Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-10
Congressional Summary.

to years the time for completing the
Northern Pacific road. Placed on the
calendar. Mr.. Window dissented from
the report and introduced another bill.
Referred to committee on railroads.
Mr.. Ingalls, introduced a bill to levy a
tax on spirituous and malt liquors in
the District of Columbia by the intro
duction of the Moffat bell-pudch. The
bill to regulate the advertising of mail
lettings and for other purposes, was
taken up and after the adoption of
sundry arrangements, passed. At the
expiration of the morning hour, Mr..
Beck took the floor in advocacy of the
| judiciary committee and the Pacific
railroad funding bill. Without coming
to a vote the senate adjourned.
MONDAY, April 1.-House.- the
house bills were introduced for the fl
nancial relief of the country, and to
facilitate return to specie payment
without injuriously affecting the COM
nercial business of the people. 1t di-
reefs the secretary Of the treasury
when the amount of coin and bull
lion in the treasury shall exceed 100
millions to redeem the present out
standing United States legal tender
notes when presented in sums of ST. 900
and upward with coin of full standard
value; to prevent the reduction
of the national currency by fraudulent
ly withdrawing legal tender notes from
circulation; declaring the waters of
the Hot Springs of Arkansas forever
free to the people; granting juris-
diction to the court of claims upon the
claims of officers and soldiers of the late
war; to establish and maintain speedy
communication with neighborhood
republics, colonies and islands: to
provide for a mere efficient civil
service In the United States; con-
tinuing until February LIST, 1879.
the term of Office of the Hot Springs
commission; providing for the defci-
ency in the appropriation for public
p hitting and binding for thepresent fiscal
year. Mr.. Durham, reported back from
the committee on appropriations, bill
providing for temporary clerks in the
treasury department, and for detecting
trespassers on public lands; recon-
mending concurrence in senate
amendment, which provides no
money appropriated by the bill
shall be issued to collect any charge for
wood or timber cut on public lands of
territories for the use of actual settlers
and not exported from the territories;
and non-concurrence in all other senate
amendments with the exception of the
amendment appropriating twelve thous-
surgeon generals office, which was con-
CURED in; yeas 1S4, nays Al, notwith-
standing the negative recommendation
of the committee. Mr.. Cumming
moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill providing all pen
siOns on account of death or wounds
received or wounds contracted in the
service of the United States during the
late war which have been granted or
may hereafter be granted, shall COM
mence from date Of death or discharge
from service of the United States, for
payment of arrears of pension, and re-
pealing section 4,717 revised statutes,
which provides that no claim for pen
sions not prosecuted to successful issue
within five wears from date of filing, the
same shall be admitted without record
evidence from the war or navy depart
ment. Defeated; ayes, AS; nays 76.
not two-thirds voting in the affirmative.
TUESDAY, April -Senute.-The senate
discussed the railway sinking fund bill
for time, and then after an executive
session adjourned.
TUESDAY, April 2.-House.- The house
4. gave the session to discussion of the
case of doorkeeper Polk and without
coming to any decision adjourned.
WEDNESDAY,, April 5.-Senate. The
senate spent the whole session in discus
sing the two bills in relation to the debt
of the Pacific railways, and owing to
the sickness Of Sen. Booth of California
a vote was postponed again and the
senate adjourned
WEDNESDAY, April 3.-House.-Tn
the house of representative long and
somewhat partisan debate occurred up
on the report of the committee to de
clare the Office of doorkeeper of the
house vacant. No action was taken and
the house without transactlng any other
business adjourned.
THURSDAY, April 4.-Se,aote the
senate Mr. Anthony, from the com
thittee on printing, reported a resolu-
llO1 W p1ulb Ac,OOO COplcS VI CIlc ItpOI,
of the commissioner of agricul
? ture on forestry. Agreed to-
, Mr. Morrill, offered a resolution pro.
viding for select committee of seven
to consider the propriety of taking the
tenth census. He said an arrange
: ment had to be made during the pres
ent congress for taking the tenth cen
sus, and as the next session was short
one, preliminary steps should now be
taken. The resolution was agreed to
At the expiration of the morning
hour consideration was resumed of un
finished business, the Pacific railroad
funding bill, and Mr.. Matthews replied
to the argument against the railroad
: committees bill. At the conclusion of his
, remarks Mr. Matthews said he would
withdraw the bill of the railroad
committee which he had offered as a
substitute, in order that there might be
O diraot vote on tho dioiorv com n, II