The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-06-02
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MONDAY. NAV 21.-Mr. Morrill,. from
the committee on public buildings and
groends, reported a bill appfopriating
$l7 800 for the putp6s8 of niakine the
west end of the Smithsonian building
tireproof. The bill passed. The Senate
then passed numerous bills including
the following: Senate till ~ make Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich, port of delivery,
with privileges OF inland transportation
in bond House bill to establish a port
ct deliFety st Grand Rapids, Mich. .
House bill appropriatlng $1,000 fot ths
construction and repair of roads TO the
National Cemetery on the Preside res
ervation at San Francisco; Senate bill
declaring that certain water reserve
lands IN Wisconsin, are and have been
subject to the provisions of "the rail-
Reap tigtt- of was act" ef the Sd of
March 1875,
TUESDAY, May 22.-The bin TO estab-
llsh Department of Labor WAS taken
up and after the adoption Of few minor
amendments passed. The following
bills were taken from the calendar and
passed! The Senate bill authorizing the
cbnstl fiction of railroad bridge across
the MisssQuti Riser At Nebraska City,
Neb. ! the Senate bill gratlting thti fight
ofrwaH % the YanktQn 4 Missouri val
ley Railroad CCHpeDy through, the
4ankton Indian reservation III Warh-
lngton Territory; the Senate bin appro-
prlatlpg $4,000 for the completion Of
the p'blir building at Peoria, ILL.,; the
Senate bill to incorporatE tbs National
Academy of Dental Science; the Senate
bill increasing the appropriation
for a public building at Winona,
MINI, to Sl50,000; the Senate bill
to amend the law making an an
huh appropriation TO provide arms
and equipments for the ihllitia Eincreass
ing the anourit to $500, 600; the Senate
bill appropr Rating $4,000 for. a public
building at Vicksburg, Miss; the House
bill authorizing the, purchase Of add
tlonal ground for the public building in
Council Bluffs, Ia. at a cost not exceed
ing $4,000 the House bill granting the
Itlwatkee. Lake Shore & Western right
Ct way through the Fldtnbeat 1hdisn
| reservation.
WEDNESDAY, Nav 23.-After the trans
action of routine business and a short
executive session, the Senate adjourned
TO allow the members to attend the
THUhstAY MAY 2A.-Mr, Stewart
called up his Joint resolution for 4 con-
stitutional amendment reducing to a
simple majority the vote necessary to
override a presidential veto. and adj
dressed the Senate m the subject: The
presiding officer ahndunted thb ap.
pointnent OF the select committee. TO
examine into all questions touching the
meat product of the United States as
| follows: Senators Vest, Plumb, Mander-
son, Cullom and Coke. The conference
! report on the pension appropriation bill
vas prese nted and agreed to. After an
executive session the Senate adjourned.
FRIDAY, Nav 25.-Mr. Blair intro
Guced q joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution to the
effect that no state shall ever make or
htaintain ans law Respecting an estat-
lshment of. religion or Prohibiting tb ,
free exercise thereof. and that every
state shall establish and maintain a sys-
tenn OF free public schools, hut that no
money raised by taxation shall ever be
appropriated, applied Or given for any
school, institution, corporation or per
son whereby instruction is given in any
doctrine, tenets, beliefs, ceremonials, or
observations peculiar to any religious
sect. IL was laid on the table at his
own request, The Senate took up
the House bill making All ap-
preparation To supply deficiency
in the appropriation for expenses bf col
lecting the reventle from customs. MI
Allison, having charge of the bill, ex-
planned the causes of the deficiency.
The amendment reported by the com
mittee on appropriations, 10 strike ont
the clause repeating the law making a
permanent annual appropriation of 81
50t, ,OG0 for the expenses of collecting the
| re7enue from customs, was agreed to.
The other amendments reported were
also agreed to, and the bill was passed.
Mr.. Hoar, from the committee On the
library, reported bill to incorporate
the American Historical Association.
The Senate, after secret session, ad-
iourned till Monday,