Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14

report was adopted-yeas. 100; nays, 49,
The house then went into committee OF
the whole on the general deficiency bill,
but without disposing of the bill the COM
mittee rose. and the house adjourned.
THURSDAY, Aug. 7.
Senate. In the senate, today, after
some preliminary business, the tariff
bill was taken up, the pending ques-
ton being on Mr.. Vance's amendment to
reduce the duty on pig iron from $40 Of
cent per pound to IS per ton. 1t was
defeated by strict party vote. The next
paragraph, which taxes bar iron, round
iron, fiat and square iron, from $40 of a
cent per pound to l cent per pound, ac-
cording to classification, was then taken
up. Mr.. Mcpherson moved to amend
oy striking out the rates per pound and
inserting uniform rate of so per cent. ad
valorem. After some debate, the amend
ment was rejected by another strictly party
vote. When the paragraph relating to
beams, girders and other structural shapes
of iron or steel was reached, the rate was
reduced from $40 to SO cent pound
The tariff bill was temporarily laid aside
to allov Allison to present the conference
report on the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The bill, said Mr.. Allison, as it
passed the house, had carried $28, 900, 000
and had been increased by the senate s.
900, 900. The net reduction agreed to in
the conference committee amounted to
s., 706 90; SO that the bill carried under
the conference report, S29, S52, 900.
In hn bn,1oa faIau
of Mr. Bingham. of Pennsylvania, res
olution was adopted calling on the
postmaster general for copies of the
agreements for the transportation
of mails between the United States
and foreign countries the conditions up
which awards are made and the rates of
payment for service. The house then
went into committee of the whole on the
general deficiency bill Mr. Rogers moved
to strike out the clause appropriating
S6,6 to pay Mr.. George Matthews in
ful' for the unexpired term of the fifty
iil It congress for which he was elected as
delegate from the territory of Dakota.
Lost. Nh. Clunie offered an amendment
granting an extra month pay to the EN-
ployes of the senate and the house. 1t was
agreed to- The bill was disposed of, and
the committee rose, all the amendments
were agreed to, save that granting the
extra month s salary to senate and house
employees, and then the bill went over till
tomorrow.
FRIDAY, Aug 8.
Senate.--Mr Call offered resolution
(which was agreed toy instructing the
committee on foreign relations to inquire
and report such measures as may be nee
essary for the protection of the citizens of
the United States who were TO merly resi-
dents Of Cuba and subjects of Spain,
against prosecution of the Spanish Gov
eminent for offenses alleged to have been
committed by them. The concurrnet res
olution heretofore offered by Mr.. Plumb
expressing the desire of congress for the
removal of the remains of ''the illustrious
soldier and statesman, Ulysses s. Grant, ;"
to and their interment in the Arlington
National Cemetery, and requesting the
President to convey 10 the widow of that
eminent man such desire, rendering to her,
on behalf of the nation. all necessary
facilities for such removal and intermin,
was taken up and agreed to. The con-
ference report on the Forti6cotion bill was
taken up for consideration.
House.--Mr Butcher, of Pennsylvania,
was excused at his own request from fur
Their service on the committee on coinage.
weights and measures, and Mr.. VauY, of
Pennsylvania was appointed to fill vacancy.
The house then resumed consideration of
the general deficiency bill, the pending
question being ON the amendment grant
ing a months pay to employees of the
house and senate.
There is an uncommon number OF
chur hes in London; they are marvelously
common objects. They are almost all
stone, and rallied in with granite posts and
iron fences. Two things about the Epis-
copal churches (which are in the majority
strike an American as peculiar. One Is
that fire apparatus is often stored in the
little enclosures, so thPt up against a
dingy church wall you see bright red
ladder or flaming tool or hose-cart.
Churchyards are regular fire stations, and
in such cases a red lantern is hung on the
ratings at night with the words Fire
Station" glaring in its lighted front. The
other peculiar thing about the churches is
that public notices and placards are post
ed on the doors and ratings.
There you read the tax ratings for the
parish, and thai marriage license are OBJ
tainable somewhere on the premises, and
that men are wanted for the army. and
stokers will get good pay in the navy, In
these notices the branch of the public ser
vice that calls for recruits usually posts a
colored picture of the uniform of that
wing of the service, chromos that are in
tended to look very alluring. We Ameri-
cans are reminded by this treatment of
the houses of worship that perhaps it was
not so strange after all, for the British to
use the churches in New York and Boston
for garrisons and prisons, and whatever
else they needed them for during the
Revolutionary war. Where church and
state are joined the state puts the meeting
house TO its own use.
Illiteracy of Nations.
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