Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, March IS.

Senate.-Sen. Sherman, from the
committee on finance, reported bill
against trusts in restraint of production,
and it was placed on the calendar
Among the pension bills reported was
one giving a pension Of $50 per month to
Mrs Stevens, daughter of Col. Baker,
who was killed in the battle of Balls
Bluff. Immediately after the morning
business the consideration of the urgent
deficiency bill was resumed. The bill
was finally passed after several
amendments had been made, in
Guiding one authorizing the use of S.
900 for the relief of the Turtle Mountain
band of Indians at Devils Lake agency
The Blair education bill was then taken
up and Sen. Hawley addressed the senate
in opposition to it. Among the bills passed
for public buildinge were: Sioux Falls, S.
D., $3.50, 900; Deadwood. S. D., 5000, 900.
Other bills were passed as follows: The
senate bill to authorize the secretary of the
interior to survey and mark the seventh
star dard parallel between the states of
North and South Dakota Adjourned.
House.-A protest from the president
Of the Colored Industrial Fair associa-
ton, of Arkansas, against the
proposition to tax cotton-seed oil.
was presented and referred. a bill
was passed authorizing afidavits and
dispositions under the public land laws
to be made before commissioners of the
United States courts or before the clerk of
a court of record in which the land is sit
uated.
WEDNESDAY. March 10.
Senate -Vice-President Morton occu-
oH tho cl,,,r TODAY Tho Init Nf
fered by Voorhees, Monday as to agri-
cultural depression was taken up and
Voorhees, addressed the senate The
Blair educational bill was taken up
and Sen. Pierce spoke in opposition to it.
Evarts and Call advocated it. The senate
bill appropriating 100000 for a public
building at Norfolk, Neb., was reported
and placed on the calendar. Allison, from
the finance committee, reported with the
amendments Of the house the bill in re-
lation to the collection revenue. The
senate adjourned.
HonsP.-The Maryland contested case
of Mudd against Compton was called up
in the house today. Mr.. Lacey 0owa)
opened the discussion with an argument
of the claim of the contestant. Chandler
Mass presented the report of the special
committee on the worlds fair. Mr..
Daltzell and Greenhage, advocated the
cases of contestant and the case of the
sitting member was upheld by Moore and
Gibson. Pending. the vote, and the house
adjourned.
THURSDAY, March q.
Senate. Cockrell presented a pro-
test of the Pork Packers accociation of st.
Louis against the bills for inspection of
meats, declaring the bill unnecessary and
injurious to the stock raising and curing in
terests, more injurious even than the Ger
man and French proposition. The educa-
tlonal bill was taken up at one o'clock as
unfinished business. Afterwards the senate
proceeded to vote on the bill and amend
ments. The first vote was on the three
amendments offered by Sen. Moody, of
South Dakota. that iliiterates among the
Indians shall be included in the applica-
tons. Sen. Hawley opposing the bill read
the table of appropriations to 5e made for
the next fiscal year with the following re-
capitulation: Probable appropriations,
S455, 100000; proposed appropriations,
s6S, 242, 900; total, 1923, 242, 900. The esti-
mated revenues are $3.50. 400 900; excess of
appropriations over the revenues are
s73, Az, 900. Sen. Moody's amendment
was agreed to. The senate then proceeded
to vote on the third reading and engross-
ment of the bill When the vote was con-
Guided. and when it was known it resulted
against the bill. Blair changed his vote
from aye to no, so as to make the motion
to be reconsidered The result was an
nounced-yeas 81, nays 37-as follows:
Yeas-Republican: Allen. Allison, Chan
dler. iCullom. Dawes, Dolph. Edmunds.
Evarts, Higgins, Hoar, Mcmillan. Man
derson, Mitchell, Moody, Morrill, Petit
grew, Platt, Squire, Stanford, Stewart,
Stockbridge, Teller, Wilson of Iowa.
Democrats-Barbour, Colquitt, Daniel
George, Hampton, Hearst, Pascoe, Pugh.
81. Nays Republicans: Aldrich,
BLAIR, Davis, Dixon. farwell. Frye. Hale,
Hawley, Hiscock. ingalls,, Jones New.
Pierce. Plumb, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner
and Walcot. Democrats: Bate, Berry.
Blackburn, Blodgett, Cockrell, Coke.
Faulkner. German GRAY Harrison. Jones