Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-07-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, July |.

TUESDAY, July |.
SeHate.-ln the senate today the bill
to authorize the leasing of school lands in
the territory of Oklahoma, for the benefit
of the public schools, was taken
from the calendar and passed. Sen.
Morgan introduced bill providing
that no person shall enter any public lands
in Wyoming under the homestead or any
other laws who is a bigamist or pOlygam-
lst or who teaches, counseIs, aids or en-
COurages others to enter into bigamy or
poly gamy, or who is a member of any
association that teaches polygamy. 1t
was referred to the committee on public
lands. The conference committee on
the legislative appropriation bill re-
ported that they were unable to agree on
the pay of senators clerks and committee
clerks. New cOnferees were appointed.
The conference report on the District of
Columbia bill disagreed and new confer
enCe ordered. A conference was also oder
ed on the agricultural appropriation bill.
The Idaho admission bill was resumed
and Sep. Vance spoke in opposition to it.
The bill Il an passed without division.
House, The house today resumed con-
sideration of the federal election bill,
the pen ling amendment being that
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providing that the chief supervisor
of lection for each judicial district
of the United States shall take
suc'l action as is required to secure each
SUI eIvision in every congressional district
as is provided by the laws of the United
st ties Mr.. Holman fo Indiana, contended
tt It there was no occasion for the enact
ant of the proposed law Every mem
t4r who had spoken had repudiated the
dill as far as his individual district was
concerned. Mr.. Taylor, of Illinois, said
he wanted the law in his district.
Mr.. Holman said the gentleman was
only one of the $50 members who made
this admission. Mr. Taylor said he
supported the bill because he
wanted it in his district. He
supported it because he wanted it for the
city he in part represented Chicago did
need some law of this kind. There never
had been an election held IN Chicago where
there had not been illegal voting and
cheating at the 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, contended that the Chicago
election law had worked to the
satisfaction of the people of that
city without regard to party He contro-
verted the assertion made by Mr.. Houk,
of Tennessee that in reporting the con-
tested election case of Dean VS.. Field in
the Forty-ffth congress he (Springer) had
taken the very position occupied by this
bill Mr. HIT, of Illinois, opposed the
amendment, and satirically twitted the
democrats for denouncing the bill and
rushing pell-mell in support of a PROPOSE
ton which made the provisions of the
measure compulsory instead of voluntary.
Mr.. Stone, of Missouri, made a consti-
tutional agreement against the bill.
The men who. thirty years ago, with
rifles in their hands, sought to destroy the
autonomy of the nation. were no more
guilty of high treason than were the men
who. assembled under the marble arches
and bulging dome of Of the Capitol, were
seeking and plotting to destroy the au-
tonomy of the states.
WEDNESDAY, July ,.
Senate.-Mr. Plumb from the committee
on public lands. reported on the senate by
providing for the delivery of land patents
| on their rlgthful owners, and asked for Its
! immediate consideration. Statements
were made by Messrs. Paddock. Plumb
! and Berry to the effect that there were
| some 250.000 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,
notifying them that they could get their
| patents on payments of a certain fee TN
! one case S25, which was then made $50;
/ that this was an act of collusion between
| Assistant Commissioner (who was then
! the assistant secretary of the Interior, act
| ing as commissioner and this law firm;
| and that the bill was designed to frustrate
that Job. The bill was then passed. 1t
directs the secretary of the Interior to send
to the Recorder of Deeds In each city in
! which lands so patented lies, lists of the
| land patents In that country that have been
in the general land office uncalled for for
twelve months.
Hotse.-The house resumed considera-
| ton of the federal election bill, the pend
ing question being on the amendment Of
fored by Mr.. Tucker. of Virginia. requlr-
ing the Judge of the Circuit Court (associa-
ted with the District Judge to pass upon
applications for supervision of election.
Mr.. Frank. of Missouri. said that he was
in favor of the bill so far as Its scope was
to extend Its operation of the supervisory
system: he was opposed to it so far as II
proposed to obtain federal control Of elec-
tions. But he was opposed to the amend
ment because it sought to weaken the law
already on the statute books. Mr.. Bou-
telle Maine) said that the naked question
presented was whsther those people who
were by the constitution and the laws en-
titled to the right of suffrage should be
protected in the exercise Of that right.
Mr.. Springer moved tC lay the bill on
the table and thus defeat it. His motion
was beaten by l49 yeas to l55 nays. The
only republicans to vote in favor of the
motion were Messrs Coleman, oi
Louisiana and Lehl6ach, of New Jersey