The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-03-07
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.
TUESDAY. February 26.-The set


/ be unfinished business tomorrow. The senate
| then went into executive session, and when the
doc wire reoPened adjourned.
! HoHse.
TUESDAY, February pa petition
| 700 yards long and signed by 50,oo0 names FOR The
repeal of the law in relation to the transmission OF
matter through the mails, referred 49,. Chai-
mers took the floor and replied to speech made by
Garfield last week. At the close of his remarks the
house went into committee of the whole, and lis
tened TO speech on the finance question by Butler.
W hen the committee rose, the house adjourned.
senate.
WEDNESDAY, February 27.-Bills
were introduced and referred: To provide for the
entry OF lands by Indians under the homestead
law TO establish the rank of senior inspector gen.
eral OF the United States army 49,. Consideration
was then resumed of unfinished business, the bill
TO authorize long bond for the investment of
ings, but, pending the discussion, il laid aside
temporarily and the senate considered bill reIat-
ing TO the method Of filling vacancies in pension
offices Edmunds called np the bin to authorize
special term of the circuit court of the United States
for the southern district OF Mississippi TO be held
Scranton, Jackson county, with the understanding
that ii should be considered tomorrow, the subject
TO call for regular order being the bill 10 authorize
long bond for the investment of savings, which
mains as unfinished bussiness. ...... Ad jourued.
House.
WEDNESDAY,, February 27.-The bill
authorizing the president TO review the court mar
tial proceedings of 1864 in the case of ex-Surgeon
Genersl Hammond, and to annul the same and
place DR., Hammond on the retired list surgeon
general, bat without giving him any right TO past,
present or Iature pay or allowance, passed without
he bill issuing and ammunition to
the territory OF Idaho was passed. The bill pen
sionlng soldiers Of the Mexican was then taken
up and discussed, hut no action taken......Ad-
iourned.
Senate.
THURSDAY, February 2S.-Chaffee re-
ported back from committee, with amendments, the
senate bill 10 establish the territory of Lincoln and
to provide territorial government therefor m
Beck moved to make the resolution submitted by
pediencv Of ieyvine taxes =. .his time for main
tainins sinking lind The special order for Tues
uay neHt, Keected-yeas y nafbe Be Chair then laid
Before the senate the silver bill which he announced
had been sent in by the house with the presidents
objection thereto. The chief clerk proceeded TO
read the bill and the veto message, after whicha
vote was taken and the bill was passed over the veto
yeas 46, nays 70, as follows:
Ieas-Allison, Bailey, Beck, Bruce, Chaiiee, Cock
rell, Coke, ConCyer, Davis, H., Davis, W v, Den
Grover, Harris, Hereford, Hill, Howe, ingalls,,
Johnston, Jones, Fla, Jones, New, Kellogg, Kirk
wood McCreery, Mcdonald, McMillen, Matthews,
Maxey, Merr mon, Morgan, Paddock, Patterson,
Plumb, Salisbury, saunders, Spencer, Teller, Thur
man, Voorhees,, Wallace, Window, Withers-46
Nays-Barnum, Bayard, Blaine, Butler, Conkling,
Dawes, Eaton, Hamlin, Hoar, Herman, Lamar, Nc
Pherson, Mitchell, Morrill,, Randolph, Rollins, Sar-
gent, Wadleigh Whyte-l9.
Pairs announced as follows:sO sOglesby and Ran
son, who would have voted in the affirmative, with
Anthony, who would have voted in the negative;
Cameron, of Wisconsin, and Booth, who would have
voted in the Affirmative, with Burnside, who would
have voted in the negative; Cameron, OF Pennsyl-
yania. and Armstrong, who would have voted IN
the affirmative, with Edmunds, who would have
voted in the negative. ChristianCy and Sharon
were absent. The chair. on announcing the vote,
said that two-thirds of the senate having voted IN
its favor the bill passed and had become law
80. After some debate the bill for holding special
of 81.
nays g.. Adjourned until Monday
House.
