Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-01-21


amount of legal tenders outstanding and redeemed
shall at no time exceed $356, 0OO, O0O-The deaths
of James Brooks, and WILDER D. Foster late mem
bers of the House Of Representatives., were an
nounced and the Senate then adj ourned.
House.
The House resumed the consideration of the bill
to promote education. After discussion the bill
postponed to March. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the naval appropriation
BILL and upon rising took up the Senate substitute
for the bill in relation to salaries and passed it by
vote of 226 ayes against Is noes The bill goes to
the President for approval. The votes in the mega
tive given by Messrs. Albert, Averill, Barry,
dali, Lamson, Morey, Negley, Platt, Randall,
Shanks, Sloss, Stanford, Storm, Stowell, Todd,
Waddell, White, Whitley, and Williams oe Indiana.
After some further business of no general i'm
portance, the House adjourned e-
Senate.
MONDAY, January 12.-Sundry petit
tons and memorials were presented l. The House
bill to establish various post routes was passed. "A
resolution was adopted instructing the Committee
on Foreign Relations to inquire into the expedency
of advancing the rank of Minister Resident Of Swe
den and Norway. to a mission of the first class
Mr.. Pratt introduced bill ceding to the several
states within whose limits they respectively lie,
the beds of unsurveyed lakes and other bed es OF
water. - Mr. ingalls, introduced a bill providing
that all freight and passenger traffic between Kan
sas City and Leavenworth, or any point on the
Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Railways, via
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, to Ogden, or any
point on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, or
points beyond its terminus, shall be carried by said
companies Jointly at the same rates are charged
on similar traffic between Omaha and like
points.-The morning hour having expired, the
consideration of the salary bill was resumed
Various amendments were offered dnd rejected,
when vote was taken upon the substitute for the
House bill, as amended last week, and the bill
passed by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs Allison, Anthony, Bayard. DOGGY,
Foreman, Boutwell,, Buckingham, Cameron, Car
penter Chandler, Clayton, Conkling, Croser Davis,
Dorsey, Edmunds, tenton, Ferry of Michigan,
Hamlin, Hitchcock, Howe, ingalls,, Logan, Nc
Creepy, Merryman, Mitchell, Morrill, Of Maine.
Morrill, of Vermont, Morton, Ogesby, Patterson,
Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson, Sargent, Salisbury,
SchurZ, Stockton, Sumner, Wadleigh, West, Win
dom, and Wright-50.
NAYs--Messrs. Brownlow, Conover, Monagan,
Gordon, Lewis, Norwood, sprague, and Tipton-s.
It agreed to proceed next to the consideration
of the resolution reported by the Finance Commit
tee, declaring it to be the duty of Congress to adopt
definite measures to redeem the pledge made by the
act of March IS, 1864. Adjourned
House.
Bills were introduced as follows To reorganize
the Internal Revenue Department and reduce it's
force to aid in establishing polytechnic schools in
every county and state and the territories to regu-
late the seizure and examination of invoices books
and papers customs and revenue cases !; further
to insure the safety of passengers railroads to
establish uniform and elastic currency and reduce
the national debt to repeal the internal tax on to-
barco authorizing the erection of a railroad bridge
across the Missouri river at Canton making treas
ury notes legal tender for custom duties also, to
prevent financial panics by the issue Of $685.
| 100 bonds and the forty-four million reserve
motion to suspend the rules and adopt resolu-
ton declaring it to be the sense of the House that
taxes shall not be increased but that extraordinary
means, If any be required for the support of the
government, shall be obtained by temporary loan
on bonds bearing low tate of interest in currency,
and redeemable in United States notes, defeat
| ed.--Mr. Huribut introduced a bill chartering a
double track railway from tide water on the Allan
| tic to the Missouri river, and to limit freights
thereon. Referred "A resolution was adopted
! that in the judgment of the House, there is ne
cessity for increase of taxation increase of the
public debt by further loan if there shall be
economy in public expenditures, and that in view
of the CONDITION of the national finances the House
will reduce the appropriations and public expendi-
lures to the lowest point consistent with proper
administration Of public affairs.--A resolution
j was also adopted providing for the appointment of
committee of thirteen to confer with the officers
| OF the Washington Monument Society on the prac-
! ticability of completing the Washington monument
! by the approaching centennial-Severala addition
al resolutions were offered and REFERRED after which
the House went into Committee of the Whole on
| the naval appropriation bill--Upon rising the
House adjourned.
SATURDAY, January 10.-The session
Of the House to-day, Mr.. Butler, of Tennessee, in
the CHAIR given up entirely to the speeches of
Mr.. Arthur, on Louisiana affairs Mr.. Field, on
finance and commerce Mr.. Vance, on civil rights
~ Whitehead, on the tobacco tax; Mr.. Kelly, on
money of the United States; Messrs. Kane and
Grassland, on civil rights.
Senate.
FRIDAY, January "a bill was pass.
ed for the relief of aged or 1nfrm presumption set
tiers on public lands.-Bills were introduced for
the protection of settlers in Utah, and to aid in the
bill making an appropriation of s. 600 for the legs-
lative expenses of Colorado was passed.-The
Senate bill authorizing national banks that have de-
cided to reduce their stock, to withdraw portion
of bonds upon retiring their circulating notes or
deposting sum of money in proportion provided
by law taken up and discussed until the expira
ton of the morning hour, when the consideration
of the salary repeal bill resumed. Several
amendments were offered and voted down. The
question then being concurring in the Senate
substitute for the House bill, the latter amend
ed to fix the salaries of members and delegates
at 5000 per annum. with mileage and other allow
ances.--Mr. Dennis introduced bill to provide
for the arming and equipping of the whole body Of
the militia of the United States. Refereed
Pending the 0iscussi of the salary bill the Senate
went into executive session, and soon after adj
journed until Monday.
House.
A bill was passed to credit Assistant Treasurer
Hillhouse, Of New York, with $780, 000 the proceeds
of the sale of Internal Revenue stamps embezzled
from his Office without any neglect of his own
number of bills wers referred, including one by
Mr.. Randall to regulate the drawing and summon
ing of jurors in the United States District and Cir
cult Courts.--Mr. Starkweather, from the Co.'S
mittee appropriations, reported the fortication
bill, which was made the special order for Wednes-
day next. The bilappropriates 1894 900. Several
memorials presented.-At O'Clock the
death of James Brooks announced by his
cessor Mr.. Cox, and eulogies Of the deceased were
pronounced by Messrs. Cox, Wood, Davis and
Reilly.-The death of W. D. Foster, of Michigan,
was then announced, and two of his colleagues,
Messrs. Waldron and Williams, delivered eulogies
on his characteristic House then adjourned,
with the agreement that Saturdays session be de-
voted exclusively to debate.
Progress of San Francisco.
The San Francisco Chronicle, in very
brief space, tells an interesting story of
the progress of that city during the
year which has just closed. The pop
ulation has advanced from $50, 900 to
O00 OnO To ooooyo 70 4hic "a