Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-15

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| ioner of Indian affairs to consider and
| report whether his policy in the civil
zation of the Indians required the es
| tablishlnent of a school west of the
Mississippi river, hased on the principle
| of military enlistment, instruction and
| discipline of Indian youths, with a view
| TO qualify ing them for service in the
! q. S. Army Sen. Hoar asked and OBJ
| tanned unanimous consent to have the
| judiciary salary bill stand over as IN
| finished business till Monday next at
! O'Clock. Sen. Blair, from the committee
On education and labor, reported favor
! ably tie bill to aid in the establishment
Of common schools-the same bill that
| pss5ed TIE senate last congress. Ad-
! journcd.
House The speaker laid before the
house the senate joint resolution ten
dering the thanks of congress to the
governor and the people of Ohio, for
| the statue of James 4. Garfield, and ac-
ceptlng the same. On motion of Mr..
E. B. Taylor it was laid on the table
for the present. The call of the states
was resumed, and the following
bills were introduced and referred:
Mr.. Senoy, Of Ohio, to repeal the civil
in the national banks individually liza
bic for the debts of the bank; also to
retire trade dollars; also to regulate re-
moval cases from state to federal
courts. Mr.. Wilkeman, of Ohio, to
provide for the issue of circulating notes
to che National banking association.
Before the conclusion of the call the
house adjourned.
There were $50 bills introduced to-
day.
THURSDAY, JAN. 7.
Sendte-The chair laid before the
senate letter from the secretary of
war transmitting a petition from West
Point students who graduate in June,
1886, pra wing that provision be made
for appointment to the army. Referred
10 the committee on military affairs.
AT 2 O'Clock the Utah bill came up,
and Sen. Morgan addressed the senate
on it. He spoke in support of the
amendment offered by him for the dis
posal of the property Of the Mormon
church according to the rules and
principles of common law as in the case
of the dissolution of corporation. He
felt, he said, that we ought to strike
the MorRson church out of existence.
Sen. Call did not believed that congress
had the right to destroy tie religious
establishment of the Mormons. What
right, he inquired, would congress
have, for example, to undertake to ad-
minister by trustees or otherwise, the
property and temporal affairs of the
Roman Catholic church. The christian
sentiment of the country, and the or
diHary laws, if enforced, were amply
and sufficient for dealing with polyg-
amy. Sen. Cullom alluded to the re-
marks made by Sen. Teller yesterday.
He said he said he differed with the
senator from Colorado. He did not
think we had prosecuted the Mormons.
Sen. Teller denied having made the
statement attributed to him by Sen.
Cullom. What he had said was not
that the United States government
hand prosecuted the Mormons, but that
the action of the unwise agents select
sd by the government had re-
suited ia irritating the Mormons.
Considerable debate ensued as to the
legal effect of the provisions relating to
the testimony to be given by husbands
and wives, aud some amendments Of
detail were made, but Morgan's amend
ment was lost. Sen. Voorhees, sert 10
the desk and had read a telegram from
Salt Lake City, which, he said, in JUS
tice to Utah commissioners, ought to
be read. 1t was despatch from A. S.
Paddock, saying: "Senator Van Wyck
is mistaken about the clerks of the
commission. The average number of
permanent clerks from beginning to
date do not exceed three, possibly four,
including temporary clerk. Only
one clerk was now employed" Sen.
Vanwyck thought it extraordinary
that the commission did not
know how many clerks they EN-.
that expression. "three, probably four"
Perhaps if they employed another clerk
they could PROBABLY find out exactly
how many clerks they had. Taught erl
Taking account the distance and
allowing for the mistakes of the tele-
graph, he guessed it would turn out
after all that they had about the aum
Der of clerks he had stated, namely six.
the consideration of the bill the sen ate
adjourned.
House.-The call of states was resum-
ed. The following bills were introduc-
ed and referred: Mr.. Golf, W. Va. to
repeal the internal revenue tax on
tobacco. Mr.. Caswell, Wis, to levy
tax on oleomargarine and collect the
same through the revenue bureau. Mr..
Guenther, Wis, prohibiting the impor-
tation of articles of foreign manufac-
tUre bearing stamp, mark or imprint
conveying the impression that they are
of American manufacture. Mr.. La
Toilette, Wis, for tho voluntarily re-
of lio,,tanantc of tho lipo or,,,x
after twenty years service. Mr.. Price,
Wis, for the creation Of committee
on the subject of the alchoholic liquor
traffic; also to open United States dis
trict court to all claimants against the
government. Mr.. Clifford, OAK, for the
admission of the state of Dakota; also
for two additional justices of the su-
preme court of Dakota. Mr.. HeRder-
son, ILL.,, for the construction of the
Hennepin canal. MIR. Dunham, ILL.,, to
establish a department Of commerce.
Mr.. Anderson, KS, to prevent sales of
Pacific railroads before certain U. s.
bonds with interest shall have been
fully paid. Bills were introduced for
the erection of public buildings at Osh-
kosh, Milwaukee, Superior and Eau
Claire, Wis, and Fremont, Neb. On
conclusion of the call the speaker an
nounced his committee appointments,
and the house djourned until Monday.
FRIDAY, JANUARY s.
Sendte-The chair laid before the SEN
ate resolution of the N, Y. produce
exchange, urging congress to make lib
eral provision for the signal service. Re-
ferred. Eustis offered concurrent res
olution with preamble. setting forth:
WHEREAS The act of congress of 1873 declared
the silver dollar legal tender for all debts pub
lie and private; that by the act OF 1868 the
faith Of the United States was solemnly pledged
to the payment in coin or its equivalent,
OF all public obligations, principal in
teresb etc; that by the refunding act
OF Jay 10, the principle and interest OF the debt
were made redeemable in coin OF the then stand
ard value; that since the enactment of those
the treasury to pay these bonds and the interest
in gold coin; and that the secretary OF the treas
ury had issued a call for ten million dollars of
bonds. payable the first OF February, 1856; there
fore, be 1t
Resolueci, That In the opinion of congress, said
boads OF ten million dollars. payable on the first
OF February, 1856, should be paid in silver dol
with the existing law, snd in aid of the financial
provisions established by the legislation Of con-
gress-
Eustis desired the resolution referred
to the committee on finance, and ex-
pressed the hope that the committee
woul. report 1t at an early day, In or
der that it may be deter mined whether
tho Of .