Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-02-12

expenditures from the Indian lands
fund to meet the pres sing needs of the
Miami triba.
HOuSe-Mr. Hammond called up the
bill to prevent the clsim of war tax un-
der act of Aug. 5, 1861, and acts amen
datery thereto, by the U. s., being set
off against the states having claims
against the general government. Mr..
Basksdale argued in favor of the bill,
csntending that it was simply justice
to the various states of the Union. At
1:5O ths house went into a com mittee
of the whole fer fu rther consideration
of the shipping bill, the pending amend.
mendment being offered by Mr.. Hol-
man, for the compensation of collectors,
inspectors and shipping commissioners,
find after a abort debate the amend
ment was withdrawn. The committee
then rese and the bill was passed. Mr..
Bragg asked unanimous consent to Of
er resolution setting apart Friday
and Saturday next for the consideration
of the John Porter bill. the previous
question TO be ordered at o'clock
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Reed object
ed. The house then adj IIned.
FRIDAY, Feb. 5.
Sendte-Among the petitions present
ed and apRro priately referred were
number by Sens. Hoar, Fry, Cullum,
Conger, Dawes and Allison from the
various assemblies of the knight of La
Dor, praying congress to open up the
Oklahoma lands to settlement and es-
tablish a territorial government over
them. On Sen. Harrison's motion the
mornings business was laid aside and
the Dakota bill taken up, and discussed
by Sens. Butler. Mcmillan, Eimulds,
Hale, Call and Beck. The bill reported
from the committee was then passed;
yeas, 80; nays, 22-only one democrat
voting IN the affirmative-Vo Voorhees,.
The negative votes were all democrats.
The bill divides the territory on the
line of the 46sh parallel of latitude, pro-
vides for the admission of the southern
part under the title of Dakota, and the
organic alton OF the northern portion
into separate territory under the
name of Lincoln" Sen. Payne pre-
sented the credentials of the reelection
of Sen. Sherman, which were read and
filed. Sen. Blair moved that the SEN
ate take up the educational bill, hereto
fore introduced by him, and reported
favorably from the committee on edu-
cation and labor. The senate adjourned
till Monday.
MONDAY. Feb. S.
Sendte-In the senate on motion of
Sen. Logan the senate took up and
passed the bill providing for a sale to
the Chicago & Great Western railroad
company, of what was the Bridewell
propcIty of Chicago. Sen. Eustis offer
ed resolution directing the finance
committee to inquire whether it had
been the custem tor the assistant treas
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 for
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 pro-
vailed, had been changed by the in
structiOn of the treasurer Of the United
States, and the reasons therefor. After
quite lengthy debate, in which Seas
Pugh and Harris alternated with Sen.
Sherman, the resolution of Sen. Eustis
went over till tomorrow W, and after the
executive session, the senate then ad-
journed.
House-Ia the house under the call of
states, the following bills, ETC., were
introduced and referred: BY Mr. Law
Ter, for the erection of public building
on the Bridwell properly in Chicago.
By Mr.. Springer, to enasle the people
of Dakota, east of the Missouri river, to
form constitution and state govern
ment. The house then at 4:10 went
into a committee of the whole (Mr
Hammond in the chair on the half-gal-
Ion tax bill, when the committee arose
the house ad iOurned