Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-07-10

from the calendar and passed. Sen. Nor
gan introduced bill providing that no
person shall enter any public lands in
Wyoming under the homestead or any
laws WHO Is a bigamist or polygamist
or who teaches, counSels, aids or encour-
ages others to enter into bigamy or poly
gamy. or who Is a member of any aSSocia-
ton that teaches polygamy. 1t was re-
tered to the committee on public lands.
The conference committee on the legisla-
tive appropriation bill reported that they
were unable to agree on the pay of sem
atOrs clerks and committee clerks. New
oonferrees were appointed. The conference
report on the District of Columbia bill
disagreed and new conference ordered
agriculture appropriation bill The Idaho
admission bin was resumed and Sen.
Vance spoke in opposition to it, The bill
then passed without division.
H0use.-The house resumed considara-
ton of the federal election bill the pending
| amendment being offered by Mr.. Lehlback,
| of New Jersey. providing that the Chief
Supervision of Election for each judicial
district of the United States shall take
such action as is requisite to secure such
supervision in every Congressional dis
trlct, as is provided by the laws of the
United States. Mr.. Holman of Indina
contended that there was no occasion for
the enactment of the proposed law. Every
member who had spoken had repudiated
the bill as far as his individual district
was concerned. Mr.. Taylor, of Illinois,
said that he wanted the law in his dis
trlct. Mr.. Holman said that he was the
| only gentleman out of $50 members who
made that admission Who else of the
$50 members wanted this law in his dis
trict? Mr.. Tay Tor said that he supported
the bill because he wanted it in his dis
tr1ct' He supported it because he wanted
1t tor the city he IN part represented on
this floor. Chicago did need some law
OF this kind. There never had been an cleo
ton In Chicago where there had not been
illegal voting and cheating at rhe polls.
While this law was needed in Chicago.
he did not believe it was needed in any
other district in the state of Illinois, Mr..
Springer, of Illinois, contented that
the Chicago election law had worked to
the satisfaction of the people of the city
without regard to party, He controverted
the assertion made by Mr.. Houck, of
Tennessee, that in reporting the contested
election case of Dean VS. Fields, in the
forty fifth congress, he Mr. Springer) had
taken the very position occupied by this
bill. Mr.. Hit, of Illinois, opposed the
amendment and satiracally twitted the
democrats for denouncing the bill and
then rushed pell neil in support of pro-
position which made the provisions of the
measure compulsory instead or voluntary.
Mr.: Stone, of Missouri, made a consti-
tutlonal argument against the bill The
men who, thirty years ago with rifles in
their hands, sought to destroy the au-
tOnOmy of the nation, were no more guilty
of high treason than were the men who,
assembled under the marble arches and
bullying dome of this Capitol, were seeking
and plotting to destroy the autonomy Of
the States
WEDNESDAY, July 2.
Sendte.-ln the senate to-day, Mr..
Plumb, from the committee on public
lands, reported the senate bill to pro-
vide for the delivery of land patents to
their rightful owners, and asked for its
immediate consideration. Statements
were made by Messrs. Plumb. Paddock
and Berry to the effect that there were
some 250, 900 land patents accumulated in
the general land Office for which those en-
titled to them had not applied; that a
thrifty firm of Washington attorneys had
been permitted to have lists made
of them, that they had been communicating
with the persons entitled to them, notify
ing them that they could not get their
patents on payments of a certain fee lin
one case S25. which Was then made S50);
that this was an act of cullusion between
the Assistant Commissioner (who was
then the Assistant Secretary of the In
terror, acting as commissioner and its
law firm; and that the bill was designed to
Illustrate that job. The bill was then pass
ed. 1t directs the secretary of the Interior
to send to the Recorder of Deeds in each
city In which land so patented lies, lists of
the land patents in that country that have
been in the general land offie uncalled for
for twelve months.
House.-The house resumed considera-
ton of the federal election bill, today,
the pending questson being ON an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Tucker, of Vir-
ginla, requiring judge of the circuit
court associated with the district judge,
to pass upon applications for supervisors
of election. Mr.. Frank, of Missouri, said
he was in favor of the bill so far as its
scope was to extend the operation of the
supervisory system; he was opposed to it
federal control of elections. But he was
opposed to the amendment because it
sought to weaken the law already on the
statute books. Mr. BoutelIe, of Maine,
said that the naked question presented
was whether those people who were by the
constitution and laws entitled to TIE right
of suffrage should be protected in the
exercise of their right. Mr.. Springer
moved to lay the bill on the table and thus
defeate it. His motion was beaten by I49
yeas to 155 nays. The only republicans
to vote in favor of the motion were Messrs.
Coleman, of Louisiana, and Lehlbach, of
New Jersey Mr. IEwart, of North Carolina,
another bolter, was paired with Mr..
Timonds, of Connecticut. Mr.. Springer,
before the vote was announced, changed
from aye to no and moved to reconsider
the vote. Mr.. Rowell, of Illinois. moved
to lay that motion on the table, and on
these the yeas and the nays were ordered.
Mr.. Rowell's motion to lay ON the table
was carried. Yeas, 153; nays, 148.
THURSDAY, July 3.
Senote.-ln the senate to-day, mes
sages from the president on Indian
lands In Kansas; postal and cable
communication between the United States
and the Latin-American states; the cele-
pration of the fourth centennial of the dis
covery of America, and as to the agree
ment between the Cherokee commission
and the Iowa Indians in the Indian terri
tory, were presented and referred.
Mr.. Allison moved that the adjourn
ment to-day be- till Monday. Mr.. Edmunds
and Mr.. Sherman opposed the motion
and Mr.. Plumb and Mr. German advocat-
ed it, and It was agreed to.