Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-03-08

authorizing the president 10 eaO1a,ios
conference to be held in Wass! ailao
90. 90 LOT .ae purpose of promoting s, ~ L
tion ana encouraging recinra.' G,'o't's.
mercial relations between ~ ia con.
states and the republics of c. Calte5
South America and Empi.s ,LNL asa
After some debate the arars ~ Siall
adopted making one of the n ,a'-.sl' sa
be considered by the eonf s.s.'Oa' o
means of direct communicst;1.e1e tss
the United States and the other co Uv''ss'
The resolution was then ag,ssS S. .
the committee having risen. bo,I % and
tions passed. 0'U 's'ola
FRIDAY, MARCH ..
House.-A letter from the se.
the treasury showing the probahls1.! q
the destruction of United STAT. '9@ y
was laid before the house. Ina o0la'
consent was secured to have il ~, ,1oli
in the Record. memorial p''llsd
the glass blowers, protesting ss so b
reduction of duty upon imports5 -'a',
glass as proposed by he Minis ts,' asu ,g
was presented. Mr.. Randall, from y. y.
mittee on rules, reported the reso,s O9l
which was adopted, providing 70.
evening session every Friday for N.
sideration of private pension and Nv. yoe
cal disability. The house. in COZ. pgaH
of the whole, resumed eonsida.o.;-
the omnibus bill, which provides s".
payment of thirty odd claims 70, ~. -'
plies for the army during the va,
ported by the coart of claims pn5a,
provisions of the Bowman act. N.
of Virginia, offered an amendment 80
priating $4,000 for the relief ~ Fs :,
Protestant Episcopal theological s,,.;.
airy and high school of Virginia 1"-
considerable debate it was adopte5 ~
bill was then agreed to and repo,,sl I
the house. Pending further action A.
house took a recess until 7.80 III
house tonight began the evening sss.io,
for the consideration of pension bT,
Twenty five of those measures were 1,s.
ed, together with the bills removing h.
political disabilities of Samuel NAH.
Horace A. Browne, Paul Faison and 4,
drew j. Lindsay.
SATURDAY, Mar. 3.
HoWse.-Henry C. Seymour, Of Micbiyn
successor to the late Seth c. Moffat \
the house, took the oath of ofics todd,
a resolution was adopted agthorz5,|
an expenditure by the committee oil
manufactures in the trust investigated
After the reports from various commit.
tees, Che house resumed oon,idsn.
tion of the Pacific railroad telegraph bin
Mr.. Williams, N. ", took the aoorijp
opposition to the measure. This bill AZ.
forded the government no new remedy.
There was a buncombe in it bat there
was no legislation in it, He warmly
cham pioned the Western Union TELEGRAPH
company and asserted that the company
furnished better facilities and at love,
average rates than in any other country
He said he was here TO protest against
anarchy and ccmmuuistic Legislation
which would seek 70 leglslate away The
property of a man acquired honOnblJ
and honestly under the forms of Law
Mr.. Symes, of Colorado, said ths pgr,
pose of the bill was merely to compel tti
subsidized railroads to comply with The
conditions and provisions of the grants
creating them, After jay Gould aud hi:
ring had conducted the Union Pacific a;
long as he could make anything out oft
he had walked OFF leaving the company
bankrupt and taking with MIN among ta'
assets, the Geographic lines with which
h. I.yi.J 1tsor;yoi ,,atf,oo vribufe frnw
the people west of the Missouri riyst
Mr.. Doekery, OF Missouri, said und''
the granting acts the Pacific companie
were required to construct not only raH
road lines, but alst telegraph line. IN
stead Of doing SO they mad assumed
divest themselves of their obligations b!
a monopoly contract with the Weston
Union Telegraph Company. Compel
ton was essential to the highest and 6ts
interests of the whole people and II nee
essary, and he believed it to be necessal!
the power of that government must o
exercised to execute to tho people thA
perfect equality without Discrimination
which was the very basis upon Shlc
rested the whole fabric of our ins.,'''i'-'
The pending bill was an initiative mea'
ure of reform. He desired to appeal =
no prejudice in the discussion OF w
question, but no was in earnest abou' lH'
proposition, that no man in this eonn'l!
although he was worth S3O0,000WO
should dominate the country ana succs,
in his attempt at universal monoPo
Mr.. White then offered his suos'Hu'
which was rejected without division al
the ILL was passed 1877; nala
bliss, Ketchum, Merriman, ana "l''
If M Nnrkl \ Thn hnEse adlOurnel.