Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-06-19
claims before said commissioners. to en-

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The deficiency appropriation bill
passed without amendment, and bills
on the calendar were considered.
Among those passed were the house
bill making an appropriation for the
payment of claims reported allowed by
the commissioners Of claims under the
act known as the southern claims COM
mission; senate bill to correct error in
revised statutes in reference to trans
portatiOn of cattle on railroads The
eight hour law bill was postponed until
December next by vote of 81 to 25.
Mr.. Conklin reported favorably the
senate bill authorizing the Southern
Pacific R. r. Co. to construct and main
tain a bridge across the Colorado river
at Fort Yuma, i'll the state of Colorado,
and in the territory Of Arizona. Placed
on calendar The house bill authoriz-
lag the payment Of the claim Of Ten
nessee for keeping U. S. prisoners, pass
cd. The senate bill authorizing Ohio, In
diana and Illinois, to prosecute suits
against the United States in the supreme
court on account of sales of public lands
in each state. passed. The senate bill
in relation to the Venezuela mixed COM
mission passed. After an executive
session the senate adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, June 12-House The
house after the morning hour went into
a committee ofthe whole on the sundry
civil appropriation bill and after long
debate took recess until evening. AT
the evening session the house again
took up the sundry civil service bill and
debated until after midnight, then ad
journed without action.
THURSDAY, June 13-Senate.-At the
expiration of the morning hour
Voorhees, moved to take up the
bill to repeal the specie resumption act,
which led to a discussion. The motion
: Of Mr.. NOorhees was at last adopted
Then after another long discussion the
substitute of Mr.. Voorhees, for the
finance committees report was re-
jected, ayes 80, nays 80. The ques-
ton then required on the amended
substitute Of the committee on
finance for the house bill, and it was
agreed to; yeas, 80. nays, 90 The bill
having been considered in committee
of the whole, it was reported to the
senate and passed; ayes, 45; nays. Is.
After the introduction of a few bills,
WHICH Nc1c E)ldCou O11 tIlC CdIcIlStl,
the bill to create a sinking fund for the
Kansas Pacific railroad was taken up,
but before any action was taken the
senate adjourned.
THURSDAY, June 13-House The house
held two long sessions on the sundry
civil appropriation bill and at midnight
after having sufficiently subsidized a
majority Of the districts passed the bill.
FRIDAY, June 14th-Senote.- In the
senate the house bill appropriating
$4,000 for public building in New
York, to be used as barge office, was
passed. The house bill legalizing the
collection of head money already paid
on land grants, was passed. The commit
tee on privileges and elections reported
adversely on the joint resolution pro
posing an amendment to the constitu-
ton forbidding disfranchisement of per-
sons on account of sex. Mr.. Hoar will
submita minority report. The reports
were ordered printed, and the joint reso-
luton was placed on the calendar with
the adverse report.
After the passage OF number of
bills on the calendar, consideration was
resumed of unfinished business, being
the bill to create sinking fund to pay
, the Indebtedness due the government by
the Kansas Pacific railroad. After a
brief discussisn, the bill passed.
FRIDAY, June 14-House.-A bill passed
authorizing a settlem ent of claims of
: the estate of the late Admiral A. G.
Dahlgreen. Mr.. Burchard moved
to suspend the rules and
81 n1I1fIo
that the forty-fourth congress in joint
meeting declared R. B. Hayes and w.
: A. Wheeler respectively elected presi-
: dent and ce-president, and declaring
| that no subsequent house or congress
has power to reverse that action. and
: that any attempt to annul or disregard
such action or title of the president
: based thereon, is revolutionary, and is
hereby disapproved by this house,
: which was agreed to-yeas 215, nays 81.
The nays were: Blackburn, Bliss,
Boone, Brigg, Cooke, Cox IN. Y. Elan,
Fuller, Hamilton, Hardenburgh,
, Henckle, Henry, Hewitt IN. Y. May
; han, Phelps, Pridemore, Robertson.
: Smith (Ga.), Springer, Southland and
Warner. The following is the resolu-
ton:
RESOLVED, That the second house of the
44th congress having counted the votes
| cast for president and vice-president of
, the United States, and having declared
Rutherford B. Hayes and William A.
Wheeler duly elected president anu
: vice, president, there is no power in any
: subsequent congress to reverse that de-
| claration; nor can any such power be
| exercised by the courts Of the United
States, or any other tribunal that con
, gress can create under the constitution.
DR.. De KOyen's DeclinatiOn.