Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-05
CONGRESSIONAL
MONDAY. JANUARY s6.

Senate. In the senate the oath was
administered TO Mr.. Chace, and the
credentials of Mr.. j d. Cameron were
placed on file. Mr.. Plumb reported a
substitute for the house bill forfeiting
an Iowa land grant. Mr.. Bayard's
resolution, expressing the Indignation
and sorrow of the senate at the attempt
TO destroy lives and properly in Lon
don by means of dynamite, was passed
! Mr. Riddleberger alone v.ting IN the
negative. A bill to quiet and confirm
tie title to certain lasds in Saginaw
Bay. Mich, was passed. Eulogies
upon the late Congressman Duncan,
OF pennsylvania, were pronounced.
House he house spent the entire ses-
sion discussing the district of Columbia
appropriation bill Ia comm tttee of the
whole, but did not report the bill.
TgEsDA , JANUARY 81.
Senate.-Sen Morrill,, FROM the com.
mittee on finance, reported favorably
with amendments the house bill for the
retire ment and recoiaiug of trade
dollars. The vote in committee was
in favor and four against. The division
IN the committee upor reporting the
bill was as follows: Morrill,, Aldrich,
Allison, Miller IN. ", B4yard and Nc.
Pherson in the Affirmative; Jones, Sher-
man, Beck and Harris in the negative.
Senator Cam IRON (Pa.), from committee
on military affairs, reported favorably
the bill authorizing the establishment
of retired list for non-commissioned
officers and privates OF the U. S army
who have served 30 years and upwards.
HouSe-The house went into com.
mittee of the whole on the army appro-
priation bill. After brief and general
dtbate the bill was read. When the
paragraph for the pay of the army was
reached Mr.. McComas offered an
amendment authorizing the retirement
of General Grant with rank and pay of
general. Ruled out ON point of order.
Mr.. Hewitt, of New York, moved that
the house 90 into committee of the
whole to consider the revenue bills, his
object being to call up the bill carrying
into effect a convention between the
United States and Mexico The mo-
ton was lost by vote Of go to 6G.-Ad-
jYurned.
"WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2S
Senate. Messages from the president
were laid before the senate regarding
the landing of foreign cables in the
United States, the Veuezula awards
and the status of the Oklahoma lands.
The Judiciary committee reported in
place of the house bill a substitute pro-
viding for the settlement of the govern
ment's claims against the Pacific rail
roads. The debt to the government IS
extended for various periods, averaging
% years. The Nlcaraguan treaty was
discussed at a protraeted executive Sos
sion. a motion to postpone action
until after March 4 was made on the
democratic side, but no vote was had,
owing to the absence of a quorum.
House In the house a Joint resolu-
ton regarding the counting of the cleo
toral vote was introduced. Bills were
offered appropriating 5000 for expert
ments with Americap-mades steel armor
for vessels, and for promoting the eff
cheney of the army by the voluntary
retirement of officers who entered the
service during the late war. A resolu-
ton was passed asking the president to
transmit 10 the house copy of the
recent appeal of Fitz John Porter. The
conference report on the Six-Munths
Naval Appropriation bill was agreed to.
The credentials Of Mr.. j. W. Reed, of
North Carolina, were presented and he
took the oath Of office. Efforts to con-
slider several land-grant forfeiture bills
on the calendar failed. Thc river and
harbor bill was reported and referred
A RESOLUTION was adopted calling on the
secretary of state for information re-
garding julius R Santos imprisoned in
Ecuador and about to be executed for
alleged completely in rebellion.