Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-03-14
CONGRESS SSIONAL.
TEESDAY. March 4

SeHate.-A joint resolution, providing
for taking the census in Alaska was taken
from the calendar and passed The resolu-
tion offered yesterday oy Mr.. Voorhees, in
regard to the lease of the fur seal islands
in Alaska, was reported back from the
finance committee adversely, ON the ground
that the treasury department had already
made the lease and that the committee had
no power to interfere In the matter. The
resolution was indefinitely postponed.
Among bills reported from the committee
and placed on the calendal. as follows:
10 amend an act for a bridge across the
Missouri river by the Forest City & Water
town Comprny III North Dakota.
The senate bill appropriating S30,-
600 for monumental column to
commemorate the battle of Trenton, n. j.,
on condition that the equal sum is con-
trlbuted by Trenton associations, passed.
After executive session the senate adjour-
ed.
HOHse.-This morning a resolution was
introduced and referred, requesting the
President to send the house copies of all
correspondence between the United States
and Mexico relating to the seizure at
IamplCO of the schooner RebecCa in Febr
uary, 1894. The remainder of the day
was devoted to discussion of the contest
ed election case of Featherstone vs.. Cate,
from Arkansas.
WEDNESDAY, March ).
Scuotc-Sen. Stockbridge today pre-
sented two immense packages of
remonstrances against the passage
of any bill in regard to the observance of
the Sabbath or Lord day, or any other re-
igIous or ecclesiastical institution or rite;
against the adoption of any resolution for
an amendment to the national constitution
that would In any one way give preference
to the principles of one religion above an
other or that will in any way sanction leg
islation upon the subject of religion
These remonstrances contain the individual
signatures of 30S, ,377 citizens from differ
ent states and territories, of which Mime
sofa furnishes %. $50 and Wisconsin, 90
$50. The chair announced that as
there was Il quorum now present, and
as o'clock arrived the educational bill
was laid before the senate as unfinished
business. The Warren pension bill
remained on the cdlander. Sen.
Barbour addressed the senate in
advocacy of the educational bill. and
Sen. Plumb made an address in opposition
to the bill. After executive session the
senate adjourned.
Honse Today the consideration of
the Arkansas election case of Feather
stone vs.. Cate, was resumed and the
contestee was accorded the floor to
speak in his own behalf. The vote de
cIaring Cate not elected was nays 147,
yeas l3S. and FeatherstOne was seated
by the following vote: Yeas l45,
nays 49, and the oath of office admins
tered to him by the speaker The house
then adjourned.
THURSDAY. March g.
.ScHatc..-A bill to increase the eff
tciency and reduce the expenses of
the signal corps of the army and for
the transfer of the weather bureau to the
department of agriculture was reported
and placed on the calendar. Among
the bills introduced and referred
were the following: For Il monument to
John Ericsson; for the punishment of Off
GERS and others selecting jurors with refer
ence to political affiliations, and to amend
the revised statutes so as to permit the
purchase and registry of foreign built
vessels 10y citizens of the United States for
employment in the foreign trade.
Among the bills passed were the fol-
lowing: Giving a pension of S75 per month
to the daughter of Major General Worth.
and increasing to 500 month the pen
sion Of the widow of Major General War
ren. The senate then went into executive
session, and when the doors were opened,
adjourned.
FRIDAY March I.
ScHafIne.-the senate today the fol'
lowing building bills were passed,
For Sterling. ILL.,, $4,000. and for
Helena. Mont. 800, 900. The bill appro-
priating S5OO0O0 for Salt Lake City, Utah,
came up, and Mr.. Plumb moved to reduce
it to S40O, 900. While the discussion was
going or the hour of clock having ar
rived the bill went over without action
and the Blair educational bill came up as
unfinished business. Sen. Hale opposed
the bill. Sen. Blair then addressed
the senate. He insisted that the repub
hcan party was pledged in its plat
form to the passage of the bill; and
he predicted that if the party failed
to make good its pledge, that fact
would put an end to the party. He was
not mistaken as to the source from which
most of the representation, at the north
concerning the bill had come. The Jesuit
cal power of the comtry had decided
the way to ges control of the schools, was
first to get control of the press. The press
had received its full share of attention and
had manifested its foil share of subser-
viency. The New York papers were
monopolies of the worst kind and the
country papers had been perverted and
poisoned by them. After executive session
the senate adjourned until Monday.
Housc.-In the 4 house today the
speaker laid before it the senate bill
referring to the court of claims the
claim of Woodbridge for his invention Of
projectiles for rihed cannon. 1t was de-
| feated after some debate. The house
then went into committee of the whole
| on the private calendar. Without
| transacting any business of Importance,
| the committee rose and the house
| took recess, the evening session to be for
| the consideration of pension bills. The
| house at evening session. passed five
| private pension bills and then adjourned.
SATURDAY, March 5.
| Senafs.-The committee on foreign
! affairs reported resolution request
| ing from the president any cores
| pondence with the Mexican government
| in regard to the employment in the regular
/ army of Indian scouts for the purpose of
pursuing hostile Indians in their raids into
! the territories of the United States. and
any correspondence in regard to the pro-
/ posed transfer of the Apache and Chiri-
chua Indians from Mount Vernon barracks,
Ala. to st. SMELL Indian territory. II
was adopted. The bin providing for
the compulsory attendance Of wit
nesses before registers and receivers
of public moneys was passed. The
first bill called up was that increas.
ing from 100000 TO S650,000 the limit
of the cost of the public buildings at New
ark, y J., and making an appropriation
of 500, 900 increase. Mr.. Blount raised
| q r,nint of nr,ier that IT was not withir