Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY. June Is.

on the pension appropriation bill. The
report was agreed to. Sen. Teller intro
duced a bill authorizing the president TO
appoint and retire Alfred P!easonton as
major general. Referred. Sen Edmunds
called up the bill granting a pension of
800 per month TO Emily j. Stannard,
widow of General Stannard, of Vermont.
The bill was passed. The chair laid be-
fore the senate the conference report on
the postof1ice appropriation bill, stating
that the committee was unable to agree
The question being on the subsidy pro-
vision. Senator Puegh addressed the
senate in favor of the subsidy appropria-
ton in the bill. The principle on which
he stood was that the foreign mail service
deserve a just conn ensation as much as
the coastwise mail service the river mail
service, or the railroad mail service.
Senator Plumb moved that the senate in
sist on its amendment Subsidy appro-
priation) and ask a further conference.
The motion that the senate insist upon its
amendment was agreed to-yeas, 49,;
nays, y. The democrats voting with the
republicans in the affirmative were
Messrs. Brown, Call Eustis, German,
Payne andPuegh.
House Under call of the stateG Ran
dali introduced bill to reduce and equal
ize duties on imports. to reduce internal
revenue taxes, and modify laws in relation
to the collection of revenue. The follow
ing resolution was introduced by King, of
louisiana: Resoired That the United
States will view with great solicitude and
dlsfavor the contemplated action of the
French government in authorizing a loan
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canal, or any other measure calculated to
identify it with the Panama canal, as
such action was opposed to the policy of
the American people as expressed by the
chief executive of the United States at
the inception of this canal, and which
policy is now most emphatically repeated
and reiterated by the United States.
Resolved That the secretary of state be
requested to send to congress, without de-
lay, all correspondence bearing upon the
subject of such vast importance, and
fraught with such danger TO the national
interest. The house then went into a
committee of the whole on the sundry
civil appropriation bill and adjourned.
TUESDAY, June %.
SeHafe-ln the senate, Sen. Hawley,
from the committee ON military affairs,
reported back the joint resolution APP
pointing Gen Wm. j. Sewell, of New Jer-
sey, Gen. Martin and n. G. McMason, of
New York, and Capt John l.. Mitchell, of
Wisconsin, managers of the national
homes for disabled soldiers, to fill va
cancy. The resolution was passed.
The senate, on motion Of Plumb, re-
sumed consideration of the presidents
veto of the bill to quiet the titles of
settlers on the Des Moines lands, and after
arguments by Evarts, in support of the
veto, and by Allison and Wilson in favor
of the bin it was passed over the prosi-
dents veto by the requisite two-thirds
majority, yeas 81 nays Is. Sen.
Plumb submitted the conference re
port on the army appropriation bin.
The conference report was explained by
Allison. The bill now appropriates about
$150,000 less than 1t did when it first pass
ed the house. The report was agreed to.
Senator Allison submitted the confer
ence report on the bill to amend the Pa
cific railroad acts, and it was agreed to.
The senate then, on motion OF Allison,
proceeded to consider the bill making APP
preparations for the legislative, executive
and judicial purposes of the government.
Some amendments reported Ivy the
committee on appropriations lncreas-
ing the clerical force of the state de-
partment, was made the occasion of
considerable discussion, after which the
amendments were agreed to.
House In the house, Townshend of
Illinois, submitted the report of the CON
ference committee on the pension appro-
priation bill, and it was agreed to.
Mr.. Burns, from the committee on APP
propriatins, reported the general def
cheney bill, and it was referred to commit
tee of the whole. 1t appropriates Sc,
0G2, $40. The house then went into
committee of the whole, Reagan in the
chair, on the sundry civil bill. Mr..
Springer moved to increase from $4,000
to 100000 the appropriation for pro
tecting public lands from fraudulent entry.
The senate recedes from its amend
ment which authorizes the postmaster
general to contract for inland and foreign
steamboat mail service when it can
be combined in one route where the for
eign Office Is not more that two hundred
miles distant from the domestic office on
the same terms as the inland steamboat
service. The senate also recedes from
its amendment increasing by $4,000 the
appropriation for railway postal car
service. The senate also recedes from the
foreign mail service amendment known
as the subsidy amendment Mr.. Bragg
submitted the conference report on the
army appropriation bill and it was agreed
to-. Mr.. Hatch submitted the conference
report on the agricultural appropriation
bill and it was agreed TO. The house then
adjourned
WEDNESDAY. july /.
Senate In the senate, the senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the reso-
luton for public executive sessions and
the speech of Sen. Morrill, against the pro-
posed change was read 10y Senator Man
derson, Senator Hoar also addressed the
senate in opposition to the proposed
change. The conference report on the
consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill was submitted by Senator Allison and
agreed to. The chair laid before the SEN
ate a Joint resolution extending the APP
preparation for ten days. The senate
then proceeded to the consideration
of the Legislative appropriation bin.
After an executive session the senate
took a recess until 5 p. m. At its
evening session the senate resumed
the consideration OF the legislative