Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-05-30

colonies, $500; Northumberland
$1,000; majors, s., 500; captains, mount
ed, $1,000; captains, not mounted,
81, 800. adjutants, S1,S00; regimental
quartermasters, 81 800; first lieutenants,
mounted, $1,000; first lieutenants, not
mounted, $1,000; second lieutenants,
mounted, 81, 800; second ieutenants,
not mounted, 81 400; chaplains, 81, ,5O0
store-keepers, except at Springfield,
Mass, 81 800 The foregoing is to be in
full of pay and allowances except Ion
. gevity, which is to be ten per cent. for
every term of five years service, not to
exceed in the aggregate forty per cent.
nor $500 a year. On motion of Mr..
Dunnell, this longevity was also extend
ed to chaplains who had been excluded
by the bill. No change was made in
the section as to fuel and forage to be
allowed. Several minor amendments
were made, and then an amendment
was offered transferring the Indian bu-
reau from the interior to the war de-
partment. This was debated a long
time, therepublicans opposing, the dem
ocrats favoring it, and without action
the house adjourned.
MONDAY, May 27-Seaate.-In the
senate Mr.. Beck introduced bill to
repeal existing taxes on capital and
deposits of banks and bankers and
to impose taxes on dividends in
excess of eight per cent; referred.
Mr.. Blaine said regarding the CORES
pondence recently submitted to the
senate relating to the appointment of
Delfosse as member of the Halifax
commission ON fisheries, the newspa-
pers said the Belgian government COM
planned that anything should have been
withheld. He now offered as an act of
justice to Delfosse, owing to the in
sutfciency Of the former resolution, the
following:
Resolued, That the president of the
United States be requested, if not in his
Judgment incompatible with public in
terest, to communicate to the senate
copies Of all correspondence not hereto
fore submitted, and of all memoranda
and minutes in possession Of the gov
ment relating to the selection of NJ
Maurice Delfosse as one of the COM
missioners under the treaty of Wash
ington of the fisheries question. The
resolution was agreed to. Considera-
ton was then resumed ofthe bill
providing permanent form of govern
ment for the District of Columbia.
The bill having been considered in
committee of the whole was reported
to the senate and the amendments
made in the committee were concurred
in. The bill was then read third time
and passed. Mr.. Ferry moved to take
up the house bill to forbid the further
retirement of legal tender notes.
After long discussion on the merits
of general bills, which various senators
were pressing. the motion Of Mr.. Ferry
to take up the bill to forbid the further
retirement of legal tender notes was
agreed to; yeas, %; nays, 26. Ad-
| journed.
MONDAY, May 27-House.-Under
a call of states bills were introduced;
to regulate the sale of United States
securities. 1t makes it unlawful for
the secretary of the treasury to en-
/ ter into any contract or negotiation Of
bonds now authorized, issued or sold,
whether for funding the national debt
or any other purpose: with any bank
ing associations or individual or combi-
nation of banking associations unless
he shall first invite proposals by adver-
tsements for not less than three weeks
in five newspapers, that proposal to be
accepted which may be most adyan-
tageous to the government; to estab-
lisn a permanent sinking fund. 1t
provides that there shall be appro-
priated for the fiscal year commenc-
ing July 1873, and for each sue
ceeding year out of the custom
revenues, II e sum of one hundred
million dollars which shall be applied
first, to pay interest on the public debt;
second. to the purchase OF so much of
the outstanding principal of the public
debt as can be purchased or redeemed
at not more than par and accrued in
terest on all bonds SO purchased or re-
deemed to cease to bear interest, and to
be cancelled and destroyed. 1t abro-
ffates the act providing for the annual
sinking fund Section five of the bill
provides that the act shall be known as
the sinking fund act of 1873, to establish
national university at Washington.
The house then went into committee
OF the whole on the army appropria-
ton, the question being on the amend
ment of Mr.. Scales to transfer the con-
troll of the Indians to the war depart
ment. After debate the amend
ment was adopted--113 to 10Y.
Mr.. Knott moved to amend, prohib-
iting under penalties of fine and i'm
plisonment the employment of any
part of the army as posse, or other
wise under preteXt or for the purpose
of executing the laws, except in cases
and under such circumstances as such
employment of troops may be express
| ly authorized by act of con-
gress. After q long discussion
Mr.. Knott's amendment was agreed
to; 120 to 49, The committee then
rose and reported the bill and amend
ments to the house. The first vote
taken in the house was on the amend
ment increasing the limitation of the
strength of the army from 10000 to
5000 men. The vote resulted ayes
116, nays 120. All the republicans
: voted in the affirmative and had for
allies on the democratic side all the
Texas members except Reagan who
voted nay, Patterson, Williams, OF
Michigan, and Wigginton. Mr.. Gar
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 III to 119
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 tC
lay the motion to reconsider on the Ia
BILE. This recognition of Hewitt by the
. speaker was resented by Garfield, who