Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-05
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Senate.


MONDAY, January 26.-The vce-president laid
oefore the senate communication from tina
secretary OF war recommending an approrria.
ton Of 100000 for the erection of q head
quarters building for the department Of Dakota.
on Fort Smelling military re eration. Referred
PETITIONS, etc, presented: Against the pro-
posed Detroit river bridge; for the continuancs
of the coinage Of the silver dollar and the legal
tender CAPACITY of the greenback; for the pas.
sage of the Ieagan Interstate commerce bill;
for the suspension of coinage of the silver dol.
lar until silver and gold dollars have the sans
value; for the abolition of the legal tender DUAL.
ity of greenbacks Edmunds, from the COM
n.ittee on judiciary. reported adversely on the
memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, asking
congress to repeal the exi ting laws for the NJ
moval of causes from state to federal courts. so
as to contine the jurisdiction of the latter 10
cases arising under the constitutions and laws of
the United States, and the committee was dis.
charged from its further con liberation Aft,,
an executive session the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 27.--Majolity and mino,it,
reports on the bill for the rehef of fitz John
Porter were presented Dy the committee on
military affairs and Tie i'll was placed on tho
calendar Petitions were presented from ex-
soldiers and sailors for the passage of tbe
Weaver Lii for the payment of the difference
between gold and grecnbacks. Bills intro
duced and referred: To incorporate tho Coslno-
nent bureau; TO increase the pension Of all
wounded soldiers of the war Of 1912 who now
receive less than S15 per month. TO regulate In
dian affairs. E. Consideration WAS then resumed
of the Joint resolution introduced by Bayard to
withdraw the legal tender power of United
States notes; Bayard spoke ii favor of the reSo-
luton .Ad burned.
WEDNESDAY, January 28th.-No business was
transacted the day having been set apart for
he n nrla md
character of the late Senator Chandler. Euo-
gies were pronounced by Ferry, Bayard, Blaine,
Logan, Morrill,, Cameron and Baldwin, and res,
buttons OF respect and sorrow for the late
senator were adopted. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, January 29.-PetitIons presented
Against any reductinn of the duty on sheet
zinc; against the passage of the senate Hill for
examinations III pension cases. "A resolution
was adopted for the appointment of a commit
tee of nine senators to take into consideration
the subject Of canal to connect tho Atlantic
and Pacific oceans. Bailey, from tho commit
tee on postoifces and postroads reported with
| amendments the senate joint resolution to az
ply the amount appropriated by the act Of
March Sd, 1877, 10 pay certain mail contractors
Placed on the calendar. 1t authorizes the sec
rotary of the treasury to pay southern mail con-
tractors for carrying the mails prior to MAY
81 1861 upon their presenting satisfactory
evidence that they had received no pay for
such services from either the confederate or
United States government. o.. Bayald, from tho
committee on finance, reported with amend
ments a bill authorizing the conversion of ma.
tonal gold bonds. Placed on the calendar. .
Bills introduced and referred: For the relief Of
the Stockbridge and other Indians in Wisconsin,
to provide for celebrating the ore hundredth
anniversary of the treaty of peace and recogl-
ton of American independence, by an exhibition
OF arts, manufactures and products of mines in
IN 1SS3. N .
railroads the right of way through public lands
of the United States Adjourned till MONDAY
House.
credentials of J. L. Phillips, representative
elect from the fifth district Of Missouri, and
Phillips took the iron-clad oath :. Bills intro
duced and REFEREED For the appointment of o
commissioner to ascertain and report the losses
sustained by citizens on account of Indian dep
relations; for a monument to f. S. Key, author
of the "Star Spangled Banner;' to Incorporate
the Cosmo-American Colonization and Genera
Improvement bureau, the object of which is t. |
be the encouraging, promoting and conducting
of emigration from the over-crowGed
cities and other districts of the United
States and from all parts of Europe
to the states of the United States reeding set
tiers, and for other humane and commercial
purposes; to increase the number of justices Of
the United States Supreme Court to twenty-one;
to abolish the court of claims. The morning
hour having eXI ired, the question required on
suspendlng the rules and adopting the resolu-
ton offered last Monday by Kelley, of Pennsyl-
vania, the roll call on which had been interrupt
ed by district business, declaring that the nego-
tation by the president of commercial treat,
fixing rates of duty is in violation OF the constr
tuition. The vote resulted, yeas 175, nays e.
So the rules were suspended and the resolution
was adopted. :. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 27.-Bills passed. Apprc
prIating 100000 for monument at yorktown
and $4,000 TO enable the committee on cele
bratlon to make all necessary arrangements fo
such celebration OF the centennial anniversary
of the battle of Yorktown as shall beft the his .
torical significance of the occasion setting
apart for park purposes certain lands in Callfor
MA on which are grown the red wood or "big |
trees V. After a session in committee Of the |
whole on revision of rules TIC house adjourned
WEDNESDAY, January 2S.-Bills were Passed I
granting petition to the widow OF lieut. Hiram
Benner, and appropiiating "a, 100 for nOnu-
ment to Gen. Herkimer . A bill imposing tax
on smoking opium was introduced and referred |
IA message was received from the senate
transmitting the resolutions adopted by that
body relating to the late Senator Chandler
Speeches were then made III eulogy of the late
senator by Newberry, Williams Of Wisconsin,
| Hubbell, Brewer, Robson, Burroughs. Haweyi
Dunnell, Stone, Keifer, Conger, Briggs, Grape.
Barber, Willets, and Garfield AT the close OF
the addresses tie house adjourned.
THURSDAY, January 2y.-The bill declaring
all public roads and highways post routes was
passed. Several bills we're reported back from
committee and referred, after which the house
went into committee of the whole on revision Of
rules. When the committee rose the house
adjourned.
FRIDAY, January 30--Orth offered o resor
ot,n
mittec on railways and canals to inquire into
the e1pediency of providing for survey to aT
certain the practicabilty of constructing snip
canal from Toledo. Ohio. to the naylgabie