Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-03-15
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY. Mar. s.

a treaty shall be laid before the senate
for ratification it shall be read the first
time: and no motion shall be in order
except to rofer it to d committee. to
| print IN conference for the use of the
senate, to remove the Injunction of Sc
| crecy or to consider it in open executive
| session. BY 1t treaty may be made
| public or considered in open session,
whenever desired by a majority of the
| senate. The senate then resumed con
sideration of the pension bill, the cues
| tion being on Wilson's amendment. A
lengthy and heated debate followed re-
sulting in no action being taken.
! HouSe.-Considerati of the Alabama
contested election case of McDufie
| against Davidson was resumed. After
| an extended discussion of a political
nature INDUCED in by O'Farren of Yir-
ginia, Kerr. Bontele of Maine, and Honk,
| of Tennessee, the minority resolution
declaring Mr.. MeDu4fie entitled TO the
seat was rejected, yeas, I22, nays IA. and
the majority resolution declaring the
sitting member entitled to his seat was
adopted without division.
WEDNESDAY,, Mar. Z.
SenGte-The senate to day resumed
consideration of the urgent deficiency
bill. The provision inserted by the house
requiring the public printer to rigidIy
enforce the eight hour law was stricken
out, yeas, 30, nays 20. Sen. Payne offer
ed an amendment appropriating 100000
for pay of assistant custodians and jani-
tors of public buildings ell over the coun-
try for the current year. This led to a
general discussion upon the subject of
public buildings. Sen. Piamb referred
especially to the library building in
Washington, about which the debate was
had last week. After some animated
discussion vote was taken on Sen.
Payne's amendment and il was not agreed
to-yees "a, nays q. On motion of Sen.
Paddock, the pension bill went over until
tomorrow.
RoatSe-The committe of the Pacific
railroads reported favorably the bill ex-
tending the time for the payment of the
government debt by the subsidized roads
COM prised within the Union Pacific sys
tenn House calendar, The bill was re-
ported from the committee on invalid
pensions for pensioning prisoners Of war.
Committee of the whole. From the COM
mittee on agriculture the bill to create a
departm ent of agriculture and labor was
reported. Committee of the whole. The
house again went into committee OF the
whole and considered the bill to divide
the great Sioux Indian reservations into
seperate smaller reservations. Some
discussion arose over the provisions
granting to the Chicago, Mil Wankee &
st. Paul and Dakota Central railroads a
right-ofway through the reservation, and
on motion of Mr.. Holman the amendment
was adopted providing unless the roads
shall be constructed within three years
all the lands granted for station purposes
and right-of-way shall revert to the gov
eminent The committee rose, the bill
was passed the house adjourned.
THURSDAY, Mar. 8.
Senate.-Among the petitions and
memorials presented and referred
was one said to have 100000 ..sig-
natures from thirty three states and ter
ritories against the admission of Utah as
state as long as its people are under the
control of the Mormon priesthood.
Among the bills reported and placed
on the calendar were the following:
To provide for q joint celebration at
the national capital by the sixteen Amer
lean republics in honor of the centen-
NAL of the parent republic, the United
States. Giving the right of way to the
Duluth, Rainy Lake & Southwestern Rail
way company through the Indian lands
in Minnesota. The INDECENT pension bill
was again taken up and after the re iec-
ton of several amendments, was passed
by a vote of A to Is as follows:
Yeas-Senators Aldrich, Allison, Blair,
BIodgett, Bowen, Brown. Cameron, Chase,
Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dolph,
FarWell, Faulkner, Frye George, Cor
man, Hale, Hampton, Hawley, Hiscock,
Hoar, Ingalls,, Kenna, MCPHERSON, Man
delson, Mitchell, Paddock, Palmer,
Payne, PIatt, Pugh, Riddleberger, Saw
yer, Sherman, Spooner. Stewart, Stock
bridge, Teller, Turpie Voorhees,, Walt
ham, and Wilson, of Iowa-44.
Nays Senators Bate, Beck, Berry,
Blackburn, CockreIl, Coke, Colq uitt, Dan
iel Eustis, Gibson, Harris, Pgsco, Reagan,
Salisbury, Vance and Wilson (Maryland)
Is
The pairs announced were: Evarts and
Morgan, EGmunds and Jones, of Arkan
sas, Sabin and Call, Ransom and Jones,
of Nevada. Vest and Plumb.
Senate adjourned until Monday.
House.<-A bill passed appro OPERATING
$4,000 to purchase swords belonging TO
the widow of Gen. James Shields.
The bill was passed for the allotment
of lands in severalty on the White Earth
and RedIake reservations to the Chippe-
wa Indians in Minnesota, and for open
ing up for settlement of other reserva-
tions in that state.
FRIDAY, Mar. 9.
Rouse-The house proceeded to the
consideration of the omnibus war
claims bill coming over from
last Friday. An amendment agreed
to in the committee of the whole appro-
priating $4,000 for the relief of the
Protestant Episcopal Theological remin-
airy and high school of Virginia was
again the subject of discussion. The
amendment was finally agreed TO, yeas
80, nays s., and the bill passed; yeas,
los; nays, 100. The remainder of
the day was consumed in the consid- |
Grafton or private bills. At the
evening session OF the house 81 j,
pension bills were passed, including one
increasing the pension OF the widow Of !
General Anderson, the hero of Fort |
Sumpter, to 800 a month.
SATURDAY, Mar. 10
House-The dependent pension bill /
was received from the senate and referred /
to the committee on invalid pensions.
The bill was passed extending for two
years the time of payment to purchasers
Of land on the Omaha Indian reservation
in Nebraska. The bill was also passed
prescribing a penalty of fine and impris-
onment for the unlawful cutting Of tim
Der on Indian reservations.
MONDAY, Mar. y.
Sena5s-Sen. Dawes presented mem