Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-18
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY,

SATURDAY, June 7-House-The house
went into committee of the whole on
the bill making additional appropria-
tons for the service of the postoffice
department. After increasing the ap-
preparation the bill passed and the house
adjourned till Monday.
MONDAY, June 9-Seaate. Cokes
resolution to.discharge the finance COM
mittee from further consideration of
the Warner silver bill and to declare it
before the senate for action, was laid
before the senate but postponed till to-
morrow, on motion of Voorhees,.
A motion by Burnside for an executive
session was rejected-ayes 10, noes 81.
On motion Of Harris the Mcdonald
bill authorizing employment of militia,
land and naval force of the Uni ted
States in certain cases, was taken up
and Harris made aspeech in support of
the bill. When Harris closed the SEN
ate adjourned.
MONDAY, June 9-House.-A motion
to suspend the rules and adopt a reso-
lutionfor investigation in regard to
construction Of public buildings was
defeated-yeas lis, nays 80, not the
necessary two-thirds in the affirmative.
MIR. Atkins, chairman On appropria-
tons, reported back substitute for the
legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill which WAS reported and
recommitted last week. He stated it
was a unanimous report. Atkins, by
unanimous consent made a statement
In regard to the bill. He said it diff
fered from the bill reported few days
since and recommitted. The principal
feature of difference between the SUBJ
stitute and original bill consisted in an
appropriation Of $15O,00O for payment
of salaries of store keepers and gaugers,
made necessary by increase of distiller
les IN the southern states within the
last few months. 1t was really in the
nature of deficiency but the COM
mittee had thought it very important
that the appropriation should be made.
The present bill did not increase
single salary excepting the pay of mes
sengers from $500 to 500 and
of laborers from 5000 to $500.
In the increase of clerical force in the
pension Office, in compliance with the
request of the committee, it renovated
the present law with certain elimina-
tons. There were no so-called political
restrictions in the bill. The restrictions
in the vetoed bill which had created
such contest on the floor, were not en-
braced in the present bill, nor was the
appropriation for contingent expenses
for courts amounting to $780, 900. 1t
was upon that portion Of the bill that
the restrictive clause had been placed
in regard to payment of supervisors
and deputy marshals. That matter
would be embraced in a subsequent
bill, supplemental bill, which would
be reported by his friend from
Ohio, McMahon. Mr.. Hawley,
member of the minority Of that
committee, said that the republic
ans generally were very much op-
posed to the bill in its present form
and would much prefer to pass the reg
ular appropriation bill Of last session,
minus the political section. There
were very serious objections to the bill
by reason of it's complication and it's
obscurity. It provided substantially.
be supposed, for all the necessities Of
the government in that direction. It
had been entrusted a good deal, and
rightfully, to the chairman of the COM
mittee, and members of the committee
haG consented unanimously to waive
any objections to 1t. 1t contained no
political matter and therefore the
republican members rather consented
to its passage than approved OF it.
NJ,
to suspend the rules and pass the bill,
and the motion was carried without
division. Immediately afterwards
Cabell and Cox intimated a desire for a
division. A division was called for and
the vote resulted yeas 1873, noes 81.
The negative votes were given by
Cabell, Caldwell. Clark. (Mo.,) Cox,
Dunn, Elan, Finley, Frost, Gunter,
Hinkle, Hurd, Knott, Manning, Nc
MILAN, Nichols, Robertson, Slemons,
Smith, IN. Y. TurrRr, (O.,) Whitthorne
and Wilson. Mr.. Mcmahon, from the
committee on appropriations, reported
bill making appropriations for judicial
expenses of the government for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1880. Ord
cred printed and recommitted. Ad
jOurned.
TUESDAY, June 10-Semdte. legis-
lative, executive and judicial appropri-
alton billwas received from the house
and referred to the committee on ap-
preparations. A concurrent resolution,
providing for adjournment on the
18th, was also received and referred
to the committee on appropriations.
Mr.. Coke showed to take, up and con-
slider a resolution discharging the COM
mittee on finance from further consid-
Grafton of house bill No. 564-Warner
silver bill--and declaring it before the
senate for action. The vote on taking
up the resolution was, yeas 81, nays %.
as follows:
YEAS.
Bailey, Hereford, Slater.
Beck, Hill, Ga, Thurman,
Call, Houston, Vance,
Coke, JONES' Vest,
Davis, Ill., Maxey, Voorhees,,
Garland, Pendeton, Walker,
Harris, Salisbury, Wallace-2l.
NAYS.
Allison, Eaton Lamar,
ROOth Ferry. 7 ouan