Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.


| SeHdte.-Io-day the financial commit
| tee reported back adversely the bill to pro-
vide for the organization of national banks
with less capital than $4,000, and it
was indefinitely postponed. Among the
| bills introduced today were the following:
| Sen. Chandler-To amend the laws rela
| tive to the elective franchise and prOvid-
| ing under contingencies for the conduct
of elections by federal officers. on the petit
ton of a certain per centage of the voters
| that they believe the election will be
unfair if held by state officers, etc. Sen.
Spooner- Making it the duty of the
proper officers of the treasury and interior
departments to adjust and settle the
claims of any state against the United
States for all lands disposed of by the
United States that were included In any
grant, swamp or overlOwed lands of such
state. Sen. Hawley-For the collection from
the national guard and military schools,
of civilians to be appointed second lieuten-
ants in the regular army. Sen. Squire
For the erection of public buildings at
Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane Falls Wash
ingtOn, each to cost not exceeding $780,
900. Sen. Spooner-MemOrial, signed by
twenty of his farmer constituents, praying
that boards of trade, bucket shops and
other mercantile bodies and individuals be
prohibited from fixing the value of produce
of American farms by sales for future de
liveries. Sen. Evarts, Providing for the
celebration of the 400th anniversary of the
discovery of America by holding an in
ternationa exposition in the city of New
York. 1t was read first and second times,
SEN Morrill-To provide for the relief
of telegraph operators during the war who,
although not performing strictly military
duties. lost lives or were imprisoned
A resolution offered yesterday by 1urpie
as to trusts, was taken up, and Turplc pro-
Ceeded to address the senate upon 1t. He
said trusts were the gigantic sin OF TINS
age and generation 4 trust was a
nuisance, open and notorious; but it could
not he grappled with and suppressed as
other nuisances. and such legislation us
was proposed in bills introduced by Sher-
man and George in conjunction with his
own proposition for the conhscatlon of the
trusts goods should be enacted and en-
forced. The senate confirmed the following
nominations Robert p. Porter, of New
York, to be superintendent of the census;
Lewis A. Croft, of Nebraska, commission
er of the general land office; William NJ.
Stone, of Iowa, assistant commissioner of
the general land office; James M. Town
send, of Indiana, recorder of the general
land Office. The senate then proceeded to
the consideration of executive business
and soon adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. Il.
Senate. - The vice-president presided
over the senate today. Sen. Hale, from
the committee on naval affairs, re-
ported back bills heretofore introduced
by him for the relief of sufferers by the
wreck of United States war vessels at Apla,
Samoa. Placed on calendar. Among
the bills introduced and referred were:
| Sen. Nest-Regulating the printing of GER
tain public documents and largely reducing
! the number of copies to be printed. He
made statement as to the immense mass
of books and documents rotting away in
| the attic and basement Of the capitol.
| Hoar remarked that those books and
| documents ought to be distributed among
public libraries all over the country. Sen.
| ingalls, called attention to the fact that
| paper purporting to be a memorial or reso-
/ luton of the branch Legislature of Montana
| had been presented this morning and had
! been referred to the committee on mines
| and mining 1t was matter of public
notoriety he said, that there was some diff
| Guilty about the organization of the legisla-
| ture of Montana and in order to avoid any
| committal of the senate by reference to the
| committee of the resolution of either
| branch OF that legislature, he moved tina
| the order of reference be revoked and the
| paper laid upon the table. 1t was so or
| dered. Ingalls, also introduced tby request)
service and disability pension bills, which
were referred. Sen. Call introduced
| Joint resolution authorizing the presi-
dent to begin negotiations with the
government of Spain for the establish
ment of a republic on the island of Cuba.
! A message was received from the house
to the effect that that body was ready to
proceed with the ceremonies in commemo-
ration of the Inauguration of the first presi-
dent of the United States and thereupon,
on motion of Sen. Ingalls,, the senators
proceeded to the hall of the house Upon
their return the senate adjourned.
House In his opening prayer, Chaplain
| Milburn referred to the approaching
ceremonies. and returned thanks that
after one hundred years the government
framed by our fathers stood more firmly
compact and more proudly erect, more
divinely beautiful and bountiful In all its
benifcence than it ever stood before.
Cumming On. " from the centennial
ceremonial committee. reported an order
Of arrangement and it was adopted. On
motion the Blaine resolution was adopted,
directing the clerk to inform the senate
that the house was In session and ready to
proceed with the ceremonies. AT the re-
quest of the speaker the members then re-
tired to seats assigned them Upon the
conclusion of the centennial ceremonies
the house was called to order, but immedi-
ately adjourned