Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-17
YEAS.

Mr.. Bell was then sworn in. The
army bill was then taken up, but after
an executive session the senate ad-
journed, an attempt to adjourn over
Good Friday having failed.
THURSDAY, April 10-HouSe. e.-Consid-
Grafton of the legislative appropriation
bill was resumed. Mr.. Mcmahon of
fered an amendment repeating the sec
tions providing for biennial examina-
tions of pen,ioners, and concluding,
viz: In order to provide for the pay
ment Of arrears of pensions, the secre-
tary is directed to issue Immediately in
payment thereof, as they may be ad-
justed, the $I000O,000 of legal currency
now in the treasury, kept as special
fund for the redemption of fractional
currency. Mr.. Garfield raised point
Of order, which led to a discussion.
The chairman finally ruled that the
amendment was germane to the bill in
the direction of economy, and there
for it was in order; it was then further
amended by Mr.. Canon that fractional
currency may be redeemed in any class
of money in the treasury, and as thus
amended, was agreed to. Other amend
ments were adopted when, without &C
ton, the committee rose and the house
adjourned.
FRIDAY, April 11-Senate.-Mr. Gar
land, from the committee on epidemic
diseases, reported a joint resolution, set
ting forth the doubts existing as to the
legal organization Of the national board
of health and to remove them. The
resolution ratifes the organization and
action of that body. Agreed to. Six
sections of the army bill we're read and
the senate adjourned until Monday.
FRIDAY, April 11.-Hovse-The con-
sideration of the legislative appropria-
ton bill by the committee of the whole,
was continued. The amendment in
creasing the clerical force in the post
office department was adopted-yeas
105, nays 60. The appropriation for the
purchase and distribution OF seeds, etc.,
was increased from $65,00 to 500, 900.
Mr. Hunton submitted an amendment
increasing the appropriation for eradi-
eating infections from $50, 900 to $780,,
900. He stated that the object Of the
large increase was to stamp out the
disease known as plero pneumonia and
the only way known to eradicate dis
ease was to bury and kill diseased cat
tie, and cattle which have been subject
to contagion. Mr.. Sparks advocated
the amendments. He said it was vastly
important that the diseased cattle
should be Immediately eradicated.
Without disposing of the amendment
| the committee rose. The committees
were announced and the house ad-
| iourned until tomorrow.
SATURDAY, April 12-House-Con-
sideration was resumed in committee
of whole, of the legislative appropriation
bill, the pending amendment being that
of increasing to S250,000 the appropria-
ton for controlling and eradicating con-
tagious diseases among domesticated
animals. After a long debate, the whole
subject was stricken from the bill, and
propositions were agreed to recon-
mending the house to refer the whole
matter to the committee on agriculture,
with instructions to report promptly.
An amendment was submitted and
agreed to providing investigating agents
under the southern claims act.
Mr.. Bragg moved to strike cut all the
provisions for the southern claims COM
mission and to insert clause repeating
the law creating the commission. The
consideration of the amendment was
postponed until Tuesday next, the
proposition being one which could not
be properly discussed under the five
minute rule because he proposed to
show that the government had been
paying these claims as mere gratitude
and he thought that where gratuity was
to be bestowed it should be a personal
matter and that congress should not
vote to give away what belonged to the
people at large. A motion to adjourn
until Tuesday was defeated by vote of
Jos to 1O8. All the republicans voted
in the affirmative and all the green
hackers in the negative as did all but
the following eleven democrats Bick-
nell, Blount, Clymer, Cook, Covert,
Deuster, Hammond, Ca, Hurd, John
son, Morse and Talbot. Among the
pairs announced was the speaker with
republican. Kelly voted with the
greenbackers. The house then ad-
journed, Ill to 100.