Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-02-11
FEDERAL LAW MAKERS.

Washington, Feb. 3.-After almost
allowing an amendment to the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill providing
for a loan of 81, COG, 900 TO the st. Louis
exposition to get through, without dis
cussion, the senate changed its tactics
just as the vote was about to be taken
and began to debate the loan provision
which continued for about four hours
and was still in progress when the
senate adjourned. Indiana and Ken
lucky locked horns IN the house. The
debate, which involved nearly every
member of both state delegations, was
fast and furious from start to finish.
Kentucky demanded of Indiana the
return of w. S. Taylor, that he might
be tried for the assassination of Cover
nor Goebel. Thy attack was made by
Mr. James of Kentucky and the de-
Tense was led by Mr.. Crumpacker of
Indiana Partisan feeling rose To an
extreme tension. Mr.. James fired
beth sides of the house to interest and
feeling by declaring at the outset that
LuS IOuSn plSSlucnI DIS
ridiculous in his message to congress
favoring international extradition
treaties when one state could not get
from another fugitives from justice.
He had, he said, introduced bill in
which the federal government made
extradition compulsory where persons
had been indicted for crime. For four
years, he said, Governor Durbin of In
diana had protected Mr.. Taylor, who
had been regularly indicted in Ken
lucky for the murder of Goebel land
yet | notice that when Durbin comes
to town he is wined and dined by this
great Don QuiXote upon extradition,
who absolutely confides to Durbin the
right to give the waiting and anxious
world news that Mr.. Hanna can run
for president if he wants to- And
when we all read that again we de-
clare the king can do no wrong. 4"
When Mr.. Crumpacker took the floor
in defense of Indiana he was beset
by a volley of questions from the DEM
ocratic side and was hardly able to
maintain the thread of his argument
on account of the Interruptions The
session was concluded at o'clock by
ten-minute appeal by Mr. Harrison
of American citizens abroad, especial
ly for American Hebrews in Russia.
Washington, Feb. 4.-The senate
chamber again was the arena of inter
esting political debate with the pro-
vison in the urgent deficiency APP
preparation bill for loan of $4,6OO,.
600 for the st. Louis exposition as the
basis for the discussion. The contro.
versy was precipitated by Senator
Lodge, who quoted many official fig
ures to demonstrate that republican
policies had not been a failure in the
United States. He also charged Sena-
tor German with hostility to the navy
Senator Foraker also spoke, devoting
himself largely to a comparison OF
the conditions under the Harrison ad-
miristration and those under the ad-
ministration of President Cleveland,
to the advantage of the former. Sen
towards the army and navy and
charged that at the close of the Har-
rison administration the treasury OF
the United States was in very bad
way. Mr.. Bailey followed with an
elaborate presentation of statistics
and contenjed that the export trade
of the United States under Cleveland
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The exposition amendment had not
been disposed of when the senate adj
journed.
The president sent to the SEN
ate additional correspondence in
relation to Panama, in response to the
Culbertson resolution. The cores
pondenee was marked executive"
and was considered absolutely con-
fidential. 1t was not ordered printed
aud was not even referred to the
committee on foreign relations, re-
naming in the possession of the SEN
ate. The secrecy was carried so far
that the message was not read or en-
tered on the journal of the senate.
The. president said in his message that
no correspondence called for in the
resolution has been withheld from the
senate. 1t is stated that the cores
pondence does not contain anything
new relating to Panama or the revolu.
ton, but comprises matters per
tanning to other governments which
are of such character that they can.
not be made public. The documents
can be examined by such senators as
care to peruse them and when the ca
nal treaty is before the senate in ex-
ecutive session it is probable that por-
tons of these documents will be read
in the senate.
The diplomatic bill. carrying S1,993,-
500, was passed by the house without
amendment. The agricultural ap,
preparation bill reported to the house