Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-06-10

MONDAY, May 31.-The senate amendments ..
the house bill for relief to certain homesteaS
and preemption settlers in Kansas and "
Draska were conculred in. Consideration y,
the sundry civil appropriation bill was then "a
sumed number of amendments were aoraa,
to and several rejected, after which the biH
passed-yeas l12. nays s.. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, June 1.-The house went into corr
mlttee OF the whole on the deficiency bail. An
amendment approprating S25, 900 to the daueb-
ter and granddaughter of the late Pyesider,
Zachary Taylor was adopted After debate ON
other amendments the committee rose Al
journed.
WEDNESDAY, June 2.-The house went into
committee of the whole, on the general defcien.
cy appropriation bill, the pending paragranb
being that appropriating 500. 000 to enable the
secretary of the treasury to provide storage for
silver coin. A substitute by Bland and LARGO
number OF amendments were rejected. Warner
offered the following substitute for the original
paragraph, and it was agreed to: $50 enable
the secretary of the treasury to provide more
secure and if needed be, additional vault room
for coin, $50, 000." The amendment was adopte3
appropriating as deficiency $500 for detecting
persons guilty of violating internal revenue laws
Adjourned.
THURSDAY, June "a Joint resolution appro.
prlatlng $50, 900 for a monument to mark tha
birthplace of George Washington was agreed 10
UNANIMOUSLY :, . The committee ON WAYS and
means reported resolution for the final All.
Jounment OF congress at noon on the 10th
inst. Agreed to without debate-yeas LOG, NAYS
g.. The general deficiency bill was then taken
up. Townsend Clll.) offered an amendment
striking ont the paragraph appropriating 500
600 to enable the secretary of the treasury to
provide more secure vault room for coin and
bullion. Reiected-yeas IS; nays Sc. Page Of
fered an amendment appropratirg $1,000 10
snpclal tpunty ba N N H.
September election. Rejected-yeas IS NAYS
ga party vote. The next vote was taken on
the amendment adopted in committee providing
that no part of the appropriation made for the
payment of marshals shall be paid to any gen.
eral or special deputy marshal for services rem
dered at elections. The action of the commit
tee was concurred in--yeas 80; nays 70. The
bill was then passed. =. The house then consid-
cred the amendments to the postoftice appro-
priation bill The senate amendment ncreas-
ing from SS50,000 to 5000, 600 the appropria-
ton for inland transportation by steamship
routes, was concuredin. The senate amendment
increasing the appropriation for inland mail
transportation S350,000, was non-concured in.
The senate amendment striking out the proyis-
Ion for relettlng of contracts on all star routes
on which pay for expedition of schedule shall
exceed fifty per cent. of contract price before
such expedition, was concuTed in. After the
introduction Of petition for the passage of the
Dlu GRANTING laUuS III SGNeFaltN TO INDIANS the
house adjourned.
FRIDAY, June 4.-The senate amendments to
the house bill granting condemned cannon fora
soldiers monument ut Marietta. Ohio. were
concuwed in. On motion the senate bill passed
for disposing of Fort Harker military reserva-
ton. The speaker stated that the regular
order was the motion to lay on the table the
motion to reconsider the vote by which the
house yesterday concured in the senate amend
mput to the pgStOtfice tion bill striking
out the proviso relative to the reletting of the
star routes. The motion to table was agreed
to-yeas 81, nays 72-so the provso was strck-
en- from the bill, which now goes to the senate
for its action in regard to the amendments non
concuued in by the house. The house then
went into committee of the whole on the private
calendar, but after considering three pension
bills, the committee found itself without q
quorum. After the passage of several pension
bills the house adjourned.