The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-03-20

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was finally tabled subite 20 cali by aio1tv
vote. 49,. The fertilization appropriation bill was
! then taken up and after an executive session
/ the senate adj burned.
! FRIDAY, March 12.-lhlls introduced and re-
! ferred: 70 provide for the ascertainnept of
claims Of American citizens for spOation prior
! to July l, 1861; to enable Colorado to select
/ lands under the acts of July 2, 1902, and July
! %, 1866. making grant of land for the benefit
of agricultural colleges and mechanic arts
| The bill for the relief of the widow of Gen
| Custer was indefinitely postponed The senate
| then took up the house bill making approlria-
! tons for fOrtlticatlOns and other works Of de-
! Tense for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1881 to
! which the senate committee report amendments
| increasing the house appropriation for the re-
pair of works of defense from $1,000 900 t. $780,
/ 600, and for armament of the sea coast FORTH
cations, including conversion of smooth bore
cannon into rifles, from S2250G0 to $500, 600.
The appropriation of $4,000 for torpedo and
torpedo experiment was left unchanged. The
amendments were adopted and the bill passed
Adjourned till Monday
House.
SATURDAY, March 6.-Some bills of a personal
nature being disposed Of, the ILL to amend the
revised statutes III relation to the issue Of patents
for private land claims confirmed hv act o.
congress was passed. Consideration was then
resumed of the bllI for the relief OF Fitz John
Porter, and Carpenter addressed the senate In
opposition to the measure. After an executive
session the senate adjourned TIL Monday
MONDAY, March 8-Sanford introduced q bill
to reduce the tarff on certain alticlcs 1t pro-
yidcs that on and after the 1st Of July, 1880, no
duty shall be levied assessed or collected in cA-
cess Of fifty per cent. of tie present rate Of i'm
port duties ON merchandise imported into the
United States, III tie composition Of which any
or either of the following articles form a prin-
opal material; Cotton, hemp metal, wool, wood
and leather. Sanford also introduced the fol-
lowing bill: . That from and after the passage
OF this act no custom OF tariff duties Of any
character shall be levied, assessed or collected
ON printing type, or any material entering into
the composition thereof, imported into the
United States, or on blank paper or material en-
teiing into Its compost ION. Other llls.ntro-
duced: TO remove the duty on wood and straw
pulp, soda ash and other chemicals used in the
manufacture OF paper and to reduce the duty
on unslZcd paper TO per cent. al yalorem; to
reduce duties in excess Of 80 per cent. ad
yalorem on articles embraced III schedules A, Il.
c, +. Ct, X, L. VI and \, of section 1904. re-
viSed statutes; granting pensions to all soldiers
and sailors of all wars, who for any reason
other than their own wrong acts became in
capacitated to earn hyelihoods for them
selves and who have no means Of sup
port; aIpropriating @5O,0OG to enable
the commissioner of agriculture to en-
courage the manufacture of sugar from com
stalks and sorghum; abUhshing all duties on
agricultural machinery and implements; TO
equalize at nine dollars per month all bountics
Ton total disability; Tlacng on the frec list all
chemical substances and materials imported
exclusively for the manufacture OF printing
paper and printing inks, and all sized or I'M
sized paper used exclusively for books. maya
zines and newspapers: to provide for the inn
pOrtation of salt free of duty: TO reduce the
price of public lands within railroad limits: to
admit chromate Of iron free of duty: to grant
a.
the army navy III the late and were hon
orablv discharged; granting a pension to the
widow of Gen. Geo. A. Custer; providing that
no duty shall be collected on merchandise I'M
ported into the United States in excess of fifty
per cent. I'D valorem embraced in schedules A.
b, c, f, G, K and VI, section 1884. revised
statutes Adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 9-Morton ~ scented the
memorial Of importers and refners of sugar
praying for the retention Of the present grad
mated scale of duties, with the addition Of a
clause obhging all sugars below number ID IN
color, testing above 81 degrees, to pay duty as
if between 10 and ID; also a memorial pravin9
for the abolition of duty on printing tvpe At
the expiration OF the morning hour the house
considered the political assessment bill and
House made speech thereon Adjourned
WEDNESDAY, March l0.-Reagan introduced
a resolution declaring 'that while we recognize
the e neral interests of the whole commercial
across the isthmus connecting North and South
America, and while We will respect that interest
if such-a line of inter-oCeanic communication
shall be established, We declare that as the es-
tabllshing of such line of communication
would practically connect Atlantic and Mexican
Gulf and Pacific coast lines of the United States,
and as the United States would have great local
az well as general interest III common with the
other commercial powers of the earth and as
the political control Of such line of communi-
cation would be vitality necessary to her COM
merclal interests and to the preservation of her
territorial integrity and political lndepen-
dence, sh will insist, whenever and
by wLomsoever such project shall he COM
menced, on such political contract of it as will
give security to our commercial and political IL.
! terests." Whitthorne, chairman of the COM
mlttee on naval affairs, reported JOINT TesOlu-
ton for the organization of a board of officers
of the navy to report upon the practicabity of
completing the double-tuI1eted monitors Puri-
tan, Monadnock, Amphitrlte and Terror.
Agreed TO. Bills were placed on the calendar
appropriatlng $500, 900 for the relief of the poor
Of Ireland; to restrict Chinese emigration; to
prevent the removal of Indians from states into
the Indian territory: to prevent the Withholding
OF pensions IRON pensioners under the act Of
1861 Consideration was resumed of the poht-
zeal assessment bill and the house was addressed
| by Young. OF Ohio, Richardson, of New York,
. Crowley, Hayes and Butterworth. 49,. &dlourned.
THURSDAY, March 11.-After receiving num-
Der OF bulls from committees tie house pro-
ceeded to consider the political assessment bill.
A call for the previous question dcve'oped
tilllhuStellng movement or the part Of the Re-
publcanH who desired unlimited debate on the
bill Adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 12-The bill authorizing the
secretary OF the interior to deposit certain IN
dian trust funds III the United States treasury
III heu OF investment was pas ed -. The morn
ing hour was dispensed with and Mcmahon e.
ported back the deficiency appropriation tlll
from the appropriation committee. The COM
nhttee recommend the amendment aplroIClat-
ing 5000, 900 for the payment Of fees and OK
penses of United States marshas and Their gen
eral deputies for the present fiscal year, thus
making the total amount appropriate d by the
hill II, 2f5, $50. The house then went into COM
mlttee Of the whole and DEBATED the bill.
When the committee rose the following ills
were introduced and referred: For the suppres-
sion Of peuro-pneumonia in neat cattle; TO &C
cept and ratify the agreement submitted by the
Ute Indians for the sale of their lands IN Colo
RADIO (appropliatuns S330,og0). Adjourned
until Monday.
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/ the first warm breath of March is after