Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-12-11
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

minutes Friday. Mr.. Huntor nv I'VE
Mr.. Nevin Ohio were sworn in ,as1 and
bers. Representative Wachter Of Nv I'sn''
land introduced a bill making AMI %Sfy,
of each year q legal holiday - ~
known as Martyrs day" in con,,, Oe
Grafton of the death Of Abraham y!
coin. Representative Livernasb Of r" ''.
fornia introduced a Joint resolution, C -.
fining the intention of the United S4.o We
concerning the lsthmus of Panama" u
disclaims on the part of the Tnit1S
States any intention to impair C oon,L;
sovereignty or to support the republc ~
Panama against Colombia, or 70 int., i
fere in the relations between Coon,Li,
and Panama. Representative Rnrno"'
OF Texas introduced a bill to lessn, H.
damage of the cotton boil weeyil diroo.
ing the Secretary OF Agricultural "a ~
point cotton commission in his 6onort /
ment to include residents Of the Stoto.
Of Texas and Louisiana TO studv na
problem. The bill appropriates S2500N
| for this purpose The Senate was IN 60.
sion only fifteen minutes. The brx;non,
| transacted was purely of routine cb,,
| acter. Senator Mitchell introduced
| bill providing that every carrier in ha
rural free delivery mail service, in odG
ton to his salary fixed by law, Shall "a.
| ceive $3.50 year for subsistence
| When the Senate met SATURDAY Il
| adopted a motion to adjourn until II "a
| Monday. The resolution introduced INV
| Mr.. Morgan providing for an iuyostoo.
ton of the charge that the transcont.
mental railroads have been INTERFERING
unduly in the isthmian canal oupstion
was called up and referred to the Cam.
mittee on Contingent Expenses of tbe
Senate. When the House convened heN
| Speaker announced the House commit
| tees. Mr.. Williams, the minority lead.
er, asked unanimous consent that an
hour be given to a general discussion
thirty minutes to each side. Mr. Rus
sell Dem, Texas was recognized. Red
| plying to Mr.. Hepburn and quoting sta,
tistics, he charged that the wealth of the
country in consequence Of the policy ofM
the dominant party had been concon.
| trated in the hands Of a few people. Mr.
| Dearmond Dem, Mo- said that On each
! Of the sixteen most important commit
tees the Republicans have eleven mend
| berS and the Democrats six This, Id
| said, was unjust and unfair and an out
| rage to minority. He introduced ID
| resolution amending the rules to add an
additional Democratic member to all tla
| large committees. Mr.. Martin Rep,
| s. ID reviewed the operation Of the va1
rious Democratic and Republican tariff
and said if the Democrats ever wished
| again to assume the reinS Of government
| some other issue would have 10 be adj
| vanced. Mr.. OlmStead Qtep,, Pal s2ii
| that Mr.. Clark already had predicted akl
| Democratic President and House ID
| 1904, and added that if this should prove
| true it would drive a hundred million DOL
| lars into hiding within thirty days ll
Williams Dem., Miss) challenged
statement by Mr.. Olmstead that waseS
were never higher than now, Mr. Hep
burn Rep., Iowa. replied to Mr. RuSse
| (Texas), and Mr.. Payne referred TO ths
| criticisms of the committee assignment
made by Mr.. Dearmond. He FeyeTe'
| the record to show that the Speaker lag
not departed from precedentS.
| -
The Senate on Monday closed the eS
traordinary session at noon and mmedlT
ately entered on the duties of the TeSaa
session. The unusual features wei
the close of the called sesso1
by announcement from the chal
and the offering Of two prayers IN u
| Senate within a half hour Of each oul
err. The business transacted consisted
the reading of the Presidents meS'aS
and the beginning Of the diScusS'0"
the Cuban reciprocity bill Inc Iai'I"
Canal treaty was sent to the senate .
MS there was no executive session ave
it's receipt, it was not referred 10 n, VI
Committee on Foreign RELATION"
House convened in regular SESSION 'u
listened to the reading of the Pres'o'"'
annual message More than an hout ~"
n half was consumed i'll the reaul"7
the message. A considerable amour.
routine matters necessary to lacI','
the work of committees was tralSae
Representative Prince, of lI!in ,oa ao9 G0
duced a bill providing that 9lVo'oy2, IN
of the public moneys now deposIJeq WI
national bank repositories sham ''
vested by the Secretary of the l' 'L
at the rate of S5,O00,0OO a mon',
State. county and municipal bonus W." oont
paw interest at not less than per
Representative Dwight, Of Ne" i%
introduced q bill establishing p''i
currency providing for notes 50 III ,o ~.
nomination of 5, 10, % and % cg s,j .pJ
be issued by the Postmaster Uens''' Por
kept on sale by all postmas,teIrST,, ,., ;raa
resentatiye w. A. Smith, Of M Iy:nI,r
introduced bill making MEN, l4ar
birthday, Jan. 90 a national ho'io"S s,te
ba known as "McKinley Day L.' !
carriers will, during their frst S golor
service. receive 5000, during ln ne snbsel
$500 and during the third anu ,:n rrc
quent years $1,000, provided G Smith, j
I Renresentative William Alden somI"1r m
Michigan. introduced becomes ia" .n.+ec
House adjourned at $3.50 out o. pa,
to the memory of Henry bufA y
member who died Saturday.
odds and Ends n,o5
An endemic of smallpox at Ooo 'ohoo
oooceitated the closing o. 81