Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-03-17
FoRTY-SIxTH CONGRESS.
Senate.

law relaUlVo TO the seizure and forfeiture OF YES
sells for breach of the revenue laws passed. Tt
is intended to prevent such forfeiture when
smuggling is carried on without the knowledge
or privity of officers or owners of the vessel .
The bill for the relief of homestead settlers of
public lands, amending the homestead laws in
several particulars, was passed. :. The morning
hour having expired consideration was resumed
OF the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter,
and Bayard advocated the adoption of Ran
dolphes substitute authorizing Porter's reap
polntment as colonel. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 9.-Thurman presented a
memorial from the delegates of the Indian Ter
rltory demonstrating against the passage of the
'blll to establish a United States court in that
territory. -. Cameron presented Joint resolu-
ton Of the Wisconsin legislature praying for
legislation regarding Interstate commerce.
Bills introduced and referred: Giving all re1ig-
ious denominations equal rights and privileges
III Indian reservations; for the erection Of
monument in Washington to Custer and the
men who fell with him The senate then re-
snmed consideration of the Fitz John Porter
bill and Mcdonald spoke in favor of the meas
ure Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, March 1O.-Nothing of import
ance was transacted to-day, the time being con-
suned In debate on the Fitz John Porter bill.
49,. After an executive session the senate ad-
.oWned.
THURSDAY, March 11.--Sharon presented
petition of newspaper proprietors for reduc-
ton OF the duty on paper. Baldwin present
ed petition of a large number of citizens of
the northwest for q bridge over Detroit river
-. The bill for the reclamation of arid and
waste lands passed 1t authorizes the secretary
or the interior to contract for the sinking of
two artesan wells on the plains east of the
Rocky mountains, the wells to be the center of
reservation of four square miles. The Por-
ter bill was then taken ND and discussed but
was finally tabled subject to call by O. majority
vote. The fertilization appropriation bill was
then taken up and after an executive session
tue senate adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 12.-Pllls introduced and re-
ferred: To provide for the ascertainment of
claims of American citizens for spoliation prior
to July |, 1861; to enable Colorado to select
lands under the acts of July 2, 1902, and July
70, 1866, making grant of land for the benefit
OF agricultural colleges and mechanic arts .
The bill for the relief of the widow of Gen.
Custer was indefinitely postponed. The senate
then took up the house bill making appropria-
tons for Notifications and other works of de-
tense for the fiscal year ending June So 1881, to
which the senate committee report amendments
increasing the house appropriation for the re-
pair of works of defense from $1,000 to $780,
600, and for armament of the sea coast fortifi-
cations including conversion of smooth bore
cannon into rifles, from 1925, 0C0 to $500, 900.
The appropriation of $4,000 for torpedo and
torpedo experiment was left unchanged. The
amendments were adopted and the bill passed.
-. Adjourned till Monday.
House.
MONDAY, March Stamford introduced bill
to reduce the tariff on certain articles. It pro-
vides that on and after the LIST Of July, 1880. no
duty shall be levied, assessed or collected in ex-
cess Of fifty per cent. of the present rate of i'm
port duties on merchandise imported into the
United States. IN the composition of which any
or either of the following articles form prin-
cipal material: Cotton, hemp metal, WOOL wood
and leather. Sanford also introduced the fol-
lowing bill "That from and after the passage
of this act nc custom or tariff duties of any
character shall be levied, assessed or collected
on printing type, or any material entering into
the composition thereof, imported into the
United States, or on blank paper or material en-
tering into its compost iOn." Other bilsintro-
duced: To remove the duty on wood and straw
pulp, soda ash and other chemicals used in the
manufacture of paper and to reduce the duty
on unsiZed paper to 5 per cent. ad valorem; to
reduce duties in excess of so per cent. ad
valorem on articles embraced in schedules A, B,
c, E, G, X, L, NJ and N, of section 1854, re-
vised statutes; granting pensions to all soldiers
and sailors of all wars, who for any reason
other than their own wrong acts became in
capacltated to earn hvelihoods for them
selves and who have no means of sup
port; appropriating $4,000 to enable
the commissioner of agriculture to en-
courage the manufacture of sugar from corn
stalks and sorghum; abolishing all duties on
agricultural machinery and implements; to
equalize at nine dollars per month all bounties
for total disability; placing on the free list all
chemical substances and materials imported
exclusively for the manufacture of printing
paper and printing inks, and all sized Or I'M
sized paper used exclusively for books, maya
zines and newspapers; to provide for the i'm
portation of salt free of duty; to reduce the
price of public lands within railroad limits; to
admit chrOmate Of iron free of duty; to grant
lands to officers and enlisted men who served in
the army or navy in the late war and were hon
orably discharged; granting pension to the
widow Of Gen. Geo. A. Custer; providing that
no duty shall be collected on merchandise i'm
ported into the United States in excess of fifty
per cent. ad valorem embraced in schedules A.
B, @, E, G, K and M, section 1904, revised
statutes. ;. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 9.-Morton presented the
memorial of importers and refners of sugar,
praying for the retention of the present grad
uated scale of duties, with the addition of a
clause obliging all sugars below number 10 in
color, testing above 90 degrees, to pay duty as
if between 10 and Is; also memorial praying
for the abolition of duty on printing type. AT
the expiration of the morning hour the house
considered the political assessment bill and
House made speech thereon. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY,, March 10.-Reagan introduced
T0sCluGlOu ueCldIJuS = CIaG Willie we recognize
the g neral interests of the whole commercial
world in the use of ship canal or railroad
across the isthmus connecting North and South
America, and while we will respect that interest
if such a line of inter-oceanic communication
shall be established, we declare that as the es-
tabl1shing of such a line of communication
would practically connect Atlantic and Mexican
Gulf and Pacific coast lines of the United States,
and as the United States would have great local
as well as general interest in common with the
other commercial powers of the earth, and as
the political control of such a line of communi-
cation would be vitality necessary to her COM
mercial interests and to the preservation of her
territorial integrity and political mdepen-
dence sh will insist, whenever and
by whomsoever such a project shall be COM
menced on such political contract of it as will
give security to our commercial and political in
tereSts." .Whitthorne, chairman of the COM
mittee on naval affairs, reported Joint resolu-
ton for the organization of board of officers
of the navy to report upon the practcability of
the double-tuTeted monitors Puli-
tan, Monadnock, Amphitrite and Terror
Agreed to. Bills were placed on the calendar
appropriatng $500, 900 for the relief of the poor
of Ireland; to restrict Chinese emigration; to
prevent the removal of Indians from states into