Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24

would take care that no public money should
be expended upon useless works or upon
any that were not clearly National. This
message created considerable sensation,
and was severely criticized and con
demned by Messrs. Reagan, Here
ford and Randall, and defended
by Messrs COnger and Kasson, and was fna.
~ referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Remarks on the several appropriations were
made by Messrs. Randall and Foster. An
evening session was held at which the bill
authorizing the President to accept the
services of 5000 volunteer cavalry for six
months, and appropriating 81 900, 600 there
for, was passed -l21 to Al: Considerably
political discussion was INDUCED in, and
personal alteration between members oc-
CURED, Mr.. Cox giving the lie direct to Mr..
Kasson with regard to the record of Mr.. Til
den. The House was still in session at two
a. N. on the 18th.
On the 18th, in the Senate, a large
number of House bills granting pensions to
various persons were passed, as were also
the following: to provide for the expenses
Of the District of Columbia until Dee. l,
1876; to authorize the construction Of q
bridge across the Missouri river at or near
Sioux City, Iowa; relieving the State of
Kansas from charges on account of ordnance
stores furnished to Kansas Territory; for
the relief of Mrs. James K. Polk, widow
of eX-President Polk. A Conference
Committee was appointed on the bill
to authorize the President to accept the
services of volunteers to aid in suppresSing
Indian hOstilities, who subSeQuen ly n ade
report which was agreed to. The amend
ment of the House to the bill to encourage
Geographic communication between Amer
lea and Asia was agreed to, and the bill was
passed. A message was received from the
President vetoing the bill to provide for the
sale of a portion of the reservation of the
Confederated Otoe and Missouri bands of
Indians and the Sac and Fox Indians in Kan
sas and Nebraska, and subsequently second
message was received reques ing that the bill
be returned to him for his signature, as he
had, after further examination, become con-
WINGED that the veto message was premature.
1t was argued that the President could not
recall a bill after yetoing it, and the bill was
rssed, by unanimous vote, over the veto.
Messrs. Jones, Boutwell, and Bogy were an
nOunced as the commission on the part of
the Senate to inquire into the change which
has taken place in the relative value of gold
and silver, the causes thereof, etc. The
House Joint resolution for final adjournment
was amended so as to fix the hour
for such adjournment at 7:30, and
passed The President was formally notified
that Congress was ready to adjourn, and re-
piled that he had no further communications
to make. A resolution of thanks to
President pro tenn. Ferry for the dignity,
justice and impartiality with which he had
presided, was passed, and at 7:30 Presi-
dent Ferry, after a few appropriate re-
marks, declared the first regular session
of the Forty-fourth Congress adjourned
sine die. -. The aIl-night session of
the House continued until six o'clock
on the morning of the 18th, but no
further business was transacted An OppOr-
tunity was afforded Messrs. Cox and Kasson
to make due apology to the House and each
| other for the exhibition of any angry pas
sion or the violation of any parliamentary
decorum of which either might have been
guilty. A message was received from the
President announcing that he had signed the
Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
but stating that constitutionally the House
had no right to order the withdrawal of
Consuls or Ministers, which message was,
after debate, referred to the Committee on
Appropriations. The Senate bill to encourage
! and promote telegraphic communication
between America and Asia was amended and
passed. A resolution generating Proctor
Knott, Chairman of the Judiciary Commit
tee, in regard to his relations with the Jo-
siah Caldwell telegram, was passed-S1 to
SO. The Conference report on the bill to
increase the cavalry force for service i'll the
Sioux j the war o,l Was r made and agreed
| proposition to authorize the raising of
1
proposition to increase, the regular cavalry
force operating against the Indians by $500
men. Mr. Banks alluded to the critical con-
dition of Speaker Kerr, and stated that he
had been handed telegram from the absent
Speaker, to the effect that there was little
hope of his recovery. Mr.. Banks then Of
fered a resolution expressive of heartfelt
sympathy and of hope for the recovery Of the
Speaker, which resolution was unanimously
adopted. The bill providing for the
sale of a portion of the reservation of the
confederated Otoe and Missouri and the Sac
and Fox Indians in Kansas and Nebraska
was passed over the Presidents veto. MesSrs.
Piper, Beebe and Wilson Qowa) were an
nounced as members of the Joint Commit
tee on Chinese immigration. The resolution
for adjournment at 7:30 was agreed to, and
at that hour the Speaker pro te,7a., after the
customary thanks, declared Congress adj
jOurned sine die.
The CHri STA HaTnTlianS