Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-01-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY,JAN. IA.


Senate. Resolutions offered by Sen.
Call In relation to claims of Florida under
the swamp land grant, and III relation to the
alleged unlawful selection of land in Florida
was taken up, and Sen. Call addressed the
senate. Without action on the resOlu-
ton. the senate, after an executive SeS-
sion, adjourned.
House-Mr Mckinley, from the COM
mittee ON ways and means. reported
back the bill to simplify the laws in re-
lation to the collection of revenue. 1t
was ordered printed and recommitted
Mr.. Perkins (Kas.) moved that the house
go into committee of the whole for the con-
sideration of the bill to provide town site
entries OF lands in Oklahoma This was
antagonized by Mr.. Adams Glls.). who
wished the house to consider the Silcott
matter and the motion was defeated-65
to 81. Mr.. Bland demanded tellers; and
the friends of the Oklahoma bill were again
defeated 90 to 108-and Mr. Adams called
up the SIlcOtt report, accompanied by a bill
appropriating 81, 900 to reimburse men,
bers. Sen. Adams argued in favor of the
bill holding the sergednt-at-arms a public
officer. Sen. Hemphill Is. c., advocated an
adoption to his bill. permitting members
to bring suit in a court claims for the recov-
ely VI JiltlI Sdlttl rs, tllt ODlOStu tllt DII
of the majority because he could find no
statute declaring the sergeant-at-arms a
disbursing officer He thought the house
should not apr riate public money to
pay debts. Mr.. Holman cOntended that
the fund remaining in the office of the ser
geant-at-arms tabout 5S3, ,0OO) should be
divided pro rata among the members
who were losers by the defalcatiOn.
Pending further debate the house ad-
journed.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. Is.
Senotc.-After some petitions had been
presented. Sen. Sherman introduced a
bill to provide for permanent national
bank circulation. Sen. Chandler offered
a resolution which was referred to the COM
mlttee on contingent expenses, instructing
the committee on immigration to investi-
gate the various laws of the United States
and of the several states relative to immi-
grafton; also to investigate the working of
contracts made by the secretary of the
treasury. The senate then took up Sen.
Morgan 5 resolution recognizing the United
States of Brazil as free, independent and
sovereign state, and Sen. Turpie proceeded
to make speech in favor of it. The
| senate then lookup the calendar and pass
ed the following senate bills: Relating to
homestead entries in the Indian territory.
To authorize the constr uctiOn Of Il
bridge across the Missouri river within
| one mile of the mouth of the Kansas
river. Appropriating 100000 for the
| purchaseof a site and the erection off build
| ing at Washington for the hall of records.
| After an executive session, the senate
| adjourned. The Russian eXtraditiOn treaty
was recOmmitted to the committee on for
| eign relations.
HouSe.-Mr Hit. of Illinois, rising to a
| question of privilege. read u circular is
| sued by the national butter, cheese and
eggs association. charging him with hav-
| ing introduced a bill for the abolition of
| the tax on OleOmargarine. He said that
! he had been one of those who had been
| most interested In the passage of what was
| known as the OleOmargarIne bill. He
| had introduced no such bill as was
| referred to IN the circular and could
| conceive of no reason why such a circular
| should be sent through the north
west. The charge was without founda-
! ton. The house then resumed consider
| tIon of the report of the special commit
| tee to investigate the SIlcOtt defalCatiOn
Mr.. Stewart tNt.) argued in favor of the
majority report for an appropriation to
! reimburse the members for their lost
salaries. Mr.. Oates (Ala.), Cantonings
| Miss. J. and Mr.. Payson OH. also favored
| the majority. Mr.. Herbert favored Hem
| phill's proposition to refer the matter
| to the court of claims. Mr. McRae did
not believe the house should disgrace itself
by making the appropriation. Mr.. Wike
| (lll.) favored the reference of the Who'll
matter to the judiciary committee for
. A
| taken ON the Hemphill bill las a substitute
for the majority bili) permitting the mem
bers to sue IN the court of claims. 1t
was defeated. Yeas. 137: noes. 15S. and a
motion to reconsider by Mr.. Bland was
| entered, he voting in the negative In
/ order 10 enable him to make the motion.
1t was promptly tabled. however. and a
/ vote recurred on ordering the majority
| bill lappropriating S75, 600 TO reimburse
members for their lost salary 10 be en-
/ crossed and read a third time. This
/ having been done, Bland demanded
the reading of the engrossed bill, but the
speaker held that under general parlia-
/ nlentary law this was unnecessary. A vote
was then taken on the BILL and it was de-
feated-yeas, 126; nays. l42. A motion
TO reconsider and a motion to lay that
motion on the table were entered; and
then the house adjourned.
THURSDAY, Jan. 16.
SeHate.-Ihe bill introduced by Sen.
Butler. which provides for the emf
grafton of persons of color from
the Southern states, was called Up, and
Sen. Butler addressed the senate al great
length. The bin went over without action
and the senate adjourned until Monday.