Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-02-19
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Inc diplomatic and co,..,
prlatlon bill was passed h., ," :. appro,
tuesday without debate NJ. Tue Senate
oregon, spoke in support Of tL +, u'yon' Of
lstration,s course in panamo' "e admin,
Carinack, Of Tennessee, and w. "Da Mr.
man, OF North Carolina. snoLa Over
sltlon thereto. The entire sossi. III oppo'I
House was devoted to consJo ,ou OF theI
the resolution reported from, 1a''oo Oh
Committee No. unscating n. Elections
spehl ana seating Mr., Cornell t tPs'
from the Tenth Pennsylvania a meDO
and 1T was agreed to take 3, ro uS'FIct
o'clock Wednesday. we at
Chaplain Hale referred to the o,,
war IN his prayer at the OPENING V, =.
Senate Wednesday. Mr.. McCr".yvI 'h'I
a speech supported the pon,m" "OeF IN
treaty. A number OF private nons;. eaaaI
were passed. Mr. McCumber nros.l Oils
| tie credentials Of his succnssn. ''SeIed
Rayner, as Senator from Marcia, iSuof
Gamble reported favorabIy from Tho c o|
mittee on public lands the 5 Der con. 'V 2n
for the regulation of accounts L.4 WI
the United States and the several T eve,
relative to the disposition Of nuhI;, I,"
The House disposed Of the Connnll. m'
ell election contest from the tenth DIV d."
sylvania district by voting 70 soot WI, M
Cornell, who was sworn in ot onoa 1' ME
sleeraton of the Senate amendment nro
posing loan of $4,GOO,00O to tbe ! n pto'
lana Purchase Exposition was rosnn.I
ana developed further opposition,
The Senate on Thursday aloD,o5
JOINT resolution authorizing sprvor ~
determine whether tidewater shin coro,
across Florida is feasible. Thu rro.4
part of the day was spent in 4 cor,I
Grafton of the Panama canal treaty in .r
ccutive session. The House by yoto ~,
IL to lob concurred in the Son,t.
amendment to the urgent deficiency an
preparation bill authorizing a loan n
S1,60O,OOO by the government to tbs
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. If va,
amended with respect to the manner IN
which the money Shall be pad. Tho
proposition was strongly opposed in ha
debate. The House also concurrel IN
the Senate amendment to the bill author.
izing tests of Goals and lignitcs at tbs
st. Louis fair and non-concurred in all
the other amendments proposed BY tha
Senate. The report of the naval affairs
committee on the naval appropriatjOD
carrying total of $9G,33S, OBS, was re-
ceiyed.
The Senate Friday listened to fac
reading by Mr.. Carmack of speech pr.
pared by Mr.. Morgan in opposition to
the Presidents policy with reference 10
The isthmian canal. 1t came up on NJ
Morgdn's resolution asking for infoma
ion from the Attorney General as to
What steps are being taken to acquire tho
OF the new Panama Canal Com.
)any. The bill ratifying the treaty with
he Indians Of the Red Lake reservation
II Minnesota for the ceSsi0n of 100000
'cres OF their land was passed The bill
providing for the payment of $2OQOO0b
queen Liliuokalani, formerly Of Hawaii
n satisfaction of all claims, was taken
p. 1t was amended so rs not TO IC20s
ize any claim, and the amount Of 5000
90 was voted down. Mr. SpoMeT
loyed to recommit the measure but file
ote on the motion failed to develop
uorum. In the House Speaker Cannon
ook the bit in his teeth and ran com
letely away with legislative precedent
Incidentally he broke all previous rec
rds in the dispatch Of private pension
ills. Under his guidance 500 Of these
,easures were passed in 15j minutes
IN bloc" under unanimous consent,
hlch the speaker himself asked for
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The suspense concerning the condition
Senator Hanna resulted in the pro-
ceilings in the Senate Monday being de
'cssed. There were no speeches ano
ore attention was given the frequent
llletins than to matters of Legislation
after the conclusion OF Tue
aver the Senate went into executive
ssion and agreed to vote on the ralllca'
N of the Panama canal treaty Oh leO,
+. The doors were reopencd at I-'o-
m. The bill to pay $2O0O0O 10 {"
leen Liliuokalani was amended 10 f
ce the appropriation to $lo0,VV0' "n
len called up for passage was lost Oh -"
vote of 26 to 20. Mr.. Proctor, iTOn
) committee on agriculture, reports
! agricultural appropriation Dill, INV
florence report on the urgent delcFn,!
bill was agreed TO- Inv
,use bill authorizing the director Oh u,
lsus to cooperate with the state VI
chigan in taking the census OF hl% n,,
turers of that State was passed -,
use was furnished with a sellSa,g"
ing its forty-minute session Wlen ""
afroth Of the First District OF o0S
o voluntarily relinquished his seat liz ~
House. He acknowledged tIa' t -,
,tion had been tainted with fFauu' Da.
Jared that he was in no measure ~, :,
nsible for it, nor was he aware t ua
lad been perpetrated until al ll'g ~,
ion of the ballots had been MADE nm
on was the first case on record "n ,as
ember has given up his seat LOT SuS
Jason. and Mr.. Shafroth was cne', W.
resolution was passed seating 49,
ynge, the contestant
No+es of National Capital +.