Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-19
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Senate.

MONDAY, February 9.-Ihe resolutions Of fb.
Louisiana legislature declaring that Kellogg
was not legally elected senator. and that SrSf
ford was and should have the seat. were ordered
printed and referred Thurman. from N.
committee on Judiciary, reported adversely tbs
bill to provide for an additional circuit iudoa
for the eighth judicial district OF Iowa Ipdc8
nltely postponed The same committee with
the exception of Edmunds, reported adyerselT
on the JOINT resolution authorizing the president
TO veto parts of appropriation bills. Placed ON
the calendar. Mcdonald introduced a subuti.
tute for the bill TO revive and continue the court
OF commissioners of the Alabama claims, and i
was placed on the calendar. -. The lii te 70.
vive and continue the court of commissioners
Of the Alabama claims was then taken up and
discussed until adjournment
TUESDAY. February 10.-The house Joint reso-
luton appropriating 100000 to enable the
United States to be represented at The interns.
tonal fishery exhibition at Berlin next Aprlwas
passed Burnside from the committee on
education and labor reported bill to estabESb
an educational fund and apply portion of The
proceeds of the public lands to public education
and in the more complete endowment and SIM
port of the national colleges for the advance
ment of scientific and industrial educati,n
Placed on the calendar The bill to authoriz.
the secretary of the treasury to ascertain the
amount Of land located on military warrants In
certain states was taken up and discussed al
length. The bill authorizes the secretary Of the
interior to ascertain and certify 70 the amount
of land located with military scrip and land war
rants in the states where the enabling acts Of
admission into the union contain stipu-
latlon for the payment OF per contum on the
sales of public lands therein. II provides that
after such asccrtanmeut the secretary Of the
treasury shall pay such states per cent. on
the amounts of such lands, estimating them at
Sl.75 per acre. Jones, of Florida, gave notice
of an amendment to provide for the ascertain
ment of the quantity of public lands offered and
patented under the homestead law in the states
of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi Arkansas and
Louisiana, between June Il. 1866, and March 8,
1917, and all lands entered and patented under
said law during said period shall be subject to
the provisions of the act, in the same manner AS
lands entered by location Of military scrip and
land warrants. The bill authorizing the sec
rotary of the interior to deposit Indian trust
funds in the treasury of the United States aud
to withdraw the interest stipulated by treaty or
prescribed by law i'll lieu of investment was
passed. Burnside, from the committee on
military affairs, submitted a minority report on
the bill for the relief of Eitz john Porter, ac-
companied by an amendment striking out the
enacbng cianse and substituting one authoriz-
ing the president to grant Porter q new trial on
application. Ordered printed and laid on the
table. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY February 1.-THE bill for the
relief of Iltz John Porter was made the special
order for Monday next Logan, from the
committee ON Indian affairs. reported, with
amendments, bill for the relief Of the Winnie
bago Indians in Wisconsin, and to and them to
obtain subsistence by agricultural pursuits and
to promote their civilization. Placed on the
calendar 49,. The bill authorizing the ascertain
ment of the amount of lands located on military
warrants, etc, WAS debated until the senate
went into executive session, after which the
senate adjourned.
THURSDAY February l2.-Bills introduced;
To abolish all duties on the importation OF salt;
to extend the time for the completion of the
Texas Pacific railway. Blaine submitted o
resolution which vas adopted, asking the presi-
dent to commune le TO the senate any nforna-
ton in possession of the government touching
alleged false statistics and fabricated testimony
imposed upon the Halifax commission and used
as basis for Their award III the matter of thu
fisheries. After an executive session the SEN
ate adjourned till Monday.
House.
MONDAY, February 9-Bis introduced: Au-
Tia Jrzing the secretary of the treasury to issue
new bonds to holders of bonds that nav become
redeemabie i'll 1881; for the issue Of additional
coupons to holders of redeemablo uuited States
bonds; authorizing the secretary of the navy TO
designate United States vessel to carry cortri-
buttons TO Ireland free of charge; to prevent
general legislation on appropriation bills; to
create department of manufacture, mechanics
steel; providing that the term of Office of the
chief supervisors Of election shall bo two years;
prohibiting the arrest Of election officers on
election day; for a commission OF inquiry into
the cause and for the prevention Of contagious
diseases among domestic animals; 10 promote
colonization the public domain; TO reduce
the duty on printing and other paper; for re-
funding part of the per cents. of 1881; to
transfer to the states the title to al Islands
within the bounds of unnavigablc lakes, bayous
ETC., which were meaadered at the time OF the
public land survey; to reduce and reorganiZo the
army. The bill creating an additional land
district in Kansas WAS passed under suspended
rules. e.. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10-A bill for the relief
Of colored emigrants was passed. .Beltz-
hoover introduced bin which was referred,
providing for general amnesty. 1t provides
tina, all political disabilities of al persons in the
United States arising under the third section OF
the fourth amendment to the constitution shall
be forever removed and discharged upon suoh
persons fling with the attorney general of tbe
United States request III writing for relief
from such disabilities Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, February Whitthorne INTRO
duced bill providing for q commission for ex-
animation of the existing and proposed rules
for preventing collisions on the water, and for
framing such rules as shall be in consonance
with and IN furtherance Of the interests of in
ternational law The house spent considers
BILE time debating the revision of the rules. -.
Adjourned.
THURSDAY February 12.-Stephens, Of the
coinage, weights and measures committee, re-
ported back five bills relative to the metric
sy tenn of coinage. Printed and referred. The
bills provide. first for the coinage of metric
gold coin TO be called the stella. OF the value OF
four dollars; second, for the coinage OF golod
metric dollar two dollars and fractions Of
dollar, and also the coinage of metric gold
douole-eaglc, eagle and half eagle, all standard
value; third for the uiintage of ingots OF metre