Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-30
OOnGReSS.

There was no session Of the Senate
Thursday. In the House the Mccall
resolution calling upon the Secretary Of
State for the facts in relation to the
Venezuelan affair and semcraily for a
statement of the situation in reference to
the Monroe Doctrine was passed. Th.
House then. after great dead OF dis
cussion. passed the bill "a reduce the ,hl-
ties ON articles the growth and i,-aAi..ct
of the Philippine archipelago. from -
per cent To - pc cent Of the Dingicy
rates. Several amendmcnts 10 the meas
ure were voted down in committee OF
the whole. The pure food bin was then
considered. Mr.. TOmpkins tOhiol spoke
in favor of the measure and Mr. Adam
son (Ga.l against it. Mr.. Gardner Mass
opposed the bill. taking the ground that
it would interfere materially With many
legitimate Industries. After further dis
eussion. and without taking amy action on
the bin, the House adjourned Mt $50.
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The Senate held no session Friday.
The House passed the pure food bill by
4 vote of - TO p. the point Of no quo
rum not being raised by the opponents of
the measure. Bills were also passed To
make Portal. y D.. a SUPPORT of entry
for the immediate transportation OF du-
table goods; for the relief of the Miami
Indians of Indiana; To donate 4 piece of
ground to Challan. Washington. and TO
amend the act relating 10 the location of
i public building ut Muskegon, Mich.
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Only twenty-seven Senators were pres
.t-l he.
on Saturday. Mr.. Allison, of the Senate
conference on the coal strike arbitration
bill, presented the report of the colfer-
ence committee. He explained that the
Senate amendment fixing a dtililite sam
for the expenses and-compenSatiun Of he
commission and employees and taking the
question of fixing these out of the hands
of the President had been retained. but
that the Senate conferees had yielded 10
the House 10 the extent of allowing SD
per day to the commissioners for ex-
penses instead of SO as fixed by che
Senate The report was agreed to- A
bill authorizing the payment of iudg-
ments amounting to Sl,000,000. TO be
paid on account of the destruction of
property in Hawaii in connection with
the fight on the bubonic plague in those
islands in 1899, was passed The 9eso-
luton heretofore offered by Mr. patter-
son (Colo.l requiring railroad companies
to supply to the interstate commerce
commission data as to brakes was adopt
ed. Mr. Morgan then addressed the
Senate on the question of the isthmian
canal. There were not over seventy-ive
members of the House present to-day.
Immediately after converting Mr.. Cannon
explained that it was important that the
coal strike commission bill and the ur-
gent deficiency bills be finally disposed Of
before the holiday recess. The confer
ence report upon the former. he said,
was in the Senate. and he asked that q
recess be taken until il was returned
from that body. A recess was according
ly taken for twenty minutes. When the
House reconvened Mr.. Cannon presented
the conference report on the coal strike
commission bill, and the report was
adopted without discussion The House
remained in session until the bill was
enrolled and signed by the Speaker, and
then adjourned until Jan. ). 1903.