Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-01-31

was finally agreed to after some amend
ments and the committee rose. The bill
was then reported to the house and
passed.
/ THURSDAY, Jan. %.
Senate.-A number of bills were
presented and placed on the calendar
! As 2 o'clock approached, the seats and
| galleries rapidly filed up, and when Mr..
| Ingalls, rose to address the senate in oppo-
! sition to Sen. Buffers bill to encourage
emigration of colored people from the
| United States the Ct amber was crowded to
the utmost He said: Mr.. President. the
race to which we belong is the most AFRO
CANT and pretentious, the most exclusive and
indomitable in history Individualism. lib
erty, fraternity and equality, he said had
been that race 5 contributions to the state
Every other race had been its enemy or
It's victim. At every step of its progress
from barbarism to enlightenment the
Caucasian race had refused to aSsimilate
with the MOngoEan and African. The
| ablest soothsayer could not have foretold
the wonderful development of the first CEN
tury of American independence. The
frontier has been abolished the climate
conquered and the desert subdued. From
the latent resources of the American con-
stitutiOn had been evoked great and un-
expected prosperity. In it every creed
! had found a sanctuary, every wrong a re-
dress. Upon the threshold of our second
century the people of the United
States were confronted by the
most portentious problem ever
placed before a free people for solution. 1t
involved, in the belief of many (but not IN
his), the permanency of our form Of gov
ernment. 1t must be considered frankl
and freely, without subterfuge and without
reserve. Sen. Ingalls, paid a glowing
tribute to the late Henry w. Grady,
from whose Grafton, delivered in Boston
in December last, he quoted and sent
to the clerks desk liberal extract from
conclusion of the reading he continued
his remarks. Sen. ingalls, concluded his
remarks at 3 :55, and the senate adjourned
until Monday.
HoHSe.-The resolution was ad-
opted calling on the secretary of
war for information as to the present con-
ditiOn of the government works at Rock |
Island arsenal and asking for Ehis opinion !
as to the desirability of utilizing the |
works for gun factory. The report |
of the committee on elections in the |
contest election case of Smith VS. |
Jackson, from the fourth district of West |
Virginia was submitted and d.recommitted. |
1t declares the contestant elected and ell |
titled to a certificate. The minority was |
granted leave to file minority report |
The house then went into committee of |
the whole on the customs and administra- |
tive bill. After several minor amend |
merits it was adopted. Sen. Bayne |
(actlng under Instructions from !
the fcOmmittee Or ways and meansl !
offered an amendment to section fifteen, |
providing that during the pending contro- !
versy or litigation about the duties on the |
merchandise they shall remain III the gov |
ernment ware house and under the control |
of the secretary of the treasury.
FRIDAY. Jan. "a.
!SeH0te.-After a few minutes session |
today the senate adjourned until Monday |
House.-On motion of Mr.. Grosvenor |
the house to-day insisted upon its amend |
ment to the senate bill for the removal of |
Instructions from the Missouri river |
and a conference was then ordered |
The house then went into committee of |
the whole for further consideration of the |
customs administrative bill. The |
pending amendment was that of
fered by Mr.. Bayne (Pa.) to section Is,
providing that during the pending of |
any controversy Or litigation about the
amount of duty to be paid by any owner,
agent, importer or consignee of any i'm
ported merchandise in the courts. the
merchandise in question shall remain in
a government warehouse and under con
troll of the secretary of the treasury; and
III all actions brought against collectors of
customs by owners agents importers or
consignees the plaintiff shall be required
to prove, before he can recover. that said
merchandise at the time of trial is in the
custody of the government" Mr.
Blanchard (La.) criticised the sec
ton for the reason that in his opinion,
it took away from the citizen the right
of appeal though it reserved that right
to the government. Mr.. Mills warm
y supported the Bayne amendment.
Mr.. Carlisle said the amendment was
an indirect provision thatnO honest i'm
porter of goods should be allowed to appeal
to the courts for correction of any wrong.
Mr.. Mckenna (Cal.) spoke in support of
the bill He also favored the Bayne
amendment. Mr.. Adams 0n.) opposed
the amendment. Mr.. La Toilette
offered an amendment providing that
perishable goods may be withdrawn pend
ding litigation. This was agreed to but the
Bayne amendment as amended was de-
feated. Mr.. Breckenridge (Ky.) submit
ted an amendment, the effect of which is
to give the circuit court the right to de-
termine questions of fact as well
as questions of law. The amendment
was rejected after brief discussion.
Mr. Carlisle offered a substitute for the
whole section, the chief effect of which is
to allow the courts to determine a question
of fact as well as of law The substitute
was lost-ll2 to ia. On motion of Mr.
-,,I
appropriating S75 900 for the purchase of
food and clothing for the Indians at La
Pointe agency. Mr.. Peters introduced |
a bill to promote the interests of agri- |
culture by irrigation Referred. The
house then adjourned.
SATURDAY, Jan. %.
Immediately after the reading
of the journal the house went into com
mittee of the whole on the customs admin |
istrative bill. Mr.. Bland Mo- offered |
an amendment providing that articles
purchased abroad by exchange of products !
of agriculture exported from the United |
States, shall be admitted free of duty on |
cartons. crates, boxes, cases, sacks or COW |
ering of any kind. Lost-1I3 to lib. |
Acting NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the committee |
on ways and means Mckinney offered the |
following is an additional section: Mer- |
chandise deposited in public or private |
bonded warehouse may be withdrawn |
within three years from the date of the |
original importation on the payment Of |
the duties and charges to which it might |
be subjected by law at the time of such |
withdrawal providing nothing herein !
shall affect or impair the existing proyis- |
ions of the law in regard to the disposal !
of perishable or explosive articles, and pro
vided further that this section shall not |
apply to any article which has been ex-
ported from the United States and re-im-
ported. Adopted. The committee finally
completed the consideration of the bill
MIR. Breckenridge Ky moved that the
bill be reported back to the committee of
ways and means. Lost-10S to 12S. The
committee then rose and reported the bill
to the house favorably. The first vote was
taken on the amendment to the carton
section, adopted yesterday on motion of
Mr.. Breckenridge Ky, providing that
the section shall not apply to the merchan-
disc imported in cartons, etc. which Is
subject to duty equal to, or exceeding
sixty per cent. The action of the COM
mittee was revised. and the amendment
was rejected. The bill was then passed
yeas l3S: nays l2l. On motion of Mr.
Williams IIl.l Feb. Is was assigned as the |