Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-22


private pension bills. The calendar
was cleared, 173 bills being passed.
The DILL to appropriate S1,000,00O
for the eradication of the foot and
mouth disease in New England was
made the special order for next Tues
day. Bills were introduced ap-
propriating $612,000 for a military
camp in Kentucky and $36O,OO0 for
one in California, also one authoriz-
ing the president to enter into
reciprocal agreement with Great
Britain whereby the coal mined in the
United States may be shipped into
Canada free of duty and Canadian coal
admitted into the United States free.
Washington Dec. 13.-The house
entered upon a consideration Of the
legislative, executive andjudicial ap-
preparation bill and made rapid
progress, so of the 143 pages having
been completed. The house judiciary
committee heard the arguments of a
number of Representatives on bills
affecting the trusts and combines
One of these was Representative H.
! C. Smith of Michigan, who introduced
a joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution comforting
upon congress the power to regulate
and dissolve trusts and mOnopOlies.
Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Prit-
chard of North Carolina declared him
self in favor of reducing the repre-
sentation in the south in national re-
publican conventions, though he is
not in favor Of cutting down the
souths representation in congress,
! because he did not think that could
be done constitutionally. A message
/ from the president was laid before
the senate recommending the pay
ment of an indemnity to the heirs of
the Italians killed at New Orleans.
Senator Bate presented the minority
report of the committee on territories
| favoring the immediate passage of the
house omnibus statehood till without
amendment The report opposes unit
ing Oklahoma and Indian territory into
one state. After agreeing to the
house concurrent resolution for adj
journment December 20, to January 5,
| Senator Proctor called up the militia
bill An amendment by Senator
Pettus striking from the bill section
| "A, having particular reference to the
reserve force of trained men, pro-
voked some discussion, Senator Pettus
raising the point that the section, il
enacted into law would be an in
fringement of the constitutional
authority of states and put the con-
troll of the militia of the several states
into the hands of the general govern
ment.
The bill was laid aside for the omni-
bus statehood bill. Senator Dilling-
ham of Vermont, who is opposed to
the BILL occupying the time for the
testimony taken by the subcommittee
on territories during it's tour Of in
vestigation in Arizona, New Mexico
and Oklahoma. After brief execu-
| tive session the senate adjourned.
| The house passed the senate bill for
a union railroad station in this city,
to cost $4,000,000. The station is to
be situated north of the present site
of the Baltimore & Ohio depot at
! Delaware and Massachusetts, avenues
and in front of it is to be a large
park. The Pennsylvania railroad, Ey
| the terms of the bill, is to remove it's
! tracks from the mall and reach the
site Of the proposed station through a
tunnel to run between the capitol and
TO pay the Pennsylvania $1,500,000
and the Baltimore & Ohio 100000 in
addition to providing for the park.
The house also passed the urgent
deficiency bill, which carried among
other items an appropriation for $o0U
600 for eradicating the foot and mouth
disease in New England. A bill was
| passed to provide for the allotment in
severalty of the lands of the New
York Indians.
! A bill introduced by Congressman
Esch of Wisconsin directs the secre-
| tary of war to establish military
camp for the use of the United States
and national guards troops in the
vicinity of Camp Douglas, Wisconsin,
and appropriates $4,000 for that pur-
J pose.
The house judiciary committee gave
a hearing on the proposed amend
ment changing the date of Inaugural
ton TO the last Thursday in April.
Mr.. Parker Of New Jersey, who made
an investigation of the whole subject
| for the committee, proposed an
! amendment to the pending resoIuuon,
: fixing December 80 as the date for
the beginning and ending Of congress,
and January as inauguration day
! The committee took no final action.
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