Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, March /.


Sendte.-The committee on public
lands voted to report adversely the NOM
ination Of Surveyor General Dement,,
of Utah. The minority report of the
senate Judiciary oorlmIttee 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.
Senate-Among the petitions present.
ed in the senate to-day, was one by Sen.
Hoar, from this workingmen employed
in the government workshops since the
eight hour Jaw of '69 was passed, pray
ing for compensation for over time, or
reference of their claims to some tri-
bunal that may sdjudicate the question
whether they ought to have such COM
pensation. Sen. HOar 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 children'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
l
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 q 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 $40 Zoo 600 the first
year. $15, 900, 900 the second year, $780,
900 600 the third year, $1S, 600, 900 the
fourth year, $40, 600, COO the fifth year,
$14, 600, 600 the sixth wear, Sl2, 600, 600
the seventh year, SO, 900, 600 the eighth
year, IS, 600, 00G the ninth year, 50, 00O,-
600 the tenth year, when the appropTi-
ations under the act shall close. Also
an amendment providiSg a special fund
of $500, 900 to aid in building school
houses in sparsely populated districts
not more than 81, 600 on any one house,
nor more than One.half the cost of the
school house in any case. Adjourned.
HOuSe-The committee on invalid PEN
sions reported the bill extending uatil
July 1, 1888, the time within which
applications for arrears of pensions may
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
DIlttee of the whole on the pension APP
preparation bill. When the committee
arose the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, March 8.
Senate. 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 uD AVID Harrison spoke
in advocacy of the bill and in oppo-
sition to Allison's amendment Sen.
Edmunds then moved a substitute for
the amendment as amended. Senator
Dolph moved to amend il by providing
that the bill should not take effect till
two-thirds Of the states should accept
its 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.
H0uSe-The ways and means COM
mittee reported a bill extending the
provisions of the acts for the immediate
transportation of dutiabie goods 80 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.
Mr. Bragg reported the army appro-
priation bill from the military com
Enlttee and it was referred to a COM
mittee Of the whole. The house then
adjourned.
THURSDAY, March 4.
SeHdte-The chair laid before the SEN