Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-12-18
THE XLVI CONGRESS.

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of subsidiary silver coin, and asked its in
definite postponement. So ordered.
Also the senate bill to authorize the Sec
retary of the treasury to issue ten mil
| lion dollars of 4 per cent bonds, for the
payment of arrears of pensions, and
asked its indefinite postpenement. So
! ordered. Without debate or discussion,
| the senate, this afternoon, confirmed the
nomination of secretary Nc Creary to be
United States circuit judge for the eighth
| circuit.
TUESDAY, Dec. a-House-Mr. Pound
| introd uced joint resolution proposing
an amendment TO the constitution, pro-
viding that after the 4th of March, 1885,
| the president and vice president shall
| hold effice for six years, aud hall be in
| eligible for more than one term consecu-
| tive, and that members of congress be
elected for three years. Referred. The
| speaker then had called the list of
states for bills for reference
Mr. Myers introduced a bill to retire the
| national bank circulation, and substitute
| the U. S. treasury notes therefor. Mr..
Frost introduced resolutions of sympathy
| with the distressed people of ireland,
Mr.. Kelley-proposing constitutional
amendment prohibiting general legisla-
tion ON appropriation bills, and allow
| ing G veto OF any one or more Of the
| items in such bills. Numerous other
| bills of less importance were introduced
when the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 0-iSenate-Among
| the bills introduced were the folio wing !:
| To authorize the erection Of a statue in
| honor of Chief Justice John Marshall 4;
| to Teco gnize and pay certain claims due
by the state of West Virginia, to citizens
| thereof, for services rendered the United
| States in the late war and which are
properly chargeable to the United States.
On motion Of Mr.. ingalls,, the bills now
on the calendar reported by him, April
7, 1879, for the relief of the central branch
Of the Union Pacific railway company
was Indefinitely postponed. The resolu-
| ton offered by Davis of West Virginia,
calling on the secretary of the treasury
for statement of the amounts paid out
of the treasury since 1864, on private
claims growing out of the late war, was
finally adopted by party vote, the dem
ocrats voting for and the republicans
against it. The concurrent resolution
to adjourn from Dec. 10 to Jan. 6, was
adopted.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10.--House-Mr
Burrows, Of Mich gan, introduced joint
resolution proposing al amendment 10
the constitution declaring that poiygamy
shall not exist in the United States and
that congress shall have power to enforce
this provision by appropriate legislation.
Consideration of the political assessment
Dill was postpsE3a until January Z. A
lsng debate occurred en- the question oe
axing the salary Of the supreme
court reporter. The salary was finally
fixed at $4,000.
THURSDAY, Dec, 11.-Senate-Senator
Allison, from the committee on Indian
affairs, reported with two amendments,
joint resolution that the secretary of the
interior be authorized through a COM
mission of five persons, to be appointed
by the president, to negotiate with the
Ute Indians for their removal from Col
orado. This resolution provoked long
debate, but was finally adopted with an
amendment that in no case should those
Indians be sent to the Indian Territory.
Several private appropriation bills were
passed. The bill approprlating $2e0,000
fer the erection Of military posts on the
Rio Grande frontier, was passed. After
q short executive session the senate
adjourned until Monday.
THURSDAY, Dec. 11-House.-Mr.
Acklin, introduced bill authorizing
the appointment by the president of
commission Of engineers to examine the
surveys of the contemplated canal across
the Isthmus Of Panama. Mr.. Shelby
offered a preamble and resolution, recit-
ing that a large number of citizens of
certain states have been induced through
false representations OF certain persons,
to leave their homes for the purpose Of
immigrating to other states, and that
they have failed for want Of funds to
reach their destination, and are without
TODD and proper clothing, and providing
for select COMMITTEES to investigate the
causes of such immigration. to sit, dur
ing recess, and report such measures as
the exigency may require. Gr. Converse,
from the committee en- public lands, re,
ported a bill amending the act to grant
additional rights to homestead settlers
on the public lands within
railroad limits, approved March
Sd, 1879. Converse stated that under
that act homesteaders who occupied so
acres, were authorized to select so addi-
tional acres without payment of registry
fees. The present bill simply provided
that the registry fees should be paid for.
The bill was PASSED. The invalid pen
sion appropriation bill was reported,
ordered printed and recommitted. II
appropriates S32,0G0,000; about S3,000,-
600 more than last year.
FRIDAY, Dec. 1s-Senate-The senate
was not in session.
FRIDAY Dec. 12.-Housc.-Among the
bills introduced were the following: For
the appointment of an Inter Oceanic
commission to determine the best plaE
and route for the establishment of com
munication for trade and commerce be
tween the Atlantic and Pacific, across the
Isthmus Of Darien; to prevent the retire
ment of grcenbacks and in favor of sub
stitutins them for national bank notes,
and for the free coinage of sill
yer The fertilization bill, which
was the same as that of last year, with
only slight modification, was passed.
Among the amendments was one appro
priating $3.50 900 for batteries for the de-
fense of Galveston. The pension bill
was also finally considered in committee
Of heMhole, and passed.-It anpropri-
ates $50, ,424, ,O00, as against s29, ,266,U00
last year. The house theR took up pri-
vate bills, and after a long discussion,
passed bill appropriating $4,000 as an
indemnity and compensation to the wild
ow and heirs of Henry Leef, in conse-
quence of the illegal seizure Of the bark
Mary T.sers, by the United States con-
sui at Bahua, Brazil. The claim had been
before congress for thirty years, and had
five times been reported favorably to the
heuse by the committee on commerce.
The house adjourned until Monday.
Cause and Effect.