Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-03-07

amendment for the payment Of sugar
bounties 1t appropriates So,23S, $50
for bounty claims. Mr. Mills gave
notice of a point OF order against tre
sugar amendment when the debate
closed. Mr. Henderson supported the
amendment. After further debate the
point Of order against the amendment
was submitted to the senate and by
a decisive vote 40 to IS, the amend
ment was held to be III order. This
was test OF the strength Of the
sugar bounty and its adoption became
ASSURED. Speeches continued to be
made against ii, however.
Mr. Wolcott offered an amendment
directing the purchase of four million
ounces Of silver monthly for The next
eight months and it's coinage into
standard silver dollars by vote of
10 to 80 the amendment was declared
out of order. The vote was not sig
,nlticant on silver lines. Mr. Pettigrew
said that sugar men are no more en-
titled TO compensation than were
others injured by the Wilson tariff
legislation. A final vote was tLen
taken. The question was divided. the
vote being upon the proposition for
bounty on sugar produced prior to
the passage of the tariff act, and 1t
was agreed TO- 4G to 90 The vote
was then taken on the second branch
Of the sugar bounty amendment, for
an aggregate bounty Of $5,000000 and
Ii was agreed to- SO to %.
Washington Feb 26.-1he members
of the house Pacific railways com
mittee who are opposed to the second
bill for settling the debts Of the
Union and Central Pacific companies.
presented to the house minority re-
port discussing the defects OF the
bill from their point of view. The re-
port is signed by Mr. Snodgrass, of
Tennessee, Mr.. Harris. OF Kansas, and
Mr.. Cooper, of Wisconsin. bin de-
signed TO overcome these defects ac-
companies the report
Washington, Feb. 17.-In the senate
during the contest over the amend
ment for the issue of S100,00o000, 3
per cent. certificates of Indebtedness in
small denominations to meet the de-
iiciency in the treasury Mr.. German
said that he thought that he would
be able to demonstrate bN figures that
tire treasury would have deficiency
OF thirty millions for she calendar
Year and of sixty millions for the fiscal
senate turned its attention to routine
ma tters OF the sundry civil BILL An
amendment WAS agreed to providing
for the appointment of three United
States commissioners to join with those
of Great Britain or Canada in pro
posing a water route from the Great
Lakes to the Atlantic
Mr. Wolcott offered an amendment
heretofore proposed for Il commission
of nine to represent the United States
at an international monetary confer
ence, three to be named by the presi-
dent, three by the senate and three
by the house 1t was agreed to with
Fixing the terms of court in the sixth
judicial circuit; granting THE women
Of Wisconsin permission to place III
the capitol statues which were in the
state building at the worlds fair; re-
funding to school districts excess over
four per cent. interest paid on loans
from the trust fund The vote on the
last bill was II to IL, OH strict party
lines A substitute WAS Adopted which
provides that Labor Commissioner
Dobs' term of office shall expire upon
the passage and publication of the
BIN and that the governor shall APP
point a successor whose term of Office
shah expire In February, 1897.
In the assembly Il senate bill was
concurred in permitting trustees to
contract with individuals for the care
of cemeteries Assembly bills were
killed. For the licensing of engineers
and the inspection of steam boilers;
making incurble insanity cause suf-
making ncurable insanity cause suf-
fic.ent for divorce: auth0liz NJ the
supervisors Of Iowv!lle. Columbia
tain state road therein, An assembly
Lamberson, creating Il municipal court
for Richland county.
Washington, Feb. IS The senate
passed the sundry civil appropriation
BILL intending one item apropriating
over 100000 for sugar bounties, and
provSion for 4 commission 70 rep
resent tine United States at the inter-
national monetary conference. An
March A