Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-11
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

MONDAY, June 2-Sendte.-After a,
long debate on McDonald's resolution
relating to election frauds the senate
went into executive session, and soon
adjourned.
MONDAY, jane 2-House.- Under
a call of states very many
bills were introduced and refer
red, among them the following:
for the taxation of promissory
notes, bonds and mortgages, and
making it unlawful to exact more than
five per cent. interest for the
loar Of money, prohibiting the
funding of United States bonds pay
able In currency into coin bonds.
to establish legal tender currency
for the national bank currency,
prohibiting any soldier stationed
within two miles of any place
where special or general election of a
representative in congress is being held,
from leaving his barracks for any pur-
pose, except that of relieving a guard
or casting his vote on the day of the
election. The bill for the appoint
ment of Mississippi river commits
sion, and appropriating $4,000
to meet its expenses, was passed.
Columbus Epson, successor of the
late Gustav Schleicher, was sworn in as
a representative from the state ofTexas,
taking the modified oath. Mr..
Wright, chairman of the labor
committee, moved to suspend the rules
and adopt resolution appropriating
$4,000 for expenses of that committee;
agreed to. Cox, chairman of the commit
tee on foreign affairs, moved to suspend
the rules and adopt a joint resolution
in relation to the international ex-
hibition to be held at Sidney and
Melbourne, Australia, in 1879 and 1880.
Passed; ye as 139, nays 81. 1t appropri-
ates 500, 900 to provide for representa-
ton Of the .. S. at these exhibitions.
The speaker announced the appoint
ment of Epson on committee on mill
tary affairs and enrolled bills; of john
son as visitor to the military academy
at West Point; and of Meyers, of Indiana,
as visitor to the naval academy at
Annapolis. House adjourned.
TUESDAY, June 3-House. -Considera-
ton was resumed of the business of
the morning hour-the bill amending
the statutes relative to the removal
Of cases from state to federal courts.
Mr.. Townsend (Ill) having with
drawn his demand for the previous
question, Mr.. Cox made "a speech favor
ing the repeal of the test oath laws.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cox's speech
the house adjourned, and democratic
caucus was announced for o'clock.
TUESDAY, Jund 3rd-Senate.
house bill extending the time for pre-
emptions on public lands in Minnesota
and Dakota was passed. The house
bill to confer certain powers and limita-
tons On the commissioners of the
District of Columbia was taken up.
Consideration was interrupted by the
expiration of the morning hour. The
house bill establishing post routes then
came up. Soon after the senate went
into executive session.
WEDNESDAY, June 4th-Senate. -Sen-
ator Bayard. from the judiciary COM
mittee, reported, with amendment,
the bill re pealing section $50 and 821
OF the revised statutes, which prescribe
the jurors test oath, etc., and said he
would probably ask leave to call it up
tomorrow for consideration. Ordered
printed and placed on the calendar.
The bill comforting certain powers,
etc., on the district commissioner was
passed. The bill compromising E.
E. Rice for property transferred
by him to the United states
for use of its consular and diplo-
matte representatives in Japan
was taken up and passed. The senate
then took up the bill to amend the act
in relation to judicial districts in Texas.
The house bill authorizing the dis
trict commissioners to issue twenty
year five per cent. bonds to redeem
certain funded Indebtedness of the Dis
trict of Columbia was passed Ad-
journed.
WEDNESDAY, June 4th-House.-
Mr.. Buckner, chairman Of the com
mittee on banking and currency, sub
mitted resolution directing investiga-
ton into the ofairs of the National
Bank, of New York. and the German
National Bank, of Chicago, especially
into the management of assets by their
respective receivers. The resolution
was adopted, yeas 1913, nays 81.
Mr.. Evins, from the committee on
postoffice and post roads, reported back
the senate bill to extend the time when
special postal routes can be obtained by
advertisement. with an amendment linn
iting such extension to one year. The
amendment was agreed to and the bill
passed. The senate amendments to the
post route bill were concurred in and
the house adjourned.
THURSDAY, June 5th-Senate.-
senate after a long debate passed Sen.
Bayards substitute for the test oath bill.
THURSDAY, June 5h-House.-The
morning hour having expired,
the speaker laid before the house a
message of the president transmitting
proceedings and report in the General
Fitz John Porter case. Referred to the
committee on military affairs and
ordered printed with all documents.
The following is the presidents mes
sage:
To the Senate and House of ReDresentatiUes: