Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08
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After a brief session the Senate adj
jeurned Friday until the next Tuesday
The business was confined almost exclu-
sively to the Introduction of relief bills.
Senator Daniel introduced bill apprG-
priating 100000 for the erection of q
patent Office east of the capitol, the site
to cost 100000. The Cuban reciprocity
bill was laid before the Senate. but as
no one expressed a desire to speak upon
it Mr.. Cullom at 1920 p. m. moved an
executive session. and three minutes af-
terward the Senate adjourned When
the House convened a message from the
President transmitting correspondence
relative to Panama additional to that
forwarded to the House in response to a
resolution was received. Mr.. Payne
IN. ", the Republican floor leader, then
moved that when the House adjourn it
be until the next Tuesday. Thereupon
Mr.. Williams (AIiss). the minority lead
er, and Mr.. De Almond Dem, MOI
twitted the majority upon dilatory tao
ties and asked for a definite statement
of party policy. In the course of his re.
ply Mr.. Payne said the Republicans
would hardly care TO take up the ques-
ton of tariff revision and disturb condi-
tons on the eve of presidential cam
paign. He also said the time was not
opportune to consider reciprocity with
Canada. There was a party alignment
on the vote adopting the motion TO adj
journ over, the Democrats voting against
it, the vote being 81 to GO. Mr.. Bar
tholdt Rep.. Mo- by unanimous consent
spoke briefly of the progress upon the
ST Louis exposition. Mr.. Patterson
Dem.. TENN introduced bill to abolish
slavery in the Philippine archipelago and
to abrogate the treaty with the Sultan
of Sulu. Mr.. Hepburn Rep.. Iowa. in
troduced the pure food bill which was
reported to the last Congress by the COM
mittec on interstate and foreign COM
MERGE Mr.. Parker (Rer., y. j. intro
duced a bill providing for a national Mill
tary park commission to consist of five
Civil War veterans and two from the
Confederate army and bill restoring the
army canteen. Mr.. Tawuey Rep., Mimi
introduced a bill providing a special copy
right procedure for the protection of for
eign art and literary exhibits and must
cal works at the st. Louis exposition.
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The Senate was in open session thirty
minutes Tuesday. After receiving a
number of bills resolutions and petitions
and after spending some time in eXecu-
tive session. the Senate adjourned over
until Friday. \ majority of the bills
offered were for private pensions and
most of the petitions for the expulsion
of Mr. Smoot (Rep., Utah. AS usual,
Mr.. Cullom Rep.. I'D called up the Gu
ban reciprocity BILL but as no one man
ifested a desire to address the Senate
on it, the bill went over The time in
the House was chiefly consumed in a
tariff debate. When Mr. Payne had Of
fered a motion to adjourn over until Fri
day, MIR. Williams, the minority leader,
suggested that they would like about
thirty minutes on a side for debate,
whereupon Mr.. Payne asked the consent
of the House The Speaker, announcing
the request said: "The gentleman from
New York, at the suggestion of the gen
tleman from Mississippi asks unanimous
consent that there be thirty minutes talk
on a side" Mr.. DeArmond Dem., MOI
in a humorous vein criticised the ma
iority. while Mr.. Williams (Miss.) and
Mr.. Gaines CTenn) dwelt on the tariff
policy of the Republicans. On the Re
publican side Mr.. Hepburn Qowa), Mr..
Grosvenor Ohio and Mr.. Hemenway
Qnd) replied, defending the policy of
their party, the latter two responding to
charges of derelictio9 made by the mi
norify against the majority. Represent
ative Robinson of Indiana, introduced a
bill making the Chinese expulsion law
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