Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-01-21
CONGRESSIONAL.


the necessary alterations ana remodel
ing of the building. TIE bill on Logan's
motion, was read third time and pa7s-
ed. Sen. P9gh resumed his remarks on
Sen. Beck's silver resolutions and con.
tiEu6d at some length. AT the close of
his remarks Sen. Brown remarked that
owing to severe hoarseness he would
prefer to postpone till Thursday next
the delivery of his remarks on the sill
yer question, and Sen. Maxey stated
| that he too would address the senate on
the same subject. After going into ex.
ecutIve session the senate adjourned.
House The speaker announced the
appointement OF Messrs. Singleton.
Wilson and Phelps members of the
board Of regents of the Smithsonian in
stitute. Mr.. Coldwell, of Tenn, from
the committee on laws regulating the
election of president and vice pre- ident
reported back without amendment the
Hoar 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 adjourned.
sUB.CoMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The appropriations committee was
called together to-day by Randall. and
arrenged to meet Wednesdays. Sub
committees were formed as follows.
On sundry civil appropriation bills-Randan
Ferney. Barnes, Ryan and Long.
Legislative, executive and judicial bills-Hel-
man, Iownshend, Campbell, Cannon and Butter
worth.
Deficiency bil-Burns, Adams, LeFeyre, McCo-
mas aud Cannon
Forudcation bnl-Forney, Randall, Holman,
Butterworth and Ryan.
Pension bill-Townshend, Campbell Wilson,
Lonf and Henderson.
The committee on military affairs
appointed the following sub commit
tees:
General army appropriation bll-The chair
man Gen. Bragg, Viele and Steele.
Military academy bill-Whesler, Ermentrout
aud NegleY.
WEDNESDAY. Jan. 10.
Sendte-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 % 1873, should not be sus-
pended until the aggregate reaches five millions
of dollars.
Sen. Plat offered a resolution which
was agreed TO, authorizing the commit
tee on patents to take testimony rela-
tive to the subject of International
copyrights. Sen. Coke addressed the
house at some length on the question OF
suspension of silver coinage. A reso-
luton offered by Sen. Edmunds was
agreed to, antorizing the secretary Of
the senate to pay the bills incurred in
the attendance of the senators at the
funeral of the late Vice President Hen
bricks. The executive session adjourn
ed.
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 ter
ritories, called up and the house passed
the senate bill to legalize the territorial
legislative assembly of Wyoming. On
behalf of the committee on presidential
laws Mr.. Caldwell called up for action
the Hoar presidential succession 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 ad-
journed.
THURSDAY, JAN. IA,
Senate Sen. Plat 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 tho laborerln gold alone.
Though the bondholders had expressly
agreed to take payment in either gold
or silver, they were being paid in gold
alone, while every body else was paid
ia silver. This was neither fair dealing
nor common honesty, Sen. Marcy fol-
lowed on the same subj set. The silver
advocates, he contended, repealed the
imputation that they wanted to take
any advantage of taeir creditors by pay
ing dollar debt with an so cent dollar.
A fouler lie had never been uttered
against a brave and industrious people.
The people knew that the fall of silver
was result OF the conspiracy of COM
bined capital to destroy silver as a
moRey metal, and gamblers were but
reaping the fruits of their own folly.
The judicial salary bin was then laid
before the senate. One of the sections
of the bill provides that no person re-
lated within the degree OF first cousin
to a Judge of the United States shall be
appointed by such judge TO any posit-
ion in his court, and persons so related
who now hold such offices shall not con-
tinue in Office after six months from
the passage OK the act. Sen. Edmunds
moved te strike out the clause that
would afflict 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
son to 30 to the same place, and to ex-
ercise the functions of two otfices--one
under the other" After the debate Sen.
Edmunds' amendment was agreed TO.
Adjourned until Monday.
House-On behalf of the committee
~, nrasidentiaI laws. Mr.. Caldwell call