River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-06-29
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate insists on its amend
ments TO the post Office appropriation bill,
and on the 18th agreed TO conference com
mittee asked tor by the House No other
legislative business was done, Ont the Bel
KNAPP case was taken up The Senate, as a
court OF impeachment, then voted against
postponing the case until N0vember and
agreed to proceed with the hearing without
unnecessary delay.
The House appointed Mr.. Cox
speaker pro tena., in the absence OF Mr., Kerr,
and then passed the military appropriation
bill without debate committee of con-
ference on the post office appropriation bill
was then appointed and the House adjourned
The Senate on the Goth postponed
action on the bill Tor the reTeal Of the bank
ruptcy law until the iirst day Of next session.
Consideration Of the Indian appropriation bill
was resumed, and Mr. Window called stten-
ton to the addition OF s995 096 T. the bill as
II came from the House, and explained the
reasons for that and other amendments One
OF the amendments agreed to provides that no
money shall be paid to the Sioux until they
relinquish all claims to the Black Hills The
section transferring the bureau to the war de-
partment was stricken out
The House passed bill to prevent
the sale and use OF adulterated and explosive
eliminating oilsi also bill authorizing the
county, Wis. and Winona county, Mimi !;
also billrelsting to land patents. The com
municatiOn on Freedman's bank ma re-
port charging gross fraudulent conduct
against Gen o. Howard bill was
passed equali1ing soldiers bountiea by paying
Is. 33 for each months service Of all soldiers.
deduoting all beunties paid by state or
United States authority The vote stood i4l
yeas 10 46 nays. Those voting against the
bill were all southern members, except the
members from Massachusetts,, and Lynde, Of
Wisconsin Hoar, OF Massachusetts, Is the
only Republican recorded in the negative,
The Senate, on the 2lst, on motion
Of Mr. Morton, instructed the committee on
privileges and elections 10 inquire what laws
II any, are required to protect the inyiolabii-
~ OF private Geographic dispatches, and re
p0It by bill or otherwise The House hill to
transfer the indian bureau To the war depart
ment was laid on the table, and the Indian
appropriation bill was taken up and passed.
The House, in committee Of the
whole, went over much ground but transact
ed no business OF special interest
On the odd, the Senate had lengthy
discussion on the naval appropriation bill,
and after considering II section by section
met the House halt way in the matter OF re-
auctions o. e Inmates and passed the bill.
The House had a day and night ses-
sion on the sunday civil bill and adjourned
before completing its consideration.
The Senate on the 23d passed the
Till to'amend the Enforcement act, by party
vote the debate was long and general, The
Senate insisted on its amendments To the In
dian appropriation bill, and also on its
amendments TO the naval appropriation Till
but agreed 10 conference as asked Tor bY th Il.
House
The House, in the Idaho contested
election case, unseated Mr. Bennett aud seat
ed Mr. Finn The committee also reported
as entitled 10 contested seats J. u. Rainey
Of South Carolina and III. Is Strait, OF Mime
sofa, adopted The remainder 81 the day
was spent in discussing the sundry civil APP
preparation bill
On the 24th the Senate passed the
sundry civil bill, which was amended 20 as
TO build a light house and log signal Al STAN
nard Rock, Lake Superior, After a short ex-
eeutive session tie Senate adjourned
The House ia the absence Of Cox
who has been acting Speaker during Mr.
herr illness, Unanimously elected MIR Say
lor speaker protein during the absence OF Mr.
herr