Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-02-09
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son strongly 1nuOfSeu INC pooi'io
President in Santo Domingo ana III the
matter of the Moroccan conference. MT.
TilIman presented a resolution request
ing the President to send to the senate
all the official correspondence with tne
American minister to Santo Domingo III
1904. 1t went over until thursday. MT.
Heyburn sought an agreement to vote on
the pure food bill Feb. Z, but Mr.. Tel
Ter objected Mr.. Teller made a similar
objection when Mr.. Gallinger sought TO
have time fixed for vote on the snip
ping bill. Considerable debate on TINS
measure followed, but no action was TAX
en-. Discussion of the railroad rate OH
was continued in the House. Speeches
bv Mr.. Campbell (Kan.) and Mr.. Mar
tin Is. d. took wider range and IN
c1nded trust evils. Another speech IN
favor of the bill was made by Mr.. Bart
lett (Ga.), while Mr.. Perkins On. ~
attacked the measure. A bill was passed
granting a federal charter to the Carne-
gle Foundation for the Advancement OF
Teaching. The fund consists OF Slo,-
600 900. the income of which is to fur
nish a pension to retired educators.
The Senate Thursday passed about
forty miscellaneous bills, providing tor
q dnlaoata in Congress from Alaska and
for lighthouses, revenue cutters ana nsil
cultural stations. The greater part OF
the time was devoted to the shipping bill,
Mr.. Penrose making a set speech IN
favor of the measure. Mr.. Tillman's
resolution calling on the President TO
send to the Senate all the letters from
the minister to Santo Domingo to the
State Department in 1904 was referred
to the committee on foreign relations Inc
House called for the estimate of cotton
vet to be ginned, which the director OF
the census has compiled, but which ne
has no authority to make public until
March. The discussion of the railroad
rate bill was continued. Mr. Shelpy
(Pa.) attacked the measure as socialls-
tic. MI Knapp On. W, Mr.. Shakel-
ford (Mo) and Mr.. Heflin (Ala.) sup
ported it. A resolution looking to the
preservation of Niagara Falls was agreed
to. 1t requires report and recon-
mendation from the American members
of the joint commission appointed few
years ago to consider this question.
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The first formal reading of the state
hood bill was begun in the Senate Fri
day. but Mr.. Teller objected, and con-
sderation of the measure was postponed.
The shipping bill was the subject of con-
siderable debate, Mr.. Patterson attack
ing and Mr.. Gallinger and Mr.. Perkins
supporting it. The provision prohibiting
vessels from receiving subsidies for more
than ten years was struck out. One
hundred and fifteen pension bills were
passed. Another measure adopted pro-
yides for a survey for new deep harbor
on Lake Michigan. The Senate adjourn
ed until Monday. Speeches on the rail
way rate bill occupied the House for six
hours. Mr.. Mccall of Massachusetts at
tackled the measure, while Messrs. Bur
ton Of Ohio, Russell of Texas, Thomas of
North Carolina, Burke of South Dakota
and Goulden Of New York supported it.
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Various phases of the railroad rate
question were thrashed over in the House
Saturday in the course of nine speeches
which occupied six and one-half hours.
Messrs, Clayton (Ala.), Henry (Texas),
Esch (Wis.), Kennedy (Ohio), Crum
packer (Ind.), Ellis (Mo.), Hogg
(Colo.), Floyd (Mo.) and Page IN. Co.
spoke There was no session of the Sen
ate.
The Senate was treated to a sensa-
ton Monday when Mr.. Patterson (Colo.)
introduced a resolution in effect declar-
ing the action of the Democratic caucus
against the Santo Domingo treaty Sat
urday to have been contrary to the fed
eral constitution. Consideration of the
resolution went over. It was decided
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ping bill Wednesday, Feb. Il, at D. NJ
Mr.. Teller made a speech against the
measure. Several bills were passed and
the Senate adopted resolution calling
on the Postmaster General for Informal
ton as to the number of postal clerks
killed in railroad accidents during the
last five years. Considerable fault was
found with the railroad rate bill in the
House. Mr.. Littlefeld (Me.) opened the
session with an attack on the measure.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio) ridiculed the al
legged popular demand for the legisla-
ton. Ten other speeches were made,
all favorable to the BILL The fortifica-
lions appropriation bill was reported.
The Senate Tuesday gave up the en-
tire session to a revival of it's preroga-
tives in the framing of treaties. The
question was raised by Mr.. Bacon in a
speech on his resolution requesting infor-
nation concerning the Algeciras confer
ence. He was followed by Mr.. Spooner,
and there were several sharp clashes be-
tween them. The discussion of the Pat
terson resolution concerning the Demo-
cratic caucus action went over. A reso-
luton directing the committee on immi-
grafton to make an investigation of the
Chinese boycott was adopted. The House
fixed the end of the general debate on the
rate bill at 4 80 p. m. Wednesday, and
then seventeen speeches were made, all
of them for the measure. Mr.. Gillespie
(Texas) expressed dissatisfaction with
the reply of the interstate commerce
commission to his resolution concerning