Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-05-28


banker, and a sister, Mrs Sara Fair
child Conoyer.
1 EDERALLAW MAKERS.
Washington, May 18.-Lt was expect
ed that the house would take up for
consideration the immigra Ion bills on
the calendar Monday under the special
order, but owing TO pressure of ether
matters the order Nds not presented
until just p avious . adjoUL nent. 1t
was then amended 80 as 10 s-ye today
and Thursday unit 4 o'clock for con
sideration Of these bills. Quite a
number OF minor bills and con erence
reports were adopted and bills were
passed.
The senate by vote of yeas to Al
nays defeated tbs motion. by Senator
Allen >poD., Ncb1, to pod with
the conelC 3rat4ou G the resolution 10
investigate the alleged ele, lion irregu
larities in Alabama occurring at the
time Governor Oates was eleC,~i over
r. T. Kolb, populist. The entire day
in the senate after l o'clock was given
to the bill regulating rates in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. The appointment OF
William Lochren as district judge IN
Minnesota, vice r. r. Nelson, resigned.
was confirmed.
!, TO-. Ms 10
passed the District OF Columbia APP
preparation bill, carrying approximate
ly 81, 300,O 600. The senate sustained the
committees in providing specific apprO-
priations Tor numerous private chart
table institutions, some of them of a
sectarian character. A provision was
adopted for an investigation Of the
charity system of the district with a
view to ascertaining what if any part
of public appropriations are used for
church purposes. The house amend
ment fixing the pension OF the widow
of General Thomas Ewing at SIS, was
agreed to.
The house entered upon two days
debate OF me immigration bills re
ported from the immigration commit
tee. The title of Mr.. Owens, OF Ken
lucky, to his seat was confirmed and
Messrs. Steele QndD, Cousins Qa)
and McClelland IN. ", were appoint
ed on the board of visitors to West
Point
yETo-E-+,,c+or, No. 81 Tho e.,,,+,,
had an hour of much excitement, with
resort to obstructive tactics and several
heated personal controversies Sen
ator Butler (pop., N. c. moved TO take
up his bill prohibiting further issue of
interest bearing bonds. But Senator
Hill forced him to abandon his plan by
interposing flibustering tactics. Much
temper was shown all around.
In the house Kirkpatrick rep,
Kan.1 called up the bill to pension
Francis Hoover, privaLe in company l,
Ohio volunteers, at the rate CT $50 per
month, which was returned with the
presidents veto. Kirkpatrick moved
that the bill be passed over the veto
and said: eff congress does not give
him relief he will go to the poor house
The committee can never assent to
that as long as there is a dollar IN
the treasury" Erdman, dem, Pa.),
the motion. Willis rep, DELI
concluded the debate with a stirring
ten minute speech in criticism Of the
presidents course in vetoing private
pension bills. The roll was then called
on the motion to pass the bill over the
veto and resulted 1876 TO At. The -divi-
sion was generally along party lines,
but Mr.. Loud (Cal), Quigg IN. y,
Rainey (Mo), and WadswOrth N. ",
voted with the democrats to support
the veto and Cockren (Tex.), Layton
and 5org, (Ohio), Cummings IN. ", .
Stokes and Strait IN. c., and Talbert
Is. c., to override the veto.
Washington, May 22.-The debate
in the senate took on a decidedly po-
ltticaI aspect. The most interesting
feature was declaration by Mr..
George, democrat Of Mississippi, that If
the republicans would agree on Il fair
non partisan tariff measure, he would
vote for it, even including a duty on
wool and lumber, a tax on beer and
higher tobacco taxes. Mr.. DaDols
called attention to the fact that ali
five republican boiling senators had
been endorsed, and announced that
silver would have to be recognized in
any tariff bill. Mr.. Butler renewed his
motion to take up the bill prohibiting ;
the issue of interest bearing bonds, {
the motion carried-yeas, "a; nays, 20
Mr.. nj made his speech in opposition |
A hot debate followed, the participants {
being Senator George, Sherman, Gray, {
Mills, Hawley, Stewart, and Lodge. t
In the house the Phillips labor lom- t
mission bill which was to have come % t
| vote was completely crowded out by s
he conference reports on the river and /
larbor and sundry civil bills The 1
conference report On the harbor Dill, e