Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-09

stllule MlnntdpOliS support or entry and
delivery; to pension Mrs. Fremont and
Mrs. Crook; creating the offices of sur
yeyer General of North and South Dakota;
establishing q national geological park
directing the collection of full informa-
ton as to the condition of the fur seal in
dustry; to remit the penalty on the
Charleston; for the erection of pnblic
buildings or additions to existing build
ings at Gdlesburg, ILL.,, Baton Rouge. La,
Springfield, No, Fremont, Neb., Paris,
Texas, Ashland, Wis, Fort Worth. Texas,
Duluth, Mimi, San Jose, Cal; for the
erection of public buildings or additions
to existing public building at Lansing,
Mich; Lafayette, Ind; Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; Burlington. Iowa; Ell Paso, Texas;
Sacramento, Cal; Canton, Ohio; AL
legheny, Pa; Beaver Falls, Pa. Atchin-
son, Kan; Aurora, Ill.,, and Houston,
Texas; to grant the Pittsburg, Columbus
and Fort Smith, the Galepa, Guthrie and
Western. the Hutchinson and Southern.
the Kansas City and the Pacific tic extend
the time) the Dennison and Wichita
Valley railroad companies rights of way
through the Indian Territory, the
Palouse and Spokane Falls through the
Nezperca reservation in Idaho, the Little
Falls, Mile Laos and Sake Superior rail
roads through the Mile Lac reservation,
the Duluth and Manitoba through the
Fort Pembina reservation in North
Dakota, the Spokane Falls and Northern
through the Colvile reservation in Wash
ington, the Duluth and Winnipeg through
certain Indian lands in Minnesota, and
general right of way bill.
10 complete the list of results accom-
plished during the present session there
must be mentioned tie radical changes in
the rules of the house made at its very
beginning, and the action upon the cleo
ton contests. There We're eighteen con-
tested election cases before the house and
seven of the republican contestants have
been seated. The Goodrich VS.. Bullock,
Florida case, and the McCiinis-Alderson,
West Virginia case, in which the seating
of the republican contestants was recon-
mended are yet to be decided. Brecken-
ridge (democrat) was unseated. The
other eight cases were decided by the COM
mittee in favor of the democratic sitting
members. The senate decided its only
| election contest by seating the republican
senators from Montana.
| Seven bills have been vetoed by the pres
ident, as follows: Authorizing the city of
| Ogden, Utah, to assume an increased
| indeb edness; FOR public buildings
at Dallas. Texas; Hudson, N. Y, and
Tuscaloosa, Ala; authorizing the board
of supervisors of Maricopa county, Ari-
zona to issue bonds in aid of a certain
railroad; changing the boundaries of the
Uncompahgre Indian reservation and ex-
tending the time for the payment of lands
| purchased from the Omaha tribe of In
dians.
Among the bills which have passed
the house, but have rot yet passed the SEN
ate, are the following (bills in conference
being included in this category: The
federal election bill, the national bank
ruptcy bill, the bill to create a court of APP
peals for the relief of the supreme court
the Conger compound lard bill; TO prevent
the enlistment of aliens in the United
States naval service to prevent the pro-
duct of convict labor being furnished
to or for the use of any department or up
on public buildings or other public works
the eight hour back pay bill; to repeal the
timber culture law lin c0nference); con-
shutting eight hours a days work for
workmen employed by government con-
tractors: board of review in certain cases A.;
| 10 idJilN tut dSlttlltDl WIN VIC pdO anu
Fox and Iowa Indians. Among the SEN
ate bills which have received final action
by the house are the following: The ship
ping and subsidy bills; granting author
ity for the removal of the Apache Indian
prisoners to Fort Sill, |. T.; for the cree
ton of stat lie TO Columbus; granting
California per cont. of the proceeds of
sale of pubic lands for a new lighthouse
tender for the use of Portland, Oregon,
district; revenue cutter for the same dis
trict; to enlarge Yellowstone National
Park; to promote the efficiency of the en-
listed force of the army; to grant right Of
way through public lands for irrigation
purposes; for the compulsory education of
Indian children; fer a statue of General
John Stark: for an Indian industrial
school at Fland"eau, S. D.. for an addi-
tiunal associate justic1 of the supreme
court of Arizona; extending criminal
jurisdiction Of the United States to the
great lakes: for a memorial at Marietta,
Ohio, commemorative of the settlement of
the northwest, and for the inspec-
ton of live cattle and of beef products for
! export.