The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-08-23
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
House..

! tive session. the Senate referred to the
/ committee on rules the resolution of
.ered by Quay postponing until the De
! cember session all pending bills except
the tariff, bill, the general appropriation
bills. bills relating 10 public
/ tensions. This resolution goes
those introduced BY Mr. Hoar, Judge
Edmunds and Mr.. Blair Mr. Hoar
,ater introduced as an amendment TO
/ the Quay resolution a proposition to
| include the election bill among those to
/ be passed before adjournment. The
/ amendment went to the committee
| The House joint resolution extending
| the provision of existing laws
/ providing for temporary expend-
! itures of the government TO August
%, was laid before the Senate, and
after some discussion, passed. The
/ tariff bill was then taken up, the
! pending question being on Mr.. Vests
amendment reducing the duty on tin
/ plates from , 2-lO cents to ! cent a
pound, the existing rate. After debate
/ the tariff bill was laid aside informally
and a conference was ordered on the
| Senate bill in regard to collisions at sea,
and Messrs. Frye, Washburn
and German were appointed con-
/ ferees on the part of the Sen
ate. Mr.. Plumb, from the committee
on appropriations, reported Joint resO-
luton for the destitute III Oklahoma,
and said he would ask for action on it
Tomorrow The House bill making APP
preparations for additional clerical force
in the pension office was read for
amendments. Various amendments re-
ported by the committee on appropria-
] ton were read and the bill was passed.
THURSDAY, Aug. 1.-THE first bust
ness in order in the House this morning
was the vote on sustaining the decision
of the chair, oyerruling the point of or
der made by Mr.. Springer, of Illinois,
that the Nat Mckay relief bill must be
considered in committee of the whole
/ The decision was sustained-yeas, ia;
nays, 81, the speaker counting a quo
rum. Mr.. Struble tIa.) asked unani-
nous consent for the consideration of
the Joint resolution for the aid of the
destitute persons in oklahoma, but OBJ
/ lection vas made. The House then re-
sumed the consideration of the Nat Nc
Kay bill it was soon found, however,
that no quorum was present and the
House adjourned.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was agreed to.
FRIDAY, Aug. l5.-The House to-day
finally agreed to the conference report
on the Indian Appropriation bill, after
wordv discussion and the defeat OF
motions to recommit the bill and 10 lay
it on the table. The Senate Joint reso-
luton providing that the unexpended
! balance of the appropriation for the aid
of the Mississippi food sufferers should
be used 10 aid the destitute
persons in oklahoma, was passed.
After the adoption of an amend
ment providing that the money shall
be disburscd under the direction of the
secretary of war, the joint resolution
was passed. The House then
proceeded to the consideration of
the Nat Mckay bill, the question
being on its reference to the com
! mittee on claims This was re-
/ iected-yeas IL, nays lU2-the speaker
counting a quorum. \ vote wa5 then
taken on the passage Of the bill,
which resuIted-ycas Il; NAYS Jo-no
3. quorum-and Il call of the House
/ was ordered. but failed to develop a
quorum Mr. Thomas Wis offered Il
resolution directing the scrgeant-at-
arms To arrest absent members. Mr..
Baker \. \. offered as a substitute, q
resolution reciting a long article from
! the New York sun, which he insisted
. upon having read, which resulted in
/ consuming time by discussion and dila-
tory tactics until ) o'clock. when the
House took recess, the evening ses-
sion To he for the consideration Of pri-
yate pension bills.
SATURDAY, Aug. l6.-In the House,
Mr.. Cannon Ill.) from the committee
on rules reported resolution for the
immediate consideration of the anti
+ lottery bill, the previous question to be
! considered as ordered ut $40 O'Clock
this afternoon. Mr. Breckinrdge said
he favored the bill, but opposed the
resolution on the ground that he OBJ
lccted to the committee on rules deter
mining the duration of debate in the
House. The resolution was adopted
and the anti-lotterv bill taken up. Mr.
Grain TEX offered an amendmen
/ striking out the clause providing that
the public advertisement Of lottery
! company that remittancCs may he made
j 10 any other corporation or person shall
/ be held to be an Acknowledgement oi
the existence of lottery agency. Af-
! ter some discussion Mr.. Grain withdrew
the amendment Mr.. Wilkinson La.
in supporting the measure. admitted
the pollution which the Louisianna
! lottery had wrought upon his
/ state, but attributed the birth
/ of that pollution to the DAYS of recon
/ struction. The people Of Louisiana
/ looked with gladresS t. the time when
/ lotteries would be prohibited III thai
! state. But the revenues to the state
+ had been too inadequate When the
/ Louisiana Legislature met the very ele-
/ ments themselves had conspired tC
/ give the Louisiana Lottery Company q
I IL a. I,l Il
from North and West Mr.. Evans. ot
+ Tennessee, advocating the bill, dropped
! into statistics, and stated thai
/ the chance of ticket holder in the
| Louisiana lottery 10 draw the capital
/ prize was one in 61,DN3 Mr. Hans
/ brough y. d. favored the bill. and il
reference 10 the recent attempt 10 es
/ tabIish Il lottery III that state. thanked
/ God that his people had notyet reach he'd
/ that condition of poverty that they
were willing 10 sell their honor and
manhood. The bill was then passed with
out division The anti-Iottery bill
4 which passed the House to-day, Is IL
/ the following terms: No letter. posta
card or circular concerning any lottery
so-called gift concern or similar enter
/ prise, Offering prizes dependent upor
! lot or chance tor concerning schemes
+ dtNiStt loF lilt t'uf post u oiftatIllIlt
| money or property under false pre-
tenses1 and no list of the drawings a
any lottery or similar scheme and nc
lottery ticket or part thereof, and nt
/ check. draft. bill. money, postal note
or money order for the purchase of any
/ ticket, or part thereof. or of anv share
or anv chance in any such lottery or gif
enterprise. shall be carried in the mai
or delivered at or through any post of
fee or branch thereof, or by any lettel
carrier; nor shall any newspaper. cir
cular, pamphlet or publication Of an,
kind containing any advertisement o
any lottery or gift enterprise of any
kind offering prizes, dependent upoI
LOT or chance. or containing any list o
prizes awarded At the drawings of any
such lottery or gift enterprise whethe
said list is Of any part or Of all OF th'
drawing. be carried in the mail or de
liVered by any postmaster or letter ear
rier. ANY person who shall knowlngl,
deposit, send or cause u he sent. any