Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-12-17

use OF the new congressional ,ih-
for the next inaugural bali. a. -
been proposed. The resolution was -.
ferred
MT. Allen pop, Neb., offered a reso
tuition reciting that it Is the ss.+,ss
doctrine that no state has the 49,
to AFFECT the integrity of contracts ~.
legislation or otherwise.
Mr.. Chandler rep, N. HI secrraa
the adoption, without comment ~ =
resolution directing the commerce conn
mittee to inquire into the preven.,0u
OF competition by the joint traffic as.
scciation, composed of the railroads I,
the country; also the reported combin.
alton of the flour and milling interests
OF the country; also the reported com
bination OF the window-gla interests
House.
Washington, D. c., Dec. s-Tbo
house passed dozen bills of minor
Importance. Among them were ne
following: ITO extend for five year.
the time in which the University q,
Utah shall occupy lands granted =
It; to authorize the use OF the aband.
oped Fort Bidwell military reservation
IN California as training school for
Indians: to confirm certain cash entriao
for public lands in Arkansas mada
under the graduation act of 1884. II
provide for the location and purchase
of public lands for reservoir sites n
Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming.
TO protect settlement rights whore two
OF more persons settle on The sauna
land before survey; to adjust the az.
counts of John Y. Williams. formerly
agent of the Fort Hall Indian reserya-
tion; ITO authorize Flagstaff, Arizona
to issue bonds for the construction ~
water system; to authorize any mem
Der of the legislature of New Mexico
to swear in the presiding officer: Ia
grant to the widow of the late Brig
Gen. Joseph B. Carr pension of SIC
a month, and to increase the pension
of the widow of Gen. John Houga to
$50 month";"
THURSDAY.
Washington, Dec. 10.-The senate
got into a regular channel OF business
by taking up the immigration bill and
partly perfecting it, and also hearing
the first of the speeches on Cuba, those
of Senators Cullom and Call. A dis
position TO put through the immigrar
tion bid was shown by the defeat of
the motion by Mr.. Gibson (dem., Md,
to postpone the measure until after the
holidays. Only thirteen votes, all dem
ocrats, were given in favor of the post
ponement. The bill was not passed
upon at the time of adjournment. but
the senate had agreed generally as 10
the Lodge bill, a substitute for the
house measure. The substitute re-
quires that all immigrants over the age
OF IA years shall be able to read and
write their native language and be re-
quired to read and write in the pres
ence of a United States official at least
five lines of the United States consti-
tuition.
House
The house devoted it's time to con-
sideration of the bills on the calendar,
but only two were passed. One was
the bill which prominent playwrights
and theatrical managers of the country
have been laboring some years to in
dice congress to pass. Its purposes
are: First, to secure for musical COM
positions the same measure of protec-
tion under the copyright law as is now
afforded productions of strictly
dramatic character; and second, to add
by proper court injunction processes
this protection to authors of dramatic
and theatrical works. The bill to pro-
hlbit the sale of liquor in the capitol
building was also passed. The bill adj
yccated by delegates from territories
to modify the law forbidding alien
ownership of lands in territories was
defeated.