Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-03-11
THE XLYI CONGRESS-.

THE XLFI CONGRESS-.
TUESDAY, March 2-Senate A long
discussion occurred on the hill for the
relief of Fitz John Porter, but it was not
disposed of. The bill appropriating
! $55O,OO0 for the purchase of site for IL
postotfice and other government build
lngs in Baltimore, was passed. After
executive session the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY,, March 2-H0uSe-The re
vision oftEe rules came up for adoption
and voting proceeded on each rule. The
nrst amendment in which a separate
vote was demanded was that providing
that the clerk of the house shall, at the
commencement of each congress, call
the members to order, call the roll of
members pending the election of speaker
| preserve order and decide all questions
of order subject to appeal by any mem
| ber. Agreed to-yeas IA, nays 107.
on public buildings and grounds right
to report appropriations for public
! buildings and grounds was defeated
| yeas 1Ol. nays 1856 The next amend
ment was that offered to the 2lst rule by
Morrison, and known as Morrison's sub
stltute. 1t was agreed to-yeas 119, nays
liz; strict parry vote with the eXcep-
ton OF Deuster, FELTON,, Speer and
Stevens, who voted with the republicans
in the negative. The remainder of the
rules were then adopted, and on motion
of Garfield it was agreed that the rules
should go into effect ON the following
Monday.
WEDNESDAY, March 3.-Senate.-Th
bill for the relief of certain actual settlers
on the Kansas trust and diminished rev.
enue lands in Kansas passed. The bill
restoring to the public domain part of
Fort Ripley, Mimi, military reservation
was passed. Sen. Wallace, from the COM
mittee on appropriations, reported, with
amendments, the house bill to provide
for the deficiency in the appropriation
for the transportation of star mail routes
for the fiscal year ending June 30th. Or
dered printed and placed on calendar.
! / he amendments are to the effect that
the sum Of $4,000, or as much thereof
as may be necessary, be and the same is
hereby appropriated to meet the ex-
penses of the inland mail transportation
on the star routes for the remainder of
J the fiscal year, and that no further ex-
pending of money on postal star routes
shall be made. Pending discussion on
an amnesty bill the senate adjourned.
| WEDNESDAY, March g. H0uSe-Mr
Fernando Wood moved to dispense with
the morning hour, for the purpose Of
| moving to go into committee of the
whole on the refunding bill. The house,
however, refused to dispense With the
morning hour, and the bill relating to
the removal of causes from state to fed
eral courts, was taken up. The morning
/ ou having expired without final action
on the bill, the senate resolutions, rela-
tive to to the late Sen. Houston, of Ala
bama. were taken up. Eulogies were
pronounced by Messrs. Wright, Fernan-
do Wood, Cox, Farley, Lowe, Williams,
Herbert, Harden. Lewis, Sanford, Shell
| ley, House, Atkins and Harris. The
house, then, as a mark of respect, ad-
journed.
| THURSDAY, March 4-Senate.-
were introduced: To establish United
States court in the Indian Territory,
placed on the calandar; to provide for
the payment pensions to widows and
| minor children upon the death of pen
siOners totally disabled from wounds in
| services; to make the crime of rape pun
| ishable with death. The senate took up
and passed the house bill making addi-
| tional appropriations of $135, 900 for the
support of certain Indian tribes for the
year ending June 80, 1880. The morning
hour having expired, the senate resumed
the consideration of the bill for the re-
lief Of Fitz John Porter, and Senator
| Logan continued his remarks in Oppo-
sitiOn to the the bill.
| THURSDAY, March 4-H0uSe. The
bill regulating the removal of causes
| from state to federal courts, was finally
passed by yeas 100, nays rs. The house
refused to take up the political assess
ment bill and spent some time on Woods
; funding bill. An evening session was
held for debate on the pension bills.
FRIDAY, March 5.-,Se e1dte.-Consider-
| alton of the bill for the relief of Fitz
| John Porter was resumed and Sen.
Logan continued his speech in opposi-
ton thereto. Sen. Carpenter obtained
the floor and the senate adjourned pend
| ing the discussion.
| FRIDAY, March 5-HOuse Mr.. Car
| Isle introduced a bill fixing the duties
on sugar as follows: On all sugars over
number 13, Dutch standard IN color,
2 4O-100 cents per pound; above number
| 13, and not above number IS, 2 25-100
cents per pound, all over number 16,
cents per pound. A memorial of mer-
| chants, manufacturers and consumers of
chrome iron and bicromate of potash,
urging the removal of prohibitory du-
| ties on those articles was referred.
A bill allowing the heirs of Albert Full
| Ter TO apply for an extension of his pat
ent on faucets, was defeated. Yeas 80,
nays 149. Mr.. De La Matyr offered a
resolution which was adopted, directing
the census committee to inquire into the
advisability of taking the census in Alas
ka. The morning hour having expired the
house went into committee of the whole,
| Calkins in the chair, on the private cal
| endar. After some time, the committee
| finding itself without quorum rose, and
adjourned until Monday
MILE. ALICE DE GILBERTON DE BREU-