Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-12-16
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In the Senate Tuesday Senator CIV
ger read a preliminary report o. d"lia'
merchant marine commission o,,5 Tie
motion the time for the final rnna. vi LIS
| extended until Jan. ). After II, was
ing of the Presidents MESSAGE 'Ydu'
executive session was held. IN , MHt
| nominations made by the prpyidn,t , ,n
referred to committees. In the iF "sFe
| bills were introduced by Mr. Han ,1'
| man of the committee Oh military .r, ,.'''
appropriating $1,000,000 annually trS
mote rife practice; by Mr.. Hill e wy ~"
necticut, providing for the raloant;'
| of silver certificates in gold ca;r ', W.,
directing the Secretary of the T;a,sn,aa
| to set apart S150000.00O in gnn wy
bullion for the purpose; by MIR. Lit,los SI1
of Maine, requiring corporations Il, moh.
| annual reports to the commissions ~
corporations, and by MI Roberts Of Va.
sachusetts. providing a pension Of G.,
a month for the widows of Union s1
| diers, sailors and marines. The proo
dents message was read referred ia fl,
committee of the whole House On ,Is
State of the Union and ordered printed
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The Senate on Wednesday decided ;,
vote Dec. 16 on the bill providing "a,
the construction of railroads in the PHI
ippines Mr.. Scott asked considpration
Of bill pensioning telegraph operator,
who served during the Civil War Mr.
McCumber spoke in favor of the bin
10 ~
posed it, and no action was taken N,
Latimer reported favorably from tha
committee on agriculture and forestry
bill appropriating $4,000. 900 for nation
al aid in building good roads in The
, States. In the House Mr.. Bingham Of
Pennsylvania reported the Legislative ex.
ecutive and judicial appropriation BILL
In committee of the whole parts of the
Presidents message were referred TO
committees having jurisdiction over the
several subjects.
In the Senate Thursday resolution
authorizing the payment Of the Senate
expenses incident to the funerals of Sen.
ators Hoar and Quay was adopted Mr.
Hepburn of Idaho called up the pure
food bill. Mr. Aldrich asked that the
measure be read and it went over On Oh.
lection by Mr.. Tillman. 1t is thought the
bill will not pass. In the House bills to
reduce Southern representation We're in.
| troduced by Messrs. Sherman of New
| York and Morrell Of Pennsylvania. Mr.
| Bingham of Pennsylvania called up the
legislative, executive and judicial appTo
priation bill, explaining its provisions
The annual attack Oh the Civil Service
| Commission was begun, MeSSgs. Maddox
| Of Georgia, Grosvenor Of Ohio and Hep
| burn of Iowa severely critjci>iAg tie syS
| tenn.
The Senate was not in session Friday.
A concurrent resolution providing for al,
journment from Dec. p To Ian. / 1905,
was adopted my the House. 'o..SdeTa'
| ton of the Legislative. executive AID jn'
| dicial appropriation bill was res@aed in
committee Of the whole. the pending
| question being a motion by Mr., Hepburn,
| Of Iowa, to strike out the appropriation
| for the civil service commission. This
was lost on Il viva yOce vote MIR Baker
of New York severely critic" the Bu'
reau Of Corpora tons, sayin- too much
money had been spent 70" specialists
while nothing had been accomplished TO-
ward an investigation of the trusts. BY
vote Of 45 to GO the House restored 10
$1,000 the salary for steu0grapherS Tor
House committees. which was cut Thurs
day to $1,000. The bill was thea passed
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In the Senate Monday Mr. lIey0aTn Of
Idaho called up the pure fooa hl anu
urged it's passage, as did MrS$@s, H.eNa"
of Nevada and McCumber Of No"fh Ia
kota. At 2 p. IA. the PhiIipp.H" govern
ment bill was taken up as unfinished OEF
ness. Mr. Spooner attacked the pro'IS
ion for the guarantee Of interest Oh bonus
of railroads by the Philippine conMS
sion, and in response to Suggestion "
Mr.. Newlands of Nevada that the Emp
pine government build the reads Sasu , ~
did not favor the government o"ArI%P
of railroads Mr.. Lodge declared I%
United States was not goiuS INTO nv
ownership of railroads. Fourteen p.
vate pension bills were passed III S''N lDd
tee of the whole. Bills were paSSsu
amending the law preventing TIE carry ,
ing of immoral literature into any 'a"
or Territory so as to prevent TIE 'npv,
tation or expectation of such iA't't ,;a au
thorizing the construction OF q m .4.o,
across Thief River, Minnesota; ptFih"' "ni
the maintenance of certain dams "1s
bridges on the st. Joseph River III ln|l
ana and Michigan; providing a Iehal'; r W.
not to exceed $1,000, or one year r ln
prisonment, or both, for anyone u WI.
knowingly pastures stock Oh d su'r osr
ment forest reserve without proper e ~,
NIT; transferring the forest reserves tE,nort
the interior to the Agricultural D ns, m
ment. Mr.. Hill of Connecticut cane nnot
his currency bill and spoke in SupI''
of it.
In the National Capital u;r.
The explosion of can OF Den with
threatened Senator Fairbanks home Wv