Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-12-20
Congressional Summary.
SENATE.

SENATE.
/ Dec. 1.-THE select committee on
! transportation routes to the sea-
board, reported favorably on the senate
bill to provide for the survey of an in
land water route and canal from the
Mississippi river to the Atlantic Ocean.
Placed on the calendar.
A few unimportant bills were intro
duced and referred and then the reso-
lutiOns of Sen. Mathews on the silver
question was taken up and discussed at
! length. A motion to lay the resolutions
aside resulted IN the following vote
which indicates that the senate has a
two thirds majority in favor of the
resolutions. The vote to lay aside was
! Yeas -Messrs. Allison, Blaine, Booth. Burn
side, Cfaffee, Christiancy. Conkling, Dawes,
Dorsey, Hamlln, Kellogg Kirkwood Mitchell,
morrill,. Paddock, Patterson, Rollins and Saun-
! ders-1S.
NGyS-Messrs. Bailey, 3arnum, Dayard, Beck,
Bruce, Cameron, (Pa.), Cameron, (Wis.) }, Cock
Eustis, Garland, Gordon, Grover. Harris. Here
ford Hill, Howe Ingalls,, Johnston. Jones, (Fla.l.
Jones, (Mey;h kernan, Lamar, McCreery, Nc
Herriman, organ. Oglesby, Plumb, Salisbury,
/ Spencer, Thurman, Voorhees,, Wadtigh Wallace
! and Whyte-43.
After some further discussion the
senate went into executive session and
adjourned
DEC. 11.-Mr. Whitthorne in
troduced a bill providing that the
naval authorities shall remove the
bodies of the officers and men lost in
/ the wreck of the Huron for burial in
| the navy cemetery at Annapolis, and
reimbursing relatives for expenses al
ready incurred in removing bodies from
! the coast of North Carolina. After the
! bill was so amended as to include rela-
! tives Of those men lost from the wreck
/ ing boat Baker, the bill was passed.
Mr.. Durham from the appropriation
committee, reported back the deficiency
appropriation bill, with the recommen-
| datlOn that the house concur in certain
senate amendments, and for their non
! concurrence IN others. Mr.. Durham
! explained that when the bill passed the
| house it appropriated $1,549,000. The
senate had added 81, $4,000 to the bill.
/ The house committee on appropriations
! had agreed to recommend concurrence
in the amendment appropriating 1863
900 for the state department buildings,
and nOn-cOnCurrence in the amend
ment approprirting $500,000 for the
star service Of carrying mails.
The house then cOncurred in the
/ following amendments: Item for the
United States mint at Denver and for
the assay Office at Helena; item to pay
salary of Judge Lang, court Of claims;
item appropriating 1926, 900 for the
state department building; item appro-
priating $4,000 for court house and
/ postoffice building at Little Rock; the
provision for sending public documents
through the mails; the appropriation of
| $4,000 for the commissioner to the in
| ternatlOnal prison congress at Stock
holm; appropriating $45, 900 for the re-
pair and restoration of patent models.
The following senate amendments
were non-concurred in: Increasing the
item for contingencies for the treasury
department from 100000 to $4,000; APP
propriating $13, 800 for custom house
commissioners; appropriating $24, 500
for deficiency in the pay %
railroad, poStoffice clerks, &c;
appropriating $500 for mileage to new
senators at the called session; appro-
priating $9.015 for furniture for the
senate: appropriating $5,744 for miscel-
laneous items for the senate; appro-
priating $4,000 for the national associa-
ton for the relief of colored women
and children; appropriating $4,000 for
the Hot Springs commission, Arkansas
appropriating $1,000 for the commits
sion to prepare and publish new edi-
ton of the first volume of revised
statutes; appropriating 81 200 for pre-
pairing for the publication of the pro-
ceedings of the electoral commission;
appropriating $1,000 for the prepara-
ton of the Hall second Arctic eXpedi-
ton; appropriating $4,000 for the pub
lcation of the official records of the
rebellion; appropriating 81 ,42O for leg
islative expenses of Washington Terri
tory; appropriating $16,0S4 for the pay
ment of claims audited and allowed for
the pay of the Oregon and Washington
Territory volunteers in Indian hostili-
ties III 1856; appropriating $4,000 fol
the pavement in front of the arsenal
grounds at Indianapolis. The question
on the amendment to pay the expenses
of the custom house commissioners
was taken by yeas and nays and re-
suited yeas 127, nays, 129, so the amend
ment was non concurred in. The ques
ton on the amendment apprOprlating
/ 100000 for the inland mail transporta.
ton on the star routes, and by all Other
than railroad routes, was also taken by
yeas and nays. The committee on APP
preparation having recommended a nor
concurrence, the amendment was con
Cured in, yeas, 143, nays, 107. Al
amendments having been disposed of
the bill goes back to the senate.
The speaker made the following
appointments: On the committee or
naval affairs, Crittenden; war claims
Martin; territories, Cravens; invalid
pensions, Metcalf; Pacific railrond
Hewett, of New York; civil service re
form, Potter; revision Of laws, Hart
private land claims, Bicknell.
Adjourned.
SENATE.
Dec 12-During the morning hour {
large number of bills were introduced
and referred. AT the expiration o
the morning hour, consideration was
resumed OF unfinished business, being
the resolution of Mr. Matthews de
claring the right of the government t
pay bonds in silver, and Mr.. Chaffet
submitted the following as substitute
That all bonds of the United States
issued or authorized to be issued under