Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, Jan. u.

army purposes. The bill appropriate
$3.50, 900, or SO much as may be necess
ary for the purchase of the site and t,
make the necessary alterations and re
modelling of the building. The bill, OIL
Logan's motion, was read third tim
and passed. Sen. Pugh resumed his re
marks on Sen. Beck's silver resolution
and continued at some length. At tn
close of his remarks Sen. Brown re
marked that owing to a severe hoarse
ness he would prefer to postpone til
Thursday next the delivery of his re
marks on the silver question, and Sen
Maxey stated that he TOO would addres,
the senate On that day on the same sub
ject. After going into executive session
the senate adjourned.
House.-The speaker announced the
appointment of Messrs. Singleton, VIII
son and Phelps members of the board
of regents OF the Smithsonian institute
Mr.. Coldwell, of Tenn, from the COM
mittee on laws regulating the election
Of president and vice president, reported
back without amendment the Hoal
presidential succession bill, and it was
placed On the house calendar. The
house then went into the committee OF
the whole with Blount, of Georgia, in
the chair, for the consideration of the
present financial question. Speeches
were made by Reagan, Bland, and
Symes, after which the house ad-
! Journed.
SUB-COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The appropriations committee was
called together by Randall, and arrang.
ed to meet Wednesdays. Sub-commit-
tees were formed as follows:
On sundry civil appropriation bills-Randall,
| forney, Barnes, Ryan and Long.
| Legislative, executive and judicial bills-Hol-
man, Townshend, Campbell. Cannon and Butter.
worth.
Deficiency bill-Burns, Adams, LeFevre, McCo-
Fertilization bill-Forney, Randall, Butterworth
| Holman and Ryan.
Pension bill - TownShend, Campbell Wilson
| Long and Henderson
| The committee on military affairs
| appointed thu following sub-eommit-
! tees:
| General army appropriation bilI-The chairman
| Gen. Bragg) Niee and Steele.
Military academy bill Wheeler, Ermeutrout
! and Negley.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13.
| Senate. Sen. Hawley presided over
| the senate to-day IN the absence of
Sherman. Sen. ingalls, offered the fol-
lowing resolution which at his request
was laid over for the present;
Resolved That in the opinion of the senate the
| compulsory coinage of silver dollars directed by
| the law of February 2S, 1873, should not be Sus-
pended until the aggregate reaches five millions
| of dollars.
Sen. Platt offered resolution which
was agreed to, authorizing the commit
tee on patents to take testimony rela-
tive to the subject of international
cOnVrIuhta Tho fhnr, lnl
to the consideration of the bills on the
calendar, and after several bills for pri-
vate relief had been disposed of the bill
to admit Dakota was reached. Sen,
| Coke addressed the house at some
length on the question of suspension of
| silver coinage. A resolution offered
by Sen. Edmunds was agreed to, au-
| thorizing the secretary of the senate to
| pay the bills incurred in the attendance
of the senators at the funeral of the late
| Vice President Hendricks. The e1ecu-
tive session adjourned.
HOuSe-Mr. Curtin, Penn, asked TO
be and was excused from serving as
chairman of the committee on banking
and currency. This devolves the chair
manship upon Mr.. Miller. Mr.. Hill,
Ohio, on behalf of the committee on
territories, called up and the house
| passed the senate bill to legalize the
| territorial legislative assembly of Wy
| oming. On behalf of the committee on
presidential laws Mr.. Caldwell called
up for action the Hoar presidential sue
cession bill, but on the statement of Mr..
Cooper that the minority report had
not been printed, the discussion of the
subject was postponed until tomorrow.
On motion of Mr.. Morrison the house
adjourned.
THURSDAY, JAN. IA.
Sendte-Sen. Platt presented a petit
ton from the commercial travellers
praying for legislation to relieve them
from burdensome taxation. Sen. Brown
called up Sen. Beck's silver resolution.
In the course of an elaborate address
favoring the resolution, Sen. Brown
| said the officers of the treasury should
treat all public creditors alike; if they
paid bondholders in gold alone, they
should pay the laborer in gold alone.
Though the bondholders had expressly
agreed to take payment in either gold
or silver, they were being paid in gold
| alone, while everybody else was paid in
silver. This was neither fair dealing
nor common honesty. Sen. Maxey fol-
lowed on the same subject. The silver
! adv COATES, he contended, repelled the
imputation that they wanted to take
any advantage of their creditor by pay
| in dollar debt with an 50 cent dollar.
A fouler lie had never been uttered
against brave and industrious people.
The people knew that the fall of silver
was a result of the conspiracy of COM
| ey metal, and gamblers were but reap
frIrJtS Of thaIr fnl1x-
The judicial salary bill was thsn laid
| before the senate. One of the sections
of the bill provides that no person re-
lated within the degree of first cousin
| to judge of the United States shall be
| appointed by such judge to any posit-
| ion IN his court, and persons so related
| whe now hold such offices shall not con-
tiuue in office after six months from
| the passage of the act. Sen. Edmunds
moved to strike out the clause that
would atfiict a person at present in the
| office, and in the course of the remarks
| in support of the motion said: even
in this reform of the administration the
| picture of purity and grace and Of
| everything that is lovely has sent to the
| senate the nomination of father and
sen to go to the same place, and to ex-
| ercise the functions of two offices-one
under the other" After the debate Sen.
Edmunds' amendment was agreed to.
Adjourned until Monday.
House-On behalf of the committee
on presidential laws, Mr.. Caldwell call
ed up Mr. Hoar's presidential success
sion bill. The debate continued at
considerable length. Mr.. Cooper, of
Ohie. Mr.. Peters, of Kansas, Mr.. Adams,
of Illinois. and Mr.. Rowell, of Illineis,
attacking the bill as unconstitutional
and in its tendency dangerous. They
asserted that the bill permitted those in
power to perpetuate that power for an
indefinite number of years and present.
ed constant temptation to crime, an
archy and revolution. Messrs. Eden, of
Illinois, and Seney, of Ohio, earnestly
advocated the pending measure, and
maintained that notwithstanding the
objections made it was nevertheless a
decided improvement upon the existing
! law. Tomorrow the discussion will
be resumed after the transaction OF
private business. Ga motion of W at
son, of Indiana, Friday night sessions
were ordered for the consideration OF
the pension bill. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10.
House.-Xr. Bland introduced bill
repeating so much of the act of june
9th. 1879, as provides for the exchange
and redemption of subsidiary: Re
ferrsd The rresideptial succession