Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-12-19


bill IS very long and devoted
to the details Of the transfer az a'al
ter OF sale. Its main featnra4 l'al-
been published already.
Senator Frye introduced bts .,a
the settlement of the Pacific r s,a %
Indebtedness. This bill Is bassa a','os
an investigation made six year, upel
the committee of which sepatos s. p
was chairman. 1t provides for ~
porating the roads and braneha4 '4So'
one general company and 80, JUG
mortgage to the government tso
property with bonds RUNNING Ia IVA
with gradual increasing inter-. ~
ginning for the first ten wears ~
cent. and increasing to 2 per ~. -
Senator Thurston introduces hin
creasing all pensions rs per cent i,
establishing a school Of forastr, r.
connection with the department
agriculture.
Washington. p. c., Dee. II
Speaker Grow rep, Pa made ! : 49,. $
in the house on the portion Of ~ IN ass
ident's message referring to the ,a,is
in which he compared the old nra,s
tive tariff laws with the new cnstos
laws. An emphatic statement r., /.
Grow that the greenbacks wonld
be retired was received with aona
STATIONS of approval by the rsnns
ci ms. The presidents complaint a.
the greenbacks furnished an era,..
chain by which the gold reserve -
depleted was not frank. The oroa-
backs would endanger the reserve
long as the revenues were not eoua,
the expenses and no longer. pav,n
the current debts of the goyerpna.
out of the reserve was the road IN =.
tional bankruptcy Mr.. Grow referro
TO the elections last fall as condor
nation of the new tariff law ana &
policy of the administration al
warned the president when he 4
leisure to attend to public affairs M
to disregard the new command Of Il
people.
Mr.. Adams (rep,, Pa) objected d
resolution to appoint Postmaster Cen
eral Wilson regent of the Smithsou
ian institute.
On motion of Mr.. Lacey rep. Ial
resolution was passed calling on Il,
attorney general for detailed state
ment of the accounts, fees, etc, Of III.
clerks of United States courts. mar
sails, deputy marshals and commission
ers, Mr.. Lacey explaining material wa,
wanted as a basis for a law to maxi
these persons salaried officers.
Mr.. Wilson rep, N. " presented
petition for the Central Congregationa
church of Brooklyn asking the govern
ment to furnish transports for the re
lief supplies subscribed for the an
menians.
Among the bills introduced were ths
following: BY Mr. Cummings of Ned
York imposing fine of not less thai
800 for the first and $50 for succeed
ing performances of unauthorizei
copyrighted dramatic or operate COM
positions, and if the act was wilful and
for profit, Imprisonment for not es
than one year and making an injune
ton issued by any United States cir
cult serviceable anywhere in th4
United States. BY Mr. Mccall Of Ten
nessee, to amend the pension law =
as to remove the disabilities OF person5
conscripted into the confederate serV
ice and who enlisted therein to escap4
military prisons. By Mr., Poole of New
York, to restore the duty on salt and
increase the duty on willow. BY MI
Sherman of New York, for the "thres
battalion" organization of the infantry
recommended by Secretary LamOn
and Gen. Miles. By Mr.. Land, for
naval training station on Yerba Buena
island, in San Francisco harbor. $780,
600 By Mr.. Hilborn, for a gun factory
at Benicia, California, $1,000000. b
Mr. Bingham of Pennsylvania, to re
store the Mckinley rates on impor-a
tons and manufactures of wool