The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
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six hours, at the end OF which time the
previous question shalt he considered
as ordered. Mr.. Lacey la opened |
the discussion with an argument III
support OF the claims OF the contestant. |
Mr.. Dalzell (Pa.) and Mr.. Greenhaige |
Mass. also advocated the case OF the
contestant and the case OF the sitting
member was upheld by Mr.. Moore
Tex and Mr.. Gibson Md Pending
q vote the House adjourned.
THURSDAY, March o0.-Belore the
reading Of the journal, Mr.. Cultivate
(O.) declared there WAS no quorum
present. The speaker made count,
announced but seventy-four members
present, and ordered a call. Alter a
quorum had been secured, coEsidera- |
ton of the Mudd-Compton contested
election case was had. At the close OF
the debate, Mr.. Moore Tex, on
behalf OF the minority OF the commit
tee On elections, offered resolution ue-
claring Compton entitled to the seal.
This WAS defeated-yeas l43. nays l53.
The vote WAS strict psrly one. The
majority resolution declaring Mudd en-
titled to the seat was adopted yeas i3a,
nays 40. Mr.. Mudd then appeared,
and took the osth of office amid much
applause from the galleries. The House
then went into committee ui the whole
on the pension Appropriation bill, and
soon after adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 2I.-lm mmediatelv v after
the reading Of the Journal the house
went into committee OF tie whole
on the pension appropriation Dill. a
rafting debate followed. after which the
committee rose and the bill passed. The
bill for the retirement oi Gen. Ere
mont with the rank of ma or-general
was passed. On motion of Mr.. Roberts
(La.) a bill WAS passed approprlatins
sos, 900 to enable the secretary Of war to
purchase $500 tents for the use OF peo-
pie driven from their homes by the
floods now prevailing in Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana. The House
then took recess, the evening session
being for the consideration Of private
pension bills.
SATURDAY, eMarch Pa bin was
passed authorizing the secretary of in
terror to negotiate for the sale to the
Unite d States of tie western part OF
the Crow Indian Reservation in Mon
tana: also bill repeating the timber
culture law At , O'Clock public busl-
ness was spended and the House pro-
ceeded to the cons liberation OF Ieaolu
tions relative to the death OF r. j. Gay,
late member from Louisiana. Eulogisti6
addresses were made by Messrs. Wllk
inson La, Heard (Mo.l, Gear ia J.
McMillin (O.), Bynum Ind. Clements
jGa.l. kinsey (Mo.), Coleman La
and then the House, IS q mark of re
spect to the memory of the deceased.
adjourned.
MoSpAy, March o4.-rhe House
adopted resolution, making the
Worlds Fair bill special order for to-
morrow morning, Immediately after the
reading Of the journal, TIE previous
question to be considered hs ordered al
O'Clock. Mr.. Hender on Ua.). from
the committee on appropriations, re.
| ported back the urgent deficiency bill
with senate amendments, with
the recomme ndstien that Ger.
tain of those amendments be
| concurred in and certain non-con-
Cured in. Mr.. Henderson said that
| the aggregate amount carried by the
| senate amendments was $6oO,00o. The
, amendments in which the committee
recommended concurrence carried only
| $37 900. The amount appropriated by
the bill was $24, 10000, of which So
| 1900 WAS for the benefit OF the Old
soldiers OF the county. The recon-
mendations of the committee were
agreed to, and a conference was or
dered.
TUESDAY, March 25.-The House TO,
day passed the Worlds Fair bill
yeas. POP; NAYS, ~; with al
amendment postponing the date
| of holding until 1898. The debate
| on the bill and its amendments
| was sharp and at times bitter. After
| call of the house a roll-call on adjourn
ment and roll-call on going into com
| mittee of the whole, for the considera
| ton OF the Wyoming admission bill
which consumed two hours of time and
WAS productive OF no good result the
| House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY,. March l9.-Vice PIesl-
| dent Morton presided in the Senate to-
| day, after an absence OF two weeks III
| Florida. The resolution offered by
| Mr.. Voorhees, last Monday as TO agrl-
cultural depression WAS taken up, and
| Mr.. Voorhees, delivered an address
| in which he advocated tariff reform ss
a remedy for the ills of the farmers.
Mr.. Wilson Ia. in reply, read lette,
| from practical farmer OF Iowa, show
| ing the comparatively low prices OF iaru
produce and the high prices of manu-
| factured goods before the war. The
| Blair educational bill WAS then taken
up. and Mr.. Pierce spoke IN opposition
| to it, and MIR. Evarts and Ir. Call IN its
support. lt Dit! WENT over hHth W
| morrow.
THURSDAY, March oO.-The Blair Edu
| cational bill came up IN the Senate to-
| day. on it's third reading and engross-
| ment, and was defeated-yeas 81, nays
| 81. Mr.. Cockrell presented the
protest of the Pork Packers As
sociation of st. Louis, against
the bill for inspection of meats.
declaring the bill to he unnecessary
| and injurious to the stock-raising ana
curing interests. The bill granting
| right of way to a railroad company
across the Mile Lacs Iudiau reserys-
ton, in Wisconsin WAS placed on the
| calendar. The Senate bill to place
| eral OF volunteers, on the retired list
| as second lieutenant, WAS passed.
| FRIDAY. March 2I.-ln the Senate. Oh
| motion of MIR. Sherman, the bill 10 de.
clare unlawful trusts and combinations
| in restraint OF trade and production
was taken up. The substitutes reported
| by Mr.. Sherman i-om the finance COM
| mlttee, on the 18th inst, and an amend
ment by Mr.. Reagan, were read. Mr..
| Blair renewed his motion to recon-
| slider the vote OF yesterday by which
| the educational bill was rejected, and
| Mr.. ingalls, moved to lay that motion on
the table. No action was taken.
motion TO adjourn over till Monday
was opposed by Mr.. sherman, VINO
| wished 10 have action on the antitrust
bill tomorrow, and the motion was de-
fested-yeas, Il: nays, %.
SATURDAY., March 22.-An extended
| debate occurred over the bill approprl-
| ating $500. 90 for public building al
San Diego, Csl., at tire close of which
the bill was passed. Among the bills
| passed were the following: To con
firm TO the city OF Buffalo. Wy,
certain lands occupied for schoo!
| purposes; sppropriating $4,000 for
lighthouse On st. Ms-v's Island. 4 las
ka: 10 establish two additional land o,
| fees in the state of Montana: approprl-
| sting SIS, 900 for an addition TO the pub.
lie building in Houston, Tex; TO mend
| the act for q bridge over the NJ Ississl ppl