Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-24
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Observation-Disclosures
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49, ~ 'nloi" me Senate what o.
meHt is now existing in the 1 ~, so
Guam and asking why NTabin; taaa!
ed in that island. Mr.. TiIIm, I'D
ued his arraignment of trnSts ''u coy
opolies and again charged tb., qua
torney General was responS;E1s as
for lack of action against trr, m'pa
statehood bill was under discnSsi@s,
short time, Mr.. Foraker urcina s' n y
OF Oklahoma, Arizona and New ,- Y !;
to be admitted into the Union As
p. m. the Senate went into pyoo,. A I
sion and soon afterward adion,n. .,s
Monday. The House PASSED a
appropriation bill without fnrrho my u
ment and began consideration ' "a al |A'
partment of commerce BILL rn5a,
cial rule making it a continrin,
until disposed of. The opposifo1'
measure came entirely from tba |
cratic side.
Inc House devoted Friday TO y,r.
war claims. passing about twon.r s
two features of the day were tbs ,t1
by vote Of 20 to 80 of claim # > !
Moody & Co. of Keokuk lowe E.
payment of the amount dedrc.1 n
their contract for furnishing eor,~
to the Third Iowa Cavalry bv 4, |
nous commission which uDpartbS Il
army contract fraud in st. Louis IN N
and the fight of Mr.. PAYNE Aa n
leader of the majority, against an ~
bus resolution to refer ninety SomD
claims, aggregating 100000 for "a,
and supplies taken by the Unjo, i
during the Civil War to the Conr
Claims for finding of fact undo, Il
Tucker act. The combination IN ~
Of the omnibus claims resolution w,,l
strong for Mr.. Payne, but on the n
vote the quorum failed,
Saturday in the House was lpt
to debate upon the Senate bill to cSl
lish a Department of Commerce and
Dor, substitute being finally passed
a vote of 1871 to 40.
In the Senate on Monday Mr. Bill
of Texas, objected to consid0ata
unanimous consent Of all bills from
Republican side on the ground that
Senators from New York had inlets
with matter purely local to the 81
of Texas. A discussion arose which =
terminated by Mr. Cullom mOyn.
executive session to consider the Cd
reciprocity treaty. After half an
in executive session. the doors were
opened and Mr.. Foraker continued
remarks favoriDg statehood for 0ia
ma, Arizona and New Mexico h
House several miscellaneous m&G
were passed, among them the Sen
Hawaiian fire claims bill, The coN
and diplomatic appropriation BILL
third of the regular budgets. was pas
and fair progress was made with
District Of Columbia appropr:ation
The Senate on Tuesday passed
legislative, executive, and Judicial
preparation bill. When the Statehood
was taken UP Mr.. Quay demanded
immediate vote. The bill, he said,
being wilfully INSTRUCTED by discuss
Mr.. Beveridge denied this. and tlA
cussed the measure, opposing stsla
for Oklahoma, Arizona and New AH
Senator Hanna spoke briefly IN ol
ton to the bill. The House passa
District of Columbia appropuaaol
and subsequently began consIdefatA
the Philippine coinage bill, Inc ,o
debate on the district Till was II'
devoted to discussion Of the Aa
boundary line dispute.
For three hours on "Wednesday
Burnham, of New Hampshire a"ug
the Senate in opposition to the ",'p
statehood bill. Becoming la, u
suspended his remarks until lDs@
Mr.. Cullom explained the hegy'1
considering the Cuban recIprocI| III
and appealed to Mr.. Quay TO IS. .t,
executive session. The latter III,
and the matter was put to 'oI
the result that the Senate feluS' .fg-
into executive session by a Tolr =,
Fl, which was the first test 'oT
statehood bill. Toward the c T, "
day, Mr.. Hoar criticised Inc i .,,
for expressing approval or d'Sa2r on
bills before Congress haa a' .g Wv
BY unanimous consent il "a" "'o od
the bankruptcy act was ,'SSs" .nont
Senate adjourned. The ,, t1o",s =, ed
day in debate on the 'n1rp'" sobsa
bill. The minority offered d 'I #
providing for the inrrod'c'! :ato he
American currency system ',' N he
bate were Mcssrs. Cooper ,Nr%r er
Val, Maddox (Ga.), Patterson ID
sha afr Colo. crn n, &c. Cad
Williams QIlJ, Hill ('onp" Will
Gll0, Robinson GndJ' ana
Miss