River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-11

the treasury she following sums In sid Of
common school education in the states. ter
litorses. District OF Columbia aud Alaska
The first year, & .0o1 go: the second, $40 =
000,W0 the third, sih.0AlO0O. the fourth
$4,000 900, the fifth, 81, 10000; the sixth,
Sa,0O,UN: the seventh, S300.u0O, aud the
eighth, s5,OJ0OOO, making i1,OO0,OOU, be
sides which there is a special appropriation
of =, 10000 TO aid in the erection Of school
houses in sparsely settled districts, making
the total fuLd S1An0,On0. The money is
given TO the several states and territories
In the proportion which the whole number
of persons in each who, being the age of ten
years aud over, cannot write, bears
10 the whole number of such persons in
the tuited States, according to the
census o. 1880 until the census figures of
$50 shall b. obtained. and then according
to the latter uSures In states having sepa-
rate schools for white and colored children,
the money shall be paid out in such proper
ton as such white and colored children be-
tween ten and twenty-one years old in such
state bear TO each other by the census. Ad-
journed until Monday.
HoUsE March 5-The urgent deficiency bin
was passed after hot debate with only 20
nays. IL appr1priates S6a4, ASP. At the
evening session fifty pension bills were
passed.
SENATE, March G---Not in session.
HOUSE, March 6---The entire day was de-
voted TO discussing the silver question.
Ten speeches were made, one being against
and I'VE for free coinage of silver.
SENATE, March s-Mr Vance offered a
resolution for the repeal of the civil ser
vice law. Mr.. Plumb introduced a bill TO
amend the Revised Statutes so as to in
cluf.e Kansas City, Omaha, st. Paul, Mir
neapolis, Indianapolis and Atlanta among
- assTf1 ag h.a 1. 4
may consist in part of balances due one
association by another. Mr.. Brown made
"a speech on his bill providing a new basis
for national bank circulation, after Will h
the death of Senator Miller of California
was announced and the Senate immediate
ly adjourned
House, March s-As usual ON Monday
the time was largely occupied by the
introduction Of bills ami among them was
one for the repeal Of the civil service law.
ThOs. X. Hudd of the 9Th Wis district was
sworn in. Mr.. Reagan reported back his
inter State commerce bill and IL was placed
on the calendar. The announcement of
Senator Miller's death closed the session.
SENATE, March after brief routine
work, the resolution reported from the
Judiciary committee condemning the At
torney General for declining to furnish IN
formation relative to certain removals
from Office were taken upas unfinished bus
mess. Senator Edmunds made an elab-
crate speech on the subject, sharply crit
iCising the recent message of the President
aud citing presidents to show that Demo
Gratis had heretofore demanded Just such
information from the President, as the Re
publicans now called for; upon.conclusion
OF his speech the Senate adjourned
HoUsg, March "A bin was passed pro-
hibiting any officer, servant or agent of
the government 10 hire or contract out the
labor of prisoners incarcerated for viola
tion Of the laws of the United States gov
railroads 10 pay the cost of surveying their
lands and TO take out patents thereto
passed. The house went into committee of
The whole on the Indian appropriation bill.
Mr.. NellbOrn stated that the pending bill
carried. t5,jJ2, Hi2 as against S5,11I45l APP
propriated for the current year. Without
a action the house adjourned