Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-06-18
CONGRESSIONAL.


to all the senators. On objection by Sen
ator Hoar, the bill went on the calendar.
Sen. Hoar said it was bill of too much
| importance to consider on the instant
The bill for the relief of the Annapolis
cadetes was laid on the table. After
long debate the bill was passed providing
| for commission of three persons to be
appointed by the president with the con
| sent of the senate to investigate the truth
of the alleged discoveries of the specific
cause of yellow fever. Adjourned.
HouSe-Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, re
! ferring to the question of privilege stated
that the remark made by him in the
colloquy with Wheeler, of Ala, when that
gentleman was delivering his speech at
tacking Edwin NJ. Stanton, had been, ''by
some mysterious mistake" misplaced in
the Record. Mr.. Wheeler stated that the
misplace was entirely accidental. He had
no objection to the correction being made.
| The house then went into committee of
| the whole, Mr.. Blount in the chair, on the
| Legislative, executive and judicial apprO-
| priatiOn bill. Mr. Oates from the com
mittee on judiciary asked leave to report
! back the Edmunds anti-polygamy bill but
Mr.. Caine of Utah objected. The point
was made that a DELEGATE had not the right
to object and the speaker took the point
under adyisemeUt. The house then ad-
| jOurned.
WEDNESDAY, June 9.
Senate Senator Butler read tele-
/ gram from the mayor and large
number of citizens of Spartansburg, n c.,
! urging the senators in congress
| from that state to use their influence in
! defeating the oleOmargarine BILL which
| the signers declare to be the worst kind
of protection. Let the people buy oleo
margarine, they say, as they would any
other articles of food. After the other
| routine business, the senate proceeded to
the consideration of the bills on the cal
| endar, under the tive-minutes rule
Among the measures passed were the
following: A bill to Iegalize the incor-
pOration of the national trades unions.
A bill amending section 1898 of the re-
| vised statutes, relating to the transporta-
tion of obscene publications through the
mail The bill extends the scope of the
old section. A bill referring to the
court of claims for examination. and re-
port to congress certain claims for
property seized by Gen. Johnston
in the Utah expedition of 1857.
Sen. Teller declared it to be a burning
shame for a great government like that
of the United States to keep pushing
honest claims off for a quarter of a cen
tury. Sen. Hoar-"And then reject them as
stale" Sen. Edmunds had not so poor an
opinion of the government. If wrong
was done the claimant had his rights
under the law. When the debate was
closed the bill was passed. considerable
number of bills for private relief were
passed, and the senate adjourned.
HOuse-The house went into commit
tee of the whole on the legislative, execu
tive and judicial appropriation bill. A
long discussion followed in which many
of the members took part, after which
the general debate was closed, and the
reading of the bill was commenced
Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois. raised a point
of order against the words, in full com
pensation," where they occur in the gen
eral appropriation section of the bill
Pending the decision of the point OF
order, the committee rose and the house
adjourned.
THURSDAY, June 10.
ScHdte-The chair laid before the sen
ate a message from the president, with {
letter from the secretary of state, in re