Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY. Jan. q


of the african Methodist Episcopal
Zion church of America in favor of the
Blair educational bill and asked to have it
printed in the Record. Sen. Harris OBJ
jected. Sen. Blair also presented numer-
GUS other memorials of the same character
all of which were laid on the table
The senate passed the following
The senate bill to create the offices of sur
veyor general for the states of North Da-
kota and South Dakota. The senate joint
resolution granting authority for the re-
moval of the Apache Indian prisoners
and their families from Alabama to Fort
Sill, Indian territory. After an ex-
House.-Mr. Grain (Texas6 offered res
olution to directing the committee on ju-
dietary report within one week whether the
late sergeant was disbursing of
fcer and if so, toreport bill providing for
the payment of salaried members. Re
ferred. The following bills were
introduced and referred: Mr.. Funston
(Kas)-For the creation of an agricultural
commission to investigate the cause of the
present depressed condition of the agricul-
tural interests. Mr.. Dorsey (Nebl-Author-
ling the secretary of the treasury to reduce
the reserve fund. The following is the
text of the measure: That the secretary of the
treasury is hereby authorized to reduce the
reserve fund now held in the treasury for
the redemption of United States notes, the
sum of S25, 100000; and he is hereby au-
thorized and directed to apply the remain
der, some 100000, to the
The house then resumed in committee
l,.oIo 4lo 10 h |.
but no progress was made and the commit
tee rose. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. %.
Senate.-Among the bills reported and
placed on the calendar was one increasing
to $500 year the pension of the widow
Of Gen. Fitzpatrick. The senate resumed
consideration of the bill that was discuss
ed yesterday to ascertain what per cent. of
the people own their own farms, the num-
Der of farms under mortgage, and the
amount thereof. In responding to Vests
remark of yesterday, Teller remarked that
agricultural depression was not peculiar
to the United States. 1t prevailed in all
the countries in the world except France.
Recent parliamentary inquiry had shown
that British farmers had within twelve
years sunk more than half their capital
That the condition of the British farmers
could not be attributed to protective
tariff. The trouble was neither free trade
nor protection, since the United States re-
sumo of the specie payment In 1879 there
had been a continuous drop In the prices
of farm produce. 1t was that which was
making the discomfort and trouble. He
moved that the bill be recommitted.
The discussion was kept up for nearly two
hours, going largely over the questions of
tariff, of silver, of over production and
steamship subsidies. 1t was further
participated in by Morrill,, George, Stew
art, Spooner, Vest, Blair, Plumb, Berry,
and Reagan. Finally Hale chairman of
census committed expressed a willingness
to have the bill recommitted Gas suggested
by the teller and the belief that it would
be the best disposition of it. The com
mittee would then undertake to perfec-
the bill. and would report it back early in
the day. The question of recommittal
was taken by yeas and nays-yeas, %;
nays, IA. As there was no quorum voting
there was calling of the senate. which
showed So senators present, some of them
paired. The second vote resulted-yeas,
26; nays, 20 accomplished by transfer of
pairs and the bill was recommitted to the
census committee The Blair educational
bill was then taken up; Blair demanding
its reading in full. At the close of the
reading. and after some discussion, it was
arranged by the unanimous consent that
the bill be postponed till Monday next,
and after executive session, adjourned.
House.-The following bills were in
troduced and referred: For the improve
ment of St. Mary's river and Hay Lake
canal. To forfeit certain land grands to
aid In the construction of railroads. and
one making Des Moines port of entry.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio) from the commit
tee on rivers and harbors, reported back
the joint resolution appropriating $780,
600 for the removal of snags and other OBJ
structions from the Missouri river between
st. Joseph and its mouth. The commit
tee proposed a substitute reducing the APP
priation to $4,000 The substitute was
agreed to, and the joint resolution as
amended passed. The house then went in
to committee of the whole for the consid-
Grafton of the Oklahoma town site bill
The third section of the town-site bill was
finally agreed to after some amendments
and the committee rose. The bill was then
reported to the house and passed.
THURSDAY, Jdu. 10
Senate. Among the bills on the senate
calendar and passed today was one
S2,5O0,000 for a public
building at St. Paul, Mimi, on a site
accepted as a donation from the city; also
a bill opening the abandoned military
reservation in Nevada to settlement
A number of bills were then pre-
scented and placed on the calendar. As
o clock approached, the seats and galleries
rapidly filed up, and when Mr.. Ingalls,
rose to address tn senate in opposition to
Sen. Buffers bill to encourage emigration
of colored people from the United States
the chamber was crowded to the utmost.
He said: Mr. President, the lace to
which we belong is the most arrogant and
pretentious, the most exclusive and indom
liable in history Individualism, liberty,
fraternity and equality" he said had
been that races contributions to the state.
Every other race had been It's enemy or
its victim. At every step of its progress
from barbarism to enlightenment the
Caucasian race had refused to assimilate
with the Mongolian and African. The
ablest soothsayer could not have foretold
the wonderful development of the first CEN
fury of American independence. The
frontier has been abolished. the climate
and the desert subdued. From
the latent resources of the American con-
stitution have been evoked great and I'M