Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-02
Congressional Summary.

the time for the completion of the
Northern Pacific railway and after the
/ bill was amended in few unimportant
points, it was passed without a division.
The senate went into executive session
and soon adjourned
/ TUESDAY, April -House.-The
house had another al[day fight over
the river and harbor bill, and after four
and half hours in angry debate upon
the subject of receiving the protest of
twenty-six members against the passage
! of the river and harbOr bill the house
decided against receiving it. A motion
to spread the protest upon the journal
was also lost The house then ad-
jOurned.
WEDNESDAY, April 24.-Senate. te.-The
senate was occupied during the session
upon the private calendar and a few
bills of unimportant nature. The bill
passed appropriating the 100000 for
public printing and also the bill apprO-
priating $4,000 for extra clerk hire in
the state department. After an execu-
tive session the senate adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, April 24-House.-T The
house proceeded to the business on the
speakers table. and soon reached Thur
mans Pacific railway sinking fund bill
which came over from the senate But
Ter spoke against the bill for two hours,
when vote was taken and the bill
| passed the house us it came from the
senate, by the overwhelming vote of 243
ayes to nays. The house then took up
the senate bill for repeal of the bank
rupt act, but adjourned before vote
was reached.
THURSDAY, April 25.-Senate. the
bill to provide for Deficiencies
in the appropriation for services of
the government for the current
and prior fiscal year, submitted re-
port III explanation of the repQrt. said
it was signed by two members of the
committee on the part Of the senate and
two on the part of the house as agreed
on the appropriation for printing for
the interior department, had been re-
duced from forty thousand to thirty
| thousand dollars. The senate confer
ence receded from the appropriation of
$75, 900 for public schedule of the
District of Columbia; and also the APP
preparation of $25, 900 for the Hayden
survey. They also receded from the
appropriation of 81 5000 to ascertain the
depth of water and width of channel Sc
cured and maintained at the South Pass
of the Mississippi river; and for $4,000
for printing. After long debate the
report of the conference committee was
agreed to; yeas SO; nays 19. Mr.. Mat
thews submitted a resolution directing
the secretary of war to report to the SEN
| OF I.,l,n nj i Ill
for the improvement Of the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers, how mnch it will cost
to complete the work, how much was
paid for right of way, attorneys fees,
etc. He asked for the present consid-
Grafton of the resolution, but it was OBJ
jected to by Mr.. Cameron, of Wiscon-
sin, and it was laid over Mr.. Cameron,
Of Pennsylvania, moved that the senate
adjourn till Monday next; yeas 3S; nays
Is. The senate at 5:15 P. NJ. adjourned
till that day.
THURSDAY, April .-House.-Imme-
diately after reading of the journal the
speaker announced the regular order to
be consideration of the senate bill for
the repeal of the bankrupt law. Mr..
McMahon, who had charge of the bill,
cussion, he would demand the previous
question. Mr.. Kelley hoped the house
would not second the previous question
but that it would allow an extended dis
cussion to be had on the bill. After sew
en- hours debate the previous question
was carried. The question was then
taken on the passage of the senate bill
as amended and it was passed. Yeas,
206; nays, SO. The following is the bill
as amended: The bankrupt law APP
proved March 2, 1867, title 81, revised
statutes. and an act entitled an act to
amend and supplement an act entitled
an act to establish a uniform system of
bankruptcy throughout the United
States, approved March 2, 1867, and for
other purposes approved June %. 1874,
| and all acts in the amendment or sup
| Elementary thereto or in explanation
| thereof, be and the same are hereby re-
| ipealed: Provided that such repeal shall
in no manner invalidate or affect any
case III bankruptcy instituted and pend
ing in any court prior to the day when
| this act shall take effect, but as to all
such pending cases, and all future pro-
ccedings therein, and all penal actions
and criminal proceedings arising there
| in, the acts hereby repealed shall con-
tinue in full force and effect till the
same shall be fully disposed Of in the
same manner as if said acts had not
been repealed. The house then ad-
journed.
FRIDAY, April 26.-Senate-T senate
was not in session.
FRIDAY. April % : House.-The house
spent the day on the postoffice appro-
priation BILL and passed it. The APP
preparation committee withstood the
attacks better than had been expected.
! The committee of the whole increased
| the bill 1886, 900, but the actual increase
when passed, was but $50, 900. The bill,
as originally reported, recommended
$33, ,090,373 which is reduction of
about 100000 over the appropriation
for the current fiscal year. There was
an animated discussion on the subject
of letter carriers. Cannon, of Illinois,
desired to have the aggregate amount
for letter carriers increased to 100000
without increasing the present salaries.
There was an earnest debate upon this
subject, in which Gen. Banks, Repre-
sentatives O'Neil, Kelley and Ward par
ticipated They advocated the cause of
the letter carriers, representing that
they were the hardest worked and poor
est paid servants of the government.
All propositions to increase the appro-
priation for the railway postal service
were rejected.
FROM the annual reports of the lu-