Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-03-10
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
SEN ate.

tion ooro asiue business the Idaho cleo
.a3n case was taken up and Mr. Sanders
addressed the Senate in defense nf NJ,
ClaggetES right to the seat. Mr. MorTa,
dlaue legal and constitutional arnnmant
asa. at I, the right of Mr.. Dubois to occnnv
Senate adjourned. "o'ioii Tic
WASHINGTON, March 2.-Mr Dolnb IN
presenting petitions from his state favar-
ing government aid for the Nicaraano
- oan a, sald ne was urgently in favor
o oa sucii leglsiatlon. The Idaho election
case was taken up and Mr.. Villas ar
gned that the sitting member Mr. IN
nols, was legally elected and entitled to
me seat. Mr. Teller, who was to close the
ueDate on the part of the majority of the
IN tbb1iiua.tlee' sald he did not care to weary
.ile senate any further and moved to nro
ceed TO vote on the resolution hut On tho
suggestion OF Mr.. Gray that some senatnrs
were absent who desired to record votes on
t me question 1t was finally arranged that
ti. AZ. vote DE taken at 3 O'Clock Tomorrow
AIter an executive session the Senate adj
jOurned. 'o'"'o 'o-
WAsHlNGToN, Msrch 3.-rhe House bill
uoIiioliLins Tile pOStmaSter-general to cred
II the late postmaster at INDIANAPOLIS
c n9}1aia a., ZONES with the sum of 2,43s, was
consideration of the Idaho election con
test being addressed by Mr.. GRAY in sun
port OF the claims of CIapgett
NE defendant. Finally at 8 O'Clock,
.ilV ucpale was closed and the
vG,,ng was begun. The question of the
minority resolutions in favor OF Mr. Clay
Sett right to the seat was decided in the
negatlVe--yeas Z, nays 81 The vote was
lneh taken ON the majority resolutions.
ailrmlng the right of Mr.. Dubois to retain
ms seat, and 1t was decided in the atfirma-
1--WE; yeas 90, nays 5. The pure food bill
was then taken up, and upon motion of
MI. Iaddock several amendments, mostly
OF Verbai character were agreed to. No
action was taken on the bill.
w ASIIINGToN, March 4. The Vice-Pres-
idcnt lald before the Senate communca-
ton from the secretary of the interior in
| relation to the Yosemite Park in CalifOr-
! ma. The communication was referred
TO the committee on public lands MIR.
Stanford introduced bill directing the
| purchase of silver bullion and the coinage
thereof. Referred. The pure food bill
was then taken up, and Mr.. Vest stated at
! some length his position in regard to il
and to such legislation in general Mr..
Paddock replied to Mr. Vest, after which
eulogles were dellVered in respect to the
memory Of the late Representative Lee of
| Virginia, and the Senate adjourned till
| Monday.
WASHINGTON. March 7.~Mr. Morgan
| moved to reconsider the vote whereby Mr.
| Dubois was declared entitled to retain his
| seat. The motion was laid aside tempo
rarily, as was also a motion by Mr.. Nor
| gan to reconsider the vote by which Mr..
| Claogett's claim was rejected The reso-
| lutions heretofore offered by Mr.. Call in
| respect to railroad companies in Florida
| Influencing the. senatorial election #
! of the railroad land reservations
| in that state were taken up and
| MIR. Call addressed the Senate. The rcSo-
| luton as to the railroad lands in Florida
lands, and the other resolution was al
| lowed to remain on the table The pure
| food bill was then taken up and Mr. Berry
addressed the Senate. The question was
! then taken on Mr. Coke's motion. made
some days ago, to strike out sections and
s. The vote resulted, yeas il, nays 10.
This was not a quorum and the Senate adj
| jOurned.
| The House.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Catholic
| Church and the charge that 1t maintains Il
| lobby at Washington to manipulate appro-
prlatonS in behalf of Indian Sectarian
| schools, were the subjects OF three hours
| acrimonious discussion in the House to-
| day. The Indian appropriation bill
was the measure under consideration
| and the immediate cause of the
| religious discussion was the section max
| ing appropriations for the Carlisle Indian
school. Mr.. Bynum lind presided in the
| Grafton of the Indian appropriation bill
| was resumed, and the attack ON capt;
| Pratt first begun last night was revived
| in a motion OF Mr. Mansur to strike
out the $1,000 extra annual al
| lowance to Capt Pratt, as superln-
| long debate the motion to strike out was
| agreed to, 93 to 81, and the committee rose
| and reported the bill to the House, The
| previous question having been ordered,
Mr.. Plckler IS. ID. demanded sepa ;d's
vote on the amendment Provldlns
| that when vacancies shall occur
| hereafter IN Indian agencies they
| shall be filled by army officers
| detailed for duty by the President. The
| amendment was adopted, yeas az, nays
| enough to secure Notwithstanding MI.
| Holman's opposition the adoption OF an
| amendment increasing by almost S5,OOo
the appropriations for the Indian school AT
| Santa Fe, N. NJ. The bill was passed. Mr..
| McMillin (Tenn. !, from the committee ON
yavs and means, reported the free wool
| bill. which was referred to the committee OF
| the whole. together with the views OF the
| minority presented by Mr. burrows
| (Mich.). MIR. McMillin stated that IL nag
| been The intention OF the committee 20 GU
this bill up for consideration during the
| latter part of the week. but, owing TO the
| illness of Chairman Springer. he would noC
| call It I'D until Tuesday next. MI Bf!an
| (Neb.) and Mr.. Turner lGa.). from lle
| same committee. reported nllls Ior tile lleo
entry or DlnuillS y" iio "iiu 49, ~. ~ anu,
mittee Of the whole, and leave was grantee,
to Mr.. Payne IN. ~, and Mr.. Dalzeil
pa to present the views of the minority
| on those measures.
WASHINGTON, March Tine pro s;eeiI
mos of the House were confined strictly
tnStbo consideration of the District of Col
,m I1le Appropriation bill Mr.. nemph1,ll
nronosed an amendment reducing the Pill,
p po00p or Si2. 900 salary which the recorder OF
deeds of the District OF Columbia n receives ef
| in the way of fees 10 f nAeo Sai' ~ ~.
H fnrmed into the public treasury after de-
a a,,nt,nnS for necessary clerk lire. MI.
Buchanan, of New Jersey, ,d raisea a
point of order that this was the iegis. adnn
NAT did not have for its object! the reauc
tin,' =" ~" axnrnditures. The chair overruled
t fns point Sl Of order The amendment was IS
fnafly adopted The register Of deeds ae,nra Is
r. K. Bruce, of Mississippi, the colo o,at
1 for