Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-10
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Ths day in the Senate Friday was set
apart to pay tribute to the memory of
Mr.. Mcmillan. AT the conclusion of the
routine business Mr.. Burrows Mich
called up the resolutions relative to us
late colleague and paid az earnest trb-
ute TO his memory. Then the following
Senators spoke: Allison 0owal. Cock
rell (Mo). Morgan (Ala.). Plat (Connl
Hale tMainel. Foster Q.al, Aldrich Or
IL, Warren (Wyo.l. Gallinger IN. h.
Lodge (Mass.l. Perkins Call. Tilllnan
Is. c.. Bacon (Gaa. Fairbanks (Ind.). !
Depew q. w and Alger CMich4. In
TIE absence of Speaker Henderson Mr.
Dalzell Fa.l presided in the House. The
report of the memorial of the national
Red Cross Society, sent to Congress
Thursday, was ordered printed as an ex-
ecutive document. The House then pro-
ceeded to the consideration of private
claims bills. A large number were
passed in committee of the whole.
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The greater part of the time of the
Senate Saturday was devoted to exer-
cises in connection with the acceptance
from the State of Maryland of statues
of Charles Carroll and John Hanson,
winch III HeuItlOTlu Slsluu Ill tNlutudIN
Hall at the national capitol. A number
of bills were passed, including the House
bill providing for the creation of a gen
eral staff of the army. The statehood
bill was not considered, but it holds its
place on the calendar. A House bin
was passed appropriating $3.50 Cor the
improvement and care of Confederate
Mound" in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chi |
A e.. IL
bate upon the postotfice appropriation |
bill, which was made notable by 4 speech /
in favor of tariff reform by Mr.. |
Williams, of Mississippi, who ii a can
didate for the Democratic leadership of |
the next House, the House suspended |
public business and listened to three ad- |
dresses by Mr., Pearre of Maryland, Mr.. |
Dalzell of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Schirm |
of Maryland. on the life and pubic seq
vices of Charles Carroll of Carrollton |
and John Hanson, two signers of the |
Declaration of Independence. whose stat |
ues have been erected by the State of |
Maryland in Statuary Hall. Resolutions |
also were adopted formally accepting the !
statues on behalf of the government.
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Memorial session for the late Sena-
ter James Mcmillan. of Michigan, was
held by the House on Sunday.
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The Senate on Monday had the army |
appropriation bill under consideration. 1t |
was about to be passed when Mr. Pettus, |
of Alabama, requested that it go over |
to permit some amendments to be of |
fered The statehood bill was up for |
n short time, and Messrs. Bard and |
Quarles spoke in opposition to it, The |
House passed about forty bills under |
suspension of the rules. The most inn |
portant of them was a bill to authorize /
a resumption of the negotiations with |
Great Britain for the preservation of the /
Alaskan fur seals and to give the Secre-
tary of the Treasury authority, if mo-
dus vvendi is not concluded prior to the |
opening of the pelagic sealing season this
year. to exterminate the seal herd on the /
Pribylov Islands. except 10000 females
and 1000 males. The Senate bill APP
propriating $1,500.000 for new Depart |;
ment of Agriculture building was passed.
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On Tuesday the Senate passed without /
objection or discussion the Elkins bill to /
further regulate railroad transportation. |
The army appropriation bill, which went |
over at the request of Mr. Pettus, was
passed. The provision establishing a |
general staff was eliminated. Later the /
independent measure. identical in its pro-
visions with the general staff section of
the army BILL was passed. after having
been reconsidered to permit the incor
poration of an amendment by Mr.. Berry,
placing the chief of staff exclusively un
der the direction of the President. Mr..
Quarles continued his remarks III oppo-
sition to the statehood bill. He spoke
for two hours and a half without CON
Guiding The House spent practically
the whole day on claims bills coming
over from the previous week. Mr.. Payne,
the floor leader of the majority, fought
them all. but succeeded in defeating only
three bills. After the claims measures
were disposed of, general debate on the
postofice appropriation bill was re-
sumed, and Mr.. Robb (Mo) addressed
the House on the trust question.
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In the Senate Wednesday Mr.. Hale
presented the report of the conftrees on
the diplomatic and consular appropria
ton BILL which was agreed to. Toward
the end of the session there was a lively
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and Mr.. Beverage. The former declared
Mr. Beveridge and his followers OH the
statehood bill were prolonging the debate
in pursuance of a deliberate and pre-
meditated system of obstruction" The
general staff bill was reconsdered and
passed with an amendment putting the
chief of staff under the direction Of the
President. land the Secretary of War
under the direction of the President"
The Senate concurred in the amendment
of the House providing for a rev De
partment Of Agriculture building and fix
ing the cost at S1,5N00o This passed
the bill. The general debate on the
postoffice appropriation hill was enliv-
ened by an interesting discussion If the
tariff question. 1t was participated in
by Mr. Sibley (Rep., Pa, Mr.. Williams
Dem., Missl and Mr.. GriG.s (Dem.,
Ga.). The consideration of the post
Office bill in committee of the whole was
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