The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-03-26
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
Senate.


| WASHINGTON. March I6.-The House
| bill ratlfying the act of the Arizona legls-
lature apprOpriatlng $50. 600 IN aid of eXhi-
| bition at the Worlds Columbian EXposi-
ton, was reported and passed. Mr.. Petit
| grew, from the quadro-centennial commit
tee. reported an amendment to the Sundry
evil appropriation bill, appropriattng
| 100000 for expenses incurred and to be
| incurred III connection with the Worlds
columbian Exposition. Referred. Mr..
| Hale. from the committee on naval affairs.
| reported a bill for the construction tby
| contractl of three battle ships of from
| 1900 to 10000 tons displacement, two ar
| mored coast defense vessels. five gunboats
OF 500 to LOO tons displacement, and
| eight tirSt-claSS torpedo boats Referred.
Mr.. PETER introduced tby requeSt) bill
with the following comprehensive title:
| Creating 4 fund for the payment
OF pensions and for settling our ar
my of idle labOrers at work
| on extensive public improvements, for
| the removal of the strongest incentive TO
| crime among the poor. and to vice among
the rich. for protecting the American from
! the influx Of undue alien competition, and
Tor other purposes. The fund con
| templated in the bill to be furnished by
graduated tax on incomes and real cstate.)
| Referred. The Senate confirmed .IudSon
| {. Clements. of Georgia, to be interstate
| commerce commissioner, vice Bragg de-
| ceased.
| NASfilNhIoN. Mdrcn lt.-AIttr SPEND
| ing four hours and a half to-day in the
| consideration of the judicial nominations,
! the Senate disposed of them by confirming
| all OF the nominations, thus ending one of
| the most pr0tracted struggles in recent
| years involving presidential nominations.
| end and the roll had been called
| it appeared that Judge Woods.
| whose name stood first on the list, and
against whom the attack had been direct
| ed had been confirmed by bare majority,
| the vote standing rs 10 -. subsequently
| one more vote was added to the affirmative
list. making the vote stand n to -. In the
| temporary absence of ice-President Nor
ton at Virginia Ceach, Mr.. Henderson,
| president pro TEN, occupied the chair.
| Mr.. Frye, of the Committee Of Commerce,
reported the Senate bill making
livery, and it was passed. He
also reported the Senate bill exempting
| American c0aStWlse sailing vessels. ploted
by their licensed masters or by United
states pilots, from the obligation to pay
| slate pilots for services not rendered. Cal
endar. Mr. llawley, from the committee
on military affairs, reported billto amend
| the statute relative to certificates of merit
| to enlisted men of the army the amend
| ment beng 10 change the word 'privateS''
| into the words enlisted men, and
1t was passed. Mr.. PETER intro
| dueed a bill TO establish an eec-
investigating and determining whether
electricity can be proftably used and ap-
| piled as motive power in the propulsion
OF farm machinery. Referred to the Com
| mittee on Agriculture. Senator Platt in
| troGuced a Joint resolution for the ap-
! pOlntment of Il commissioner from the
| District Of Columbia to act with commits
| sionerS appointed by the several states to
secure uniformity of the laws of marriage
| and divorce, insolvency, etc. This course
,tsnc cd nv hn 4 tttlar ri5.ny, tlnr
/ Association.
/ WASIuNGTON. March 1S.-In the senate
| several memorials III favor of the free and
| unlimited coinage OF silver We're presented
/ by Mr.. WOicott from the silver leagues and
| silver clubs in Colorado. and one against it
/ by Mr.. Cockrei! from citizens of Missouri.
| Mr.. Casey, from the committee on Agricul-
| ture. reported bill to establish a uniform
standard OF wheat, corn, oats barley and
rye. Calendar. on motion of Mr..
port of delivery at DeS Moines, Ia.,
was passed. The bill TO improve the navi-
| CATION and 10 afford ease and safety to the
| trade and commerce of the Mississippi Riv-
| er and 10 prevent destructive floods was
made special order for next week to fol-
| low the West Virginia direct tax bill. The
| calendar was then taken up and a number
| of bills disposed of. At 2P. VI. the Senate.
on motion of Mr.. Sherman, chairman of
| the committee on foreign relations, went
| INTO executive session. and when the doors
| reopened adjourned until Monday.
| WASHINGTON, March 2l.--Mr. Mander-
| son presented a communication from the
| President with information from the State
! Department as to the purchase OF uur
| published correspondence and manuscripts
/ of President Monroe. A bill was reported
/ and passed to regulate the terms of the
| circuit and district courts of the United
States or the Eastern District of Wiscon-
| SIN { at Milwaukee on the first Mondays of
| January and tbptDbtr. and at Oshkosh on
| the second Tuesday Of June). The ere
| dentIalS of Mr. George miss for the
| term beginning March 4, 1898. were pre-
| scented. Senate bill to amend the statutes
SO as TO prohibit the introduction and sale
| OF intoxicating liquors into the Indian
| country was amended and passed. The
| calendar was then taken up and bills were
| disposed of as follows; Approprlating
S50,oOO for public building at Joplin, Mo,
ana $4,000 for public building at Laredo,
| Tex.
| WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 22.-The
| credentials of Mr.. Nalthall Miss for
| the term beginning March 3, 1898, were
| presented and placed on file. The bill for
the relief of settlers on public lands (Which
| had been discussed and voted on yeSter
| day was again taken up. and Il was
| passed--yeas, u; nays. p. The bill to i'm
| prove the navigation and to afford
| commerce Of the Mississippi and to
! prevent destructive floods was then
| taken up as a special order. The com
| mittee amendments. reducing the total APP
| preparation from @l661,OOO TO Sl5,0D0,0o0:
| reducing the annual expenditure under
| the bill from S3.333.00J to S20U000t: re-
! ducing the amount fixed for that part of
| the river rom the mouth of the Illinois TO
| the mouth of the Ohio from S6.OO0.000 to
| S5.0bn00U and the annual expenditure from
| S2,0p00o0 to 81 ,000G0O were all agreed
| to. AfterNa ards. on motion of Mr.. Alli-
| son, the total appropriation was increased
| from Sl5G0a 600 TO SIS. $50. O0l. On motion
of Mr.. Morgan. the words For the geuer-
| al Improvement of the river, and for the
| building of leyees'' were struck out. An
| amendment was agreed to, assigning
| S3..jU0W of the total amount to the I'M
/ provement OF the river between the mouth
! OF the Illinois and 81. Paul, Mimi, of which
| not more than S150.00O shall be expended
| during any one YEAR An amendment hy
| Mr.. Morgan to insert the words "of the
navigation of the Mississippi River" was
| also agreed ia. The bill was then passed
| Yeas 4s. nays ). The next bill taken up as
a special order was the one in
troduced by Mr.; Dolph, appropri;,
ating 81, s45,Sl6 for the purpose of
| securing the early completion of the canal
| and for the locks at the cascades of the
| Columbia River. 1T was passed without
! any dISCuSSiOn-yeaS 40, nays I. The next
| bill taken up as special order was the one
| introduced by Mr.. Mitchell appropriating
| S. $50. 35j tor the construction of a boat
| railway and of the necessary marine aD-
| paratuS and appliances at the DaleS and
| Cello Fails and at Ten Mile RanidS on the
| Columbia River and IN the Improvement
| OF the Three Mile Rapids. 1t was also
! passed without discuSSiOn-5S to :. The
| Senate then adjourned.
| The House.
| W .SuIS.T0v March l6.-0n motion OF