Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-02-18
CONGRESSIONAL
MONDAY. Feb. 8

passed the bill providing for the sale to
the Chicago & Great Western railroad
company, Of what was the BridewelI
property in Chicago. Sen. Eustis offer
ed resolution directing the finance
committee to inquire whether it had
been the custom for the assistant treas
urer at New Orleans to receive deposits
of standard silver dollars from shippers
of said coin and to issue to their CORES
pondents at New Orleans receipts fer
the silver subject to count, and to issue
silver certificates after the count of said
dollars so deposited had been made, and
whether said custom, if it had revail-
ed, had been changed by the instruction
Of the treasurer of the United States,
and the reasons therefor. After quite
a lengthy debate, in which Sens. Pugh
and Harris alternated with Sen. Sher-
man, the resolution of Sen. Eustis went
over till tomorrow, and after the ex-
ecative session, the senate then adj
journed.
HOuse-In the house under the call
of states, the following bills. etc., were
introduced and referred: By Mr.. Law
Ter, fer the erection of a public building
on the Bridwell property in Chicago.
By Mr.. Springer, to enable the people of
Dakota, east of the Missouri river, to
form constitution and a state gov
ernment. The house then at 4:1O went
into a committee of the whole (Mr.
Hammond in the chair on the half-gal-
lon liquor tax bill, when the committee
arose the house adjourned.
TUESDAY, Feb. 9.
Senate. The chair laid before the
senate message from the president,
transmitting information relating to
the surveys Of public lands in Nebras-
ka; also, message from the president
transmitting a request OF the secretary
of the interior for an item in the Indian
appropriation bill, to provide for an
agent for the Winnebago Indians in
Wisconsin; also, letter from the Sec
rotary OF the treasury, transmitting, in
reply to the recent senate resolutions,
Information as to the accounts of Fred.
B. MeachaIn, late Indian superintendent
for Oregon. The papers were appro-
priately referred. The following bills
were passed: For public building at
Sioux City, 500, 1000. For public build
ing at Oshkosh, Wis.,, 100000. The
educational bill was made a special
order for two o'clock tomorrow. On
motion of Sen. Teller, the senate passed
the bill to grant right of way through
the public lands for irrigation purpo5es.
On motion of Sen. Plumb the senate
then took up and, after short debate,
passed the bill to extend the laws of the
United States over the organized terri
tory south of the state of Kansas and
known as the public land strip. The
senate then adjourned.
HONse-The following committee re-
ports we're submitted: Mr.. Davis from
the committee on commerce providing
for an investigation of the discovery Of
preventing yellow fever by innocula-
ton. COMMITTEE of the whole. Mr..
Warner from the committee on post
offices and post roads to reduce the fee
on money orders for So or less from 8
to S cents. It was placed on the house
calendar. Mr.. Peters from the same
committee, providing that the allow
ance for clerk hire, made to postmasters
of the first and second classes, shall
cover the cost of clerical labor in the
money order business. Placed upon
the house calendar. Also the bill pro-
viding for the payment into the treas
ury of the receipts of the money order
system, and for the payment of the
expenses OF the system of the appro-
priation. Laid on the table. After
considerable debate but without action
the house went into the committee of
the whole and Mr.. Hammond in the
chair, on the half gallon tax bill
Mr.. Findlay took the floor with a care.
fully prepared speech upon the finan-
cial question, which he said resolved
itself into the question as to whether or
not the Bland act should be reported.
Pending action the committee rose and
the house then adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10.
Sendte.-In the senate to-day Sen.
Hoar offered the following resolution,
for which he asked immediate consid-
Grafton:
Resolved, That the committee on library con-
slider and report at an early day, the expediency
of the erection at the seat of government, of
statute or monument to the late illuStriouS Gen.
Winfield Scott Hancock.
At 2 o'clock the chair laid before the
senate the education bill. After some
discussion that bill was made unfinish-
ed business for tomorrow. After an
executive session the senate adjourned.
House = In the houss to-day the
speaker laid before the house the re-
spouse of the secretary of the treasury
to the house resolution calling for in
formation upon the question arising
under the tariff act of 1883. Referred.
Blanchard offered the following series
of resolutions:
Resolved. That the house has learned with pro-
fouBd sorrow of the great and irreparable loss
which the country has sustained in the death Of
that great and good man, Major General Winfield
Scott Hancock.
Resolved, That this house, in common with
all his countrymen, mourn the death Of him
who was stainless soldier for the Union in
the war, and the undaunted defender of the
constitution and of civil liberty in peace and at
all times s. stainless man and uncorruptible pa
triot.
Resolved, AS mark of respect and affection
for the exalted virtues of the hero and patriot
this house do now adjourn.
Resolved, That the speaker of the house be
directed to transmit to the widow of the honored
dead copy of these resolutions and an assur-
ance OF the heartfelt sympathy OF the sorrowfal
bereavement which is alike hers and the coun-
try's.
The resolutions were adopted, and &C
co1dingly the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
Se7lGte-In the senate to-day, after
the disposal of the routine business of
the morning, Elmunds said that as one
of the COMMITTEES of the senate had