Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-05-13
THE XLVI CONGRESS-.

| introduced TO provide that the president
| OF the senate shall submit to the senate
and house, when assembled to count TIT
vote for president and vice president, al
| packages purporting to contain the cleo
toral votes, Sen. Cameron, (Wis J moved
| to resume consideration of the bill for
the relief of Ben. Holiday. Sen. Cock
rill demanded the yeas and nays. The
The mo ion was agreed to; yeas, 80
nays, 81. Pending the debate, the morn.
ing hour expired and Vest spoke in sup
port of the Spofford- Kellogg resolution
TUESDAY, Nay 4-H0use.-Immedi
ately after the reading of the journal
Mr.. Orth made personal explanation
relative to his connection with The claims
against the government of Venezuela
He concluded by alluding to the action
of the investigating committee of the
44th congress, and criticising severely
| The conduct of Mr.. Springer in making
two reports, one to the house and the
other to the country. Mr.. Springer
asked and obtained consent to reply to
| Orth at some future time. The internal
revenue bill was then passed, ayes 1873
nays 81. The house then took up the
postoffice appropriation bill but without
reaching final action adjourned.
WEDNESDAY May 5th-House-Mr. At
kins, chairman of the committee on ap
preparations, reported bill appropriat-
ing $250,ON0 for carrying on the public
printing office for the currentfsca year.
The morning hour having been dispens-
ed with, Mr.. King called up the joint
resolutions reaffirming the Monroe doc
trine. The house, by decisive vote, re-
fused to consider the Monroe doctrine
resolution, and went into committee of
the whole, Mr.. Carlisle in the chair, on
the postoffice appropriation bill. An
amendment increasing the appropriation
for railway mail service to $4,000, 900
was rejected by vote of rs 10 80.
WEDNESDAY, May 5.-5onute. Son
Wallace, from the select committee to in
quire into alleged frauds in the late cleo
tion, submitted report of the result of
the investigation on the subject of the
menial or abridgment of suffrage in
Rhode Island and reported bill to en-
force the provision of section article IA
of the amendments to the constitution of
the Unite States. Placed on calendar.
Sen. Butler submitted resolution call
ing the secretary Of the treasury for
copies of the reports Of Capt John w.
White of the U. S. revenue service, while
on duty in Alaska waters and of all the
papers relating TO the transfer of Juris-
diction over the Territory of Alaska
from the war to the treasury department.
Adopted.
FRIDAY, May 7.-Sendte.-At the con-
clusion of Pryors' speech on the Kellogg
Spofford case Hoar offered a substitute
tor the pending resolution, that said
Kellogg was up III the merits OF the case
entitled to a seat in the senate of the
United States from the state OF louisa
ma, for the term of six years, commenc-
ing March 4, 1877, and that said Spof-
ford was not entitled to 8, at in the SEN
ate of the United States. Ordered print
ed and laid on the table. The resolu-
tions were then temporarily laid aside,
and on motion of Mcmillan, the senate
bill authorizing the st. Paul 81 Chicago
short line railway company to build a
bridge across lake st. Cioix, was taken
up and passed. On motion of Plumb,
the bill to abolish Fort Harker, on the
Kansas military reservation, and dispose
| OF It's land to actual settlers, was taken
up and PASSED. On motion of Baldwin,
the bill making an appropriation of
$4,000 for the purchase of site and
the erection of light house and fl g
signal at the entrance of Little Traverse
harbor, lake Michigan, was taken up
and passed.
FRIDAY 7th-House-When the journal
of Thursday had been read, the post
Office appropriation bill was again taken
up, aud passed as amended. The senate
amendment to the house bill for the re-
lief of settlers ON the public lands was
concured in On motion of Willis, the
bill passed establishing a life saving
station, &C Louisville, Ky. Mr.. Wash
burn introduced bill, appropriating
$50O,0OO for the construction ofreservoirs
for the Improvement of the navigation OF
the Mississippi river above st. Louis
Referred. The bill for the relief of L.
Madison Day, of Louisiana. was defeated
ayes, 10; nays Sc, and the house
went into committee of the whole, on the
private calendar. After considering ter
pension bills, the committee finding 1t
self without a quorum, arose. About
twenty pension bills were passed, anc
the house adjourned.