Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
FEDERAL LAW MAKERS,

FEDERAL LAW MAKERS.
Washington, ID. c., Jan. 23.-The
senate CO fired itself strictly to bust
ness Saturday, passing large num-
Der of bills prin NY of local ma
ture, including those fol a statue OF
President Lincoln at Gettysburg, Pa.
The bill TO reclassfy railway postal
clerks and to prescribe salaries was
passed. 1t fixes the following classes
and salaries: First class, not exceed
ing $780, second, 5000; third, 81 coo;
fourth, sl,l00; fifth, $1,000; sixth, ST.
300; seventh, 81 400; eighth 81 500;
ninth, $1,000; tenth, sl,SG0.
Washington. Jan. Ex-senator Tur-
pie (dem.,) Ind occupied most Of the
days session of the upper house of
congress in fls speech in favor of the
Cameron Cuban resolutions. At 3
o'clock he yielded for the special or
der, eulogies on the late ex-Speaker
Crisp. The tributes were heartfelt and
ed from the presidential electors of
Delaware asking for a congressional
investigation OF the alleged fraud and
political irregularities in that state
Mr.. Chandler rep, n. H) presented
a bill providing that no person shall
be tried in the courts of the United
States for acts in aid of the republic of
Cuba. Mr.. Allen pop, Neb) intro
duced bill making pooling by rail-
road companies a misdemeanor under
the act of 1890 relative TO unlawful re-
straints and monopolies.
After consuming most of the time
in dispOsing of District of Co
lumbia business the house took up the
Indian appropriation bill and made
fair progress with it before the hour
for adjournment was reached.
Washington, Jan. 26--Today Mr..
Turpie dem, Ind) closed his speech
on the Cuban Cameron. resolu-
ton, urging that Spain hFf utterly
failed TO quell the outbreak and the
United States should intervene.
The Wolcott bill for an International
monetary conference was considered
for the first time. Messrs. White
(dem., CALI, Cannon( rep, Utah and
Daniels (dem,, Va urged that % con-
ference would be futile and was not in
tended as a serious movement toward
bimetallism. Mr.. Stewart pop, Ncv.)
offered an amendment providing that
in case the conference failed. The sea-
rotary Of the treasury shall within
thirty days hegiL free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver. No
final action on the bill was taken.
The Nicaragua canal debate was re-
sumed, Mr.. Daniels speaking against
the measure Mr.. Morgan dem. Ala)
submitted a letter from President
Hitchcock OF the canal company reply
ing to the recent letter OF Minister
Rodriguez. Mr.. Morgan also offered
an amendment designed to meet the
objections presented by Rodriguez.
In presenting renicnstrance
against a bill, said II restore the
practice of foggmg on vessels. Mr..
Frye rep. Me.) said that there was
no measure pending which in any way
restored iloggIng, but on the contrary
the bill referred to gave greater secur-
ity than ever before to sailors against
brutality on shipbcard
Washington, Jan. 26.-The lower
house OVERRIDE another of the pres
idents pension yetoes by a vote of 1877
to 81. The bill pensions jonathan
Scott of the sixth Iowa cavalry who is
now living al Oswego. Kas., at the
rate of s72 per month Cleveland
vetoed il on the ground that the dis
ability for which the beneficiary was
pensioned was not contracted in SER
vice.
The rest of the day was devoted TO
a continuation of the debate on the In |
dian bill. Mr., Hartman rep. Mont) |
offered an amendment which produced !
a howl OF laughter, recalling as II -
the recent exposures in connection with /
the Seeley dinner in New York. It
provided for an appropriation Of ST.
o0o,ooo.oo0 for the education and civil /
izatiou of the "Seeley sayaGes Of Man /
haitian reservation. The amend
ment was ruled ont on the point of or
der that II was new legislation
Washington, Jan 27-A crisis in
the debate on the NiCaraguan canal bill (