Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-17

the territory of New Mexico. twas passed.
A resolution reported from the com
mittee on foreign relations in reference
TO the Panama canal was then taken up,
and, on motion of Mr.. Esmunds, the
senate went into secret session IN
consideration of that subject. The
secret session cOutiL ued till $40 when
the doors reopeued. II was then
found that the discussion had been car
ried on by Senators Edmunds, Sherman,
Morgan, Gray and jones, and that the
Joint resolution had been adopted yeas 40,
uays 3, having been modified so az to read:
I Resolved, Bv the senate aud house OF
/ the United 5 'stes in congress assembled,
that the government of the United States
I will look with serious concern and dis
approval upon any connection of any
/ European government with the cph-
struc,ion or control of any ship
oanal ACROSS the isthmus of Dsrien,
or across Central America, and must re-
gard any such connection or control as
injurious to the just rights and interests
of the United States, and a. maencG TO
their welfare, and thst the president BE-
aud is hereby requested TO communl-
cate this expression of its views to
the government of the countries
Of EarOpe. The vote IL detail Il:
Y as Aldrich, Allison, Bate, Berry
/ Brown, ChaBdler, COokrell, Coke, Cot
quit, Culum, Davis Dawes, Dolph, Ed
munds, Eustis, Evlrts, Farwell, Faulkner,
FRYE George, Gibson. German, Hale,
! Hawley, Hoar, Ingalls,, Jones, Of Ark;
Mandetson, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrill,,
Paddock, Palmer, Payne, Platt, Plumb,
Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Salisbury, Sawyer,
! Sherman, Spoouer, Teller, Vest, Wa'Jhall,
Wilson, OF Ia; Wilson, OF MINI. Mays
! Blackburn, Pa, Hampton and Vance,.
/ Adjourned.
HOUSE, The house consumed the
entire day in the vain effort TO Sc
cure quorum 60 act on the resolutions
TO abolish the calls OF states on "-uspen-
sion" Mondays, the pending question
being the ordering of the previous ques
tion.
TUESDAY, Jan g.
SENATE On motion OF Sen. Sherman,
it was ordered that Gray's amendment to
| the Panama resolution and the action
of the senate thereon at yesterdays
session be printed in the Record.
/ Sen. Sherman introduced d bill to
make and alter regulations 10 to the
time, place and manner of holding cleo
/ lions for represtnta'iv in congress,
! which was referred TO the committee on
/ privileges and elections. He said the
/ bill had heen prepared by gentleman
who WAS familiar with the subject but
/ did not care 10 have his name published.
/ The bill wGs un partisan ia its character,
/ and WIS calculated to insure absolutely
| fair elections ia every part OF the United
! States. II was confined to the elections
| of members OF congress. The senate
/ then, az 80, resumed consideration of the
tariff bill.
HoUsE.-Mr. Reed, OF Maine, open
ed the contest over the proposed
change of rules by calling up the
resolution reported by him from the com
mittee on rules. The previous question
was ordered on the resolution by vote
OF 1877 yeas and 12O nays. Then Mr.. Hol-
man, of Indiana, acting in pursuance of
the caucus action last night, moved to
reoOmmit the resolution, and upon that
motion demanded the previous question,
Mr. Payson (Ells) desired 20 move 10
| reoommit the resolution with instructions
to the committee on rules how to act in
! the premises, but the speaker ruled that
one motion to recommit having been
made and the previous question de-
manded, another motion To recommit,
even though coupled with instructions,
was not in the order, unless the demand
for the previous question was voted down.
On division on the question ordering
the previous question, the vote stood,
ayes, 1872; nays, 3; and Oheadle Gudlana)
raised the point of no quorum. the
yeas ana nays were ordered and the pre-
vious question was ordered-yeas, 2l8;
nays, 4. The vote on the recOmmittment
resulted yeas l20, nays III, and the reso-
luton was reoommitted.
WEDNESDAY Jan. 9.
SESArE.-Tne senate non ooncurred
in the house amendments on the
Nicaragua canal bill, and confer
euce was ordered. Cons:d5 ration of the
tariff bill was then resumed, the pending
question being on Sen. Yance's amend
ment that the duty on no article in
schedule j., OAK, hemp and jute), shall
exceed 80 per cent. adyalorem. The
amendment was rel scted.
HOUSE That Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa,
is earnest in his intention to do all in
his power TO prevent the house from
accom- plishing any business until It
has finally acted upon the Oklahoma bill
was demonstrated this morning. Imme-
diately after prayer Mr.. Weaver called the
speakers attention TO the first rule which
directs that She officer after calling the
house TO order IS TO cause, upon the APP
pearance of a quorum, the reading OF the
Journal of the last days sitting. He
raised the point of order that the journal
could not be read until it was apparent
that a quorum IS in attendance. The
speaker sustained the point and directed
he clerk TO call the rolf The hhbuster
ug continued until $3.50 p. m, when the
house adjourned.
THURSDAY, Jan. 10.
SENArE.-Amoug the bills reported
from the committees and placed on the
calendar, was the senate bill 10 author
ize the construction of a bridge across
the Missouri river at Leavenworth
On motion OF Sen. Allison, it way
ordered that the senate meet tomorrow
az / i o'clock a. m. The senate then re-
sumed the consideration of the tariff bill.