Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14
FORTY-SIxTH CONGRESS.
Senate.

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Rotary OF war, transmitting copies of letters
from the paymaster general and second auditor
| of the treasury, showing the necessity of an ad-
dltlonal appropriation of $265,000 to pay Ger
tlflcates for arrears of pay and bounty due white
and colored soldiers and their heirs, issued since
January l, 1880, aud to be issued until June 80,
1881. Referred. .Whyte presented memo
rial OF cigar manufacturers for reduction of
the tax on cigars from Sc to 81 per 1000, in &C
cordance with the spirit of the reduction hereto
fore made for manufactured tobacco. Refer
red :. .Pendleton presented petition of the
type founders of Cincinnati against reduction
OF the duty on type. Referred. Bills intro
duced and referred: To authorize the post
master general to compensate the Chicago, Bur-
hngton and Quincy Railroad company for facili-
tatlng the transportation of overland mails un-
der agreements; to provide for the payment to
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
Railroad company for transportation of United
States mail; repeating the statute prohibiting
farmers and planters from selling leaf tobacco
| directly at retail to consumers without special
tax. The bill ratifying the Ute agreement
was then taken up and discussed until adjourn
ment.
TUESDAY, April Con- motion of Pendleton,
the senate insisted on it's amendment to the
| census bill and the vice president appointed
| Messrs. Pendleton, Harris and Morrill, as con-
! ference committee on part of the senate on the
| dlsagreeing vote of the two houses. :. The bill
| ratlfylng the Ute agreement was then discussed
until adjournment
| WEDNESDAY, April THE vice president hav-
| ing sent note that he would be absent several
days Thurman was chosen to preside. a reso-
luton offered by Saunders instructing the COM
| mittee on Indian affairs to inquire int the pro
| priety and expediency of removing the Santee
| Indians from Nebraska to the Ponca reserva-
ton, was adopted. Davis subsequently moved
to reconsider the vote and opposed any move
ment to give the Poncas' reservation to any
other tribe. Discussion ens1ed but the morn
| ing hour expired and the matter went over
Consideration was then resumed of the Ute
agreement bill, the debate continuing until ad-
journment.
THURSDAY, April Bills introduced and re-
ferred: For the relief of certain settlers with
in the late Fort Kearney military reservation
Nebraska; to authorize the secretary of war to
turn over to the interior department cerlain
parts of Camp Douglas military reservation,
Utah; making an appropriation for the erection
OF light house and fog signal at or near the
entrance of Little Traverse harb0r, Mich, and
the purchase of site for the same Discus
sion of the Ute bill was then resumed and con-
tinued until adjournment.
FRIDAY, April Slogan introduced reso.
luton requesting the president Ct the United
States to transmit such information in regard
to the outrage upon Cadet Whitaker taken
at West Point, as in his judgment would not be
lion was supported by Voorhees,, Bruce and
Hoar, who denounced the practice of hazing
and many outrages at West Point. Pending
debate the morning hour expired and the reso-
luton went over. The Ute bill was then taken
up. Dawes amendment giving the president
discretion to devote of the amount appropriate
ed, $4,000 for the education in schools on or off
lands selected, of such youths of both sexes as
in bis Judgment may be best qualified to attain
proficiency in practical industries and pursuits
necessary fol- their self-support, was adopted
yeas A. nays 8. Amendments we're adopted
making the amounts to be paid yearly to the
surviving victims as follows: Mrs. Meeker,
Miss Meeker and Mrs. Price, each 5000; Mrs
Post $780, After discussion it was unanimous
ly agreed that general debate on the bill shall
cease at P. M Monday, that debate ON amend
ments shall then proceed under the five-minute
rule, and that the bill shall be finally voted on
before adjournment Monday. After an ex-
ecutive session the senate adjourned until Mon
day.
MONDAY, April 5.--Armield introduced a bill
to reduce the tax on distilled spirits. 1t abol-
ishes the tax on spirits distilled from apples,
peaches, grapes, and pears, and reduces the tax
on spirits distilled from grain or mixtures there
of to Is cents per gallon. 1t provides that no
storekeeper shall be appointed for any distillery
except for such as may distill spirits from grain
to the extent of at least 80 gallons per day and
judges Of the district court of the respective
districts; also bill providing that producers of
leaf tobacco may sell the same in quantities of
not more than ten pounds, OF any one time,
without license. Referred. Weaver moved to
suspend the rules and adopt resolutions declar-
ing for money issued directly by the govern
ment and not by Or through bank corporations;
also that that portion of the Understanding
debt of the United States which shall be re-
deemablein the year 1881 or prior thereto, being
in amount about 1872, OOO,O 600, should not be
refunded beyond the power of the government
to call in such obligations and pay them at any
time, but should be paid as rapidly as possible,
and according to contract. 70 enable the gov
eminent to meet these obligations the minis of
the United States should be operated to their
full capacity on the coinage or standard silver
dollars, and such other coinage as the business
interests of the country may require. Defeated
yeas 81, nays III. :. .Townshend (Ill.) moved
to suspend the rules SO as to discharge the COM
mittee on ways and means from the further
consideration of the bill placing salt, printing
manufacture of printing paper, on the free LIST,
and put it on its passage. The motion was de
feated-yeas liz, noes 80-not the necessary
two thirds in the affirmative. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, April GA number of bills were
reported back from committee, among them the
naval appropriation bill, which was referred 20
the committee of the whole. The bill was &C.
companied by a short report, which states that
the estimate of the navy department amounted
to $14, 509 lat, to which should be added 1884,
672 recommended as necessary for torpedo OK
periments, photographic work and for a naval
observatory, making total of 81, 6os,82o. OF
this sum the committee recommends the appro-
priation of S14, 1886, 1871 including $50, 1909 that
is appropriated out Of the naval pension fund
for the support of the naval asylum at Phila-
delphia, being reduction of $21S, 023 from the
estimates. The naval bill of last year appropr1-
ated 14,O29, 969, or $355,823 less than the
present bill . The house then went into COM
mittee of the whole on the army appropriation
bill and discussed it until adjournment.
WEDNESDAY, April AFTER receiving num-
Der of bills back from committee, the house
went into committee of the whole on the army
appropriation bill. At the end of the bill Sparks,
under the direction of the military committee,
offered the following as an additional section:
"No money appropriated in this act is appro-
priated or shall be paid for subsistence, equip
ment, transportation or compensation of any
! portion of the army of the United States, to be
used as police force to keep the peace at the
polls at any election held within any state. :"
Keifer rose to point of order, pending which
the committee rose and the house adjourned.