Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, Feb. Is.

the pensions OF WILLOWS and dependent
relatives Of deceased soldiers and sail
ors, providing that minor children shall
receive 50 per month when one parent
is deceased and $40 when both parents
are deceased; that the pensionable age
be extended &c IL years, and that fathers
| and mothers only, be required to prove
dependence at the time of application
for pension. Sen. Conger, from the
committee on psstOffices and post roads
reported favorsbly the bin granting TO
Mrs. Julia d. Grant the ranking privil-
ege. Passed. Morgan then took the
floor and resumed his argument against
the constitutonality of the pending
education bill. At the conclusion OF
Morgan's remarks jackson obtained the
floor, but yielded to the executive
session, after which the senate ad-
journed.
Householder the call Of the staces
| the following bills, etc, were
Introduce and referred: Mr.. Morris. to
reduce the tarraff taxes. Mr. HANBACK,
3 resolution calling for the appointment
| of a special committee consisting Of
| eleven members Of the house to make
| inquiry into any expenditure on the
part Of the government incurred relative
1 to the Bell ans Pan Electric telephone
companies to priority of patents, the
said inquiry to include all organizations
or companies that have sprung out of the
I Pan Electric telephone company, and
| for any other purpose, and also to make
| full inquiry into the resource of the
stock known as the Pan Electric tel
| ephone stock or to any stock of any
other company. A bill was also intro
duced granting a pension of $1,000 .
L x fA fha dow Of sle l.,
| Hancock. The house then went into
committee Of the whole springer in the
chain on the Fitz Johu Porter bill, and
| Wolford resumed his speech in favor of
the bill Negley spoke against the bill,
IS did Fuller, The committee then
rose and the house adjourned.
TUESDAY, Feb. 16.
Sslate-A memorial was presented
by Sen. Plumb from the Legislature Of
Kansas, praying congress to provide
for the right OF way for railroads through
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 measure was not to
establish national SCHOOLS, but give tenn
porary aid to states for the purposes of
education, he would support it. He
dwelt briefly on the question OF stuff
rage in the south and the indispensable
necessity of the education of the voters
everywhere in order that suffrage may
not be corrupted. The credentials of
the re election of Senator A. p. German
were presented by Sen. Wilson, and
were read and filed. The senate then
adjourned.
HOuse.--In the houe to-day James,
from the committee on coinage weights
and measures, reported adversely the
Bland bill for the free coinage of silver.
and it was placed on the calendar.
Bland obtained leave t. file minority
report, and stated that the house would
be asked TO consider the bill at the earli- |
eat opportunity. The house wen into |
committee of the whole springer IN the |
chair on the Fitz john Porter bill. |
After debate the committee rose and |
the house took recess until Z o'clock |
the evening es3ion to be for the further |
consideration Of the F'itz John Porter |
bill. At the evening session of the
house, the Fuz John Pvrter bill, was
then taken up. Brown, Rowell Perkins
and Peters opposed the bill. The com
mittee then rose and the house adjourn
ed.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. II.
Senate. Among the bills introduced
in the senate to-day was one by Nor
rill, in aid of education in the United
States. Morrill, said that he intended |
at an early opportunity to address the
senate 6n the bill, and at 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 Washingtc to General Grant. The |
bill appropriates $3.50, 900 for the pur-
pose indicated and provides for a COM |
mission of three senators and three |
members of the house of representa- |
lives to contract Tor such monument. |
The bill providing for the allotment OF |
lands in severalty to Indians, was taken |
up but at two o'clock it went over, and |
the consideration Of the educational
bill was resumed, and without much |
debate the senate agreed to the |
amendment proposed by the edu-
cational committee striking out the
appropriation for school buildings.
SGn. Butler read a section requiring
that the schools of the states taking
money under the bill, SD teach the
art of reading, writing, and to speak
the English language, and enumerated
the different branches of study and in
quired where congress got the authority
to commend what aheuld be taught in
the schools of Alaska. Congress had
no such right and Sen. Butler moved to
strike out the section. Sen. Buffers
motion was rejected Yeas z; nays 40.
Sen. Malone ex pressed himself in fav-
or of the bill, but thought that the
secretary Of the interior would not be
able to decide whether any discrimina-
ton had been shown in the application
of money unless he had definite infor-
nation, He therefore moved an amend.
ment requiring the governor Of the
state to furnish the secretary of the in
terror each year the particulars 90 to
the population, white and colored, of |
each school district, the number of |
white and colored children of school |
age in each OF such districts, the nuDa-
Der attending school, etc.
Pending action on this amendment |
the senate went into executive session |
and soon adjourned.
H0uSe-Mr. Jones, from the commit !
tee on postoffice and post roads, re-