Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-12-26

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Eustis MCPHERSON,
NAYS.
Allison, Dawes, Morgan,
Anthony, Eaton, Morrill,
Bayard, Hamlin, Paddock,
/ Elaine, Hoar, Plumb,
| Booth, Howe, Rollins,
Burnside Ingalls,, unders,
! Butler, Herman, Teller,
Cameron (Wis.), ,Kirkwood Voorhees,,
Christiancy, Mcmillan, WAdlegh
! Conkling. Mitchell, Windom-31.
| Davis (Ill.6
Mr.. Blaine's resolution in regard to
southern elections was then called up
and elected a long debate. An amend
ment offered by Mr.. Butler, of South
Carolina, that the proposed committee
of investigation should sit with open
doors was defeated by straight party
vote, democrats in the affirmative, re-
publicans in the negative. A similar
amendment offered by Davis, of West
Virginia, met the same fate. AS other
senators desired to discuss the resolu-
ton the senate adjourned.
| MONDAY, Dec. 16-HouSe.-Bills were
introduced: Providing for the pay
ment of duties on imports in United
States notes; reducing charge for post
office money orders to five cents; to
place James Shields on the army re-
tired list as brigadier-generai; for ex-
change of standard dollars for trade dol
lars; to limit the coinage of standard
silver dollars to five dollars per capita,
according to the census about to be
taken, and make them legal tender to
the amount of $50. for all debts; propo-
sing q penalty of 81, 900 to be imposed
upon any national banking association
for each Ofense on refusing to receive
or pay out standard dollars, same as
other lawful money, to appropriate
s., 3,500,000 for improvement of the Mis-
sisslppi; to remove political disaF ilitles;
to provide for the circulation of ma
tlonaI bank notes of less than five dol
| lars; to abolish the bureau of military
| justice. The District of Columbia bill
was then taken up, and when partially
considered the house adjourned.
TUESDAY, Dee. 17-Senate.. The con-
sular and diplomatic bill, with various
amendm ents, was passed. AS the bill
came from the house it appropriated
81, ,045, ,735, and the senate added $S2,-
100. The salaries of ministers to Great
Britain, France, Russia, Germany,
Spain, Austria, Italy, and other places,
were restored to their former figures.
Blaine's resolution regarding the consti-
tutional rights of citizens, with amend
ments, was passed by vote of 56 to 6.
The house resolution to adjourn over
the holidays was taken up, after being
amended to make the recess from Dec.
Goth to Jan. 9TH, was adopted. After
executive session the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, Dec. 17.-House-The en-
tire session was devoted to consider
alton of the bill appropriating $450,0O0
to meet the deficiency in the postal car
service. All am endments were rejected
and the bill passed, when the house ad-
journed.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18-Senate. The
house bill giving twenty condemned
West Point, passed. Other bills passed
as follows: Appropriating $4,000 to
pay expenses Of the joint committee on
yellow fever investigation; Mr.. Pad
docks bill to make the posse coneitatus
clause of the army bill imperative dur
ing the present fiscal year for that part
of the army engaged in putting down
Indian insurrecti0ns in Nebraska, Kan
sas. Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, and the
territories; the pension appropriation
bill. The senate insisted upon its
amendments to the consular and diplO-
matte bill and ordered conference
committee. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18.-House.-The
senate amendment to make the holiday
recess extend from December Goth to
January 7th was concurred IN. The
bill appropriating $50, 900 for yellow fe-
yer investigation was passed. The house
refused to concur in the late amend
ments to the fortification and diplomat
ic bills. The naval committee was
granted leave to sit during recess. Bills
were introduced: giving jurisdiction to
district and county courts IN Kansas
over Indian territory; for improving
the Yellowstone National Park.
THURSDAY, Dec. 19-Senate
were introduced: to reimburse the sew
eral states for interest paid on the war
loan, and for other purposes; to i'm
prove Little Kanawaha river in West
Virginia. Bills passed: appropriating
S450,000 for the transportation of mails
by railroads; to fix the rate Of interest
on bonds, authorized by said act, to be
issued by the commissioners of the
DlSlIICl vi SOIuulDld, anu OluCI DtlI-
poses. The latter bill passed by a vote
of 90 to 16. Mr.. Burnside explained
at some length the provisions of the
army bill, when it was laid aside, and
consideration of the bill to amend the
statutes in relation to patents was re-
sumed. Several amendments were of
fered and the bill laid aside until Jan
uary 7th. Vice President Wheeler an
nounced as a select committee to in
quire whether the constitutional rights
of citizens were violated in the recent
election in accordance with the resolu-
ton of Mr.. Blaine, adopted on Tues
day, Teller, Cameron, WIS. Kirkwood,
i Mitchell, Plumb, Wallace, Bailey and
Garland. Mitchell and Plumb declin-
ing to serve, their places were supplied
by the. appointment of Messrs. Hoar
and Mcmillan. After executive session,
senate adjourned.
THURSDAY, Dec. 19.-House.--J. G.
Young took the seat made vacant by