Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-02-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, Feb. 16.

Sendte-A memorial was presented
by Ssn. Plumb, from the legislature of
Kansas, praying congress to provide for
the right of way for railroads thr ough
Indian Territory. At two o'clock Sena-
tor Jackson took the floor on the edu-
cational bill. He said that inasmuch as
the design of the measuee was not TO
establish national schools, but give tenn
porary aid to states for the purposes of
education, he would support it. He
dwelt bri. fly on the question of suffrage
In the south and the indispensable nee
essiiy of the education Of the voters
every where in order that suffrage may
not be corrupted. The credentials of
the reelection of Senator A. Z. German
were presented by Sen. Wilson, and
were read and filed. The senate then
adjourned.
House. In the house to-day James,
from the committee on coinage, weig hts
and measures, reported adversely the
Bland bill for the free coinage of silver,
and it was placed on the calendar.
Bland obtained leave to file minority
report, and stated that the house would
be asked TO consider the bill at the earli-
est opportunity. The house went into
committee of the whole springer in the
cham on the Fitz john Porter bill.
After debate the committee rose and the
house took recess until o'clock, the
evening session to be for the further
consideration of the FitZ John Porter
bill. Att evening ession of the house,
the Fiiz john PoIt,r bill was then taken
up. Brown, r well, Perkins and
Peters opposed he bill. The committee
then rose and the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. II.
!Sendte-Among the bills introduced
i'll the senate to-day was one by Nor
rill, in aid of education in the United
States. Morrill, said that he intended
ut an early opportunity to address the
senate on the BILL and az his request it
was LAID on the table for the present.
Sen. Hoar introduced a bill providing
for the erection of a suitable monument
at Was shington to General Grant The
bill appropriates $l50000 for the pur-
pose indicated and provides for COM
mission of three senators and three
members of the house of representa-
tives to contract for such monument.
The bill providing for the allotment of
lands in severality to Indians, was TAX
en- up, but at two O'clock it went over,
and the consideration of the education
al Dllt " G15 tts anu WITHOUT
debate the senate agreed to the amend
committee striking out the appro-
pIiation for school buildings. Sen.
Butler read section requiring
that the schools of the states taking
money under the bill, shall teach the
art of reading, writing, and to speak the
English language, and enumerated the
brorcb nf stu1y and iDniljra rbara co,,
gress got the authority to command
what should be taught in schools of
Alaska. Congress had no such right
and Sen. Butler moved to strike out the
section. Sen. Buffers motion was re-
jected. Yeas 7; nays az. Sen. Malone
expressed himself IL favor of the bill,
but thought that the secretary of the
interior would not be able to decide
whether any discrimination had been
shown in the application OF money
unless he had definite information. He
therefore moved an amendment rtquir-
ing the governor of the state to furnish
the secretary of the interior each year
the particulars as to the population,
white and colored, of each school dis
trict, the number of white and colered
childrt d of a school age ia each of such
districts, the number attending school
etc, Pending action on this amend
ment the senate went into executive
session and soon adjourned.
HouSe-Mr. Jones, from the com nit
ee on posroffices and pos! roads, re-
ported bill granting the franking
privilege tC JClia a. Grant. Placed on
the house calendar. Mr.. Murphy,
from the committee on railways and
canals, reported bill for the accept
ance by the United States for TIE pro.
posed grant of the lllinoi; and Michigan
canal, for the construction of the Iii.
BoiS and Mississippi! river canal. Placed
on the house calendar. Mr.. Laird de-
livered carefully prepared argument
in support of the bill, maintaining that
Porter was innocent of any disloyalty,
either to Pope or to his country, and
declaring that PorteI's enemies had
created mountains of disobedience out
of the raole hills of discretion. and that
the triaIs and connection of Porter had
| cen farce. Mr.. Thomas believed the
bill was wholly unconstitutional, and
that its passage would be an insult to
the living and an outrage TO the dead.
The committee then rose and the house
sd djourped.
THURSDAY, Feb. Is.
Se,adte.-Among the petitions present
cd in the senate and appropriately re-
ferred, was one by Sen. Hoar from
"the citizens of the United States,'-
citizens whose names, Ser. Hoar said,
seemed to indicate that they were for
eigR-born-praying for submission Of
congress to the several states Of pro-
posed constitutional amendment asol =
Ishing the presidency. Sen. Van WICK
entered motion to reconsider the vote
by which the senate passed the bill
granting the right of way for a rail-
road thu ough lands of the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Indians The educational
bill was then taken up, and after de bate
the senate adjourned.
Hoitse.-The speaker announced the
appointment of Mr.. Findlsy, of Nd,
as a member of the committee on
banking ard currency, TO fill the va
dsncy occasioned by the resignation Of
Mr.. Catlin, of Pennsy lvania. Mr.. Crisp,
from the committee on Pacific rail-
roads, reported bill amending P:cific
railroad acts so as to compel railroads
to pay the United States the amount
| paid by it for surveying lands to which
they are entitled. Placed on the house
calendar. In the morning hour the
house resumed consideration of
the bill forfeiting the At.
lantic and Pacific land grant.
The bill was discussed without any re-
suit being reached until the expiration
of the morning hour, and then the
house went into a committee (Sprin0er