Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-16
Congress.


| sion bill was resumed in the Senate on
| Saturday. occupying the rest OF the ses-
| sion A bill to supply additional urgent
| deficiency appropriations. carrying 5000
| 561. was reported from the committee ON
| appropriations and passed The usual ex-
! ecutiye session preceded adjournment. In
| the House debate upon the Chinese ex
| clusion bill occupied the entire day. Mr..
| Taylor (Ohioi from the committee on elec-
| tons presented the report on the Horton
| Butler contested election case from the
! Twelfth Missouri district. which declared
| the seat vacant. The minority members
were given three weeks within which TO
| file their views.
Discussion OF the conference report on
| the war revenue tax reduction bill occu-
| pied most Of Monday in the Senate. The
| report. which removes the tax ON bucket
| shops, the chief bone OF contention was
| adopted by vote OF SO to 20. A bill
was passed appropriating $4,000 for a
| public building at Sterling III. Consid
Grafton of the Chinese exclusion bill was
| then resumed. Mr.. simmons said he ex-
| pected to vote for the bill, but was re-
! luctant TO do So especially because the
cotton manufacturers of his State and of
the South generally were appealing
| against its enactment. They fear, he
said, that it will lead to retaliatory action
on the part of China and that their mar
ket in the Orient might b checked if not
| destroyed. He explaine > that he did not
agree with the cotton manufacturers and
| therefore, as people of the Pacific coast
and other sections were demanding the
passage of the bill, be would vote for it,
| The bill was read at length and then the
Senate adjourned. In the House the
| Chinese exclusion bill was passed after
several amendments were adopted, the
conference report on the war revenue tax
reduction bill was accepted and the SEN
ate bill extending the charters of national
banks twenty years was passed.
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Most of Tuesday in the Senate was de-
voted to debate on the Chinese exclusion
bill. When the session opened Mr.. ST.
| mon, rising to a question Of personal priv
| ilege, explained that had he been present
when the vote on the ship subsidy bill
was taken he would have voted against
the measure. Mr.. Hoar secured the pas
| sage of his resolution providing that rule
NIX. be amended by inserting at the be-
ginning of clause thereof the follow
ing: mo Senator in debate shall directly
o Indirectly by any form of words inn
pute to another Senator or to other SEN
ators. any conduct or motive unworthy or
unbecoming a Senator; no Senator in de-
bate shall refer Extensively to any State
of the Union" Thirty-nine private pen
sion bills were passed The House pass
ed a bin TO protect fish and game in Alas
ka and devoted the rest of the day to
debate on Cuban reciprocity.
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Throughout the session of the Senate
on Wednesday the Chinese exclusion bill
was under consideration Mr.. Gallinger
| aud Mr.. Dillingham; opposed it. and Mr..
| Turner supported it. Mr. Fairbanks re-
ported favorably from the committee on
immigration the Chinese exclusion bill
passed by the House 1t was placed on
the calendar. Mr. Patterson offered a
| resolution, which was adopted, calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for GER
tain regulations regarding the exclusion
of Chinese. In the House Mr. Henry
| Comm asked unanimous consent to dis
agree TO the Senate amendments to the
oleomargarine bill, but Mr.. Richardson
| CTenn.) objected, and the bill went to
the committee on agriculture. The rest
of the day was devoted to continuance Of
the debate on Cuban reciprocity.
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In the Senate on Thursday the Chinese
exclusion bill was under discussion dur
ing the entire session, except for about
an hour in which time the postofficc APP
preparation bill was considered and pass
ed Three speeches were made against
the Chinese bill in its present form. Mr..
| Dillingham; concluding his remarks and
Mr.. Stewart aud Mr.. H0ar stating their
| objections to the bill. Mr.. Stewart said
he would vote for the measure if it was
the best that could be obtained, as he
favored the exclusion OF Chinese laborers,
but he was opposed to many Of its provis-
ions Mr.. Hoar. with considerable feel
ing. announced his vigorous opposition to
the bill, declaring he never would woe
| for it. An amendment was agreed 10
eliminating section 30 of the bill and sub
stimting a provision that nothing in tie
act should be construed to prevent any
foreign exhibitor from any country from
| bringing % the United States such as
sistants as might be necessary to enable
him to make an exhibition ut any fair or
exposition authorized by the government
Mr.. Depew spoke briefly against the
! adoption of the resolution providing for
the election Of Senators by popular vote.
In the House aside from the debate on
| the Cuban reciprocity bill little was done.
Resolutions were passed calling upoI tile
Secretary of State for information re-
garding the alleged removal by Canadian
officials of landmarks along the Alaskan
| border. and calling upon him for the re-
port Of the Governor of Louisiana and
all other correspondence relating to the
establishment of British base Of sup
plies near Louisiana and the shipment of
horses and mules for the use Of the Brit
sh army in South Africa.
Washington Notes.