Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-01

House-Mr. Morrison called up the >.
port of the committee on rules. anend;,,-.
tie rules of the house, upon which dalIa.5e
occurred yesterday Mr.. Reed, of ATai,,'
raised the question of consideration a-5
Hiscock, of New York. expressed his ~
sire to 60 on with the sundrv civil l,fT
Mr.. Randall remarked that he could tsE"
care of this measure. On = STANDING vo+a
the house refused, so to 80, to consid.l
the report. The result was received u;+b
applause from the republicans, but nv,
yea and nay vote. the house determined
yeas 1873, nays 10, to consider the eepor,
A call of the house was ordered and -.
door of the chamber closed. The hons
remained as one member characterized
il in q state of "innocuous desuctude" mn.
til a quarter past 4 o'clock when furtbs-
proceedings under the call were dispense5
with, when the question required ON
Burrows motion to adjourn until SatDr-
day. This was voted down by . to lax
No quorum voted, and another roll ON
consumed the time until 3 O'Clock. whom
the house adjourned.
THURSDAY, June -.
Seaate-After the routine of mornir.,
business in the senate. the bill repealip1
the presumption and timber culture laws
was laid before the senate. On reoue.t
of Sen. Pugh it was informally laid aside
to permit consideration of the bill pro
yiding for the appointment and compen-
sation of United States district Judge
for the southern district of Alabama
Sen. Logan moved as an amendment the
provision of the bill heretofore passed by
the senate, fixing all district judges sal
aries at $4,000 year. Sen. Logan advo-
Gated the amendment which was agreed
to, the first division (relating to salaries
by a vote of 81 yeas to 20 NAYS, and
second division prohibiting nepotism)
by viva voce vote. The bill as amended
was then passed. The bill repeating the
presumption and timber culture laws was
then proceeded with. Sen. George adj
dressed the senate on the bill The bin
was then passed, yeas, 81; nays, 20. On
motion of Dolph a committee on con
/ ference was ordered on the disagreeing
votes of the house and senate bills. The
I Fitz John Porter bill was then laid before
! the senate. Sewell said it was the same
1 bill that passed before. Sen. Seweu had
I the clerk read number of resolutions
/ from Grand Army posts urging the pass
/ age of the bill. Sen. Logan obtained the
/ floor toreply to Sewell, and after an ex-
/ ecutive session the senate adjourned.
HOuse-The house in committee of the
whole incorporated the amendment in
the sundry civil bill requiring the secre-
/ tary of the treasury to issue certificates
of the denomination of one, two and five
dollars on all surplus silver dollars now
in the treasury in payment of the appro-
priations made in the bill and other ex-
penditures and obligations of the govern
ment Mr.. Randall moved to dispense
with the morning hour. The motion hav-
ing been agreed to, the house went into
committee of the whole, Reagan, of Texas,
in the chair, on the sundry civil bill. The
/ pending amendment was that offered by
/ Warner, of Ohio, providing that no money
/ appropriated from the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing shall be used in printing
/ L. 5. notes of large denominations in
lieu of notes of small denominations can
celled or retired Agreed to, 80 to Is.
/ Mr.. Gibson, of West Virginia, offered an
amendment, providing that nothing in
the section shall be construed as subject
ing the appointees in the bureau of en-
craving and printing to the civil service
rules. 1t was objected to. The section OF
the bill concerning the Geodetic survey
having been reached. according to pre-
yious agreement, general debate was in
order, after which the house adjourned
FRIDAY, June %.
Senate-The senate took up the Fitz
John Porter bill and Sen. Logan address
ed the senate. Sen. Plumb offered an
amendment to place Mrs. Hunter on the
pension roll at $50 month Lost, yeas,
10: nays, -. Sen, Logan offered an
amendment to place on the retired list
every volunteer officer who received
wounds producing total disability. Re
iected. yeas, Is: nays %. The bill was
then brought to vote and passed fea-r
so: nays, II. The bill having already
passed the house and not having been
amended by the senate. 1t now goes to the
president for his signature Sen Plumb
called up the house bill to provide for the
adjustment of IMMIGRANTS made by con
gress TO aid in the construction of rail
roads within the state of Kansas and for
the forfeiture of unearned lands. The
, senate adjourned until Monday.
House The speaker laid before the
house the various veto messages trans
mitted yesterday by the president. Mr.
Hepburn moved that the consideration OF
. the one yetoing a biz granting pension
/ to the widow of Maj. Gen. Hunter be
postponed until Tuesday next. The mo
ton was lost, yeas, 59 nays, al: and the
message took the usual course The
other messages We're appropriately re-
, ferred. On motion of Mr.. Hatch th'
senate amendments to the agricultural
! appropriation bill were non-cOncurred III
and Messrs. Hatch, Winans and Pne'
were appointed conference committee
, On motion of Mr.. Bragg the joint resoiu
ton was passed .appropriating Genera
! William J. Seweu of New Jersey, Genera
Martin j. Mcmahon, of New York. an,
, Capt. j. l.. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, 70 nl
vacancies on the board of managers @
, the national home for disabled volunteer
! The house then went into committee o
/ the whole, Reagan in the chair, on th
] Sundry civil bill and adjourned.
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stranger of a railroad depot policeman
lis the riots all stoppedt'
"Oh, long ago
NO shootin' goin' on