dresses were made by Senators Nelson
of Minnesota and McCumber of North
Dakota. The House spent the day work
ing on the Indian appropriation bill.
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