THURSDAY, February 2S.-The bill
authorizing and equipping Arctic expedition
was reported back from committee and referred to
committee OF the whole. 1t approprates $50 600 Tor
necessary expences of the expedition A message
received from the president announcing that he
had vetoed the silver bill. The message having
been read in the midst of profound silence, the
speaker stated that the question was: viii the
house reconsideration, pass the bili?" The
previous question was seconded and a vote taken,
during some confusion, resulting as follows:
YedS-Aiken, Aldrich, Atkins, Baker Ind, Ban
ming, Boyne, Bell, Benedict, Becknell, Blackburn,
Bland, Blount, Boone, Bouck, Boyd, Bragg, Bren-
tano Brewer Bridges, Bright, Brogden, Browne,
Buckner, Bundy, Burchard, Burdick, Butler,
Caldwell, KY, Caldwell, Tenn, Calkins, Gambler,
Cannon, Carlisle, Caswell, Chambers Clarke, Ky,
Clark Mo. Clarke, Ia, Clymer, Cobb, Cole, Copger
Cook, Cox, Ohio, Cox, n. Y, Cravens CTittenden,
Culberson, Cummings, Cutler, Danford, Davidson,
Davis n. c., Deering, Dibrell, Dickey, Dunnell,
Durham, Eden, Elan, Ellis, Errett Evans, Ind,
Evans, S; c., Ewing, Fulton, Finlay, Fovney, Fort
Goode Gunter Hamilton, Hanna, Harris, Ga
Harris, Va, Harrison, Harbridge, Hartzell, Has
kell, Hatcher, Hayes, Hazleton, Henderson, Henry,
Hewitt, Ala Herbert, Hooker, House, Huhbell Hun
ter Hunton, Humphry, Ittner, Jones, Ala, Jones,
o. ,keightley Kelley ,Kenn2, Knapp Knott Landers,
Lathrop Logan, LuttreIl, Lynde, Mackey. Man
Kinley, Mcmahon, Metcalfe, Mills, Mitchell,
Money, Monroe, Morgan, Muldrow, Neal, Oliver,
Page, Patterson Of New York, Patterson of Califor
mia, Phelps, Phillips, Pollard Pound, Price, Pride
more, Rainey, Randolph, Rea, Reagan, Rice, of Ohio
Riddle, Robbins Roberts, Robertson, Robinson of In
diana Ryan, Sampson Sapp, Sayler, Scales, Sexton,
Smith of Georgia Sparks Springer, Steele Stephens,
Stone of Michigan, Stone of Iowa, Strait Thomp-
son, Thornburgh, Throckmorton, Upton, Town.
send of Ohio, Townsend of New York, Tow psend of
Illinois, Tucker, Turner, Turney, Vance, Van Voor-
hees, Waddel, Walker, Walsh, Wech, White of
Pennsylvania, White of Indiana, Whitthorne, Wig
genton Williams of Wisconsin, Williams of Ala
bama, Williams OF Oregon, Willis OF Kentucky,
Willets Wilson, Wren, Wright, Yeates, Yoang.-l9G.
Nays-Bacon, Bagley, Baker of New York, Bal
lou, Banks Beebe, Bisbee, Blair, Bliss, Briggs Cain,
Camp, Campbell, Chittenden, Clafin Covert,
Crspo, Davis OF California Dennison, Dwight,
Eanes, Eickhotf, Ellsworth, Field, Freeman, Frye,
GARFIELD, Gibson, Hale, Hardenburgh Harmer,
Harris of Massachusetts, Hart, Hendee, Hewitt OF
New York. Hiscock, Hungerford, james Jones OF
New HAMPSHIRE, Joyce, ketcham, Lapham, Lind
sey, Lockwood, Loring, McCook, Morse, Muller,
Norcross, O'Neill, Overton, Potter. Powers, Pugh,
Reed, Rice Of Massachusetts,, Robinson OF Massa-
chusetts, Ross, Scheicher, Sinnickson, smith oi
Pennsylvania, Starin, Stenger. Stewart, Veeder,
Ward, Warner, Watson, Williams OF Michigan,
Williams of New York, Williams of Delaware, Will
lis of New York, Wood.-73
The speaker announced the vote and said in
obedience to the requirements OF the constitution:
"Two-thrds have voted in the affirmative, the bill
has passed. the objections OF the president 10 the
contrary notwithstanding The bill and veto
message were thereupon sent to the senate Ihe
house then in committee of the whole considered
the bill TO pension soldiers of the Mexican war, and
when the committee rose adj djouTned.
House.
FRIDAY, March shelly introduced
bill to aid the Great Southern railroad company
to construct line of railway in Georgia and Flori-
da Referred .... Waddel reported the bill to pro-
vide ocean mail service between Brazil and the
United States Ordered printed and reconmitted
...... The house went into committee OF the whole
and when it rose reported thirty private bills
which were thereupop passed.
senate.
MONDAY, March 4.-WindOm present
ed resolutions Of the Minnesota legislature favoring
an appropriation for the prompt and thorough i'm
provement of the Mississippi river from the Falls Of
st. Anthony to New Orleans Referred ...... Cock
rell introduced bill to authorize the issue OF GER
thcates to depositors of bullion bars in ei
not less than twenty dollars the form of such
tfcates to be the those new issued for gold
bullion and that they be receivable at par for du-
4 ties Imports ana pu'IC uutles ne mouse Dili
changing the time for holding terms of the district
court for the district Of West Virginia was passed
After an executive session the senate ad-
/ journed.
HOBse.
| MONDAY, March bills introduced
For the exchange of silver coin Of the United States
for United States notes; TO repeal the law imposing
a tax on medicines medical preparations; for q
water route to facilitate transportation between
| lakes Michigan and Erie; providing for commits
sion to supervise the improvement Of navigation o.
/ the Mississippi river....The senate bin amending
| the laws granting pensions to officers and soldier
! of the war OF 1912 passed by vote OF 217 Il
| 21......AS iourned.
Another Interesting Discovery at My
! cenR.