Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, FEB. IS.

Sendte-Mr- Dawes, from the commit
tee on Indian Affairs, reported a bill
! providing for the punishment of tres
passers on Indian lands by imprison-
ment for one year, or a fine of $500, O.
both. The action of the committee wa
upon the recommendation of the Secre
tary of the Interior, and is especially in
tended to keep Payne and his follower,
from the Oklahoma lands.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the committee OF
Finance, reported adversely bill auth
OriZiag the payment of custom dutie!
! in legal-tendar notes, but asked in de
ference to the wish of another senator
that it be placed on the calendar; also
adversely, bill providing for the retire
meht of small legal tender notes.
The bill to provide for the issue of cir.
| culation to national banks was taken up
and Mr.. Bayard addressed the Senate
in opposition to Mr. Plumb's amend
ment.
| House-The house had an exciting
session on the Mixican pension bill. II
lasted all night and adjournment was
not reached till nearly nine o'clock.
The debate was hot. At 6 o'clock, 8
motion was agreed to revoking all leaves
of absence granted for this legislative
day. AT SIS quorum was obtained
and Hewitt's motion, making the Mexi
can pension bill the special order for the
21st instant, was seconded l65 to l. The
resolution was then adopted, yeas 175
nays 35. The announcement of the
result was received with applause by the
democratic side, and at S:55 a. m., the
house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 90.
SeRdte-On motion of Sen. Allison
the senate bill fixing the time of holding
terms of circuit court and district courts
of the northern district Of Iowa, was
called up.
Qt fixes the time for terms as follows:
At Dubuque, the first Tuesday of April
and third Tuesday of November of each
year. Fort Dodge, the third Tuesday OF
January and June, and Sioux City, the
second Tuesday of May and first Tuesday
of October.
MILITIA BILL.
Sen. Sewelfs bill appropriating $780,
900 per annum for the militia passed.
The senate then took up the bill to
provide for circulation for national
banks.
R0HSe-A report was agreed to l4S to
106 calling on the postmaster general to
transmit to the house reports made by the
special agents of the postotfice depart
ment having reference to the star route
Investigations not heretofore made pub
lie. An effort was made to show that it
would be detrimental to the public in
tcrest ia the prosecution of the star
route cases if the information asked for
were made public, but the resolution
passed as ab.ve stated.
Reports were submitted as follows:
From the public lands committee, a
bill to declare the forfeiture of land
to the Oregon Central Railroad COM
pany.
From the foreign affairs committee,
a resolution that the president be re-
quested to prevent the delivery of Senor
Carlos Auzero now in Key West, Flori-
da, and held for extradition on the de-
mand of the government
Mr.. Ryan, from the committee on ap-
preparations called up the joint resolu.
tion appropriating $780, 900 to be expend
ed among the Indians for educational
purposes
FRIDAY, FEB. 22.
Washington's birthday; neither house
was in session.
SATURDAY, FEB. 70.
Senate-The senate was not in ses-
sion.
HouSe-After the reports of several
committees, the house went into com.
mittee of the whole on the pleuro-pneu-
monia bill The bill was discussed for
several hours, but the house adjourned
without coming to vote.
MONDAY. FEB. 25.
.Sendte-Mr. Ransom offered a joint
resolution to appropriate Sl00.0 900 for the
relief of the sufferers by the recent
great wind storm in the southern states.
He said that over 500 people were kill
ed and many thousands wounded, and
the suffering resulting from the storm
was awful.
Messrs. Brown and Pugh supported
the resolution. 1t was referred, and the
senate resumed the consideration of the
Currency bill. Mr.. George spoke in op-
position to it.
Houston motion of Mr.. Hiscock, 9
resolution was adopted calling on the
| secretary of the treasury for informa-
ton as to what time the rebates on the
tobacco crop will be paid to claimants,
and if there is to be any delay, and the
causes thereof, and what can be done tC
effect more speedy payment.
On motion of Mr.. Poland, resolution
was adopted directing the judiciary
committee to inquire whether the act OF
| the legislature of Dakota to provide for
the levy of tax on the property OF
railroad companies does not conflict
with the organic act establishing that
Territory.
Under the call of the states, the fol-
lowing bills were introduced and refer.
red:
BY Mr. Oates-To prohibit aliens and
foreigners acquiring or owning land
within the United States.
By Mr.. Rosecrans-To authorize the
coinage of silver dollars and fraction:
thereof, under the metric system Also
for the coinage of the gold metric dol
lar, the two dollar and fraction of dol
lar, and the double eagle, eagle and
half eagle. Also for the coinage OF
stella" Also to establish system
of coinage of gold and silver, and tc
obtain proximity in value between
them