Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-18

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Ihave thus given you brief statement of the con
now committed The ONCE of legislator is one Of
e can BE- exaea
constitution The other departments of the govern
walk in the paths Your wisdom marks ot for fhen
Upon your ACTION depends, in great degree the ub-
suits far-reaching share with your constituents the
discarding all matters of merely private and local in
teres your deliberations shall be directed to sures
Of general concern tending to advance the horror OF
wisconsin and the prosperity % heT peoplfS
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, january u, 1871.
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Summary Of Congressional Proceedings.
SENATE, Jan. 5th.-Several bills we're intro
duced and referred, among which was for
the appointment of inspectors in the Indian
service 1t directs the President to nominate
to the Senate six inspectors of Indian affairs,
| who, under direction of the Interior Depart
ment, and at salary of 1000 per annum,
are to visit the Indian tribes and inspect their
sanitary, industrial and educational condition
IA bill was passed providing that hereafter nc
tax shall be imposed or collected upon any un-
distrbutable sum added to the contingent fund
of any insurance COMPANY, nor on unearned
premiums received for risks assumed.-A reso :
4 iation was adopted calling for the correspond
ence between the State Department and Min
lister Motley, relating to his duties and also to
his removal.-The bill for the reimbursement
| of J. NJ. Best, of Paducah KY, for the de-
struetion of his dwelling house during the war
by the Union forces was passed, after consid-
cradle discussion. 1t appropriates $25, ,000 for
| the purpose. Adjourned. lrl
| HoUsE.-Gen. Schencks resignation of his
seat was presented d.-Orth of Indiana, was
appointed to fill the vacancy on the committee
of Ways and Means, caused by Schenck's res
ignation.-Some time was spent in discussing
the resolutions relative to Paraguayan affairs
and Minister Washburn, but they went over
without vote.-A bill was passed giving Mr..
Schenck, United States Minister to England,
an additional allowance of s., 500 per year for
private amanuenses, rendered necessary on
account of Mr.. Schenck's partial disability of
h risight hand from wounds received in battle
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| HoUsE-Jan. 6.-Several unimportant bills
were introduced when the House resumed the
consideration of the resolutions reported by
the Committee on Foreign Affairs in reference
to the dispute between Minister Charles A.
Washburne and the late Government of Par
aguay. After some discussion they were
adopted They declare Rear Admiral S. w.
Gordon, in neglecting to aid Mr.. Washburne
in reaching the government to which he was
accredited, failed to discharge his duty as Com
mander of the SoHth Atlantic Squadron;- that
Messrs. Bliss and Masterman we're members
of the personal suite of Mr.. Washburne, and
we're, therefore, under the law of nations, en-
titled to the protection of the United States
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Messrs. Bliss and Masterman by the govern
ment of Paraguay was violation of the law
of nations and a gross insult to the honor
and dignity of the United States. They
approve the action of the President in with
drawing the American Minister, Gen. Mem ahon,
from the government of Paraguay. and de-
cining to have further diplomatic intercourse
with that government, and they declare it to
be clearly the duty of the United States naval
officers at foreign stations to render all reason
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United States, In the discharge of their duties,
and that refusal or neglect to render such
assistance when required, or any discourtesy
of such naval officers toward diplomatic
officers, shall be a subject of inquiry and pun
isment by the Naval Department. Additional
resolutions were adopted directing court of
inquiry for the trial of Admirals Gordon and
Davis; disappearing of the conduct of Rear
Admiral Chas. Ell. Davis in delaying for an un-
reasonable time to proceed to the rescue of
Messrs. Bliss and Masterman, IN accepting
their release in the manner and under the
circumstances detailed in the testimony and
in receiving, holding and treating them
prisoners: declaring that Admiral Gordon, in
neglecting to aid Mr.. Wasburn in reaching the
Government to which he was accredited failed
South Atlantic Squadron. Adjourned.
SENATE, January 9th.-A bill was introduced
appropriating $1,000 for the completion Of
the harbor of Duluth, Minn.-The Judiciary
Committee reported adversely upon the bill
for the election of Presidential electors and
4 members of Congress by ballot.-The
House joint resolution appropriatng So, 500 .
year for an amanuenis for Minister Schenck,
| passed.-The correspondence between Minis
ter Motley and the state department was pre-
sented and ordered printed. bill relative
| to mintS, the assay Office and coinage was dis
cussed during the remainder of the session
| without vote. After an executive session
| the Senate adjourned.
| HoUsE.-After the introduction of a large
number of bills, Orth asked to suspend the
rules and take from the Speakers table and
pass the Senate joint resolution authorizing
| the appointment of commissioners in relation
| to the annexation of Dominica. After con-
siderable discussion on the subject and the
Understanding that the resolutions should re-
main open for debate until two o'clock to-
morrow, the motion to suspend the rules was
carried, and the resolutions were taken up an
debated until o'clock, when the House ad-
journed.
SENATE, Jan. 10th.-Yates presented petit
| ton for an amendment of the constitution
recognizing the Supreme Being, and advocated
the making of report on the matter by the
Judiciary Committee.--Several bills were re-
ported from committee, but not acted on
Several bills were introduced and referred,
among which was one by Wilson, providing
! that all persons shall be relieved of political
disabilities excepting those who left the Cabi-
been suspended from office since May 81, 1870.
The bill revising the laws relative to the
mint, assay office and coinage of the United
States, was passed after considerable discus
sion.-Trumbull's joint resolution prohibiting
members of Congress from soliciting offices
! of the President and heads of departments,
was discussed for some time when on motion
| it was laid aside for the purpose of taking up
the Senate Dominica Joint resolutions as re-
turned from the House, with an amendment
providing that nothing contained in them
shall be held, understood or construed as
committing Congress to the policy of the an
nexation of said Republic of Dominica. Sum
ner made some remarks in opposition to the
messure, and it was finally agreed that avote
should be taken at o'clock p. N. tomorrow.
| The Senate then adjourned.
| HoUsE-Garfeld presented the remonstranee
of 307 women of Ohio, against woman's suf
| frage.-The House resumed the consideration
| of the ioint resolution for the appointment OF
Commission to Dominica. After lengthy
and excited debate, Amblers amendment, de-
clsring that nothing In the resolution is to he
construed as committing the government 10
the annexation of Dominica, was adopted, by
yeas 106. The joint resolution, as amended,
was then passed-yeas 123, nays So. The
Democrats voted solidly in the negative, and
the following named Republicans also voted
no Messrs. Beatty, Boyd, Finkelnburg, Hoar,
Peters and Willard.-The House, after sorse
/ discussion, passed the bill to provide for cele
brating the Independence of America on the
one hundredth anniversary by holding an IL
| ternational exhibition of arts and manufactures
at Philadelphia in 1876. Adjourned.
EUGENE COURTNEY, who has hitherto
held respectable position among mer-
chants in New York city, was committed
Saturday in the Jefferson Market Po-
lice Court, in default of $4,000 bail,