Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-03-09

claring Geo. f. Edmunds, senator from
the state of Vernon, president pro tenn.
of the senate.
| Sen. Pendleton moved to amend so
as to make the resolution apply to
Thomas F. Bayard, senator from Della
ware. The amendment was lost, and
Sen. Edmunds was then elected. The
secretary having announced the result
requested Sens. Anthony and Bayard
to conduct him to the chair, and they
4 did so.
Sen. Edmunds, standing by the clerks
desk said: "Senators-I beg to thank
the senate sincerely for the honor it
has conferred upon me, and to
say / shall endeavor to discharge
the duties imposed with fidelity. As
think that under the law ought to
take the oath of office, I ask the sena-
tor from Rhode Island, the eldest sena-
tor present, to administer it.
Sen. Anthony administered the oath
and Edmunds then took the chair.
Sen. Mcmillan from the committee
on commerce, made report on the
river and harbor bill, stating that owing
to want Iof time to examine and con-
slider the propriety Of numerous items
in the bill they did not feel
justified in recommending its passage.
On the other hand, in view of the great
importance, annual appropriations
for the improvement of the water ways
OF the country as protection against the
oppression and exactions of railroad
companies, the committee did not
feel justified in retaining the bill in
their possession, and thus preventing
action by the senate, and therefore re
| ported 1t back for such action as the
senate might deem proper.
| Ingalls, moved that the report be pre-
| sented, and that it lie on the table until
tomorrow. Agreed to.
The bill. for the relief of the German
National Bank, of Louisville, passed.
| The other amendments of the COM
mittee were agreed to. On motion of
Senator Plumb the amendments were
agreed to authorizing and directing the
attorney general to pay Charles H.
Reed Tor his services in defending
Gulteau, whatever sum he fixed upon
as proper compensation, net to ex-
| ceed, however, So, 900. The amend
ments reported by the committee on
| appropriations having been agreed to
| except rs above stated, the bill was re-
ported to the senate, and the amend
ments made in committee of whole
agreed to except the one striking out
certain deficiency appropriations for
government of the district of Colum-
bia, which was disagreed to. The bill
then passed.
At the evening session the house bill
to modify the postal money order sys-
tenn and for other purposes passed
without amendment.
Sen. Allison reported that the con-
ferees of the two houses on the sundry
civil appropriation bill had failed to
agree. The senate insisted upon its
action and new conferees were ap-
pointed.
On motion OF Sen. Harrison, the
house bill to amend the law relating to
recovery of damages for infringement
of patents was taken up, amended and
| passed.
When the shipping bill was reached
on the calendar, Coke objected to its
consideration on the ground that it was
at this tinav. cooper and Fry urged
consideration of the bill, and upon their
agreeing to oppose certain changes in
| its provisions, withdrew his objection
and the bill was then taken up and dis
cussed. Pending the consideration at
ll5, the senate went into executive
| session.
The doors were reopened at 1:26.
The amendments reported by the COM
mittee on commerce. Sen. Sawyer
called UP the house bill to adjust the
salaries of postmasters and it was
passed. This bill was passed yeste rday
by the house. The house bill to create
two additional land districts in Dakota
passed.
2:40 Sunday Morning. 2:40 the
senate went into executive session and
| will probably soon take recess until
some hour this forenoon.
HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, March S.-After the
transaction of some miscellaneous bus
mess the house proceeded to vote upon
the resolution in the Cook-Cutts con-
tested election case, which declares the
contestant elected to the seat. The
resolution was adopted; yeas 155, noes
81; and Cook appeared at the bar of
the house, and took the oath of Office.
Calkins then called up the South Caro-
lima contested election case, Lee vs..
Richardson. Kelley, with the confer
ence reports in his hand, raised the
question of consideration, and the
house refused to consider the election
case. Kelley then submitted the con-
1 ference report.
Mr.. Hubbell and Bayne demanded
a reading of the report; before it was
read, however, Bayne raised point of
order against its reception. He based
his point upon rule 90, which provides
there shall accompany every confer
ence report detailed statement of the
effect Of the report. He understood
there was no such explicit statement
accompany this report.l
Mr.. Kelley maintained that an in
dex of changes was sufficient.
| The speaker sustained the point of
order on the ground that the index
was not such a statement as was re-
| quired by the rules; whereupon Kelley
again sent up the index. but attached tc
it statement to the effect that the bill
provided for an aggregate reduction of
| $67 100000 Mr.. Carlisle raised the
point that that was not sufficient state
ment. The speaker overruled the
point of order. Mr.. Kelly had state
ment read for the information of the
house, correcting some typographical
errors in the printed bill The clerk
began to read the report of the confer
ence committee. The reading of the
report included the reading of the
whole bill,
Mr.. Kelley proposed to limit the de-
/ bate to two hours. Several democrats
laughipgly suggested to make it
/ Short Mr.. Kelley then suggested an
hour and half, but finally it was ar
ranged that 8 vote should be taken ST
3 O'Clock. He offered to let the oppo-
nents of the report be hesrd, but Mr..
] Carlisle thought the usual and proper
i course was to have the effect of the re-
port stated to the house. Mr. Kelley
admitted the force OF the suggestion
| and proceeded to open the debate. The
! first section OF the bill, he said, was the
/ bill which the house passed last session
1 for reduction of the internal tax with
j amendments made therto by the SEN
/ ate, touching tobacco, cigars and snuff.
4 These reductions would diminish the
i internal taxes from thirty-five to forty
millions. He was not able to make
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