Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-15
NO. 10.
Proceedings in Congress-,

oENATE. re assembled on
January +, alter the holiday recess. In the
senate, Mr.. Howe offered a resolution re-.
questin9 tne Secretary of War, when he re-
1pQLue 90 the resolution of inquiry in regard
10 the effect OF the late storm at Dulut6 to
communicate, also, the opinion of the cbiaf
ehSi1eeI as TO the best method Of procuring
safe harbor at that point Mr.. Morton offered
a resolution directing the Committee ON Privi
ii5G6ts ana Elections to examine and report AT
@ Uno neAt session OF Congress on the best and
most practicable mode of ejec,ino the PreS1
dent and Vice-President of the United States
@nu % VI proVldlng tribunal to adjust and de-
cue i al contested questions connected
thefeWlth. A resolution of inquiry as
70 tnG expenditures in suppressing Indian
ilos'illeies NO: IN Washington territory and Ore
Son was agreed to. Also resolutions of in
curry whether the Secretary of the Treae ae,1rv
mas power under the existing laws to issue
oulteu otates notes IN lieu of the fortv-fiye
mlillon bank notes cancelled under the act of
1000 ana INTO the propriety of repeating the
ia teo1al e1 pahhfupt law from and after January
l, 1919, ana providing for the immediate re-
peal OF so much of said act as relates to inyol-
untary bankruptcy. The Goat Island bill was
referred to the Military Committer. Mr.. Pratt
introduced bill ceding to the several states
within Whlch they respectively lie, the beds
q surveyed lakes and other bodies of water
Mr.. Ferry introduced bill setting anart that
Poftlon OF Macklnac Island now held by the
olited otStes as military reservation for a
nauohal park. The Indian appropriation bill
was next considered, and agreed to- The
amount appropriated by the bill is S., ,434. .165.
Whlch Is S9l7, 1897 less than last Year Mr.
Morrlll introduced a bill increasing the grant of
lands to several states for educational pur-
poses.
HOUsE-Number Of bills introduced,
the most prominent among them being for
canal connecting the waters of Lake Michigan
and the Illinois, Mississippi and Rock rivers :;
to give officers of the Missouri militia three
months pay--also pension to widows and Or
phans OF soldiers murdered in Missouri in
1864 making Sioux City, Iowa, o port of de-
livery. At the expiration of the morning hour
Mr. Frye offered a resolution for public ses-
sions OF the Credit Mobilier Investigating Com
mtttee, which was adopted-130 to z. bill
introduced by Mr.. Hooper, to provide for the
converting of United States notes into coin af-
ter the first OF May, 1874, was referred. Mr..
RandalPs resolution relative to the Union Pa
citic Railroad was also adopted. Mr.. Wilson,
of Indiana, offered resolution for another Sc
cret committee of five to inquire whether any
stockholders of the Credit Mobiler held bonds
OF the Union Pacific Railroad Company; wheth- |
er they obtained them for a valuable consider |
alton, etc. Adopted. The Senate amendments
to the deficiency bill we're taken up and con-
Cured ill., A message from the President We
toing the bill to remit the entries of spirits de-
stroyed IN bond was presented, read and laid |
on the table. A resolution was adopted call |
ing for information as to suitability of the |
White Heuse for the President as an official |
and family residence.