Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-05

field, at the close of the roll call, chang
ed his vote from yea to nay, so that he
might vote to reconsider the vote, the
actual vote being therefore liz to 49,
When the result was announced
Messrs. Garfield and Hewitt rose sim
ultaneously to move to reconsider. The
| latter was recognized by the speaker
and he moved to reconsider and to
lay the motion to reconsider on the Ia
BILE. This recognition of Hewitt by the
speaker was resented by Garfield, who
claimed that as Il matter of courtesy
when q member changed his vote for
| the purpose Of making such a motion
he was always recognized by the chair;
to which the speaker responded, that if
the gentleman chose to give an insin-
cere vote it was not the fault of the
chair, and that the chair was bound by
all parliamentary practice to recognize
the gentleman ia charge of the bill.
The motion to reconsider was then car
ried-yeas 121 nays, ia. Messrs.
| Wigginton ard Patterson voted with
their party SO the house voted to limit
the strength of the army to 10000 men.
Without disposing of the bill the house
adjourned.
TUESDAY, May 2S-Senate Elm the
senate Sen Hamlin of the committee on
foreign relations, reported a bill provid-
| ing for the payment of the award made
by the fishery commission at Halifax,
under the treaty of Washington. Placed
on the calendar. The concluding
portion Of the committee is as
follows: "Your committee fur
Their recommend that the executive de-
partment of the United States should
be authorized to pay the award without
further communication with congress,
should it deem that src. payment shall
be demanded by the honor and good
faith of the nation, and in pursuance of
that conclusion the award shall be paid;
and that the president shall as soon as
may be thereafter, lay the correspond
ence with the British governm ent relat-
ing thereto before congress, unless in
bis opinion it shall be incompatible
with the public interests. We would
offered by the United States the utmost
care and circumspection be employed
to disabuse the minds Of the British
Canadian government as we'll as the
British Canadian people, of any posi-
BILE impression that the United States or
the America people do, or ever can &C
cept the award of the Halifax commits
sion as ust measure of value of the
in-shore fisheries in Canadian waters
Against the inference, deduction, con-
clusiOn or belief, the congress of this
nation, the senators of states, and rep
resentatives of the house of representa-
tives and of the people: respectfully but
firmly and decidedly protest. And they
do not protest merely from a sense of
injustive that is done in the award. but
also and especially because in future
negotiations with England regarding
commerce between the United States
and Dominion of Canada, the govern
OgniZe the award of the Halifax COM
mission as in any sense just measure
of value of the fisheries in question. )"
At the conclusion Of the morning
hour consideration was resumed Of the
house bill to forbid the further retire
ment of United States legal tender notes
The bill having been considered IN
committee of the whole was reported to
the senate and read third time and
passed; yeas 40, nays Is. The follow
ing is the full text of the bill:
| Be 1T enacted, etc., That from and after the pas
sage of this act it shall not be lawful for the
retsry Of the treasury other officers under him
| to cancel or retire any more United States legal
| tender notes and when any of said notes may be
| redeemed or be received into the treasury under
any law, from any source whatever, and shall be-
| long to the United States they shall not be
tired, cancelled or DESTROYED. but they shall be
| reissued and paid out again and kept in circuia-
ton; provided nothing herein shall prohibit the
| cancellation and destruction of mutilated notes.
and the issue of other notes of ike denOmina-
ton in their stead. as now provided.
All acts parts of acts in conflict herewith
| are hereby repealed.
| signature. After an executive session
the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, May 2S-House. The house
took up the army appropriation bill,
and voted separately upon the
amendments adopted by the committee.
The house then voted on the amend
ments to the army appropriation bill.
All items which had been increased on
the basis of an army force of $4,000
men were restored to the original
amounts on the basis of 10000.
By a vote of 100 yeas and 115 nays,
the amendments adopted in committee
of the whole, transferring the Indian
bureau from the interior to the war de-
partment, were agreed to. Also the
amendment, prohibiting the use of
troops for civil purposes unless specially
authorized by act of congress,
and the bill then passed. The
main features of the bill as
passed are fixing the strength of the
army at 10000 men; fixing the number
of cavalry regiments at s, with1 COM
panies of not less than 125 privates, and
of infantry regiment at IS, with COM
panies Of not less than 60 privates; re-
ducing the force of various staff de-
partments; providing for board to re-
organize those departments; providing
for board to recommend the retiring
or mastering out of officers; fixing the
number of heterogeneous at and of
brigadier-generals at 8, after those
figures shall be reached, reducing the
number and rank Of aids-de-camp: re-
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