Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-08
appropriation bill, and it was agreed 70.


the committee on agriculture, reporta5
back without amendment the house b;II
taxing oleomargarine, and gave notica
that he would call it up for action ut
the passage of the appropriation lin
The senate then resumed consideration re
the Legislative appropriation bill. A lon,
discussion took place on point of ord,S9
as TO whether the amendment Ia ipse-t
the words lin full compensation was M,
in conflict with the rule. The chair s7b
mitted the question to the senate and H.
amendment was decided to be in orier
and it was so agreed to. A still loppsr
discussion took place on the proposition
of the committee on appropriations IN
strike out the paragraph, for Office
work, connected with the publication of
the records of the rebellion. II beinl
charged that these records were not ed
tied with impartiality and we're rot con
fined to the records of the war period
A particular instance of this was drelt
upon that of the Fitz John Porter mat.
ter. Finally the paragraph was re.
tanned but with a provisO RESTRICTING tba
publication to contemporaneou events
of the war, and another proviso directin,
the publication of the evidence in he
Porter case and the report thereon by the
Judge advocate general. The bill was
reported back to the senate, and all the
amendments on which separate votes
were not demanded, were agreed to in
bulk. The reserved amendments are 10
be voted on tomorrow under the five
minute debate rules. Adjourned.
House In the house, the speaker laid
before the house a message from the SEN
ate announcing that that body had passed
over the presidents veto the bill to quiet
the title of settlers of the Des Moine-
river lands The presidents message
having been read, Mr.. Payson. of
Illinois, presented reasons why the bill
should be passed over the presidents
veto, which, he said, was based ON
a total misapprehension of the facts
of the case and of the end sought
to be accomplished by the measure.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, moved to refer
the bill and message to the committee on
judiciary. Lost, yeas, l0l; nays. 149, and
the speaker announced that the question
REQUIRED on the the passage of the biu
Notwithstanding the objections of the
president. The house resolved this cues
ton in the negative; yeas l6l; nays, u.
Not the constitutional twO-third vote in
the Affirmative. The house then went in
to committee of the whole, Reagan in the
chair on the sundry civilappropriation bin.
The committee then rose and reported
the bill to the house. The amendments
were agreed to in bulk, except those re-
lating to the issue of small greenbacks
and small silver certificates, which were
agreed to without division, and the
So
ed, yeas 103, nays JOG. The bill was then
passed and the house adjourned.
FRIDAY, July ,.
SeHate-The amendment increasing the
salaries of the assistant treasurers at Bal
timore and Boston beyond the amounts
in the house bill gave rise to another dis
cussion, but they were finally agreed to.
The amendments increasing the compen-
sation Qf the COMMISSIONS of pensions
from $4,000 TO $4,000 was rejected by a
to %. The vote was subsequently resein-
ded and the amendment agreed to with
out discussion. a like amendment as 20
the commissioner of patents was agreed
to by ~ TO 10. The amendment increas-
ing the compensation of the solicitor of
the treasury from $4,000 to $4,000 was re-
jected. All the amendments being voted
on the bill was passed. The senate then
took up the river and harbor appropria-
ton bill. Before the reading of the bill
was concluded Eustis called up the resolu-
ton with the death IN this city on the
14th of March last of Hon. Michael Hahn,
representative from Louisiana. After
the delivery of eulogies or the life and
character of the deceased, by Messrs.
Eustis and Gibson the resolution was
adopted and the senate adjourned till to-
morrow.
House Mr.. Payson, from the commit
tee on public lands, reported back the
bin forfeiting the lands granted to GER
tain southern states to aid in the cOnstruc-
ton of railroads with the senate's amend
ment excepting the Gulf and Ship
Island railroad from the terms of forfeit.
The amendment was finally agreed to by
a vote of 154 to n. On Motion of Cobb
the senate amendments were non concur
ed in to the bill repeating the pre-emption
timber culture and desert land laws End
Messrs Cobb, Stone, Of Missouri, and Pay
son were appointed as conferees The
house then went into committee OF the
whole on the general deficiency bill
/ mere Was no general utbdlt anu tHS va"
was forthv&Hh read with amendments. Mr..
Cannon offered an amendment making
an appropriation for the payment of the
claims of the Pacific Mail Steamship
company for the transportation Of troops
to Panama in June 1880. He maintained
that it was the duty of congress to pay
this claim which had accrued by reason
of the order of President Cleveland under
the statute sending troops to Pan
ANA to protect the property OF
American citizens. Not to provide the
appropriation would cast censure upon
the president The amendment was
agreed to-7G to ~. The clause making
an appropriation of S3G3 for the den
cheney in the expenses OF the board
of visitors to the naval academy
in June 1880, having been reached, Burns
sent to the clerks desk and had read
voucher submitted by the disbursng
officer at Annapolis. giving an itemlzed
statement of the expenses incurred. Mr'
Dmgley offered an amendment providing
that none of this sum OF other aPproprla-
tions made by congress for the expenses
of the board of visitors shall be used TOT
intoxicating liquors. The amendment
was adopted by ~ to 40. After finishing
43 of the 119 pages Of the bill, the com
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