Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-12

orders, debate to be limited TO five minutoa ~,
objection to carry over any oil. A large MN.
Der of bills then laid aside Oh objection ana
a number referred. :. The ill TO amend the ~,
to provide for taking the tenth and subseoue,,
censuses, approved March g. 1879, was tak,n
up On motion of Pendleton, substitute :
ported by the census committee WIS considerss
instead and was passed. After an executive
session the senate adjourned
House.
SATURDAY. January 31.--A petition of Ters
HARRISON relative to the contested election cas-
of HARRISON against Shelley. from the Fourtb
district of Alabama, was ordered printed and
referred to the committee on elections. Enid.
gies on the late Rush Clark, representative from
Iowa, were pronounced by Price Sapp, Thom-
son, Carpenter, Coffroth, Manning, Neal. Ben.
nett and Henderson, after which the house nd
journed as a mark Of respect to the memory Of
the deceased.
MONDAY February BILLS introduced and
referred: Approprlating 100000 for the relief
OF Ireland; levying duty Of 80 per cent, nd
rdloren, on all bonnets, hats or hoods imported
into the United States, composed Of palm leaf
chip, grass, willow, straw or other vegetable
substances, or of hair, whaleboneo or other mate
rial not otherwise provided for; for the appoint.
ment of a commission OF military, naval and
civil engineers to examine ard report on the
routes Of inter-oceanic communication; request
ing the president to tender to Peru. Bolivia and
Chill the good offices of this government for the
restoration of peace; providing for the registry
or enrolment Of any vessel built i'll foreign
countries; granting pensions to soldiers
and sailors of the late war who were
disabled while in the military service;
also increasing the pensions for loss Of
4 leg or arm: for the delivery of let
tiers having insufficient POSTAGE for the benefit OF
citizens of states which didnot go into the rebel
hon aud which have claims against tho Govern
ment; to facilitate transportation between Lake
Erie and tho navigable waters of the Wabash;
proposing a constitutional amendment providing
that the house of representatives shall 10 COM
posed of three hundred members, to DO APP
portioned among the several states AZ provided
III section 2 of article IA of the amendments to
the constitution; for the free coinage Of standard
silver dollars; authorizing the court of claims to
hear and determine all claims of depredations
by Indians outside their reservations, or for
depredations against United States officers and
employees residing on the reservations; TO put
certain articles imported and used in tho man
ufacturo of paper, glass and WOODEN fabrics on
the free list and to reduce the duty on printing
paper used by books, pamphlets magazines and
newspapers. After a session in committee of
the whole on revision of the rules tho house ad-
Journed.
TUESDAY, February "A bill was reported
from tn Judiciary committee providing that no
person shall serve as petit juror in any United
States court more than three weeks duing any
one year. Passed The rest of the day until
adjournment was spent in committee of the
whole on the rules
WEDNESDAY, February 4.-The house went
into committee of tie whole ON the joint resou-
ton introduced by Deuster of Wisconsin appro-
priating SEQ, 900 to enable the commissioner OF
fish and fisheries to represent the United States
at the international fishery exhibition in Berlin,
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and the house passed the resolution by q vote Of
lG5 yeas to 90 nays. The house again went
into committee of the whole on revision of the
rules and continued to debate the changes until
adjournment.
THURSDAY, February 5.-The senate bill for
the conversion Of national gold banks was
passed. Ryan presented q petition of 1000
citizens of Kansas i'll favor of granting to the
great lines of railway which are constructed or
may hereafter he built near the Indian territory
the right of way through that territory. The
petitioners did not object to the presence OF In
dian within the territory but asked that it should
no longer be an obstruction to commerce..
Bills introduced: Making silver certificates re-
celyabe at the United Statas treasury in re-
demption of circulating notes of the issue of
national banks; requiring the secretary of the
treasury to pay current interest on all registered
United States bonds without respect to date of
assignment or transfer. Tie house then went
into committee of the whole on rules, and when
the committee rose adjourned.
FRIDAY February 9.-Bilis introduced: APP
525, 900 for the purchase of Flaye's
statue of Gen. Winfield Scott; for the relief of
settlers on public lands The resolutions "
the Ohio legislature against the passage of the
bill for the construction of bridge across De-
toit river were presented. The speaker laid
before the house letter from the secretary of
the treasury asking an appropriation of $4,000
l.l
the coast of Alaska. Referred. . The house
went into committee of the whole ON the private
calendar, but only two bills were agreed upon
owing to objections When the committee
rose the house adjourned till Monday.