The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-02-14
WHOLE NO. 1917.

10 the committee on appropriations, together with
amendment approprlating 50 600 10 pay the sal
aries of the additional commissioners.
tion then resumed of the silver bill, and Hill
made q speech against il. He was followed by
Withers in favor of the BILL after whom Davis, Of
West Virginia took the floor, but yielded for ex-
ecutive session. W hen the doors were reopened
the senate adjourned.
4 House.
! FRIDAY, February S.-Sapp intro
duced bill to aid in the construction OF railroad
from point opposite Memphis, on the Mississippi,
10 Jefferson, Austin and san Antonio, Texas, and
then 10 point near FL PasO. Referred. Harris,
chairman OF the committee on elections, made re-
port on the louisiana contested election case, de-
claring that Da rail-, the sitting member is not en-
titled sea, and that Joseph II. Acklin, the con-
teStsnt is. Price presented the views OF the minor
tv, with resolution that Darrall is entitled 10 the
seat. Thornburg stated for himself, Waite and His
Geek that they had signed neither report, and they
would file their views. The house then went into
committee Of the whole on the private calendar
The first bill taken up was one to appropriate SIS
I30 to pay w. II. Newman and L. A. Van Hoffman,
of New York, in full for the use OF the Pioneer
mills, in Alexandria, by the United States authori-
ties during the late war. A warm DEBATE ensued,
and the committee aid reported the pii 10 the
house with the recommendations that II do pass.
The bill then reiected-yeas "a, nays lo9......
Adjourned.
( SATURDAY, February 9.-The session
/ of the house to-day was for general debate only.
/ Hewitt, of Alabama, occupied the chair. There
was a very small attendance OF members.
Senate.
MONDAY, February ia large num-
ber OF petitions from all parts OF the country in
/ favor OF a sixteenth amendment TO the constitu-
tion prohibiting states from disfranchising persons
account of sex, presented and referred; also
/ petitions for and against the reconciliation OF
the silver dollar, and for the repeal OF the resump-
tion Ferry introduced bill to provide for a
water route to facilitate transportation between
Lake Michigan and Lake Conkling from the
( committee on commerce, reported favorablv the
senate bill for holding the terms of the United
States district court for the southern district
of Iowa al Burlington, lowa.....At the conclusion
OF the mornings business the senate resumed con-
sideraton of the silver bil and Davis OF West Nir
giuia, Salisbury and Coke spoke i'll favor thereof.
Mcdonald then took the floor with the understand
ing that he should proceed with his remarks to-
morrow, and the senate adjourned.
House.
! MONDAY, February 1.-THE speaker
announced the regular order the motion to lay on
the table the motion to reconsider the vote by
which the house last Friday refused to pass the
bill for the relief of W. Ii. Newman and l.. A.
Van Hoffman, known as the "Alexandria mill
I bill" The motion 10 lay on the table pre-
/ vailed-yeas l26 and nays 10, which dis
poses of the bill . Bills introduced and referred
Prohibiting the secretary of the treasury from pur
chasing any bonds for the reduction OF the principal
OF the national debt until strict compliance with the
provisions of the law shall require it, for the pay
ment of 100000 10 the heirs of Count c. Pulaski
| for the survey OF and estimates Tor ship canal
with stone sides and bottom from the mouth of the
Mississippi river to St. Louis, with branches to
Pittsburg Chicago, st. Paul and Omaha; to fix the
time for the election OF representatives from the
state OF Colorado ....T The house then went into
committee of the whole upon the military academy
appropriation bill, and after short debate the
committee rose and the house adjourned.