Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-02-28
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.


! CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Washington, Feb. 1S.-In the senate
the agricultural appropriation bill was
taken up and passed. Immediately
there was an effort from every quar-
ter of the chamber to get recognition
! by the chair. 1t was clearly a race be-
tween the silver bill, the appropria
tiOn bills, and the pooling bill. Mr..
Jones, of Arkansas, in charge Of the
bill for the unrestricted coinage of
silver succeeded in getting the first
recognition and moved to take up the
silver measure. Ayes and nays were
taken OIL the direct question taking up
the silver bill, and the silver men
gained their point. Yeas 3O-nayS %
Mr.. Jones then asked that a time
be fixed for taking n vote. He asked
unanimous consent that the vote be
fixed for two O'Clock, but Mr. Villas
objected. "1hen | give notice" said
Mr. Jones, that / will keep the bill
DplhEc tIc StlGttt ulllll II NOle Is Sc
cured
Washington, Feb. 1S.-In the house
Mr.. Lynch (dcmD Of Wisconsin,. FROM
the committee on Indian affairs
moved the passage Of the bin to au-
thol'ize the construction Of certain
dams across the st. Louis and Cloquet
rivers in Minnesota. The purpose Of
the bill was TO permit the Altam0ntc
Water company to erect dams across
these rivers to furnish power to Du-
luth and other places and for that
purpose to overflow, condemn and pay
for lands overflCwn on the Fond du
Lac Indian reservation. Mr.. Lynch
said that the project was ONE of the
lArgdst in the west. Mr. Haugen
(rep) of Wisconsin and Mr.. Baldwin
(dcm.) of Minnesota. supported the
measure. The vote resulted 124-92
TWo-thrds not having voted in the
affirmative, the bill WAS lost
Washington, Feb. 20-Mr. Chandler
created something of a sensation in
the senate by outlining some Inn
portant Steps TO be taken by the next
congress, including congress 'onal in
veSt!gation of the recent purchase OF
gold by the president of the United
states. That congress. he said, would
favor Hawaiian annexation and the
construction Of the NicI?aguan caua
by Uncle sam.
Opponents of the new battlrShips for
II .l.,c,
in the house when Mr. Sayrc'S motion
to strike ont the author cation for war
vessels was lost. first in committee of
the whole by Il vote vi - 90 ~ HnU
later in the house, by vote Of g.
TO 100. After Mr.. Sayre's motion had
been defeated. Mr. Cannon. Illinois,
attempted to have an appro pr,ation.
first of S23.OmO 900 and then of $4,000
600 inserted in the bill for the build
ing Of the ships authorized, but failed
Washington, Feb. 2l.-'rhc senate
got down to business and would havt
completed the Indian appropriation
BIN had not acrimonious discussion
arisen on the Scctarian school question
1t brought ont Il wide range of de-.
bate on tn" separation of the church
and the state in the course of which
expressions We're general that the
government should entirely abondon
drmomtnatioMal schools, Those Who
part cipated IN the debate were
MrSSrS. Cockrell. Lodge, Daniel Quay,
Teller and Ilawlcy The latter urged
that in abandoning ScctanariAn schools
there should be no abandonment OF
Christian teachings in tile government
schools. He would rather have the
school run by IcSuitS than to have
one with no God in it, On an aye
2nd-nay vote exception was made in
the case of the Indian schools at
Hampton Va, and the Lincoln school
AT Philadelphia. on The ground that
thry were strictly UNCONVENTIONAL Mr.
Lodge offered an amendment for the
gradual abandonment of denomina-
tiOnNl schools Within the next three
years or two years earlier than the
house bill proposes but this amend
mpnt and others pending were not
'"al1 lA2N ''lri VI ul'tSI ON
was still under discussion when the
bill was laid aside.
Washington Feb. 21--Thc house de
voted most of tile day to the con
'dcration OF the senate amendment
to the consular and diplomatic bill.
for the construction Of a cable to the
Hawaiian islands. McSSrS. Ryan.
Bartlett and SicklcS. democrats. spoke
IN favor of the amendment, which
was defeated by vote OF Ia to152
Tho vote was practically a party one
rho republicans ana populstS vo'ed
for the building of the cable and the
democrats against IT,
The house then went into committee
Vt the whole to consider the general
deficiency hill; the last OF the appro.
plHation bills to he passed by the
house
Washington, Feb. - senator Pet