Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-05-29

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At the expiratiqn of tbs morning
hour, Mr. Morrill,. chairman az the com.
mittee on finance, said he was not pre-.
pared to proceed with his remarks in
opposition to the bill repeating the spe-
Gle resumption act. and on his motion
further consideration of the bill was
postponed till Monday next. The
senate then proceeded TO CON
slider the pension, ubills on. the CALENDER
and number were passed among them
the following: Granting pensions to the
widow of Captain J. Guthrie, Ellen Sex
ton, widow of James Sexton, Celie Bell,
widow Of Stephen Bell, and Roxana
Walker, widow of Wallace Walker,
whose husbands were drowned while at
tempting to render assistance to the
crew of the United States steamer HUI
ron; also the house bill granting a PEN
sion 10 Elizabeth lotion, widow of the
late Commodore Benjamin y. lotion Of
the United States navy. Mr..
Davis, of Illinois, called up the
senate bill to provide for times and
places of holding circuit court of the
United States for tho district of Iowa,
and the appointment of one addi-
tional judge for said district. The
amendments reported by the ju-
dietary committee we've agreed to, and
the bill was read third time and
passed; yeas "a, nays IL. The
president pro tenn. laid before the
senate q message from the president of
the United States. transmitting COM
municatiOn from the secretary of state,
on the subject of the deliberations Of
the fishery commission, appointed I'M
der treaty of Washington. The presi-
dent, in his message, recommends an
appropriation Of the necessary sum,
with such discretion to the executive
government In regar. to its payment
~ in the wisdom of congress the public
interest may seem to require. The
message and accompanying documents
were referred to the committee on for
eign relations. lE si.f M
FRIDAY, May 17th.-Ho,.se.-The
house had another exciting contest over
the resolution of Mr.. Patter to investi.
gate the electoral vote of Florida. Late
in the afternoon the previous question
was carried by a vote Of 147 to 1 no re-
publicans voting and the main question
was then put and carried, ayes, AS;
noes, 2. The noes were Mills of Texas,
and Morse of Massachusetts. The re-
publicans all abstained from voting.
The house then adjourned. tt" W."
MONDAY, May 2O-Scnase. In the SEN
ate bills were introduced to reorganize
the court of claims, and extend its juris-
diction all claims before congress and
the departments for adjudication; to
regulate immigration; to amend section
%, act OF June %, 1874, to amend GUS
tom and revenue laws and repeal the
moities act; to provide for the con-
struction of bridge across the Mis-
sissippi river ut Fort Smelling, MINI.
The bill to amend No. 1O3 articles Of
war, to provide that no person shall be
tried or punished by court martial for
any offense committed more than two
years or in case of discretion, three
years, before the arraignment Of such
persons for such ofense, passed.
On motion of Mr.. Window the SEN
ate insisted upon it's amendments to the
Indian appropriation bill and agreed to
a conference, and asked for the same
course on the pension appropriation bill.
Mr.. Mcmillan reported adversely on
the senate bill to incorporate the
United States Commercial Company and
it was indefinitely postponed. Mr..
Whyte presented the resolution of the
Maryland legislature favOring govern
ment MD in construction of ship canal
to connect the Chesapeake and Della
ware bays. Referred. Mr.. Cockrell
moved to take up the bill to place Gen.
Shields on the retired list of the army.
Mr.. Sargent submitted the following
amendment ms an additional section:
The president is hereby authorized to
appoint Ulysses S. Grant, late general
commanding the army Of the United
States, II general on the retired list of the
army, with full rank, pay, and the al
lowances of that grade, except that the
general so retired shall not be allowed
forage for horses, or communication
therefor, or aids.de-camp or other staff
officers, unless called into active service
in time of war. After long debate the
amendment was adopted by the follow
ing vote: ...s.... ...... ........
Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Blaine, Booth,
Bruce, Burnside, Cameron, (Pa.,) CAM
eron, wis. Christiancy, Conkling, Con-
over, Dorsey, Edmunds, Ferry, Hamlin,
Hoar, Ingalls,, Kellogg, kirkwood, La
mar, Mcmillan, Matthews, Mitchell,
Morrill,, Patterson, Plump, Rollins, Sar-
gent, Saunders, Teller and Windom-SO.
Navs-Armstrong, Bailey, Barnum,
Bayard. Beck, Cockrell. Coke, Davis,
ILL., Davis. West Via, Dennis, Eaton,
Eustis, Grover, Harris, Hill, Johnson,
Jones. lFla..l Herman, McCreary, Nc