Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-07-06
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

| CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
| SENATE, June 22.-The session was ptin-
clpally taken up with discussions of the bill to
duce internal taxes and the Texas Pacific Railroad
bill, but both bills went without final action
! HoUsE-The bill authorizing the con-
struct1on of bridge across the Missouri at Omaha
and Council Bluffs passed, with an amendment re-
curing the construction of spans three hundred
feet IN w1dth.-Schenck. from the Committee on
| Ways and Means reported bin to organize q de-
partment of internal revenue and to regulate the
collection of taxes. Ordered printed and made the
| special order for Wednesday next. The Commits
s1oner is to be head OF the department, with cabi-
net otfieer's salary, $4,000 He is to have assist
ants and clerks, &c. The number of officials is TO
| be materially reduced from what it is now.-The
bill to pay the European and North American Rail-
road Company S678 1852 interest due the states of
Massachusetts, and Maine money ex-
The veto of the President of the bill for the
a of the patent of Rollin White for the improve
ment in pistols, was taken upThis gave rise to an
| exceedingly bitter and personal debate between
| Farnsworth and Butler, the former charging the
| latter with having received fee of 81, 600 from
White for supporting the bill. Butler denied the
charge, stating that the fee he received for
| gu1ng the case in the Supreme Court, before the
! subject was ever mentioned in Congress. At the
conclusion of the debate the House refused to
pass the bill over the Presidents veto Several
Senate amendments to acts of the House were con-
CURED in, and pending the consideration of the
| Senate amendment to the House bill for new ap-
| adjourned
| In the Senate, on the 23d, Sumner re-
ported resolutions on Cuban matters-The tax bill
was then taken up, but nothing done.-The Texas
Pacific Railroad bill was then considered and after
discussion of four hours the Senate adopted Mr..
Nye's amendment providing for new set of COR
pofators, headed by Gen. Fremont, max ng the to-
tai number, with those already in the bill, 1I5 The
vote Was-yeas 81 mays g.
HoUsE-Mr. Hay, from the Committee
on Invalid Pensions, reported bill to pay pen
sloners, where the pensions were withheld from
them between the Sd of March, 1885, and the 9th
OF June 1866 by reason of their being in the civil
service of the Government, the amount of pensions
so withheld. The House then considered the SEN
ate amendment to the bill to provide for the ap-
portionment of Representatives to Congress among
the several states the question being Mr. Judds
motion to concur, on which he moved the previous
question. After discussion the bill and amend
ments were referred to the Judiciary Committee
yeas 49, nays 95 This is regarded equivalent to
a defeat of the bill.
SENATE, June 24th-Several bills of mi
nor importance were passed, and some discussion
had on the Cuban resolutions. when the Senate
took up the tax and tariff bill. The sections
tinuing the income tax stricken out, yeas "a,
nays %. After discussion, the bill was postponed
TO Monday.-The House amendments to the naval
appropriation bill were concurred in in Committee
OF the Whole and the bill reported to the Senate.
Harlan introduced bill giving each state addi-
uonal representative for every $50 900 inhabitants
which it may now have over the number indicated
by the last census, and member for every frae-
ton of that number 125, 000.-In the evening
session bills were passed to establish the western
judicial district of Wisconsin, to require the hold
ing of additional United States Circuit and District
courts in Indiana, and concerning district courts in
Iowa. Adjourned.
| HoUsE-The consideration of the Geor-
gia bill resumed, the discussion lasting till 8
O'CLOCK when the House proceeded to vote on the
bill and amendments. The bill was finally passed
As it now stands it simply admits the state leaving
the question of election fer members of the legis
lature to be decided by the state constitution. -
Adjourned.
| SENATE, juno 25th-The Hatch matter
was discussed and laid over.-The report of the
committee of conference on the bankrupt bill was
submitted and adopted.-A bill authorizing the
| consolidation of railroads in North Carolina was
discussed.-Ch The Cuban question was discussed but
nothing done.
HoUsE-BiIls TO amend the bankrupt law
and TO encourage ship building, were introduced
The House went into committee of the whole on
the sundry civil Sc vice appropriation bills, the
pending question being the motion to strike out
the item of S94 OS7 for the completion of the main
central building of Columbia Institute for deaf
and dumb. The item was not struck out. Sixteen
thousand dollars was appropriated for the court
house at Des Moines. After disposing of nineteen
pages of the bill, being half of it, the committee
rose. The death of Congressman Heaton, of North
Carolina, was announced, and the customary resolE
! tions adopted.
SENATE, June 27-The tax bill was the
order The income tax section was stricken out
without division. Sherman offered new section
to continue the tax corporations and societies
during this year, which was agreed to. 4fter
lengthy discussion, Shermans motion to strike out
the reduction OF tax on sugar was rejected-yeas
&c, nays 80. - a
HoUsE-In the House a number of bills
were introduced. Reeves offered preamble aud
resolution directing the Committee of Ways and
Means to report forthwith bill reducing the pre-
sent duties all classes of salt so per cent. which
under the operation of the previous question, was
adopted-l08 to SO. On motion of Kerr, the Senate
amendments to the bill for addi.io terms of
United States Courts in Indiana taken frem the
Speakers table and concurred in. The House went
into Committee of. the Whole on the sundry civil
expenses appropriation bill, during which per-
sonal controversy took place between Dawes and
Farnswolth. Six pages of the bill were left un-
hnishei. f-l
SENATE, June % The Atlantic g. Pacific
r. r. bill was taken up and discussed ana at one
O'Clock the tax bill was taken up. The amendment
providing that duties shall be levied upon tea
and coffee rejected ,ayes g. nays A. The vote of
the Senate refusing to strike out the House provi
sion reducing the duty on sugar was, on Mr.. Cam
eron's motion, reconsidered-30 to 24-and the
House classification stricken out-27 to 90
leaving the rates at three cents per pound accord
ing to the present law.
HoUsE-The House went into Commit
tee of the Whole the sundry civil service appro-
priation bill, to which amendments were adopted,
increasing the appropriations to the amount OF
S26OOO0. An amendment was also adopted
repeating the law which requires the lay
ing up of five or six revenue
cutters the Northern Lakes, and au-
thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to put
them all in commission, to be speedily charged
with siding vessels in distress. The bill then pass
ed.-Mr. Finkelburg, from the committee on COM
merce, reported bill to regulate the appraisement
and inspection Of imports in certain cases. allow
ing the transportation of imported articles in
bonds, except wine, distilled spirits and perisha-
BILE or explosive articles, from New York, Boston,
Baltimore, Port Huron and New Orleans to any sea
ports to Portland, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati
st. Louis, Evansville and Milwaukee. Passed
Mr.. Schenck, chairman OF the committee on ways
and means, reported, in accordance with the leso-
luton of the House adopted yesterday, a bill to
reduce the duty on all kinds of salt 50 per cent.
and moved its reference to the committee of the
whole on the state of the Union. Carried-73 to
5e.-Adjourned.