Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-24
TEIEGRAP PHO.
Condensed for Convenient and
Ready Reading.
WASHINGTON.

The bill reported by Senator Saunders
to establish the territory of Pembina. pro
poses to form a new territory from thai
portion of Dakota lying north of the forty
sixth parallel.
Mr.. HAWK, of Illinois, has presented
to the hOuse resolutions of the Illinois
state board of agriculture, asking Iegisla.
tion to prevent the spread of pleuro-pneu,
mOnla among cattle.
CIGAR MAKERS are here urging the
amendment TO the tax laws which now i'm.
pose unlimited bonds on them, SO that
$4,000 will be the maximum bond placed
upon any firm manufacturing cigars
t The sundry civil appropriation bill, as
adopted by the committee, sets aside $780,.
OOO for the support of national soldiers
homes, and provides for the appointment
OF General Mcclellan as one of the man.
ayers.
The senate committee on foreign rela.
tIons favors the insertion of a clause in
the sundry civil appropriation which
would permit the sending of special en-
bassy to Mexico to negotiate in regard to
commercial intercourse.
REPRESENTATIVE of the dairy interests
are here, presenting the bill to prevent the
manufacture and sale of oleomargarine
as butter in any part of the United States.
This viii probably be adopted in the adul-
teratIon of food act, agreed upon by the
special committee
IHE house committee on war claims
agreed to report favorably to the house
the bill appropriating 1888, ,333 for the
payment of claims reported allowed by
the commissioners of claims under the act
nf Macah 1871
nlnety-three claims of persons residing in
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas and Virginia.
REPRESENTATIVE WEAVER writes that
there is no truth in the published story
that the nationals in congress are endeav-
orlng to organize a peoples party, and to
that end intend to hold a conference in
Chicago. The national party, he says. is
the peoples party i n the truest sense of
the term. and under its banners will rally
all who wish to rescue the liberties of the
people from the grasp of banking, rail
road and other mOn"polies.
A DISPATCH from Washington under
date of February 22d says: The republi-
cans expect to control the senate after the
4th of March. They claim now to be per-
fectly satisfied that Malone will vote with
them to reorganize the senate. David Da-
Wis will vote with the democrats. This
will make tie. Vice President Arthur
will then cast the deciding vote, throwing
the control with the republicans. 1t
makes no difference whether the demo-
Gratis question Mr.. Arthur's right to vote
or not, he will vote in case of tie, while
those who dispute his right to so vote will
have no means ofpreventing him.
THE senate committee on military af-
fairs has authorized favorable reports to
be made 90 the senate upon all pending
nominations for army appointments and
promotions. These include the nomina-
tions of Major G. D. Swain, to be Judge
Advocate General; Colonel G.. H. Tomp-
kins, to be Assistant Quart ermaster Gen
eral; Lieutenant Colonel Febiger, to be
Assistant Paymaster General; the two ap-
pointments from civil life to the position
OF Major and Paymaster. and forty or ff-
ty others of less note.
THE senate has confirmed Adam
G. Mallory as collector of
customs at Galveston; William
S. Wilson, collector of internal rev.
enue, Fifth district of Kentucky. United
States consul-W. w. Randall. of Wiscon-
sin, at Sabanila. Postmasters-Pennsyl-
vania, Q. f. Gleason, CORY; A r. Pom
thus, Parker's Landing. Ohio, Edmund
Barnett, Canal Dover. Illinois, G. f.
Houser, Lena; Wisconsin, Hiram Med
berry, Monroe; G. A. Spencer, Sheboygan
Falls; S. w. Osborne, Darlington. Mich
igan, G. G. Grlffey, Negaunee; Frank r.
Albright, Mason.