Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-04-07

Washington, April 2.-An agree
ment was reached by the senate yes
terday to vote on the pending oleo-'
margarine bill before adjournment to-
morrow The debate on the measure
continued throughout yesterdays
session. Senator Hatfield of Idaho
opposed the bill because he believed it
proposed to drive the oleomargarine
industry to the wall. He strongly adj
vOcated the adoption of the substitute
offered as he said that it would elm
mate the possibility of fraud as GER
tainly as the pending measure would
and would do no injustice to anybody.
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire
advocated the bill because it was
protest against fraud and against an
industry which depended for it's sue
cess upon publicity and dishonesty.
Senator Spooner of Wisconsin made
an extended legal and constitutional
argument in support of the measure.
He said such a tax as it imposed, in
his opinion, was in the interest of the
whole people.
Senator Bailey of Texas began an
argument in opposition to the bill
but had not concluded when the SEN
ate adjourned.
In the executive session of the sen
ate Mr.. Bacon of Georgia offered a
resolution requesting the president to
defer the isuing of his proclamation
announcing the acquisition OF the
Danish West Indies under the treaty
recently negotiated with Denmark I'M
til the pending investigation of the
charges of bribery in connection with
that treaty should be concluded by
the house. The resolution provoked
a smart debate participated in by
Senators Bacon and Money, demo-
cratic members of the committee on
foreign relations on one side, and
Senators CullOm, Lodge, Hanna, ALI
son and Nelson and other republicans
on the other side. Senator Bacon
said he presented the resolutions out
OF a sense of duty. He outlined the
charges made by Mr.. Gron and the
representative of Mr.. Christmas, but
said he did not for minute accept
the report as true. He felt, however,
that action should be deferred until
the conclusion of the investigation
and wanted the senate put right be-
fore the country.
The republican senators are unit
in declaring the senate was not called
upon to act; that the president could
be depended upon to perform the
dudes without a hint from the sem
ate; that he saw no reason why the
sale of the islands should not pro-
coed. During the debate Senator
Hanna denied all knowledge OF Christ
mas or his mission, and expressed the
opinion that the transactions SO far
as the United States is concerned,
had been perfectly clean. Senator
Money spoke in the same vein as Sen
ator Bacon, saying he saw no objec-
ton to the passage of the resolutions
as they would only serve to delay the
matter for brief time in case the
charges should prove to be without
foundation. while if they were we'll
founded much good might be accom-
pIished by del~y.
Senator Bacon closed the incident
by saying he would not press the reso-
luton in view OF the expressions of
so many senators and in consequence
of this announcement the senate adj
iourned without taking action.
In the House.
The house made rapid progress with
the sundry civil appropriation bill
completing SO of the 139 pages or the
bill Efforts to amend the bill were
successfully resisted as a rule by Mr.
Cannon, chairman of the approprias
ton committee, who was personally
in charge of the measure. The pro
ceedings were without incident