Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-12-13
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The Senate was in sess;o, +,
one hour and five minutes ,1 ms.. =
time was spent behind d. clol most
ter the reception of a > O~ d,
and petitions and the ad"n rtloe'
current resolution callmr puoa
dent for the papers in tb o' u tl'
case, recently arbitrataS '' F!ae
Hague tribunal, Mr.. Bevor;,O eloa
the resolutions adopted hr wye y
to the Oklahoma non-partis. "ed
favoring the admission of oIl 50
Indian Territory as one St on'alo
ing the House omnibus s,s. aId
The Senate then went into ' sr,
sion, and at $50 adiourno sASSiDa
day. The House was not IN pla
The House devoted Pr5,.
on the private calendar. The w..
tant bill passed was one to .a 1 !,
the Court of Claims the claims '% y.
importers of steel blooms wb,
1879 and 1882 paid customs 5ns
alent to 40 per cent ad valor pn'''
is claimed, the correct ratio sh,e
been 30 per cent. About S35o nrs
yolved. A bill to pay Smith,
Pelz, architects of the Congress
blary, $4,000 additional co ,a,'
was defeated.
Immediately after the ro,5m
journal the House on Saturd,r
upon the consideration of tba
appropriation bill. Mr. Boms,
in charge of the measure pynI.,a
the appropriations it carried o..
ing $139,S47,000, were practic,rs
cal with those for the current ron
that it contained no new Ipgisl,tn
bill then was passed without N
comment. Bills Were passed IA I
the maximum period in which n.y.
can be confined in cars without
ing from twenty-eight to forty han
grant right of way for TELEGRAM
telephone lines in Alaska: to mcrs
size of homesteadS in Alaska fmn
to 800 acres; to set aside certain /.
South Dakota as public mark
known as Wind Cave National Pad
the relief of certain settlers mm
ccnsin Central Railroad and the
military road grants.
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The Senate on Monday ala8
the committee amendments to th
grafton bill, with the exception 4
prescribing an educational test and
the action Of the committee in sd
out section SO. prohibiting the d
intoXicants within the capitol hi
and then laid aside the bill until Tg
and passed three unobjected pqnsa
The amendment fixing a So head
each immigrant coming into the
States furnished the principal uE
debate. In the House reSoIuia
memory of former Speaker Reed
read and the House adjourned Ss
ditional mark of respect.
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The Senate on Tuesday conSl9i
bill to amend the militia laws
United States. An amendment
by Mr.. Cockrell (Mol was adops
signed to prevent future controveN
tween the States and the United
as to when a man became
States soldier. The bill then went
until Thursday. Mr.. Lodge then
up the immigration BILL An ana
by Mr.. McCumbcr (N. d. was
including professional be@garS as
those excluded from admission
United States. On motion Of VI
Comas the section Of the bill TeIaS
the exclusion of anarchists was any
so as to make it specifically prO'E
the exclusion of anarchists VINO
cate the destruction OF THE govern
of the United States or Of all
ments by violence An amendn5
fered by Mr.. Bailey (TexaS) was !"
providing that skilled labor ma!
ported if labor of like KIND c'D
found in this country. There 4@
siderab BILE discussion OF an alllcHuh'l
fcred by Mr.. Burton (han', F"
Chinese. laborers to Hawai-. II m
considerable opposition and IlHq
laid on the table. In the 1ouS
four hours debate the LoIlau'
charge bill was killed by StrIA, ,as a
cnacting clause by vote Oh 10
The Senate bill to regulate the au'@
fix the compensation Of customs
tors at the port of New YORK , WEEP
as was a bill to provide additions
tricts in the Indian Territory N n,a
instruments can be filed. Mr' i%qg
Wy chairman of the COMMITTEE :"
and Means, called up the the. 'e A..
which provides for a MOI, hoI50a =, Ia
ment from Dec. 20, 1907 TO-"
1903, and it was &dopt'o
Almost the entire session Of ,.i the /
On Monde MoDday Wv was devoted to discaa :,
was Sme J taEcD' A bill to refund nts L.,.
enue taxes paid by owners o. I,d p,a I'd
, wTs p" the conditions GROWN, out
repeal of the duty On TEA went
after conyelllI's ,,,,pi
committee of the whole ana .uI..pp"ort,sf
designed to relieve the te" 5a;sio1 b
thc effect of the recent qr! :,,no,a.
Circuit Court in New 1oIN jimpotj
1o-cent war duty on tea .,.n rD tpa |
bond prior to the time M''t ! 1903 |
stored TO the free list, JAN !; eoHa |
on MERCHANDISE from Porto ,5o, H1' 5sr|
Philippines during the ..,l 9[', Of pn,l
the ratification Of the tre'', ,cts for