Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-11

and three republicans offered minor
ity report recommending that the seat
be declared vacant on the ground that
fair election could not be held under
the Virginia election law The ma
jority report Was sustained by Messrs.
Mccall rep, Mass J, Jones tdem., Va
and Jenkins (rep Wis., and the coa
tentions of the minority by Messrs
Thomas rep, Mich.), Gibson uep,
Tenn } and Mccall rep, Tenn. When
the vote was taken the minority could
not muster enought votes to call the
yeas and nays, and Swanson's title 10
his seat was confirmed by an over
| whelming viva woe vote.
Washington, Feb. 4.--The session OF
the senate was one of unusual activ-
ity, with sharp colloques and vigorous
speeches which drew large crowds to
the galleries. The ball was set rolling
early when Mr. Morril. endeavored to
pass bill prohibiting he use Of intox-
| icants in the capitol nGilding. This
aroused the opposition of Mr.. Hill
! dem, n. ". who denounced the busy
bodies and mischiefmakers inspiring
/ this class of legislation. The senator
| spoke for the fullest employment of
! individual liberty consistent with the
common good. The roll call on HilPs
motion to commit was followed with
| great interest. 1t was tie at first but
/ the summoning Of senators defeated
! the motion--yeas 81, nays 80. AS the
/ vote was announced Hill remarked:
And having brought the bill before
the senate, we can now proceed 10 take
a glass of beer" He went on to speak
of the hypocrisy of the bill. He con-
I tnued to talk until O'Clock when the
bill was displaced and the Nicaragua
canal bill taken up. Villas resumed his
/ speech in opposition but had not con-
cluded when the senate adjourned.
/ Among the minor bills passed by the
house was one to grant pension of
/ $50 per month to the widow of Major
/ General Jos. B. Carr and the senate
/ bill to increase the pension of the
widow OF Brigadier General John
Hough. The house also agreed to the
( senate's request for further confer
ence on the immigration bill.
Washington, Feb 5.-Today the
senate admitted Richard r Kenney
TO the Delaware seal vacated many
months ago by Higgins and which
since then has been subject to contin-
uous controversy. This has augment
ed the democratic membership to 10
and for the first time raised the full
membership Of The senate to its proper
number of 80. 1t effects no essential
change in party strength. Messrs.
Chandler and Hoar stated that Ken
ney's title would be attacked hereafter
or the ground that his credentials,
while prima facie correct, came from a
legislature fraudulently elected, Mr.
Hoar made the further statement that
the Dupont case could hot be reOpened,
having once been passed upon by the
senate = Addeks is the contestant for
Kenney's seat
The Nicaragua canal debate pro-
ceeded without any definite conclusion,
Mr.. Caffrey dem, La speaking
against the bill,
About so pension Hills were passed,
| including those pensioning the widow
! of General Samuel Rice at $50; the
widow of Gen. W. W. Nichols al $40;
tie widow of Captain Richard Law, {.
S. N, at $50: the widow of Gen. E. S.
| Parker at $50; and the widow of Col
! Thomas W. Turtle at $40.
!, fy,y Tn 40
house SO bills out OF SO were passed.
Among them were the bills to pension
! the widow OF Major General Erastus 3.
Tyler at the rate of $50 per month; To
increase the pension of Major General
Julius II Stlhl to $50, and that OF
Mrs. Frances p. Trumbell widow OF
Col. Matthew NJ TrGmbell of the ninth
Iowa cavalry. to $50 and also thai OF
the widow of Major General George II
Stoneman to $50 PEI month; to pension
Hans Johnson Of the twenty-seyenj
Iowa, at $780, Mary e Ely, widow OF
the late Lieutenant Colonel Ely Of the
eighth Michigan at $50 Elizabeth l..
Larrabee, widow OF the late Col. c. II
Larrabee of the fourth Wisconsin, at
l gov, 'aiF w. IL SlSiicuhdli, "luoM VI
Major General Stcreman at $50 (re-
duced by amendment from S75l: Laura
C. Dodge widow Of Capt. f. l.. Dodge.
L. S. A., at $50; and Mary 4. Payne,
widow of Capt. j Scott Payne. of the
fifth u. s. cavalry, at $50.
A FAILURE.
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