Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-03-13

house message from the president trans
hitting the report of the Chippewa In
dlans commission. 1t was referred. A
petition of the Woman Industrial league
was presented. asking that two women
be appointed ON the worlds fair committee
OF 1892. Referred. The entire morning sas-
sion was consumed In the discussion of the
bill for the compulsory attendance of wit
ness before registers and receivers of the
land office. but no action was taken there
on. Mr.. Lawler Gil. presented a petition
signed by 5000 railway postal clerks, pray
ing for an increase of salary. The house
then, IN committee OF the whole, proceeded
to the consideration of public building
bills
FRIDAY, March Z.
SeHate.-In the senate today the fol-
lowing building bills were passed: For
Sterling, ILL.,, $4,000. and for Helena.
Mont, 100000. The bill appropriating
$780, 900 for Salt Lake City, Utah, came
up, and Mr.. Plumb moved to reduce it to
100000 While the discussion was
going on the hour of 2 O'Clock having
arrived the bill went over without action
and the Blair educational bill came up as
unfinished business. Sen. Hale opposed
the bill. Sen. Blair then addressed the
senate. He insisted that the republican
party was pledged in its platform to the
passage of the bill; and he predicted that
If the party failed to make good its
pledge, the fact would put an end to the
party. He was not mistaken as to the
source from which most of the representa-
ton at the north concerning the bill had
come. The jesuitical power of the
country had decided the way to get con-
troll of the schools, was first to get control
| of the press. The press had received its
full share of attention and manifested its
full share of subserviency. The New
York papers were monopolies of the worst
kind and that the country papers had been
perverted and poisoned by them After
executive session the senate adjourned I'M
til Monday.
HOuSe.-In the house today the speaker
laid before the senate bill referring to
the court of claims the claim of Woodbridge
for his invention of projectiles for rifed
cannon. 1t was defeated after
some debate. The house then
went into committee of the whole on the
private calendar, Without transacting
any business of Importance, the committee
arose and the house took a recess, the
evening session to be for the consideration
OF pension bills. The house at evening
session, passed FIVE pension bills and then
adjourned.
SATURDAY, March s.
Senate.-The committee on foreign af-
| fairs reported resolution requesting from
the president any Correspondence with the
| Mexican government in regard to the en-
ployment in the regular army of Indian
scouts for purpose of pursuing hostile
Indians In their raids into the territories
of the United States, and any correspon-
dence in regard to proposed transfer of the
Apache and Chrichua Indians from Mont
| Vernon barracks, Ala, to Ft. Smell, In
dian territory. 1t was adoped. The bill
providing for the compulsory attendance
OF witnesses before registers and receivers
OF public moneys was passed. The first
! bill called up was that increasing from
$50, 900 to S650.000 the limit of the cost
of the public buildings at Newark, n j..
and making an appropriation of $500. 900
increase. Mr.. Blount raised a point of
order that it was not within the power of
the committee on public buildings and
! grounds to recommend appropriations.
After a long discussion the appropriation
clause was stricken out and the bill, as
amended was laid aside with favorable
recommendations. The next bill called up
was the senate bill appropriating 5000, 200
| for a public building at Cedar Rapids,
| Iowa. 1t was laid aside favorably, after
being amended by striking out the appro-
rating clause and reducing the limit of
the cost to S150,000 Among the bill
favorably recommended was one for pub
| lie building at Fremont, Neb., at cost of
| $40, 1000. The committee then arose and
reported bills to the house which immedia-
| tely found itself in small deadlock, as
there was no quorum to pass the bills and
! the friends of measures would not consent
to an adjournment. Finally the previous
question was ordered on all bills and agreed
to, they to be considered on Tuesday
morning. The house then adjourned.