Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-01-11

Sen Voorhees,, calling on the secretary of
| the interior for & list of all homestead, all
| timber cnlture and pre-em ption entries
| to public lands Cancelled after the is
| sUance of the final receipt and certificate
therefor during the gresent acministra-
ton, for causes other than voluntary re
| linquishment, was taken up and agreed
| to. The senate then resumed consider
| alton of the tariff bill.
! HOUsE-Mr. Reed, of Maine, from the
committee on rules, reported a resolution
to day, providing that during the re
| mainder of the present session OF CON
| gress there shall re no call of states and
| territories on the first and third MONDAYS
| of each month. These Mondays ar9
! what known suspension days, aud
| the object of the resolution is to prevent
! the opponents of the Union Pscifio fund
| ing measure and the Oklahoma bill from
! 6hbusteripg against the attempt to pass
| these measures under suspension of the |
rules, introducing voumipous bills under
the call af states and consuming the day
| by demand for the reading IN full. Mr.. |
! Reed demanded the previous question on
! the adoption of the resolution, which |
| called oct a vigorous protest from Mr. |
! y
! antagonist Of the Union Pacific bill. A
| call of the house was then ordered. The |
! call showed the presence of III members
| being eight more than quorum, but the |
margin TOO narrow and ths pro-
ceedlngs u.der the call were sEs pended. |
| The sergeant at aims was dispatched 20
hunt up and arrss, the absentses, and he |
| house drowsily waited for him to make a |
report. AS this was not forthcoming by |
three O'Clock the house adjourned.
! FRIDAY, Jan. 4.
| SsNATE.-Sen. Sherman, from the com |
| mlttee on foreign relations reported a |
resolution, which was agreed to, calling |
| upon the president for the CORES pond |
ence and information touching the recent |
occurrences in the island of Hayti, both |
as relates to the state of the government |
| there of the seizure and delivery of the |
| American vessel Haytien Republic. Ssn. |
Sherman also, from the same committee |
reported back favorable Edmund's joint |
| resolution as to the Panama canal Op-
| posing the connection of foreign oouu-
| tries with the construction or control of |
that canal. The resolution was placed on
the calendar, aud Sen. Sherman gave
| notice that he would, tomorrow, ask for
its consideration. The set ate, at 1925,
resumed consideration of the tariff bill.
HoUsE.--A memorial of the Phlladsl-
phia board of trade asking that an ap
preparation be made for the establish.
ment of a house of refuge at Point Bar
row and East Cape, Siberia, was present
ed and referred. Mr.. Dunn then called
up the Nicaragua canal bill with the
amendments agreed to in the committee
of the whole, upon which the revious
question was ordered before the holiday
recess. The first amendment, upon
which yea and nay vote was demanded,
was that offered by Mr.. Holman, of In
diana, providing that nothing IN the act
shall be construed TO commit the United
States to any liability on account of the
Nicaragua company, ano requiring this
provision to be printed on every bond,
certificate of stock or other obligation
issued by the company. The amendment
was agreed to-yeas, 145; nays, 35. The
amendment offered by Mr.. Wilson, of
Mimi, providing that no certificate shall
be issued until at least 10 per cent. shall
be paid for in money, that the stock
shall not be ass1gnable until the whole
OF the same shall be paid in; that no
bonds in excess of the amount of capital
ahall be issued until such paid capital
shall amount to So 100000, was agreed
to-yeas, 102; nays, IS. 1he amendment
offered by Mr.. Bland reserving the right
to congress the rig INT TO alter, amend or
repeal this act, and to regulate the tariff
rates tor tho transportation of persons
and property was agreed t0-yeas, SO:
nays, 80. The hill th er pasaed-
yeas, 1871; nays, "a.
SATURDAY, Jan. 5.
SBNATK-In the senate Sen. Sherman
called up the joint resolution reported by
him yesterday from the committee ON
foreign relations declaring the sense of
congress in relation to the connection of
European governments with any inter
oceanic canal, and asked that it be adopt
ed Immediately. brief but very inter
estlng discussion eusued, Ser. Morgan
took the view that congress had no right
10 trammel the diplomdtiOn of the execu
tive by the passage of d joint resolution.
If the idea was TO be expressed By con
gress It should be done in the form Of
concurrent resolution only. Sen. Sher-
man treated Murgans objection to the
form of a resolution as more technical
than important, but was willing to have
the resOlu ion made concurrent, although |
he thought the Latter better form, as
binding the three branches of govern
ment. He liked to see all nations of the
world (but not governments) cooperate
in the work of the Panama canal. After
further discussion the resolution went
over till Monday. The tariff bill was
taken up.
HOUSE committee on Indian
affairs reported the bill to divide the
Sioux Indian reservation into separate
reservations. Placed on the house cal
endar. Mr.. Reed of Maine hen, called up
the resolution TO abolish for the remain
der of the session the call of states for
the Introduction of bills on the first and
third Mondays OF each month. On order
ing the previous question the vote stood
ysas SO, nays 20; 40 quorum; and a call
of tn. house was ordered Quiet and in
dolence reigned until so, when an ad-
journment was made. Pending motion
To adjourn, Mr.. Springer, of ILL.,, intro
ducep JOINT resolution proposing a con
stitstional amendment authorizing con
sress to make a uniform law of marriage
and divorce. Referred.
MONDAY, Jan. I.
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