Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-01-14
CONGRESS-,
TUESDAY, Jan. 5.

SENATE.-The president to-day sent to
the senate the following nominations: In
ter-state commarce commissioners, james
W. McDill, vice Thomas M. Coo e., re-
signed; William r. Morrison of Illinois,
"a reappointment): fourth assistant post
master general, Estes C. Rathbone, of
Ohio; William D. Mccoy of Indiana
resident and consul general to Liberia;
VIM. B. Hess, United States con
sul-general at Constantinople; An.
drew P. Mccormick of Texas, United
States circuit judge for the fifth judicial
circuit; Matthew T. Allen, United States
attorney for the southern district of Cali
fornia; Abraham J. Seay, governor Of
Oklahoma; Daniel Ray of illinois, princi-
pal clerk of the surveyor generals land Of
fee; Daniel T. Hindman, agent for the
Indians of the Sisseton agency, South Da.
kota; Chief Engineer George NJ. Melville,
United States engineer-in chief and chief
of the bureau Of steam engineering with
the relative rank of commodore; United
States consuls, Campbell L. Maxwell of
Ohio, at Santo Domingo, Charles Weare
of Iowa. at AK La Chappelle, David S. K.
Buck, Oregon, at sonneberg, Elias Il.
Cheney, New Hampshire, at Matanzas,
and James Leitch, Louisiana, at Belize. A
bill was introduced forbidding public of
fcials to ride on passes.
Senator Stewart New added q new
feature to the silver question to-day by the
introduction of resolution founded on a
proposition that the holders of silver bull
lion are entitled under an existing law,
never repealed so far as the senator can
ascertain, to the free coinage of silver. The
,arol,t,o,, l.raotc Tho ind, ~
airy to enquire if any further Legislation is
necessary to make it the duty of the proper
officers of the mint to receive and coin
Senator KYLE introduced a bill appropri-
ating 100000 to be used under the di-
rectlon of the secretary of agricuItn for
tie purpose of sinking artesian wells in
arid districts and for the encourag ement
of agriculture, not more than $500, 600 to
be expended in any one state. Senator
PETER introduced bills to protect interstate
commerce; to prevent dealings in ontions
and futures; to prohibit the formation of
trusts, and to punish conspiracies against
the freedom of trade among the people
HoUsE.-Senator Mcmillan, Of ken-
were introduced granting statehood to the
ACTIVITY , oO1OfutSiy ohOItAhS Out
the Chinese; for the establishment of a
gun factory at Bonicia; prohibiting aliens
from holding Offices of trust under the
government; for the investig alton of the
pension bureau; to proibi usury; to es-
tablish a department of finance and COM
merce; proposing constitutional amend
ment to prohibit lotteries; TO prevent the
opening on Sunday of any xposition where
appropriations made by the United States
are expended; reducing letter postage to
one cent; to extend the free mail delivery
in rural communities and appropriating
IS, coo, 900 for the first year; for the cree
tioa OF public buildings at Decatur. ILL.,,
Fort Madison, Iowa. and Cresson, Iowa;
appropriating $4,000 900 for the erection
OF a opposite office and court building in Chi
cago, and regulating the sale of dynamite
SO as to urtail the crank business.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6.
SENATE A prolonged discussion occur
red on the subject of silver legislation, but
no vote was taken.
HoUsE-Senator Washburn's Joint res
olution appropristing 100000 for the
transportation of -four to the poor of Rus
sia was killed, affer long discussion.
THURSDAY, Jan. Z.
HoUsE.-The following bills were in