Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-02-26
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Senate,

Senate.
MONDAY, February lG.-No business of IN,
portance was transacted III the senute TO-DAY.
TUESDAY, February II. Many petitions wsr.
presented from railway companies against h..
reduction of the duty on steel rails: also a.
from tue chamber Of commerce of st. Paul ash
ing for reduction Of the duty. :. Jones prs.
scented memorial of the Union Soldiers asso
citation of New Orleans asking the senate to nm
seat Kellogg us senator from LoIlis lana
Salisbury introduced resolution that tela.
graphic messages and copies Of record of n.
same in possession Of telegraph companies
their officers on servants, are not privileged i,
law from production and examination on prone,
process before a committee authorized te send
for persons and papers, but that an order n,
the production of such documents should be- "a
regulated as to protect the privacy of all com.
munications not related to the matter unde,
investigation. Ordered printed and laid on N.
table. salisbury pre- ented majority report
of the committee on privileges aud eectiops
in the Ingalls, case. The report finds TIA,
bribery and corruption were employed to "a
cure Irgalls' election, lut that there il no eyi.
dence that Ingalls, authorized such hmprme,
acts, or that they, in fact, secured his election.
Cameron (Wis.) presented minority leport
signed by Hoar, Logan and himself, concuriipp
In that part of the majority report Which exon
crates ingalls,, but expires; ing the Of non that
when the report states that corruption was en-
poyed, If should III justice state What WAS
proved, that such means we're employed in on
position to his election. The reports were Or.
dered printed. =. Randolph introduced a,
amendment to the ill for the relief Of Fitz
John Porter. striking out the enacting elSus.
and appointing Porter a colonel of infantry in
the regular srmy with commission dated Jan
nary 1868. with Fay and emoluEcuts from tina.
date. Ordered printed and laid on the table
After an executive session the tenate adjourned
WEDNESDAY. February 18.--A joi.lt resolu-
ton was passed authorizing the secretary OF the
navy to employ naval vessel or chalter ship
Tor the purpose Of transporting to the famished
Door Of ireland such contributions a. may be
made for their relief. Logan presented .
memorial of the Union Veteran club, number
ing 700 ex-soldiers, demonstrating against th.
passage of the Weaver bill The bal2nce Of
the day was spent in discussing the ILL author.
izipg the asceltainment of the amount OF public
lands located on military warrants, and the
pa ment of 5 per cent. Of the value thereof to
the several states. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, February 19.-No important bus.
mess was transacted by the senate to-day, the
time being occupied in DEBATE On the s per cent
bill . At the close of the debate an executive
session was had after which the senate ad-
journed.
FRIDAY, Eel ruary 2o.-The bill to authoriz.
the compilation and printing Of the naval his
tory of the war was passed; also tho ILL to re-
peal the provisions of the revised statutes au-
thorlzing the advancement of navy and marins
officers thirty numbers i'll rank for extraordinary
heriosm. Very little was done III lne senate
the time being consumed in debate. AID.
journed till Monday.
MONDAY, February 1G.-Blls introduced and
referred: To repeal the duty on medicines; re-
ducng the duty on iron and steel; to return to
producers of cotton the tax collected by tho
government which has been declared by the
United States Supreme Court to have been lie
galy collected admitting free of duty ma
chinery for manufacturing cotton fabrics;
granting pensions to certain sailors and soldiers
Of the late war who were confined in so-c.llled
Confederate prlSons requesting the president
to open negotiations with certain foreign gov
ernments relative to the importation Of tobacco
into their dominions; amending the statutes
prohibiting the employment of convlcts IN the
manufacture of such articles rs may be brought
into competition with skilled labor; to repeal
certain sections of the act of August, 1871,
relative to the use of marshals and supervisors
at the polls, and the act of 1872 on the same
subject. .Adj ourned.
TUESDAY, February 1.-THE house resumed
consideration of the bill regulating the removal
of causes from state tot federal courts and Knott
argued III support of the bill When the
morning hour expired the senate went into
committee of the whole on the revision
Of the rules, but rose without accom-
plishing anything, because of difference Of
opinion regarding an amendment to a rule gro
hlbiting PARTISAN legislation upon appropriation
bills Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, February 1s.-Boyd presented
memorial Of merchants of Chicago for the
passage of bill for the immediate Transports
ton of dutiable goods. "A bill was introduced
fixing the duty on barley malt at 70 cents
bushcl. Wood, chairman of the committee on
ways and means, reported back the bill to
facilitate the funding of the national debt; also
q resolution committing that bin to committee
Of the whole and making it the special order for
the first Tuesday i'll March. and from day tol
day thereafter until disposed OF, to the eSclt-
sion of all existing orders, but not to Interfere
with appropriation Lills. The resolution WAS
adopted. =. Gibson introduced q bin which was
referred, to secure more uniform collection OF
duties on imported sugars. The balance OF
the day WAS spent in debate on the bill TO reSn
late the removal of causes from state to fedora
courts. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, February 19.-Band from the
committee on coinage, weights and measures
reported bill to establish a mint at st. Louis
Printed and recommtted At the expiration
of the morning hour the house went INTO com
mittee Of the whole on the revision OF the
rules but rose again after parliamentary ult ID
order to go into committee on the state Of the
Union to hear stephens objections to he rue
allowing riders on appropriation bills After
Stephens had finished his remarks the house
again went into committee of the whole on the
rules and discussed tho rule mentioned until a.
tournament.
FRIDAY, February 2O.-Ncthin5 OF senera
importance was done in the house to-day, the
time being spent in committee of the whole on
revision of the rules. Adjourned till AIonday
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