Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-17

ject and Ire speaker took the point under (
/ adyisement. The house then adjourned
WEDNESDAY, June O.
Senate Senator Butler read telegram /.
from the mayor and large number of
citizens OF Spartansburg. n. G., urging
the senators in congress- from that state
70 use their influence in defeating the
oleomargarine bill. which the signers (
declare TO be the worst kino of protection. /
Let the people buy oleomargarine they I
say, as they would any other articles Of
food. After the other routine business. |
the senate proceeded to the consideration
of the bills on the calendar under the five
minutes rule. Among the measures pass
ed were the following; bill to realize
the incorporation of the national trades
union. bin amending section 1898 of
the revised statutes, relating to the trans
portatlon of obscene publications through
the mail. The bill extends'the scope of the /
old section. A bill referring to the court
of claims for exemption, and reported to
congress certain claims for property
seized by Gen Johnson in the Utah ex-
petition of 1857. Sen. Teller declared it
to be burning shame for a government
like that Of the United States to keep
pushing honest claims off for a quarter of
a century. Sen. Hoar-"And then reject
them as stale" Sen. Edmunds had not so
poor an opinion of the government If
wrong was done the claimant had his
rights under the law. When the debate
was closed the bill was passed. A CON
siderable number of bills for private re-
lief were passed, and the senate ad-
journtl.
House The house went into committee
of the whole on the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill. a long
discussion followed in which many of the
members took part, after which the gen
eral debate was closed, and the reading Of
the bill was commenced. Mr.. Morrison.
of Illinois, raised point of order against
the words, In full compensation where
they occur in the general appropriation
section of the bill Pending the decision
of the point of order, the committee rose
and the house adiouroed.
THURSDAY, June 10.
Senate The chair laid before the
senate message from the president,
with "A letter from the secretary of state,
in relation to the distribution of the fund
| for relief of the owners, officers and crew of
the boat General Armstrong. Referred.
Among the memorials presented,was one
by Miller, from n congress of working
mems clubs of the United States praying
for the passage of the bill establishing
| post office savings banks Referred. The /
/ agricultural appropriation bill was then
taken up. Sen. Miller in the course of some
remarks on the bill, referred to the ravages
of the rice birds which, he said, caused a
! loss equal to seven dollars per acre of all
/ the rice crop of the United States. The
ravages of the English sparrow, he added, F.
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rice birds and amounted TO many millions /
of dollars per year. The sparrows were
rapidly on the increase, and it was believ- /.
ed by the archaeological association of
/ the United States that steps should be /.
taken 70 exterminate these sparrows.
I On motion of Sen Allison the bill was
/ passed appropriating Sl50,000 as an adj
ditional sum to complete the Des Moines. /
Iowa, public building. After the execu
tive session the senate adjourned.
House The house this morning went
into committee of the whole on the /
/ legislative appropriation bill. The /
pending question was on the point /
of order made by Mr.. Morrison, of /
\ Illinois, against the words lin full com
! pensation,' where they occur in the gen /
eral appropriation clause of the bill /
Mr. c.. b. Taylor, of Ohio, offered an
amendment providing that none of the .
money should be paid until the senate had /
confirmed the appointment of Mathews /
/ for register of deeds of the District of .
Columbia. He wished he said, to bring
out the latent powers of the house to /
supervise all branches of the government 7
/ as it proposed to supervise the conduct of /
The amendment having been ruled out on /
the point of order Sen, Taylor I
thanked the chair for his decision /
Having finished the consideration of
nine Of the log pages of the bill, the com I
mittee rose and the house adjourned.
FRIDAY, June IL.
Scaate-On motion of Dolph the senate .
then took up the Northern Pacific rail
road forfeiture bill. Sen. George address 1
ed the senate on the bill, commenting
generally on the enormous quantity of
land. one-hundred and seventy-nine mil
lion of acres, given by congress to various
railroad corporations, from 1860 to 1915. /
Sen. George said il was a larger area of
land than that constituting the republic I
of France. or the empire of Germany. (
The present value OF the railroad land
grants at the average price already real
lied by the companies was SI73,496, S93.
After further debate the bin went over till
tomorrow. Sen. Spo0uer took the floor, and
offering resolution OF coincidence on the
death of Hon. Joseph Rankin, late repre-
sentative in congress from Wisconsin.
delivered an eloquent and touching tribute
10 the memory of the deceased. The sen
ate then adjourned til tomorrow.
House On motion of Mr.. O'Nenl
Mo. the senate bill, similar to the
one introduced in TO house by Mr..
ONein, to legalize the incorporation
of national trades unions was passed.
Mr.. Cobb, of Indiana, from the com
mittee of public lands, reported back the
Atlantic and Pacific land forfeiture bill
with small amendments, and moved con
currence in the amendments. No action
was taken and the motion was laid over
till Monday. The house then went into
committee of the whole ON the legisla-
tive, executive and Judicial appropriation
bill. II was finally agreed to strike out the
clause appropriating $4,000 for the salary
of vice president, and To appropriate