Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-02-28
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The Senate met at II oo,,,
day, but spent only an bov Us'oci \
minutes in open session Tl, "4l q
devoted to routine business 4s ,la'
bills of no great general %,,a ~
The Senate spent the entirs J..
day IN executive session cons3,,!
Panama canal treaty, and A. 55.
took a recess until Saturday Of g,'
No vote was taken on any Of fl,
ments which have been prcnor ,rS y aa
ator Morgan. The House na,
Notifications appropriations Nm "s y,
the conference report on the hin HI aug y
protection of the President on5
legislative, executive and Judicial
priation bill, and then spent tb,,
wrangling over the Fowler cpr,an,
The latter bill had been given ny,
by the terms of a special rule a. a.
Monday, but when the decks b.i /
cleared for it the Democrats l,.
filibuster, Mr.. Bartlett CG9) dnSt
that it was useless to waste fm,
measure which it was not mtenaa5 4
become q law. After haf.do,s,
calls the House finally got into er
tee of the whole to consider thp I'M
it then being 5 o'clock, on motion A.
Fowler the House adjourned.
The Senate spent nearly the oDtn
Saturday in executive session. /
the legislative day of Thursday AZ
Senate had taken recesSes, inHoa
adjourning. The Senate met at llG{I
opened the doors at y, and for mora
an hour disposed of routine bust
consisting of the presentation of pef +
and reports, the introduction of GB
the passing of unobjected bills Oh +
calendar. Upon rcsuming the eyy
session, the Colombian canal treaty
taken up. Senator Quay had a nj
read, and Senator PettuS spoke at n
length. The day in the House va,
voted to debate upon the Fowler cum I
bill. Mr.. Fowler, the author of the nj
ure, spoke for over two hours. The Il
speakers were McsSrs. Thayer Nal
Lowering MassD, Lewis (Ga) and Nd
0lI.l. A communication from the p
dent, transmitting a request Of th|
thracite coal strike commission, S|
for authority to publish 5000 clc|
it's report when completed, was laid
fore the House.
A large crowd was attracted to |
Senate Monday, most of them viii
Daughters of the American Revdul
Washington's Farewell Address was
by Mr.. Dubois of Idaho. The Om|
public building bill was passed and
postofice appropriation bill was COP
cred, without final action. Mr. LIN
spoke for nearly two hours, prINclI
in reply to Mr.. Spooner, on the llla1
postofice case. He said that if The
lev of the administration in regard %
equality of the negro was carried Oh
Booker Washington should be app4l
to the cabinet, he would vote for ASl
frmation. He did not conclude AE|
marks. The House passed the sa|
deficiency appropriation bill, the I@]
the regular supply bills. 1t carried
69S.7S1. The only amendment Of m
lance was one approprlatns SLMI
to replace the stores and StoFeIoSi
the Rock Island arsenal, recently
stroyed by fire. The bill to aMellI
railroad safety-applance act was
70 conference, and the conferccs Ve''
structed not to insist on that poF1..l
the House amendment giving U'
state commerce commission power "
duce below 80 per cent the ntIN'
cars equipped with patent ar OFA''
The IndianoIa, Miss, postotbca
occupied the major portion Oh TN. T:r
Of the Senate Tuesday ME- I In,
spoke for three hours in contil0aDI
his remarks on the race question "a
followed by Mr.. Carmack' po'.''
morning hour consideration Wa d., =
the bill to further provide loF ,Ds +
keeping of public money Oh psr, a
national banks. y resolution wa ns, -.
ed calling Oh the Postmaster o %o 4
furnish Information regarding 'I| ~, "
on the revenue Of the PostoIIics ~ :.
ment in the event of the adop'lor ,.. ~
amendment to the postoaice ' p,
ton bill giving all perlodlc'ls, .n e
rate and terms as these now sn5" d, n
" neriodicals, The agricultural, i.
nriation bill was consldereH' anu . M
mittee amendments agreed TO- cad
statehood rider. which was p Ion :,
The House, by a vote OF l s,. MI.
nassed the Philippine currency =, .'r 4
cepting the Senate bill 50 ,,, la oo NJ
l lates to the islands. The ;,. eo,'1i
amendment striking out the '".5 IA
monetary conference was agreed ,., i"
contested election case OF "% "a
Butler was under conSloei""
time.
Tho soD,te Wednesday made f. =
nrogrpss, The statehood riders ,,r'or f
p prpicu1tmral and postoaice ap2 G,s
bills were withdrawn anu %
n ols The House amendneu og,.e.
Philippine currency bill billy "St tSns sen
with but slight discussion ' The FL.
the bill to the President aIoto1 Al
civil bill was nearly &c, com ,ore also pa.
number of pension bills 1 MsIy d
There was lengthy od disf far oncen
nra tion Of 100000 Tor 0n /.