Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-03-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, March /,


nation of Surveyor General Dement,,
of Utah. The minority report of the
senate judiciary committee on the Dus-
kin case Is three or four times as long
as the majority report. 1t embodies no
resolutions. Sen. Pugh asked that the
report be printed and placed on the cal
endar 1t was not read in the senate,
The president sent a special message to
the senate in regard to its demands for
papers, in which he takes the ground
that papers relating to suspensions from
office are not official papers, and conse-
quently he does not feel Justified in
sending copies Of them to the senate.
The senate then went into executive
session, and when the doors were re-
opened, adjourned.
House. Under the call of the states,
the following bills. ETC., were introduce
ed and referred: By Mr.. Lore, of Della
ware, to repeal the patent laws now in
force and establish another system of
rewards for inventions. By Mr.. Spring
er, of Illinois, resolution directing the
committee on expenditures in the inter-
Tor department to investigate the ex-
penditures and management of the
pension bureau during the present and
previous administrations, and also to
ascertain what foundation there is for
the statement in the annual report of
Commissioner Black in reference to
partisan management and extravaganza
of that bureau during the term of office
of his predecessor.
TUESDAY, MARCH, l.
SenGte-Among the petitions present.
ed in the senate to-day, was one by Sen.
Hoar, from tbs workingmen employed
in the government w orkshops since the
eight hour law of '6S was passed, pray
iEg for compensation for over time, or
reference of their claims to some tri-
bunal that may adjudicate the question
whether they ought to have such COM
pensation. Sen. H0ar said he favored
the request of the petitioners. The petit
TONERS. The petition was appropriate
ly referred. The committee on pensions
reported with amendment the house
bill to increase the pensions of widows
and and dependent relatives of deceas-
ed soldiers and sailors. The amend
ment provides for an increase of pen
sions Of minor children from So per
month the amount to be 81 per month.
Sen. Van Wyck said he would ask for
an early consideration of the bill, and
would ask the senate to increase the
minor childTen's pensions to five dollars
per month instead of four dollars, as
recommended by the committee. He
also said that congress ought to have
passed at the last session the bill grant
ing pensions to Mexican soldiers. The
bill was placed on the calendar. At
o'clock, on melton Of Blair, the senate
took up the education bill, and Call adj
dressed the senate in opposition to Alli-
sons amendment. He characterized it
as reflection on the states and
on the abandonment of one of
the principles Of our government. Sen.
Logan submitted as amendments in
substance of the measures heretofore
introduced by him; one providing an
appropriation of $4,000, 900 the first
year. SIS, 900, 900 the second year, $780,
900 900 the third year. $18, 600, 900 the
fourth year, $16, 900, 600 the fifth year,
$14, 900, 900 the sixth year, $12, 600, 900
the seventh year, $40, 600, 600 the eighth
year, So, 900, 900 the ninth year, So, 0O0,-
600 the tenth year, when the appropri-
ations under the act shall close. Also
an amendment providisg special fund
of 5000, 600 to aid in building school
houses in sparsely populated districts
not more than S 900 on ary one house,
school house in any case Adjourned.
Hoatse-The committee on invalid pen
sions reported the bill extending until
July 1, 1888. the time within which
applications for arrears of pensions NAV
be filed extending provisions of areas,
the act to special pensions and provid
ing the persons on whose account pen
sions are claimed shall be presumed
prima facie to have been sound and free
from disease at the date of entering
service. Referred to the committee of
the whole. After the morning hour
had expired, the house went into COM
mIttee of the whole on the pension ap-
preparation bill. When the committee
arose the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, March 8.
Sen0te.-The chair laid before the
senate the presidents message on the
treatment of the Chinese in the west.
1t was referred to- the committee on
foreign relations. The education bill
was then taken I'D and Harrison spoke
in advocacy of the bill and in oppo-
sition to Allison's amendment. Sen.
Edmunds then moved substitute for
the amendment as amended. Senator
Dolph moved to amend it by providing
that the bill should not take effect till
two-thirds of the states should accept
it's provisions. 1t was rejected. Dolph
called for the yeas and nays on his
amendment and pending the call the
senate went into executive session, and
when the doors reopened adjourned.
House-The ways and means COM
mittee reported bill extending the
provisions of the acts for the immediate
transnortstion of dutiable goods to the
ports of Omaha, Key West and Tampa.
1t vas put on the house calendar. The
committee on agriculture reported a
bill to establish agricultural experiment
stations in connection with the colleges
established in the several states. 1t was
referred to a committee of the whole.
MIR. Bragg reported the army appro-
priation bill from the military COM
nn1ttee and it was referred to COM
mittee of the whole. The house Their
THURSDAY, March 4.
Sendfe-The chair laid before the SEN
oto MESA go from The president trans