Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-03-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Second Session of the Fifty
Third Congress.
Daily Summary of the Proceedings in
Senate and Measures Dis
cussed. Bills Passed and
Others Reported.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-In the senate
yesterday an effort to seeore final
vote on the Jones silver bin was de-
feated. senator Villas defended the
bond contract in a four-hour speech.
A resolution that consideration OF
law for the free and unlimited coinage
of silver be not entered upon at this
session of congress was laid over for
the day.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2i.-The resolu
ton offered Tuesday by Senator Vol
colt declaring it as the sense of the
senate that a consideration of the sill
yer bill should not be entered upon at
this session of congress. was placed on
the calendar yesterday, as was also
Senator Jones silver bill. The Indian
appropriation bill was considered, and
the house bill was passed authorizing
bridge across the Missouri river at
Sioux City, la.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-In the senate
yesterday the conference report ON the
pension appropriation bill was agreed
to. 1t retains the provision making
six dollars the minimum for pensions.
1t also retains the repeal of the pres
ent law suspending the pensions of
persons living outside of the country.
The Indian appropriation bill was
further discussed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-The time in
the senate yesterday was occupied in
discussing the Indian appropriation
bill. Senator Mills gave notice of an
amendment to the Sundry civil appro-
priation bill which provides that all
laws which authorize the secretary of
the treasury to sell bonds Of the United
States for any purpose shall be re-
pealed. Senator Black burn intro
duced a bill providing for the payment
of the full sugar bounty for the crop of
1898.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 95. An effort in
the senate on Saturday to take mp the
railway pooling bill was defeated by a
vote Of AZ to "A. The Indian appropri-
alton bill was further considered and
the nomination of Matt w. Ransom.
senator from North Carolina, for min
lister to Mexico, to succeed the late
Isaac p Gray, was confirmed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-In the senate
yesterday the time was occupied in
working upon the appropriation bills.
An item in the sundry civil bill APP
propriating S150,0O0 for purchasing the
historic property of the late James g.
Blaine in order to prevent its use for
theater purposes was agreed to. -
| House.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-In the house
yesterday bills were passed to retire
| Don Carlos Buell., L. ). A., as a briga-
der general; to authorize the Wiscon-
sin & Duluth Bridge company to con
struct bridge across the st. Louis
river between the states of Minnesota
and Wisconsin. Resolutions were in
troduced for amendments to the consti-
tuition prohibiting the liquor traffic in
| the United States and prohibiting the
states from granting the right of fran
chise to any person not a citizen of the
United States. The naval appropria-
ton bill was further considered.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 2l.The time was
occupied in the house yesterday in dis
cussing the naval appropriation bill
and ii was finally passed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. -. Sixteen dem
ocrats united with the republicans and
populists of the house yesterday to sus-
tain the senate amendment to the dip
lonatic and consular appropriation
bill. which directs the president to con
tract for the construction OF cable to
the Hawaiian islands from the nited
States, bat the amendment was defeat
! ed by a vote of l52 to l14, and the mat
ter again went to conference.
! WAsHINGroN Feb %. the house
/ Yesterday bill was introduced to ex-
tend the provisions of the interstate
! commerce act to include express com
panies acting as common carriers. An
amendment was offered to the sundry
civil appropriation bill. appropriating
$500, 900 FOR the purchase of seed for the
habitants of the droueht-striclen dis
tricts. The general deficiency bill was
considered A report was made on a
bin to appropriate $4,000 for survey
of route for a canal from the south
ern shores Of Lake Michigan to the
Ohio river below Evansville via the
Wabash.
WAsHINqToN, Feb. 25.-In the house
on Saturday proposition to pay an
extra monthly salary to all the en-
ployes of the house and senate was
carried. The reading of the deficiency
bill was completed with the exception
of few amendments.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The deficiency
appropriation bill was passed in the
house yesterday after an amendment
to pay Great Britain 1925, 900 in settle
ment of the Behring sea award had
been defeated.
capt. Howgate Acquitted.
WAsHISGToN, Feb. 25. Capt. Henry
w. Howgate was acquitted of the
charge of embezzling 1.sO0 from the