Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-06-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, June Z.

! SenGte-In the senate, Miller moved that
the OleOmargarine bill be referred to the
committee on agriculture, and after con-
siderable debate the motion was carried,
% to 81. On motion of Sen. Butler, the
senate againgt the opposition of Sen.
Hall, took up the bill providing for ad-
mitting to the naval academy graduates
excluded by the naval appropriation bill
| of 1882. Without action on the measure
the senate went into executive session,
and when the doors re-Opened adjourned.
The chair designated the following SEN
atOrs to be a special committee to investi-
gate the subject of Indian traderships.
Messrs. Platt, Cullom, Jones, of Nevada,
| Coke and Wilson, of Maryland. Beck sub
mitted an amendment to the oleomargar-
Inc bill for reference with that bill to the
committee on agriculture. He said he
did not wish to be responsible for all the
or provisions of an amendment. He then
amended the amendment to be the 'house
BILL" on taraff and taxation. This is
morrisOn's bill.
| HOuse-Bills were introduced and re-
ferred as follows: Mr.. Harris to impose
a graduated income tax. Mr.. Mahoney,
! of n. Y, resolution expressing the sym
! pathy of the house with the efforts of
! Gladstone and his associates to secure a
! free parliament for Ireland. Mr.. Ma
! honey moved to refer the resolution to the
committee on lands, but the house reject
/ ed the motion 100 to 103, and the resolu-
| ton was sent to the committee on foreign
affairs. Mr.. Butterworth, of Ohio, grant
ing pension of 800 per month to the
widow of general durbin Ward. Mr.. Cobb
moved to suspend the rules and pass the
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culture and desert land acts. After a few
shout speeches on the question the mo-
ton to suspend the rules and pass the bill
was agreed to, yeas 1873, nays 40. Mr..
Townshend moved to suspend the rules
and pass the senate bill authorizing the
construction of a bridge across the Arthur
Kill Ga Baltimore & Ohio bridge) The
motion was agreed to 139 to 3. The house
then adjourned.
TUESDAY, June s.
Sendte-Sen. Morrill,, from the COM
,mittee on finance, reported the bill
creating an assistant secretary of the
treasury. He asked immediate con-
sideration of the bill, in view, he said, of
the emergency known to all the senators.
On objection by Senator Hoar, the bill
went on the calendar. Sen. Hoar said it
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slider on the instant, the bill for relief of the
Annapolis cadets was laid on the table.
After a long debate the bill was passed
providing for a commission of three per-
sons to be appointed by the president
with the consent of the senate to investi
gate the truth of the alleged discoveries
of tie 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 attacking Edwin NJ. Stanton, had
been, "by some mysterious mistake mis-
placed in the Record. Mr.. Wheeler stated
that the misplace was entirely accidental.
He had no objection to correction
being made. The house then went
into committee of the whole, Mr..
Blount in the chair, on the legislative ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill.
Mr.. Oates from the committee on iudic-
larry asked leave to report back the Ed
munds anti-polygamy bill but Mr.. Game
of Utah objected. The point was made
that a delegate had not the right to Oh