Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-03-29

pend rules and pass the bill author
izing the issue of fractional silver
certificates. After a long debate
the bill was passed-yess 17S, nays 81.
! The following is the text of the bill:
chat the secretary of the treasury be,
and he hereby is, authorized and direct
ed to issue silver certificates Of demon
nations of twenty five, fifteen and ten
cents, such certificates TO be re
ceiyed, redeemed, paid and reissuei
in the same manner as silver
certificates of large denominations
and to be excha0gesbe for
silver certificates of other denominations.
And the secretary OF the treasury is au-
/ thorizad and directed to make such regu.
lations rs may seem to him proper for
distributing and redeeming the denomin-
ations of silver certificates herein author
lied. On motion of Mr.. Bland the rules
wers suspended and the bill was passed
discontinuing the coinage of the SO
gold piece aud the gold 81.
TUESDAY, Mar. 20.
SenaJs.--Among the bits presented
and referred we're the following: To
relieve the treasurer of the United States
from the amount now charged to him,
and 90 deposit it with the several states.
To encourage the holding of a national
industrial exhibition of the arts and
mechanics and products of the colored
race in the United States in 1888 and 1889.
To authorize the secretary of the treas
ury to apply the surplus money in the
treasury to the purchase of United States
bonds and the prepayment of interest.
! hot ha
cerding TO the rank held at the time of
discharge.
House-Mr. ONeilI, of Missouri, in
troduced bill to protect free labor and
! the industries in which it is employed
| from the injurious effect of convict labor.
Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee, rising to a
! question OF privilege, read a petition in
favor OF a bill to regulate the classifica-
| ton and compensation of postmasters.
| The petition, he said, was signed in re-
spouse to circular sent out by an Rttor.
Rey of this city. The circular named va
riOus r1sCbers of congress as references,
| but he had learned that those references
we're fraudulent Mr.. O'Neill MOI,
from the committee on labor, reported
. bill to establish department
of labor. Referred 20 committee of
the whole. Also a bin 20 prevent
the product of convict labor from
being furnished to or for use in any de-
partment of the government. Calendar.
Bills were reported for the erection of
public buildings at Sterling, Ills, and
Burlington, Iowa. Committee of the
whole. Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa, introduced
a bill providing for the issue of legal
tender treasury notes in lieu of the notes
estimated to be lost or destroyed. Re
ferred.
WEDNss DAY, Mar. p.
Senate.-The bills providing for the
inspection of meats for expectation and
prohibiting the adulteratel articles of
food or drink, wera amended so as 20
allow inspection at the places of packing
and passed. The other bills passed were
As follows: TO allow the soldiers aud
sailors who lost 10th hands or the use of
both hands pension of 800 per month;
the house bill to facilitate the prosecu-
tion Of the works projected for the i'm
! provemeut of rivers and harbors, with
the amendments, on which a conference
committee was appointed. The house
bill for the relief of the volunteers Of the
/ 4Sth regiment of Iowa infantry, amended
| by substitute entitled for The relief Of
certain volunteer soldiers. The sub
stitute provided that the act of April %,
| ~, in relation to bounties, shall have the
restrictive words "Lefore August 6, 81 ="
struck out and that the claims of ali sol
diers and thair heirs, who had been dem
ed the bounty of 500, granted by the act
] of April % ~, shall be reconsidered,
Z al
| Just, provided the soldiers were enrolled
prior to July %, '62, for three years.
! Other public bills on the calendar that
were passed were the following: The
house bill to divide the Great Sioux In
| dian reservations, into separate smaller
/ reservations, with substitute being the
senate bin to divide g. portion of the
/ reserva ion of the Sioux nation of Indians
( in Dakota INTO separte reservation aud
to secure REIMBURSEMENT Of the Iudian
title 10 the remainder To provide for
the sale OF the site of Fort Omaha, Neb.,
and for new site and construction OF
suitable buildings there on.
| Hoass.-The bill were passed TO pre-.
vent the product OF convict labor being
( furnished to or for the use OF any depart
ment OF government and from being usl d
in public buildings or other public works
and to prevent the employment of alien
labor on public building and in various
departments of the government. The
house then went into committee of the
whole on the bill 20 establish depart
ment of labor and after a number of
amendments hlj been offered the house
adjourned.
THURSDAY, Mar. %.
Senate.-Among the bills reported from
committees and placed on the calendar
this morning were the following; The
house bill TO authorize the city of Chicago
to erect crib in lake Michigan for water
works purposes. The senate bill adverse
Is to permit miners to prospect and lsase
mineral lands on any Indian reservation.
Sen. Allison introduced a bill to sppro-
pirate Sl250OO for a public building at
Cedar Rapids Iowa. Sen. Sabin bill to
increase TO $3.50 600 the limit of cost for
the public building at Winona, MINI.
The senate then proceeded TO ihe con
slderation of the calendar and the follow
ing bills were passed: To provide for a
commission on the subject of the q alcoho-
Tic liquor traffic. The bill has been printed