The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-04-05
FIFTi-FIRST CONGRESS.


WEDNESDAY,. March 2G.-in the House
to-day. MIR. Cannon (Il.), from the COM
on rules, reported a resolution making
the Wyoming admission bill q special
order for to-day, q recess % be taken at
$50 this afternoon until !! o'clock to-
morrow, the previous qu stlon 10 be
considered as ordered at ! O'Clock.
lie resolution vas atopted, and the
Wyoming bill was then taken up. The
debate wss unfinished, and a recess was
taken till Tomorrow.
THURSDAY, MARCH, 27.-The bill for the
admission OF Wyoming into the Union
was passed IN the House to-day-veas,
l@a; NAYS, Pa strict party vote. ex-
cept that Nj. nurnell MINI voted
with the Democrats Mr. Baker IN.
y moved TO reconsider, and moved to
lay that motion on tre table. The mo
ton WAS tab.ed-ycas, 1872; NAYS, ll3-a
party vote. The House tGen went into
com mittee Of the whole on the army
appropriation bill. and al ourned with
out:action.
FRIDAY, March 2s-Mr. Bingham,
{ Pa. from the committee on postofices
and postroads, reported back resolu-
ton, which was adopted, calling on the
postmaste gene al .oc Information rel
atlve TO The employment OF inspectors
or special agents IN investigating the
claims of the con'ending applicants fol
postm stershirs The House then went
nto committee Of the whole on the
private calendar. Without action o.
any kind the committee rose, and the
House took recess, the evening session
TO lie for the consideration of private
pension bills.
SATURDAY, March 29.-The House, in
committee of the whole. cousidere
the army APPROPRIATION bill. Mr..
Morse Mass. said that the provision
making an appropriation Of $4,000 for
can'eens at the army posts showed that
among the things that were to be sold ST
these CanteenS were teer md light
wines, and that this government beer
saloon WAS 10 be come cted with libra
rv and reading room. He protested
against this proposition to open
drinking saloons at the army
posts. and denounced it as an outrage.
Mr.. Moore offered an amendment pro-
viding that no alcoholic liquors shsll be
sold TO enlisted men III any canteen.
MooTe's amendme ut was adopted-62 to
Il. On motion OF Mr.. Blanchard La.1.
a ioint reeoiuflon was passed authoriz-
ing the president Of the Mississippi Riy-
er commission TO purchase or hire such
boats ~ may be required to rescue per-
sons III the overtlowed portions of the
Mississippi Valley.
No>pAY, March 3l.-The House, in
committee OF the whole, considered the
army appropriation bill. An amend
ment appropriating $1,000 for rifle
range al Fort Sheridan was adopted.
The committee arose, and the bill was
reported to the House, hich, by vote
yeas %. nays l35, Iec0usldered and de-
feated the amendment passed on Satur-
Gay, providing that no Intoxicating liq-
uoTs he sold i'll canteens. A billdepfiv-
ing United States Judges of the author
ity TO give an opinion in a question Of
fact was passed. MIR. Springer intro
dnced Joint resolution authorizing
the president to retire \. +. Banks with
the rank of iaaior-generai.
TUESDAY April In the House q res
olution was adopted providing for an
inquiry into the charges that IN many
United States district courts the prac-
tice Of suspending sentence after con-
vlctlOn III criminal cases prevails With
out warrant of law, and that in some
parts Of the country 'nited States dis
trict attorneys, N trshsis and deputies,
aud | nited states commissioners, have
been guilty OF mal-administration
and corruption in Office. The following
bills were passed: Senate blll creating
the offices of survey or general in North
sna South Dakota; admitting free of
duty articles Intended for the st. Louis
exposition in 1880, which may be inn
ported from the Republic OF Mexico;
exempting from the provisions OF the
law requiring steamers to carry life
lines, steamers plying in the inland
waters of the United States. The forti-
tica,ion appropriation bill was passed
by the House to-day. The amount
appropriated Is S4, 81 .67S. The nation
nj geological park bill, providing for
park in the District o. Columbia, was
passed, and the naval appropriation
bill was reported and placed upon the
calendar. The Idaho admission biz
WAS made special order for tomorrow
and Thursday, the previous question to
be considered, as ordered, al J O'Clock
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