Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, March %.

TUESDAY, March %.
Senate. The senate passed the bill
granting pension cf So 600 per year
to the widow of Gen. Hancock. The
chair laid before the senate Senator
Logan's bill TO promote the efficiency OF
the army. Senator Anderson, spoke in
favor Of the section increasing the force
o 40, 600 enlisted men. lie read from
he testimony given and the letters
written by Generals Schotiels, Pope and
others to show the inadequacy of the
present force. At 1 80 the pending or
der was laii aside, and on motion of
Sen. Van Wyck the senate took up and
passed the bill to confirm the entries
heretofore made on public lands in ac-
cordance with the rulings of the land
office in force at the time the entries
were made. Adjourned.
HOuSe.-In the morning hour the
house passed the Fourth of july claims
bill. The amount involved is $23S, 900.
A number OF bills were introduced at
the expiration of the morning session.
Mr. Barnes, of Missouri, submitted the
conference report ON the urgency defic-
iency bill. 1t was agreed to and the
house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, March "a.
Sendte-In the senate to-day at two
o'clock, the army bill went over and the
resolutions reported from the judiciary
committee were taken up, and Senator
Morgan addressed the senate in oppo-
sition to the sjority report. Consid
erable cross firing occurred in debate
between Senators Hoar, Gray, Ed
munds, Butler and Harris, and without
action on the resolutions the senate ad-
journed.
Hottse-The house to-day, after de-
bate upon an amendment offered and
rejected, passed the Indian appropria-
tiOn bill; yeas, 226; nays, so. The house
Immediately went into committee of
the whole on the postoffice appropria.
ton bill. Mr.. Blount, chairman of the
committee on postotfices and post
roads, briefly explained the provisions
of the bill. 1t appropriated, he said,
S54, 1926 5SS as against an estimate of
S54 so6 166, and an appropriation of
sos, 7OO, 800 for the current year. Mr..
Burrows called the attention of the
committee to the fact that the estimate
for the pay of railway postal clerks
was too low, and spoke at considerable
length on the general question. The
committee ross and the house ad-
journed,
THURSDAY, March 25.
Senate. The committee on commerce
reported the bill TO provide for an en-
couragement of American shipping.
and promote commercial and postel
relations with foreign nations. Sen.
Frye explained brie fly that ths bill ap-
propriated one million one hundred
thousand dollars for carry ing the
United States Mails in American YES
sells to and from foreign countries. 1t
makes it the duty of the postmaster
general to advertise for proposals to ac-
cept the lowest bids and to enter into
contract for carrying these mails. After
an anisated discussion on the civil
service law, participated in by Senators
Voorhees,, Evarts, Mccall and Ingalls,,
the senate went iato executive session
and soon adjourned.
House. - Ia the committee of the
whole on the postotfice appropriation
bill to-day, Mr.. Gucnther, of Wiscen.
sin, said that the postmaster general had
been target for isGumerabie and vi
cious assaults and misrepresentation,
which, in his opiAion had been entirely
unfeunded, and dictated solely
from spirit of revenge and spite
by certain steamship companies, and
especially the Pacific Mail Steamship
company. The reasons given by the
postmaster general for not exercising
the authority given him in regard tc
the foreign service were good and suffi-
cient The committee then rose. The
evening session was devoted TO the con-
sideraIiou of the resolutions expressive
of the sorrow of that body at the death
Joseph Rankin, late representative
from wisconsion. Eulogistic addresses
were selivered by Messrs. Henderson,
OF Iowa, Bragg, Hudd, Guenther, Thom-
as and La Toilette, of Wisconsin,
Henderson. of Illinois, Maybury, of
Michigan. snd Jackson, of New York.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted, and as a mark of respect TO
the deceased, the house adjourned.
FRIDAY. March, &c.
Sendte-Hoar introduced a bill pro-
viding for inquests upon national auth
ority. Hoar said that the bill was sug-
gested by reports of recent occurrances
at Carreliion, Miss. The senate mad no
information in regard TO these occur
rences, but the newspapers of both
political PARTIES seemed to agree about
them. According to these reports, a
wsnton and unprovoked crime had
been committed. resulting in the death
of large Eumber of citizens in which
all the victims were OF one race and
presumably of one political party, and
occurrences had unfortunately been
frequent, but when investigated were