Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-02-15
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY. Feb. 5.

| Legislature, ASKING fOr the passage OF the
bill for increased pensions TO one-armed
and one-legged soldiers.
Sen, Cameron Wis., introduced Joint
resolution for the relief Of sufferers by
the late foods ia the valley of the Rhine,
Germany.
Sen. Hill presented the memorial OF
the general assembly of Colorado, asking
Tor certain legislation concerning the To-
cation Of the supposed mineral lands in
that state.
Sen. Van Wyck offered resolution d.
recting the committee on pensions 10 in
quire whether the claim agents in Wash
ington were practicing extortion for SER
vices in procuring the various claims for
soldiers, widows, and orphans. Re-
ferred.
After executive session the tariff bill
was taken up.
1 Holise-Grant moved TO suspend the
rules and pass the bill establishing the
territory of north Dakota and providing
temporary government therefor. This
gave rise to brief but Interesting debate,
in the course of which Burro vs, of Mich
igan, and Randall used some very sharp
language toward each other, which Great
ed considerable excitement. The motion
TO suspend the rule and pass the bill was
lost. Yeas ISL; hayes no.
Carpenter moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill to quiet the title of set
tiers on Des Moines river lands. Agreed
to; 146to 10.
| 10 the discussion Oh the Dakota bills
Grant said the measure was not paftisa
but purely business one.
Randall opposed the bill, as there was
no real requirement at this time for d.
vision for the territory and it was neces-
sary to look ahead to see the real object
of the bill. He took it for granted that
the object was ultimately to bring in
state aud perhaps two Of them. If there
was a state to come in, he would prefer
Dakota to be admitted. 1t was vain to
Hll the democrats into security, by assur-
ance that this would dismiss the subject
of the admission of the state What as
surance had they when this bill went to
the senate?
| Converse moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill confirming and declaring
legal the acts OF the interior department
in Issuing patents and certificates to per
sons making entries on lands z, aated to
aid in the construction of a railroad from
0ntonogan to Wisconsin state line, and
declaring forfeited to the United States
go much Of said grant az may be necessary
to confirm and protect the titles of per-
sons making such entries.
Messrs. Horr and Bragg vigorously OPP.
posed the bill, The latter ridiculed the
idea that the bill was in the interest of
laboring men. and wanted to know who
ever heard of laboring men having a lob
by; who ever heard of three ex-memhers
of congress going from seat to seat in the
interest of the horny handed laborer.
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company had laid 20 miles of track on
top of the snow banks to secure the grant.
| Hubbell excitedly denied this state.
ment.
A motion to suspend rules and pass the
| bill was lost.
| TUESDAY, FEB. 6.
| Se7ldte-The president laid before the
senate a memorial of the Wisconsin legis-
lature stating that the piers of the rail-
way bridges across the Mississippi are
| dangerous to navigation and asking the
construction of shear booms as soon as
| possible.
The resolution was agreed to instruct
| ing the committee on pensions to inquire
whether any claim agents in Washington
are guilty of extortion.
After short executive session the
senate proceeded to the consideration of
the tariff bill.
HOliSe.-The house after the transae-
tion Of some unimportant business went
into committee Of the whole on the tariff
bill.
Tucker moved to reduce the duty on
cast polished plate glass undelivered
about "A ht 30 inches sqnare and not eI-
ceeding "a by 60 inches, from So to Is
cents per square foot.
A running debate followed and at last
Mr.. Kelly moved that the committee
rest for the purpose of closing the debate
This proposition was taken up and met
with considerable opposition, but the mo-
ton finally prevailed, and in the house
Mr.. Kelly moved to limit debate on the
pending paragraph TO minutes. Mr.
Mills hoped the house would not susmit
TO be gagged in this manner, and Mr..
Berry moved to extend the time to 20
minutes. Mr.. Berry's motion was lost,
yeas So; hayes l23.
Mills moved to make the time ten min
utes; yeas 95 nays 1913. kelly's motion
was then agreed to and the house again
went into committee of the whole, and
fuckers molten was lost Various other
amendments by Tucker reducing the duty
on plate glass were lost.
The consideration of the metal schedule
was entered upcn.
| Kelly, under Instructions from his COM
mittee moved to increase from 80 TO 70
cents per ton the duty on iron ore inelud-
ing margainiferous iron ore. also the dross
or reslsnm frem burnt pYrites.
Cox, on stating his colleague, Hewitt,
was unable to attend sessions OF the house
on account of sickness obtained leave to
have printed in the Record letter from
that gentleman in which he takes strong
grounds in favor Of free iron ore and tree
scrap iron.
Pending action on Kelly's motion the
, committee roso and public business being
suspended, appropriate resolutions upon
the life and public service # the late
Representative Updegrafi of Ohio, and
Haw Of Illinois were offered.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. :.
, Sei,dte-At the closing Of the morning
business the senate keld brief executive
session. When the doors were reopened
the tariff bill was taken Rp.
, After some discussion all the remainder
; of the wool schedule except the paragraph
, embracing weddings. gearings, beltings.
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