Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02

proposed amendment providing hereafter
/ that the silver dollar contain one ounce
! troy of pure silver. Mr.. Stone, Ct Penn
sJlvania. denounced the pending bill
as being not bill for the free coinage OF
gold and silge-, but bill for the unlim-
/ it'd Issue of naper money. Mr. Perkins,
Of Iowa, and 0 hers, also opposed the
bill.
THURSDAY, March 25.
SENATE Bis Vi ere introduced by Mr..
/ Mcmillan 10 6x the salaries Of substitute
! letter curriers'. Also a bill to provide for
the delivery and collection of mails in
rural districts BY Mr. u KIN, to appoint
a committee 10 investila the PRACTICABLE
ty Of using pneumati tubes tor transport
ing mail matter in large cities. Mr..
Sherman tffered resolution Ieqne ting
Secretary Tracy to furnish a detailed
statement Of the expense which wonld at
tend the transfer of the revenue marine
service from the treasury 70 the navy de-
pertinent.
House The debate on the free silver
/ bill ia the house, was opened by Mr.
Williams, OF Illinois, in favor of the bill.
He did not believe in 10 or l4) cent dollar,
but in 100 cent dollar which had the same
purchasing power TO- day that 1t had st
ear, and would have the same power mex
year. Mr. COckman, of New York, aud
several others strongly opposed the bill.
A motion was made by Mr.. Burrows TO lay
he bill on the table This the hou,e ra-
ius ID to do by a vote of yeas AS ma, l48
This placed the silver bill on the calandar
and the house adjourned.
FRIDAY, March %.
SENATE In executive session the SEN
ate had under COM ideIa'ion the Behring
SEA arbitration treaty The uiscussicu has
established strong prob bility that the
treat' will be ratified, and a vote is cX
pected on Monday next.
House.. Some time was spent in com
mittee of q e whole or the private calen
dar The bill for the relief of the per.
| sonal Representative of Henry II. Sibey,
inventor of the bley tent, was consider
ed but no determination was reached.
The committee arose and the hou5e ad
journed.
SATURDAY, March 26,
HOUSE,. 49, The house proceeded TO
the consideration of the pension
bills reported favordbly from the
committee of the whole. After pass
ing seventeen, public business was sus.
pended and the colleagues of the late
Congressman Spinola proceeded to pay
tributes of respect to his memory, after
! which the house adj urned
MONDAY, Marlh 2S.
SENATE-Mr Wocott Introduced res
Olutlon +, questing the president to refrain
from aiIottIng lands. bill was reported
appropriating 100000 for public build
log at ri IRE, :. ID. Mr.. Morgan IF red
resolution, calling on the president for
he correspondence with the Argentine
Republic on the subject of recproc Is, etc,
The bill authoIizln the construction of a
bridge across the Mississippi at Burln p
ton, passed. The senate bill to tlbhsh
a railway bridge across the Illinois river
at or near Havana, H., passed.
MONDAY, March %.
Rouse The consideration of the silver
bill! was postponed day, and there is a
possibility that it may be Indefinitely post
poned. A resolution WAS adopted ealing
on the secretary OF tae treasury for infor-
nation ss to whether the present capacity
of the minis was sufficient to execute the
authorized coinage. The diplomatic and
consular bill was reported, and went to
the COMMITTEES of the whole. Several
district bills were passed and the house
aCJ urntd.