The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-02-28
FOPTY-SixTH CONGRESS.
Senate.

senate.
MONDAY, February 16.-No business of I'M
portanee was transacted by the senate to-day.
TUESDAY, February 17.-Many petitions were
presented from railway companies against the
reduction of the duty on steel rails; also one
from the chamber Of commerce of st. Paul ask
ing for reduction of the duty Jones pre-
scented memorial of the Union Soldiers assoc
claton of New Orleans, asking the senate to
unseat Kellogg az senator from Louisiana o..
salisbury introduced resolution that tele-
graphic messages and copies of record of the
same III possession of telegraph companies,
their officers or servants, are not privileged by
! law from production and examination on proper
/ process before committee authorized to send
/ for persons and papers, but that an order for
! the production of such documents should be so
regulated to protect the privacy of all COM
municatlons not related to the matter under
/ investigation. Ordered printed and laid on the
/ table. Salisbury presented majority report
! OF the committee on privileges and elections
IN the Ingalls, case. The report finds that
/ bribery and corruption were employed to
cure ingalls, election, but that there is no eyi
/ dence that Ingalls, authorized such improper
acts, or that they, III fact, secured his election.
4 Cameron (Wis.) presented q minority report
signed by HOar, Logan and himself, concurrine
III that part of the majority report which exon
crates Ingalls,, but expressing the opinion that
when the report states that corruption was en-
/ ployed, it should III justice state what was
! proved, that such means were employed III OPP
! position to his election. The reports were
dered printed Randolph introduced an
amendment to the bill for the relief OF Fitz
+ John Porter, striking out the enactng clause
and appointing Porter a colonel of infantry in
/ the regular army with commits sion dated jan
uary, 1863, with pay and emOluments from that
date. Ordered printed and laid on the table.
After an executive session the senate adjourned
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18-A joint resolu-
ton was passed authorizing the secretary of the
navy to employ naval vessel or charter ship
for the purpose OF transporting TO the famished
poor of Ireland such contributions a. may be
made for their relief Logan presented
+ memorial of the Union Veteran club number
ing LOCO eX-soldiers, demonstrating against the
passage Of the Weaver bill . The balance of
the day was consumed III discussing the bill
authorizing the entertainment of the amount Of
public lands located on military warrants and
the payment of per cent of the value thereof
to the several states. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, February l9-No important bus
mess was transacted by the senate to day, the
time being occupied in debate on the per cent.
biz. At the close Of the debate an executive
session was had, after which the senate adj
journed.
FRIDAY. February 20 The bill to authorize
the compilation and printing of the naval his
tory Of the war passed: also the bill to re-
peal the provisions of the revised statutes au-
thoriZlng the Advancement of navy and marine
officers thirty numbers IN rank for extraordinary
heroi5m Very little was done by the senate,
the time being consumed in debate. Adj
journed till Monday
House.
MONDAY, February 15.-Blis introduced and
referred: To repeal the duty Oh medicines; re-
duc1ng the duty on IRON and steel; 10 return to
producers Of cotton the tax collected by the
government which has been declared by the
United States Supreme Court to have been lie
galIy collected; admitting free of duty ma
ChlnGry for manufacturing cotton fabrics:
granting pensions to certain sailors aud soldiers
OF the late war who were confined in so-callcd
Confederate prisons; requesting the president
to open negotiations with certain foreign gov
elnmenta relative to the importation of tobacco
INTO their dOmlGions; amending the statutes
prohibiting the employment of conyicts in the
manufacture OF such articles as may be brought
into competition with skilled labor: to repeal
certain sections of the act of August, 1871
relative to tie use of marshals and supervisors
at the polls, and the act of 1872 on The same
snbjct. Adjourned.
TUESDAY. February 17.-Ihe house resumed
consideration Of the bill regulating the removal
OF causes from state to federal courts and Knott
argued IN support Of the bill . When the
morning hour expired the house went into COM
mlttee of the whole on the revision of the rules,
bur rose without accompl+ hing anything, be
cause of difference of opinion regarding an
amendment To rule prohibiting partisan legis-
latlon upon appropriation bills. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, February 13.-Boyd presented
memorial Of merchants Of Chicago for the
passage of bill for the immediate transpOrta-
ton Of dutlable goods. A bill was introduced
fixing the duty on barley malt al 20 cents a
bushel. Wood, chairman of the committee on
ways and means, reported back the lill to
facilitate the funding of the national debt: also
a resolution committing that bill to Committee
OF the whole and making it the special order for
the first Tuesday in March, and from day to
day thereafter until disposed of, to the eXclu-
sion of all existing orders, but not to interfere
with appropriation bills. The resolution was
adopted :. Gibson introduced bill which was
referred, to secure a more uniform collection of
duties on imported sugars. The balance of
the day was spent III debate on the bill to regu-
late the removal of causes from state to federal
courts Adjourned.
THURSDAY. February 19.-Band from the
committee on coinage, weights and measures,
reported a bin to establish q mint at st. Louis
Printed and recommitted. At the expiration
of the morning hour the house went into COM
mistee of the whole on the revision of the
rules but rose again after parliamentary tilt III
order to go into committee on the state of the
Union to hear stephens objections to the rule
allowing riders on appropriation bills. After
Stephens had finished his remarks the house
rules and discussed the rule mentioned until adj
journment.
FRIDAY, February 20.-Nothing OF general
importance was done in the house to-day, the
time being spent in committee Of the whole on
revision of the rules Adjourned TIL Monday
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