Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-07-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
WEDNESDAY, July 9.

! for his signature On motion Of Mr..
! Blair, the senate proceeded to executive
| business. The doors were re e-opened at |
clock, and on motion of Mr.. Teller the
! senate bill to authorize the Secretary of the
| Interior to convey to the Rio fande juno
| tiOn Railroad Company certain lands in
| the State of Colorado twenty SIX acres),
in lieu of certain other lands In said state
conveyed by said company to the United
| States, was taken from the calendar and
| passed. The Sundry civil appropriation
| bill was reported and Mr. Allison stated
| that he would ask for its consideration to-
morrow. The consideration of the con-
ference report on the silver bill was re-
( sumed and Mr.. Cockrell continued his
| argument against the report.
| H0use.-The day was consumed in
! desultOry discussion of the Samoan nego-
! tiations McCreary. of Kentucky, McMil
| lion, Hit and Breckenridge joining in
| the contrary.
THURSDAY, July 10.
Se7ote.-The senate today resumed con-
| sideration of the conference report on the
| sil 7er bill and was addressed by Mr.. Nor
gan in opposition to it. He said he ex-
pected this day was to be crisis in the
| question of the currency of the people of
| the United States, as much so, In regard to
! the demonetization of the silver and the
consigning of coin to a single gold stand
/ ard as the act of 1873 He did not know
| but that the effect of the vote to be taken
| today, if it should result in the adoption
of the confer ence bill, would not be really
more fatal TO the prospect of silver coinage
in the future than the act of 1873. The
! legislation of 1878 has been, he said the
act of the cold-blooded assassination of
the silver dollar 1t has been presided
over by the same senator, whose fine
| italian hand was to bee seen in the con-
| ference bill; bill which was a total de-
parture from both the house and the SEN
ate was as essentially new as if it had
been written by the senator from Ohio
within the past five days. Mr.. Morgan
went on to speak of legislation on all i'm
| pOrtant matters being now entirely con-
| trOIled by conference committees, whose
! proceedings were secret. so that If the
committee were bribed to the extent of
| 800, ,000,0 900. no senator would be pre-
mitted to find it out. Sen. Allison re-
marked that there was no necessary secrecy
about the conference committees. They
were public committees.
| House-After much wrangling about a
quorum and several enthusiastic speeches
from both sides the journal was approved
! by vote OF yeas 203; nays sc. The con-
ference report on diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill was adopted by yeas
| ia; nays 66. Mr., Fulton (Kan.,) sub
mitted and the house passed the confer
ence report on the agricultural app~opri-
alton bill The house then went into
| committee of the whole on the land
| grant forfeiture bill. Mr.. McAdoo,
| On. j. spoke of the efforts of the demo-
cratic house to forfeit the nearned land
grants and of steady opposition of the
| senate to those efforts. Now both houses
being in the control of the republicans a
compromise has been patched up The
pending measure might well be entitled ID
bill ''to compound a felony with railroads
which have stolen lands" Pending fur
| ther discussion the committee and the
house adjourned.
FRIDAY, July Ii.
Senate.-Sen. Teller, in the senate
| to-day, introduced joint resolu-
tion declaring it to be the determined
policy of the United States government
to use both silver and gold as full legal
money; instructing the president to invite
| the governments of the Latin union coun-
tries and of such other nations as he may
| deem advisable tC join the United States
! between gold and silver for the purpose
of establishing an international use
of bimetallic money and securing a
hxity of relative value between
those metals. The conference is
to be held at such place as may be agreed
upon by the executives of the governments
| joining it. And when in the Judgment of
! the president of the United States a Suffi-
| cient number of nat ions shall have entered
| into such an international arrangement,
he shall declare the ratio so fixed to be the
| existing ratio in the United States. The
! president is to appoint not less than three
nor more than FIVE commissioners to attend
such conference on the part of the United
| States The resolution was referred to
| the finance committee. The senate then
proceeded to the consideration of the
senate bill to establish United
| States land court to provide
for the settlement of private land claims
in New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona.
| Utah, Nevada and Colorado, such claims
| being by virtue of Spanish or Mexican
| rights.
House-In the house today Mr.
| Perkins, of Kansas. presented the CON
| ference report on the bill granting
| the right of way across the Mile Iacs In
! dian reservation to the Little Falls. Mile
| LacS & Lake Superior railroad company
| Mr.. Enloe. Tenn. }, raised the question of
consideration in the interest of the private
| ealandar. No quorum being present. a
call of the House was ordered. One hun
| dred and ninety-four members more
! than quorum responded to their names
| Mr.. Perkins moved that further proceed
| ings under the call be dispensed with.
| Agreed to. Yeas, 100; nays, 55 The
| conference report was then adopted.
SATURDAY, July Il.
Seaate-In the senate to-day remon-
| STRANGE of the board of trade of Jackson,
Tenn, against the federal election bill
was presented by Harris The senate
| then resumed consideration of the two
| shipping bills and was addressed by Mr..
! Vest. A vote was then taken on the
postal subsidy bill, and it passed, yeas
! 2S. nays 16-Payne voting aye. Ed
| murds no. and Plumb not voting.
| On motion of MorrilI, the tariff bill was
| taken up and made unfinished business.
House.-Mr. Conger, of Iowa. called up
! the conference report on the silver
| bill. He said the bill presented
| in the report was In the nature of COM
| promise. 1t was not just such bill as he
| thought congress ought to pass 1t was
/ not Just such bill perhaps, as any MEM
! Der of the house would like to have passed
| if he were preparing the measure to state
| his convictions: but it was a bill that
would answer the demands of the country.
and that would answer the demands of the
i agriculturists, laborers and business men
of the country. Mr. Cutcheon. of
Michigan, said he regarded the bill
as a vast improvement over the
monstrosity sent here by the sen
ate which proposed TO make the United
States mints the dumping ground for all
the silver of the world for the benefit Of
| speculation. 1t was also an improvement
over the bill as it originally passed the
| house. In the course Of the debate,
| Townsend {Col said he and some
| other republicans had voted for
free coinage, and if the gentlemen on
| the other side had stood solid. .the
free coinage bill would have passed
the house. Then they had recognized
+! that the only way TO get silver legislation
| at this session was to go back to the re-
| publican party, where they had always be
longed and get it from that party. The
conference report was finally agreed
to, by strict party vote. yeas, l22: nays,
80. The bill now goes to the president
| for his signature.