River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-06-26
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discussion followed, amendments We're pro-
posed and rejected and much partisan feeling
was elected on both sides, the mann point Of
discussion being the use Of troops nj the polls
on days of election To keep the peace, No
vote on the tin was reached and the Senate
adjourned
HOUSE,, June 1i.-Mr Atkins reported
back The legislative appropriation bill and the
Senate amendments thereto, with a report
concurrence in some and non.
in others. The report was agreed
to- report of the conference committee on
certain clauses of the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill was agreed to. The judicial expenses
bill was received from the Senate and referred
I'd the appropriation committee. The House I
then resumed consideration of the bill pro
hibiting political assessments This led 10 |
long. very bitter, acrimonious and exciting /
debate. ana further consideration OF the bill |
went oven III tomorrow The jury bill was |
taken up the previous question moved, but /
there was no quorum, and call ef the House /
was made. After various roll calls, further |
proceedings for the call Of the House wero |
dispensed with.
SENATE, June 1S.--The army appro-
priation bill was taken up, a large number of
Senators participated in its discussion, and
there was the most angry and exciting scene
ever witnessed, in,the United States Senate. The
majority attempted to reach vote, the mi |
nority resisted. Senator Conkling denounced |
tEfttiH NldtHcS vi INC bllt ds SI5SNihNS anu
ceptive, and the attept of the majority TO ride
rough shod, over the minority as outrageous,
and during the angry storm Lamar, of Missis-
sippi denounced Conkling charging him with
falsehOod, and Conkling retorted by de-
nouncing Lamar as BLACKBOARD, n coward and
II liar The end is not yet AT 3 o'clock,
Thursday morning, june 10 the Senate was
still in session, the majority steadily voting
down every mothion to adjourn.
HOUSE, June IS. The bill relating To
political assessments was before the House
The morning hour was consumed by dllatorY
motions, and the bill went over. The Judicial
expense bill with Senate amendments was re-
reported. Some Of the amendments were
agreed to, others not concurred in. Mr.. Al
kins submitted the conference report on the
legislative appropriation bill. Mr.. Atkins ex
planned that the House confrcres had con-
ceded most of the points Of difference. The
appropriations made by the bill would
amount to s15, 10000 or S:}32,O0O in excess Of
the current legislative act. In that excess
was included Sl30,000 heretofore appropriated
in the sundry civil appropriation bin, and
$4,000 for the payment OF gaugers and store
K epers necessated ny an Increase IN the
number Of distileries in the Southern States.
After short debate the report was agreed TO.
Debate on the coinage bill reported by Mr..
Stephens was then opened, and consumed the
remainder 81 the session. The previous ques-
ton was seconded and Mr.. stephens. closes
the debate tomorrow. Adjourned
SENATE, June 10 The session of the
senate which commenced June is continued
all night when, without breaking the dead lock,
at Ii 80 a. IN the Senate adjourned, and in ten
minutes thereafter, the regular session Of
| Thursday une l9comInenced and was opened
BY prayer, and the reading eff the journal.
| The deadlock of the previous session con
4 tinued and the angry excitement also. Sena-
tor Conlllng denounced the course OF the ml-
| iOrity as oppressive, tyrannical and unconstitn
| tional. In his service of % years in boath
/ houses he had seen nothing so outrageous, On
various motions the Republicans refused to
/ vote, and no quorum appeared. An attempt
! was made to arraign Senators present who re-
| fused to vote The morning hour expired, and
| Senator Compenter took the floor and com
meuced by saying. that he supposed by this
| time the majority had discovered that they
| could not cause the minority to do what they
| thought they ought not to dy. He com
mented with great earnestness on the
| course of the majority, the minority
! thought it was an outrage, parliamentary
! oppression and they thought they ought to
! show that they could not be treated that way
! After 6 O'Clock last night it was decided by
! the majority that the minority must proceed
/ with the debate ON the bill The minority
| were driven to stand on their reserved rights
and they were the exclusive Judges of their
/ conduct They had their rights and would
/ stand by them, Every motion to adjourn was
! defeated by the majority till the legislative
! day expired at noon. If the Democrats wonld
! now agree to adjourn SO that all could have
! sleep and rest, he had no doubt vote could
| be reached tomorrow Senator Withers
/ DEM wished 10 say that the Senator from
| Wisconsin had stated the Democratic position
! with perfect fairness lie admitted that
| great portion OF yesterday was
consumed by Democratic Senator's
! Mr. Hill, Of Georgia protested against
| the doctrine laid down by Mr.. Carpenter. AT
tar ri nd qypifad debate thR npfunpratS
| acceded to the proposition of Mr.. Carpenter.
and adjourned.
House, June 19-The conference re-
port on the judicial expenses bill was submit
ted Mr. Monroe intimated his purpose to
vote against the report So did Mr.. Cox, Mr.
Garfield spoke at considerable length against
the report. Springer, CMahon and Others
took part in the discussion. Finally discussion
was closed, and vote taken on the report, and
it was adopted by a strict party vote, yeas l02,
noes 19-Coy not voting on either side The
trade dollar bill was then taken up, discussed
and passed without a division and the House
adjourned. The following is the text
of the trade dollar bill as passed:
Be ii enacted, etc., That the secretary of the
treasury shall cause TO be exchanged at the
treasury and sub-treasuries OF the United
States legal tender silver dollars for trade dol
lars at par, provided the weight of said trade
dollar has not been reduced below the stand
ard weight and limit OF tolerance provided by
law for the single piece, and shall reeain said
trade dollars into legal tender dollars, as now
provided by law, and shall stop further coin
age of trade dollars, provided that trade dol
lars recoined under this act shall not be
counted as part of the coinage of silver re-
quired by the act of February 2S, 1873 and
provided further, that trade dollars that have
been chopped or re-stampcd for circulation
in China or other foreign countries shall be
excluded from the provisions of this act
gTba sole Af
Henry w Blair of New Hampshire were pre-
sented and he was sworn in. The army bill
was taken up, and Senator Conkling spoke at
length against it, running Debate was kept
up for some time. Numerous amendments
were proposed by Republican Senators, but
all were voted down by strict party vote.
Finally n vote on the passage of the bill was
reached, and it was passed, yeas 30, nays 10,
n strict party vote except that Burnside voted
aye Adjourned
HOUSE, June 20. No business Of gen
eral public interest was transacted A dozen
members asked indefinite leave of absence
some on account ofsickness, some on account
Of pressing business. Leave was granted only
to the sick. Adjourned
SENATE, June 21--The concurrent re-
port on the judicial expense bill was called up
and the yeas and nays taken, yeas 81, nays IL,
q party vote. Various matters received some
attention when Senator Whyte moved an ex-
ecutive session, lost, yeas "A, nays %.
motion to adjourn was lost Considerable
time was spent on the House bill making adj
ditional appropriations for the post Office de-
partment. The House joint resolution, au-
thorzing the completion of the foundation of
the Washington monument passed Adj
iourned.
HOUSE, June 81. The army appropria-
ton bill was signed by the speaker. The bill
prohibiting political assessments was reserved.
Dlatory action was resorted to, and several
call of the House made, no quorum appearing,
Republicans RETAINED from voting. During
one Of the roll calls message was received
from the President announcing his approval
of the legislative bill. The announcement
was greeted with applause on the Republican
side, and Mr. Garfield remarked; We have
provided for ourselves, now LET us provide for
the rest of the government The supplemen-
tory judicial hill was signed by the speaker
and sent to the Senate for the signature of the
President of the Senate No action was had
on the politician assessment bill The bill To
establish post roads in certain states passed.
Adjourned
Jokes Upon Names.