Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-08-30

retary or the treasury to allot rooss
In the government building at Maa
idian, Mass, for holding court ~.
passed: also a resolution to print 90
600 copies Of the tarifr bill: ala ~
motion Of Mr. Haugen, Of VISIONS
bill to grant to the Duluth and VII
nipeg railroad company a rigb, :.
way through the Chippewa and Wh,,a
Earth Indian reservations.
Washington, Aug. %. There vo..
just twenty-one senators nrasaa.
when the vice president csllaS
the senate to order. The deficiano,.
bill was returned from the honss
signed by the speaker and the vics
president immediately attached his
signature. The absence of a ouornn,
was Immediately pointed out by Mr.
Aldrich and only thirty-three senator.
answered the roll call--eleye,. la.s
than quorum.
A consultation was immediately beld
among the democratic senators. NJ
Blackburn urging that the absentee
might as well be sent for at once ~
later The decision of the impromptu
caucus seemed to be in the same linz
as Mr.. Harris moved that the sergeant
alarms be directed to request tba
presence Of absent senators. wh,ch
was agreed to.
There was long delay while tho
list of absentees was being made mn
for the sergeant-at-arms Ore by ona
they reported, Mr.. Blanchard maxine
the thirty-seventh.
Washington, Aug. 23.-Eyen before
the reading of Wednesdays journal in
the senate the absence OF a quorum
was pointed out. Finding it imposs.
bic to get quorum the senate Al. r
journed
In the house Amos ]. Cummings pre-.
sented preliminary report upon the
investigation of the armor plate and
billets furnished to the government
by the Carnegie Steel company. The
committee finds that the charges OF
fraud have been sustained, scores tba
company severely, ard recommends
that fifty-nine suspected plates In use
should be tested as the only method
of proving their fitness on unfitness.
The frauds which your committee
have found,' says the report, aare
worthy to be called crimes. Thu
servants of the Carnegie company
whether with or without the knowL
edge of the company to increase their
gains, deliberately continued for many
months to commit acts whose natural
probable consequences would be Ter.
rifle loss of men in times of war. No
fine or mere money compensation Is
an adequate atonement for such
wrongs.
Your committee do not consider II
within their province to draft crimI.
nal statute, but they do feel under OBJ
legations to call the attention OF the
house to the Importance of protecting
the lives of our seamen and the safety
OF the nation by appropriate legila.
ton, denouncing as crimes all such acts
as the frauds practiced upon the gov.
ernment in connection with armor
plate and other material of war, and
making such acts punishable IN all
persons who commit them or aid their
commission.
Washington, Aug. "a The senate
adopted the house resolution providing
z p. N.
Senator Blackburn tried to get up
his resolution instructing the commit
tee on rules to sit during the recess
for the purpose of revising the rules.
Senator Blanchard objected and
single objection kills any motion Nh.
Blanchard fears that the rules may be
so revised that debate will be cut of
and a free sugar bill passed at the
next session.
Washington, Aug. ~. the house
Mr.. Catchings, of Tennessee, from the
committee on rules, offered a JOINT
resolution for sine die adjournment
next Tuesday, the 2Sth, at O'Clock.
1t was adopted without dissension'
Mr.. Catchings then moved that when
the house adjourned Friday it be to
meet on Monday next. This was also
agreed to-
Mr.. Terry, democrat, Of Arkansas
from the committee on judiciary. asked
consent to consider Senator
Hills bill providing for the exclusion
of anarchists. With it he offered an
which he said was de-
signed to meet objections raised to Inc
bill. 1t defined an anarchist as one
who advocated the destruction by VI
olence of all governments, or the gov
eminent of the United States Nj.
English objected.
Two bills were passed by unanimous
consent, one for the relief Of certain
Winnebago Indians and the other lol
the relief of Hathaway & Co.
G. WASHINGToN'S ORDEAL iEi
TO COME.