Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28

was passed. The post-office appropria-
ton bill, as reported by the Senate, APP
propriates So ,461 500, an increase of
$4,000 over the amount appropriated
by the bill as it passed the House
There is an increase of 1896, 900 for COM
pensation of post-otfice clerks, and an
increase Of $4,000 for transportation
and diplomatic appropriation bill
was reported to the Senate to-
day by Mr.. Hale A number of amend
ments are made in the bill as it passed
the House. The missions to the Argen-
tine Republic and to the United States
of Colombia are raised from 1900 to
$4,000; and the Danish mission from
S., 900 to 81, 500. The committee also
incorporated in the bill the suggestions
made by Secretary Blaine to enable the
President to carry into effect the recon-
mendations Of the Pan-American con-
ference.
SATURDAY. June 21.-The Senate
passed the House bill supplementary to
to bigamy 1t provides that all funds,
or property, lately belonging to the
Mormon Church shall be devoted to the
use and benefit Of the public schools of
that state. Mr.. Butler had offered an
amendment devoting the funds to the
endowment of institutions of learning
in Utah; and for that purpose turning
them over to the general board of edu
cation OF the Church of Jesus Christ OF
Latter-day Saints, subject to rules and
regulations to be approved Of by the
President of the United States, and not
to be used in the disseminating, teach
ing upholdlng or propagatlng the doc
trine and practices OF -polygamy or
plural marriages. Mr.. Edmunds lin
charge of the bill) opposed the amend
ment which was rejected-24 to 9.
Mr.. Voorhees, moved to postpone the
next. By that time, he said, the SUI
preme court would have reached a ter
lnination Of the litigation now pending.
This was defeated, yeas, 20; nays, p.
The bill was then passed without a di-
vision There were formal amendments
made to it, which will require 8 confer
ence.
MONDAY, June 23.-The Senate to-day
took up the conference report on the
dependent pension bill, and Mr.. Berry
made a speech against It, He was fol-
lowed by Messrs. German, Davis, In
gals and Vest. Finally the conference
report was agreed to-yeas, "a nays, Is;
The Senate passed the agricultural
Morrison's substitute for the yari-
Gus amendments pending on Satur-
day as to the division of the fund
between colored and white schools
of the state. It appropriates annually,
| out Of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, arising from
the sales of public lands, to be paid to
each state and territory for the more
complete endowment and maintenance
of colleges for the benefit of agriculture
and the mechanic arts now established,
or which may hereafter be established
in accordance with an act OF Congress
approved July 2, 1862, the sum Of Slo,-
coo for the year ending June 80, 1890,
such appropriation thereafter for ten
wears by an additional sum of 81 900
over the preceding year, and the annual
| amount to be paid thereafter to each
state and territory shall be $25, 900.
| TUESDAY. June 24.-The Senate to-day
considered the amendment to the post
office appropriation bill, as recommend
ed by the committee on appropriations,
as follows: Increasing the item for
| m:sl depredations and post-office in
spectors fees and expenses from $780,
900 to $500, 900; increasing the item for
clerks in post-offices from S., 600 to
s. 800 900; increasing the item for trans
portation of foreign mails from 1864, 900
to SIP, 900, and adding to the item these
words "And from this appropriation
the acknowledgement is hereby au-
! thoYized to expend the sum of S48 ,00O or
so much thereof as may be necessary to
cover one-half of the cost of transporter
| ton, compensation and expense of
clerks to be employed in asserting and
pouching mails in transit on steamships
between the United States and other
postal administrations in the in
| ternational postal union" After
some discussion, in which MIR. Cor
man and Mr. Plumb opposed
the amendment making an in
crease for post-office inspectors fees,
| the amendments were agreed to and
| the bill was passed. The Senate then
proceeded to the consideration of the
| diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill. The principal amendments recon-
| mended by the committee on appropr-
atoms are as follows: Increasing the
! compensations of ministers to the Ar
gentine Republic and the United states
of Columbia from $500 to Sl0 Wo; or
| the minister to Denmark from $4,000 to
81, 500; inserting provisions to carry out
| the work of the international American
conference for the establishment OF an
international coin or coins, and tor a
preliminary survey for an inter-conti-
mental railway Mr. Sherman, from the
| committee on foreign relations, moved
to increase the compensation Of the
minister to Turkey from $500 to $l0,-
| 000 Agreed to. The amendment re-
lating to the work Of the international
American conference was adopted, and
the bill was then passed. The Senate