Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-20
Tense OF the law Messrs. Call rep,
Mass and Parker rep, N. J.).


Mr.. Allen (pop., Neb.) secured the
adoption of resolution calling upon
the president for the information in his
possession relative to the boundary
line between Venezuela and British
Guiana and requesting that he inform
the senate whether the United States
row has any clerks or other employees
at work upon the Venezuelan boundar.
question and also what part of the
500, 600 appropriated for the Venezue-
Ian commission has been expended.
The work that the commissioners
OF Wisconsin lands have been doing
here the past few months through
State Timber Agent Mullen has ended
in the introduction by Senator Spoon
er of bill TO adjust the claim Of Wis
consin under the swamp land grant to
the state. 1t was proposed by the
commissioners q year ago to secure a
cash indemnity for such swamp lands
as have been granted by the govern
ment 10 railroads and other public i'm
provement companies or set apart as
was made in this direction. 1t is now
the plan TO secure indemnity in the
form of other lands from the remain
ing government lands in the state. The
bill introduced has for its object the
bringing of the subject to center by
adjusting the states claims.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE civil
service debate which was inaugurated
in the house week ago has ended.
When the bill was reported to the
house it was discovered that those
who desired to vote to strike out the
appropriation for the civil service
commission had neglected to make
such a motion in the committee of
whole. No vote, therefore, could
be taken and the bill passed without
division. The republicans who are
seeking to modify or repeal the law
decided when the house met to let
the debate come to a close, but it re-
quired the casting of the vote of the
speaker to accomplish this. There
are conflicting statements as to the
situation in which the future conduct
OF the war against the civil service
law is left All the republican oppo-
nents OF the law agree that the fight
Is to be kept up and it was positively
stated by Mr.. Pearson rep, N. CO.
that assurances have been received
from those in authority in the house
that an opportunity will be given in
the future for consideration of a bin
to modify the law. But from other
sources the statement cannot be con-
flrmed. The debate was quite dull
until the closing hour, when Mr..
Simpson (pop., Kan.) enlivened it
with some reference to the Ohio sena-
torial election Mr.. Bailey the dem
ocratic leader, made clear statement
of the minority's position, which in
to repeal but not modify the law.
The principal speech was made by
Mr. Brosius, chairman Of the civil
service commission, who defended the
law in a two hours speech.
NebSulHSuU jail, lA--MT. oHdIlultT
Of the committee on naval affairs Sc
cured the passage of resolution in
the senate asking the secretary of the
Lavy to furnish list Of active officers.
of the navy in each corps together
with those at sea, on shore duty and
on waiting orders. While the senate
was in executive session Mr.. Davis
(rep., MIMI completed his speech in
favor Of the Hawaiian treaty. Mr..
Allen (pop., Neb) followed Mr.. Davis
in opposition to annexation
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE house
passed the urgent deficiency bill car
rying s1,741, S4S. One of its items
authorizing the further expenditure of
$500 for a soldiers home at Dan
vile, ILL.,, for which $150O00 was APP
propriated in the last sundry civil bill
was used by Mr.. Dearmond (dem., MOI
as the basis for a bitter personal at
tack upon Chairman Cannon, whose
home is at Danville. There was also
a lively debate over the provision in
the bill requiring owners OF bullion
Htl tdllti 10 pay the cost OF the trans
portation OF the bullion from the assay
offices to the minis. Mr. Bell (pop.
Cold argued that If the government of
the United States declined to pay the
cost of transportation gold would go
to foreign minis. 1t was, he said an
other blow aimed at the western miner.
Mr.. Cannon pointed out that If the
law was continued it would make the
mint price for gold the same as that
at the assay office in the Klondike and
then the government would be com
PEELED TO pay the cost and assume all
the risks incident to Transporting II
TO the San Francisco or PHILADELPHIA
mint The law was a bounty on gold
mining. Why should it exist? Mr..
Savers tdem., Tex supported the pro-
posed change in the government poll
ICY. There was no more reason. he |
said. why the government should give
a hDunfy N cold ~.