Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-11-27
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minutes Tuesday, and the greater part
of that time was consumed in the intro
duction of bills and presentation OF petit
tons. Most Of the bills were for posi-
tons and the bulk of the petitions related
to the case of Senator Smoot of Utah.
The session of the House was devoted to
consideration of the Cuban bill. Mr. Ste
vens (Rep., Minn.) spoke in opposition to
the measure. The other speakers were
Mr. Knapp Rep., ~ ", Mr.. Clark
Dem, NJ, Mr.. Mcclellan Oem., n.
W, Mr.. Crumpacker (Rep.. lnd.), Mr..
Douglas Rep N. ", Mr.. Morrell (Rep.,
Pa, Mr.. Mason Dem., Ark, Mr..
Thomas (Dem.. N. O., Mr. Hughes
Dem, n. j., and Mr.. McDermott
Oem.. N. j..
In the Senate on Wednesday Mr.. Gal
linger presented petition from fhe
Danes OF 1876 for the increase to $50
month of all pensions granted on account
of the Mexican war. He said the pen
sion committee would give due consldera-
ton to the petition. but called attention
to the fact that all survivors OF the Mex
lean war now receive pensions of 81.
On motion of Mr.. Spooner the Senate or
dered printed additional copies of the
treaty between the United States and
New Grenada which was made in 1916
and proclaimed in 1S4S The debate upon
the Cuban bill again occupied the entire
session of the House. the speakers being
Messrs. Grosvenor (Ohio), Clark (Mo0,
Richardson (Ala), Fordney (Alicho, Loud
(Mich.). McMorran (Mich), Bell (Cal),
Gardner (Mich.) Burgess (Texns), Gil
let (Mass.), Shaforth (Colo.). and Jones
(Wash.).
The Senate transacted no business in
open session Thursday beyond the re-
ceipt of bills and petitions. The only in
cident Of unusual character was the APP
pearance of Carrie Nation. An execu-
tive session was ordered ut 1925, and at
! o'clock the Senate adjourned. The
House, by a rising vote of 300 to Il,
passed the bill to make effective the Gu
ban reciprocity treaty. The dissenting
votes were about equally divided between
Republicans and Democrats, but there
was no record vote Those oposing the
bill in speeches were Mr.. Williams OF
Mississippi and Mr.. Broussard Of Lou
isiana, while those making speeches In
it's behalf were Mr.. Hepburn Of Iowa,
Mr.. Watson of Indiana, Mr.. DeArmond
of Missouri, Mr.. Sulzer of New York,
Mr.. Lacey Of Iowa and Mr.. Mccall OF
Massachusetts,. The motion of Mr.. Will
Jams to recommit the bill was defeated
by 1913 to 165, strict party vote. On
the passage OF the bill futile attempt
was made to secure yea and nay vote.
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The bill passed by the House Friday
to carry into effect the Cuban reciprocity
treaty was laid before the Senate, and.
on motion of Mr.. Cullom, was referred
to the Committee on Foreign Relations,
after considerable debate, in which those
opposing the motion were Mr.. Bailey and
Mr.. Teller and those favoring it were
Mr. Lodge Mr. Spooner, Mr.. Aldrich and
Mr.. Allison The measure was referred
without division and the Senate adjourn
cd till Monday. The House was in ses-
sion but five minutes. After the oath
was administered to Claude Kitchin
North Carolina) the House adjourned
until Tuesday.
Panama and Cuba engaged the atten-
ton of the Senate Monday. Mr.. Hale
moved to reconsider the vote by which
the Newland joint resolution for the an
mittee, and several speeches were made
on the motion without disposing Of it.
Messrs Hale Lodge and Plat (Conn.)
disavowed any desire on the part Of the
United States to acquire Cuba and eX
pressed regret that the resolution had
been introduced. Mr. Newlands defend
ed the measure as presenting neutral
solution of the problem Of the relation
ship between the two countries. The
Panama question came up in connection
with the announcement of reorganization
Of the Senate committees, Mr.. Morgan
(Dem., Ala being relieved from the
craftsmanship of the committee on inter
oceanic canals Before the order went
into effect Mr.. Morgan discussed the en-
tire canal question, with liberal criticism
Of the President for his course. He had
not concluded when the Senate adjourn
ed. In executive session several APP
pointments Of postmasters, consuls at
minor points and promotions in the army
were confirmed. On motion of Mr.. ALI
son, Rev. j. Il. Prettyman was appointed
chaplain of the Senate for the present
session Mr.. Cullom presented the report
of the committee on foreign relations on
the bill to put into effect the Cuban re-
ciprocity treaty and it went to the calen-
dar. Mr. Cullom also presented an agree
ment that the Cuban reciprocity bill shall
be taken up on the converting OF the reg
ular session of Congress, Dec. Z, and
remain the order Of business each day
after the routine morning business until
the 10th, on which date vote shall be
taken, the time on the 18th and 10th to
be equally divided between the friends
and opponents Of the bill. The agree
ment was accepted without dissent.