Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-18

suiteu %; nays. l4-n0 quorum.
A call of the house was ordered A bare
quorum was disclosed and the question re-
CURED upon the question of consideration.
pending which Mr. O'Ferral moved an ad-
journment. No quorum appearing, Mr.
Haugen offered a resolution directing the
sergeant-at arms to summon the absentees.
Mr.. breckenridge (Ky.) moved to lay
Mr.. Haugen's resolution on the table
Lost--yeas, as; nays, 80 Mr.. Haugen
said it was evident that the news
from Maine had so demoralized his
democratic friends as to render them in
capable of doing any business today. He
therefore moved that the house adjourn
Agreed to.
.Senate.-The tariff bill was today taken
up again in the senate. Chairman Ingalls,
ruled that the prohibition cutting off de-
bate today would prevent the senators
from asking or answering questions.
Mr.. Carlisle moved to strike out of the
sugar section all paragraphs relatin to
bounty. This was rejected-yaas, %;
nays, "a, a party vote.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 10.
Senate. I'm the senate today, Mr.. Nor
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calling on the secretary of the interior
for statement concerning the land claims
of the Northern Pacific: also resolution
embodying instructions to the senate
conference on the land forfeiture bill in
relation to the lands of the Northern
Pacific and other companies. 1t was laid
on the table for further action The tariff
bill was taken up, the question being on
its passage, six hours being allowed to
close discussion, after which a vote will be
taken. Mr.. Hoar referring to the reeiproc-
ity proposition said he had voted for it
yesterday with some hesitation and should
not have done so if he thought the scheme
contained in the amendment was all that
was likely to come out of the policy. Mr..
Hoar was followed by Messrs. Hiscock,
Turpie Gibson, Vest, Vance and Jones
New A vote was then taken and the bill
passed-yeas, 40; nays, 80. as follow:
Yeas-Measrs. Aldrich, Allen, Allison,
Blair, Cameron, Casey, Chandler Cullon,
Davis, DAVIS, Dixon Evarts, Frye, Hawley,
Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls,, Jones
New, Mcclellan, Henderson, Mitchell,
Moody, Paddock, Pierce, Plat, Plumb,
Power, Quay. Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman,
Spooner, Squire, Stewart, Stockbridge,
Teller, Washburn, Wilson (Iowa), VOL
cott-40. Nays-Messrs. Barbour, Bate,
Berry, Blackburn, Blodgett, Butler, Carl
isle, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel Faulkner,
German, Gray, Harris, Hearst, Jones
(Ark.); Kenna, Morgan, Pascoe, Pugh,
Ransome, Reagan, Turbie, Vance, Voor-
hees, Walthall, and Wilson (Md.)- rs.
The following pairs were announced, the
first named In each pair being in favor of
the bill: Messrs. Dolph and Bowen. Ed
munds and George Farweli and Payne,
Hale and Mcpherson; Morrill, and Hanp-
ton, Stamford and Gibson, Pettigrew and
Call Mr.. Aldrich moved that the senate
insist on its amendments to the house bill,
and ask for a conference. The motion
was agreed to, and Messrs. Aldrich. Sher-
man, Allison, Hiscock, Mcpherson, Vance
and Carlisle were appointed conferees on
the part OF the senate, The senate then
adjourned.
HOuSe.-The house was called to order
by speaker pro. tenn. Burrows, and
prayer was offered by the chaplain, after
which Mr.. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, raised
that there was no quorum present The
speaker pro. tenn. being unable to count IA
quorum, Mr. Haugen, Wisconsin, moved
a y
yeas, Is; nays, 44-but failed to disclose
quorum.
THURSDAY, Sept. IL.
endte-Ihe house bill for the sale of
certain lands for school purposes
in the town of Pelican, Wis, was
placed on the calendar. A resolution offered
yesterday by Mr. Morgan calling on the
secretary of the interior for information
as to the lands of the Northern Pacific
railroad and other companies whose roads
are not completed within the period fixed
by the granting act was agreed to.
The conference report of the rairoae
land forfeiture bill was taken up. Thd
main proposition is contained in the first
section forfeiting to the United States oil
the lands heretofore granted any state or
corporation to aid in the construction of
railroad opposite to and co-ter-
minous with a portion of any such
railroad not now completed and in opera
ton, for the construction or benefit IF
which such lands are granted, and all such
lands declared a part of the public
domain; provided that Che act shall not be
construed as FORGETTING the right of way or
station ground of any railroad company
heretofore granted Mr.. Morgan opposed
the report as logroling scheme
gotten up for the benefit of all land
grant roads. While the first section
professed to be a forfeiture of all, other
sections related to the separate railroads
and exempted them from the operation
of the forfeiture section, or else
secured them for certain pecuniary adyar-
tages. The most that could be said of the bill
was that few small railroads that had
not got friends enough in the two houses
were to be crucihed for the sake of gloss
ing over and vanishing false pretense
of the general forfeiture. After speaking
for over four hours, Mr.. Morgan yielded
for motion to adjourn.
UHouSe.-As Speaker Reed entered the
chamber this morrin ing a few moments
before noon, he received a round of
applause from the republican side
of the house and from spectators in
the galleries. After prayer Mr..
O'Ferrall made the point that no quorum
was present. The speaker without taking
notice of the point stated that the question
was on ordering the previous question on
approving the journal of Tuesdays pro-
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