Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-23
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY. JAN. IA

land in Florida was taken up, and Sen. Call
addressed the senate. Without action on
the resolution, the senate. after an ex-
ecutive session, adjourned.
House.-Mr. Mckinley, from the COM
mite on ways and means. reported back
the bill to simplify the laws In relation TO
the collection Of revenue. 1t was order
ed printed and recommitted. Mr.. Perkins
(Kas.) moved that the house go into COM
mittee of the whole for the consideration
of the bill to prove town site entries of
lands in Oklahoma. This was antagon-
lied by Mr. Adams Ills who wished the
house to consider the Silcott matter, and
the motion was defeated-65 to 81. Mr..
Bland demanded t%eIlers; and the friends of
the Oklahoma bill were again defeated
96 to 108-and Mr.. Adams called up the
Sllcott report accompanied by a bill APP
propriating SIS, 1000 to~reimburse members.
Sen. Adams argued in favor of the bill
holding the sergeant-at-arms a public off
GER. Sen. Hemphil Is. c., advocated an
adoption to his bill, permitting members
pring suit in a court claims for the re-
covery of their salaries, and opposed the
bill of the majority because he could
find no statue declaring the ~sergeant-at-
arms a disbursing officer. He thought the
house should not appropriate public
money to pay debts. Mr.. Holman con-
tended that the fund remaining in the
Office of the seAeant-at-arms (about SS3.-
000) should be OWED pror alta among the
members who were losers by the defalca-
ton. Pending further debate the house
adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. Is.
Sente.-After some petitions had been
presented, Sen. Sherman introduced a bill
to provide for a national bank circulation.
Sen. Chandler offered a resolution which
was referred to the committee on contin-
gent expenses, instructlng the committee
on immigration to investigate the various
laws of the United States and of the sew
eral states relative to immigration; also,
to investigate the working of contracts
made by the secretary of the treasury.
The senate then took up Sen. Morgan's
resolution recognizing the United States
of Brazil as a free, independent and SOW
ereign state, and Sen. Turpie proceeded to
make a speech in favor of it. The senate
then took up the calendar and passed
the following senate bills: Relating to
homestead entries in the Indian territory.
To authorize the construction of a bridge
across the Missouri river, within one mile
of the mouth Of the Kansas river. APP
propriating $500, 900 for the purchase of a
site and the erection of a building at
Washington for the hall of records. After
an executive session, the senate adjourned.
The Russian %extrad1tion treaty was recon-
mitted to the committee on foreign re-
latiOns.
HouSe.-Mr. Hit, of Illinois, rising to
a question of privilege, read a 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 foundation. The house then re-
sumed consideration of the report of the
special committee to investigate the Sill
colt defalcation. Mr.. Stewart (Vt.) argu-
ed in favor of the majority report for an
appropriation toreimbuse the members for
their lost salaries. Mr.. Oates (Ala.),
C~antonings Miss, and Mr.. Payson Gill;
also favored the majority. Mr.. Herbert
favored Hemphllls proposition to refer
the matter to the court of claims. Mr..
McRae did not believe the house should
disgrace itself by making the appropria-
ton. Mr.. Wilke Gill; favored the refer
ence of the whole matter to the judiciary
committee for judiciary examination. A
vote was then taken on the Hemphill bill
Gas a substitute for the majority bilD per-
uniting the members to sue in the court
of claims. 1t was defeated. Yeas, 1877;
noes 1873, and a motion to reconsider by
Mr.. Bland was entered, he voting In the
negative In order to enable him to make
the motion. 1t was promptly tabled,
however, and a vote required on ordering
the majority bill (appropriating SIS, 900 to
reimburse members for their lost salary
to be engrossed and read a third time.
This having been done, Bland demanded
the reading of the engrossed bill, but the
speaker held that under general parliament
airy law this was unnecessary. A vote
was then taken on the bill, and it was de-
feated-yeas, 1875; 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. l6.
SenGte.-The bill introduced by Sen.
Butler, which provides for the emigration
of persons of color from the Southern
states, was called up, and Sen. Butler adj
dressed the senate at great length. The
bill went over without action and the SEN
ate adjourned until Monday.
House.-The day was consumed in the
discussion of the worlds fair, and amidst
general disagreement and confusion the
house adjourned.
SATURDAY, JAN. Is.
House-Mr. Frank, of Missouri. intro
duced a bill locating the worlds fair at
st. Louis, and creating a corporation to
carry on the same. 1t was referred to the
committee. On motion of Mr.. Mason, of
Illinois, a resolution was adopted permit
ting the special committee investigating
the ballot box forgery to sit during ses-
sions of the house. Mr.. Kinsey, of Mis-
souri,, introduced a bill relative to the
naturalization OF aliens. The house then
went into committee of the whole In the
Oklahoma town-site bill. After a long
discussion, the amendment proposed by
Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri, was adopted,
prohibiting any q. S. marshal, deputy
or agent to prove title or hold any lot in
Oklahoma. Pending further action, the
committee rose and the house adjourned.
MONDAY, JAN. 20.
Senate.-Among the petitions pre-
sented and referred were the following:
From the American Federation of
Labor in favor of the Blair educat-
ional bill; in favor of a service pension
law to all surviving soldiers of the late
war; for the repeal of the limitation on
arrears of pensions; for the free coinage
of silver, and for d law to prohibit spe.u-