Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-26
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.


were introduced: To revive the board OF
commissioners of Alabama claims; to
reorganize the army; to repeal the act
requiring a test oath. The following
standing committees were submitted
and adopted
Privileges and Elections Salisbury, chairman;
Hill (Ga.), Herman, Bailey, Houston, Vance, Cam
eron wis J. Hoar, ingalls,.
Foreign Relations Eaton, chairman; Johns
ton, Morgan, Hill (Ga), Pendleton, Hamlin,
COnkling, KirkwOod, Carpenter.
| Finance-Bayard chairman; Herman Wallace,
| Voorhees,, Beck, Morrill,, Ferry Jones (Ney), Al
| liSOn.
Appropriate ns-Dawes wv. Va, chairman;
Wthers, Beck, Wallace, Eaton, Window, Allison,
Blaine, Booth.
Commerce Gordon chairman: Ransom; Ran
dolph, Hereford, Coke, Conkling, Mcmillan,
| Jones (Ney), Chandler.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., chairman; Mcpherson,
Williams, Rollins, Dawes.
l. Agricnlture-JOhnStonc chairman; Davis CIV.
Va), Hampton, Slater, Paddock, Sharon, Hoar
Military Atfars-Randolph, chairman; Cock
rel, Maxey. Grover, Hampton, Burnside, Plumb,
Cameron, (Pa), Logan.
Naval Affairs-McPherson. chairman; Whyte,
Jones Fla2 Vance. Farley, Anthony, Blaine
Cameron (Pal, Chandler.
Judiciary-Thurman, chairman; Mcdonald,
Bayard, Garland, Lamar, Davis Ql.), Edmunds,
Postottices and Fostroads-Maxey, chairman:
Salisbury. Bailey, Houston Groome, Ferry,
Public Lands-McDonald. chairman: Jones
| (Fla.j, Grover, MCPHERSON, Walker, Plumb, Pad
dock, Booth, Hill tCal
Private Land Clalms-Edmunds, chairman; Al
lison, Window, Davis Oh. }, Jonas.
| Indian Affalrs-COke, chairman: Pendleton,
Walker Slater, Williams, Allison ingalls,, saun-
Pensions-Withels, chairman; MCPHERSON,
Groome, Call, Farley, Ingalls,, Kellogg, Patt.
Revolutionary Caims-Anthony, chairman;
Dawes Mcmillan, Jones (Fla) Hill (Ga)
| Claims-Cockrel, chairman Hereford, Harris,
Groome, Houston, Mcmillan, Cameron Wis.,,
Teller, HOar.
District of Columbia-Harrs chairman: WHITE
Withers, Butler, Vance, ingalls,, Rollins, Dawes
Mcmillan.
Patents-Ke1nan, chairman Coke, Slater Call,
Public Buildings and Grounds-Jones, (Fla.)
chairman; Salisbury, Vest Dawes, Morrill,.
| Territories Garland, chairman; Butler, Vest,
Slater, Saunders, Kellogg Logan
Railroads-Ransom, chairman; Lamar, Eaton,
Groyar, Williams, Pendleton, Jonas, Dawes, Tel
Ter, Sanders Window.
Zines and Mning-Hereford, chairman: Cor
don, Mcdonald, Farley. Cameron, Pa) PLUMB,
Hill, (Cal.).
Revision of Laws Wallace, chairman; Herman,
Davis Ol.), Hoar Mcmillan.
Education and LabOr-Balley, chairman; Cor
don, Maxey, Randolph, Burnside, Morrill, Bruce
Sharon.
Civil Service and Observation-Disclosures chair
man; Whyte, Beck, Walker, Teller, Chandler, Rol-
Inns
TO Audit and Control Contingent Expenses of
Senate-Hill, Ca chairman; Davis, CIV. Va),
Jones, New
/
Library-voorhees, chairman; Ransom, Ed
munds. $685.
Edgrossed Rules-Morgan, chairman; Cockrell,
| Blaine.
Engrossed Bills--Conkling, chairman; Jones,
! (NeV.) Withers.
Enrolled Bills-Vance, chairman; Call, RoI-
Inns.
Improvement of the Mississippi River and It's
| Tributaties-Lamar, chairman; COckrell, Harris,
Jonas Blaine, Kellogg
Transportation Routes to seaboard-Beck,
chairman; Johnston, voorhees,, Hampton, Cam
| erOn, (Wis.), Cameron, (Pa.), Window.
| Select Committees TO Examine Several Branch
es Of Civil Service-Vest, chairman, Eaton, Cor
don, Logan Hamlin.
TO take into consideration state of law respect
ing, ascertaining and declaration Of the result Of
elections of President and Vice President OF
United States-MOrgan, chairman: Bay ard, Thur-
man, Johnston, Garland, Davis (llt. }, Edmunds,
Conkling, Teller.
10 Investigate finance report, books and
counts of treasury departnent-Dav (W Va.h
chairman; Beck, Whyte, Ingalls, Dawes. And 1t
| is provided that such cOmml tee shall nave all
rights and powers conferred by the resolution OF
Nov 10, 1877, creating the original committee On
that subject.
To make provision for taking the 10th census
PendletOn, chairman; Morgan, Herman, Harris
| Davis Qll), Morrill,. Cameron (Wis.)
TO investigate and report the best means OF
preventing the introduction and spread OF epid-
land, Jonas, Paddock, Sharon Platt.
70 Inquire into alleged frauds N late elections
Wallace, chairman: Bailey, Garland McDon-
aid. Herman, Teller Cameron (Wls.), HARDWOOD,
Hoar. And it is provided that such committee
shall have all rights and powers conferred by the
resolutions of Dec. and 49, 1873. creating the
original committee, and OF Feb "a 1879 adding
TO such power.
To examine into circumstances connected with
the removal of northern Cheyennes from the
Sioux reservation to Indian territory kirkWood,
chairman: Dawes Plumb, Coke Bailey.
TO inquire into claims of citizens OF the United
States against the government Of Nicaragua
Hampton, chairman; Conkling, kirkwood. Eaton,
Morgan.
The senate then listened to the read
ing of the presidents message, which
was as follows:
Fe1toeo Citizens Of the Senate and Rouse Of Rep
reSentdtiUes' {
The failure of the last congress to make the re-
quiste appropriations for legislative and Judicial
| purposes and for the expenses Of the several eX-
ecutive departments of the government, ard for
the support OF the army, has made 1t necessaryto
call special session Of the Forty-slXth Con-
gress. =.
which were sent to congress by the Secretary OF
the Treasury at the opening of the last session,
are renewed, and are herewith transmitted TO
both the Senate and House o. Representatives.
Regretting the eXistance of an emergency which
requires special session of congress at time
when it is the general judgement of the country
that the public welfare viii be best promoted by
permanency in our legislation, and by peace and
rest, cOmmend these few necessary III assures te
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
Washington March 10, 1879.
Accompanying the message are esti-
mates from the secretary, Of money
needed for the army and the legislative,
executive and judicial branches Of
government. These estimates are
the same as those submitted at
the opening Of the last session,
except the items provided for at the SEES
sion. The last congress made provision
, For III q ~, Tito wv aca damv at West Point
and for the ratification armament. This
leaves, according to the estimates, $685.
$40, 500 to be appropriated for the army.
None of the Legislative, executive and
judicial appropriations were provided
for, even in part 1t is estimated that
these expenses will be SIG, 62O,6O1. To
these appropriations is also to be added
the item for court expenses, which is
generally placed in the sundry civil bill,
but which was left out of that bill at the
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