Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-21
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

United States and foreign countries.
Consid Grafton was resumed of the
bill making appropriation for legisla-
tive, executive and judicial expenses OF
the government for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1880, and for other pur-
poses. Adjourned without action.
SATURDAY, May 1O-House-A bill
,as reported from the commit
re on revision Of laws, and passed,
amending the law relating to writs of
prohibition and mandamus; also the
Ill relating to widows of pensioners Of
ne war of 1912, SO as to give pensions to
women who are the second time wild
ows. Opposition was made to the lat
ter bill, as being change of the pen
sion laws, and, on motion Of Mr..
Garfield, it was referred to the pension
committee. The bull prohibiting the
presence of the military at the places
of elections was presented, as enrolled.
1t was signed by the speaker, and was
sent to the president pro tenn. of the SEN
ate. At the expiration of the morning
hour, consideration was resumed of the
Warner silver bill, but no vote was Ia
ken.
MONDAY, May 12-Senote The senate
gave the session to debate on the leg
islative appropriation bill, but adjourn
ed without reaching vote.
MONDAY, May 12-House.- A
large number of bills were intro
duced and referred. At 2:16 P. NJ, a
message from the president was receiv-
ed, supposed to be veto message Of
the bill prohibiting military interfer-
ence at the polls Mr.. Dibbrell
moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill imposing tax Of 2
per cent.in excess of incomes over s., 600
comes over three thousand dollars; re-
jected; yeas 1O4, nays 81, not the neces-
sary two-thirds in the affirmative.
The speaker then, at 2:5S p. NJ, laid
before the house the presidents veto of
the military interference bill. There
was considerable applause on the re-
publican side when the sentence was
read which insists that the power of
the federal authority to supply troops
when necessary should not be interior
ed with. and there was an incredulous
sheer on the democratic side at the
presidents assurance that he desired to
act in harmony with congress. The re-
publican applause was repeated at the
reading of sentences relating to Presi-
dent Jackson crushing notification and
troops to save the union In 1861, also
at the allusion Of the hostility of the
state government, and again at the sug
gestion that the bill was an intrusion Of
state supervision amounting IN spirit
and tendency to state supremacy. On
conclusion of the reading Knott offered
resol ution directing the message to be
entered in the journal and that the
house will proceed tomorrow to
consider the same; agreed to.
Mr.. Deering moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill making approp-
riations for the support of the army.
Mr.. Knott thereupon interposed a
motion to adjourn which was defeated
yeas 81, nays 24O. The democrats vot-
ing against adjournment were Black
burn, Bliss, Bloun, Clymer, Coffroth,
Culberson, FELTON,. Geddes, Martin, w.
Va, Martin, n. Y, Person, Poehlers,
Robertson, and Williams. The green
hackers voting no were De La Matyr.
Ford, Jones, Lowe, Murch, Steven
son and Weaver. Laid voted yea.
The bouse then proceeded to vote on
the motion to suspend the rules and
pass the army appropriation bill, being
the same introduced to-day by Young
and To Hnsend, of Ohio, the same as the
regular house bill without the
sixth and nineth sections. The
motion was rejected. Yeas 100,
nays 100. AS between the democrats
and republicans it was strictly party
vote, the democrats all voting no and
the republicans all voting aye. Of the
greenbackers De La Matyr, Ford, Gil
iette, Jones, Lowe, Murch Stevenson
and Weaver voted yea, and Ladd nay.
The result of the vote was greeted with
clappirg of hands on the democratic
side and with counter demonstrations
on the republican side. The house at
4:3O adjourned.
TUESDAY, May 13-Sea,ote Consider
alton was resumed of the legislative
executive and judicial appropriation bill.
A motion was made to strike out the
following clause, namely: In order
to provide for the speedy payment
of arrearages of pensions the secretary
Of. the treasury is hereby authorized
and directed to issue Immediately,
in payment thereof. the $1O,0OO,0OO
in legal tender currency now in the
treasury, Kept as special fund for
the redemption of fractional currency.
A long debate followed. A vote was
then taken on striking out the
said clause as recommended by
the committee on appropriations,
directing the secretary of the treas
ury to pay arrearages of pensions
with the ten million kept as special
fund for the redemption of fractional
currency. It was decided in the mega
tive; yeas 25, rays 81, and therefore
the clause remains in the bill. The SEN
ate, after action on some other parts
of the bill of no general interest, adj
journed.
TUESDAY, May 13- House. = Mr..
Knott then called up the veto mes
sage and demanded the previous
question on the passage of the military
hill ouor