Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, Feb. 8.

urer at New Orleans to receive deposits
of standard silver dollars from shippers
of said coin and to issue to their cores
pondents at New Orleans receipts fer
the silver subject to count, and to issue
silver certificates after the count of said
dollars so deposited had been made, and
whether said custom, if it had revail-
ed, had been changed by the instruction
of the treasurer of the United States,
and the reasons therefor. After quite
a lengthy debate, in which Sens. Pugh
and Harris alternated with Sen. Sher-
man, the resolution of Sen. Eustis went
over till tomorrow, and after the ex-
ecative session, the senate then ad-
journed.
House-In the house under the call
of states, the following bills, etc, were
introduced and referred: BY Mr.. Law
Ter, fer the erection of a public building
on the Bridwell property in Chicago.
By Mr.. Springer, to enable the people of
Dakota, east of the Missouri river, to
form a constitution and a state gov
ernment. The house then at 4:10 went
into a committee of the whole (Mr,
Hammond in the chain on the half-gal-
lon liquor tax bill, when the committee
arose the house adjourned.
TUESDAY, Feb. 8.
Senate. The chair laid before the
senate message from the president,
transmitting information relating to
the surveys of public lands in Nebras-
ka; also, message from the president
transmitting request of the secretary
Of the interior for an item in the Indian
appropriation bill, to provide for an
agent for the Winnebago Indians in
Wisconsin; also, a letter from the sec
rotary of the treasury, transmitting, in
reply to the recent senate resolutions,
information as to the accounts of Fred.
B. Meacham, late Indian superintendent
for Oregon. The papers were appro-
priately referred. The following bills
were passed: For public building at
Sioux City, 500, 600. For a public build
ing at Oshkosh, Wis, 100000. The
educational bill was made special
order for two o'clock tomorrow. On
motion of Sen. Teller, the senate passed
the bill to grant right of way through
the public lands for irrigation purposes.
On motion of Sen. Plumb the senate
then took up and, after short debate,
passed the bill to extend the laws of the
United States over the organized terri
tory south of the state of Kansas and
known as the public land strip. The
senate then adjourned.
H03se-The following committee re-
ports were submitted: Mr.. Davis from
the committee on commerce providing
for an investigation of the discovery of
preventing yellow fever by innocula-
ton. Commute of the whole. Mr..
Warner from the committee on post
offices and post roads to reduce the fee
on money orders for S. or less from s
to cents. 1t was placed on the house
calendar. MIR. Peters from the same
committee, providing that the allow
ance for clerk hire, made to postmasters
of the first and second classes, shall
cover the cost of clerical labor in the
money order business. Placed upon
the bouse calendar. Also the bill pro-
vidiEg for the payment into the treas
ury of the receipts of the money order
system, and for the payment of the
expenses of the system of the appro-
priation. Laid on the table. After
considerable debate but without action
the house went into the committee of
the whole and Mr.. Hammond in the
chair, on the half gallon tax bill.
Mr.. Eindlay took the floor with a care,
fully prepared speech upon the finan-
cial question, which he said resolved
itself into the question as TO whether or
not the Bland act should be reported.
Pending action the committee rose and
the house then adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10.
iSenate.-In the senate to-day Sen.
Hoar offered the following resolution,
for which he asked immediate consid-
Grafton:
Resolved, That the committee on library con-
slider and report at an early day, the expediency
of the erection at the seat OF government, of 8
statute or monument TO the late iustrious Gen.
Winfield Scott Hancock.
At 2 O'Clock the chair laid before the
senate the education bill. After some
discussion that bill was made unfinish-
ed business for tomorrow. After an
executive session the senate adjourned.
House - In the houss to-day the
speaker laid before the house the re-
spouse of the secretary of the treasury
TO the house resolution calling for in
formation upon the question arising
under the tariff act of 1888. Referred.
Blanchard offered the following series
of resolutions:
Resolved. That the house has learned with pro-
fouBd sorrow Of the great and irreparable loss
Wnlcn the country mas sustained IN the death OF
that great and good Major General Winfield
Scott Hancock
Resolved, That this house, in common with
all his countrymen, mourn the death OF him
who was stainless soldier for the Union in
the war, and the undaunted defender OF the
constitution and Of cVil liberty in peace, ana at
oil times stainless man and uncorruptible pa
triot.
! Resolved, AS a mark of respect and affection
| for the exalted virtues of the hero and patriot
| this house do now adjourn.
Resolved, That the speaker of the house be
| directed to transmit 10 the widow of the honored
| dead copy OF these resolutions, and assur-
ance OF the heartfelt sympathy OF the sorrowfu
bereavement which is alike hers and the eoun-
! try's.
The resolutions were adopted, and &C
coldiugly the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
Sendte-In the senate to-day, after
the disp osal of the routine business of
the morning, Elmunds said that as one
of the COMMITTEES of the senate had
gone to New York to-day and other i'm
portant COMMITTEES had considerable
work TO do he believed that Pnblic bust
ness would be best subserved by ad-
journment from this afternoon to Mon
day. He moved that when the senate
adjourn to-day, 1t be till Monday, which