Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-23
THE FORTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.
Senate.

prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beyer-
ages, were presented Voorhees, presented joint
resolution of the Indiana legislature for the sup
preston Of contagious diseases of domestic animals.
Read and referred. Preliminary to vote on mo-
ton by Wallace to take up the postal appropriation
BILL Kirkwood and Johnston made strenuous but in
efectual efforts for the immediate consideration Of
the cattle diseases bill. The postal appropriation
bill was proceeded with in committee of the WHOLE
the pending motion to table the subsidy amendment
being withdrawn and various propositions to perfect
original amendments reported from the committee
postofaces being overruled not in order under
as follows: 1s to -, "A to 81, and toM An amend
'ment by Morgan to allow steamships to be of steel
a. vel, as iron was agreed to on yivo uoce vote.
Teller moved tolay the subsidy amendment on the
table to avoid further discussion. Agreed to-ayes
81; nays IA. The committee then reported the bill
TO the senate, when the amendments we're agreed to
and the bill passed. "A message received from
the house announcing the death Of Representative
Fernando Wood, and, as mark of respect for the
memory of the deceased, the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, February 15-Hereford presented a
Joint resolution of the West Virginia legislature ask
ing for law regulating Interstate railroad traffic.
Referred to the committee railroads. Mcdonald
offered resolution on the subject Of equality of
taxation. Laid over. :. On motion of Bayard the
senate took up the house funding bill. Rayard then
addressed the senate thereon advocating the 81 per
cent. rate and $40 bond as modification Of the
two propositions Of the secretary of the treasury and
the house, and opposing the compulsory feature of
the provision of the house in the fifth section which
compelled banks to exchange bonds of higher
rate for those Of lower rate. After discussion up
on the question whether the bond should be a long
or short one, the amendment by the finance COM
mittee to make the clause read, "the secretary of
the treasury is hereby authorized to issue bonds to
amount not exceeding $500 900 0O0" was agreed to.
The next amendment Of the finance committee was
to insert the words, Gin denominations of $50 or
some multiple of that sum- Adopted. The next
amendment of the finance committee was to make
the rate of interest 81 instead of per cent. Eaton
moved the rate Of interest be fixed at 81 per cent
of the secretary of the treasury to authorize public
subscriptions to be received at all government de-
positories and national banks for the bonds and
treasury notes authorized in the bill for thirty days
| before giving any award to making contract
with syndicate or individuals or bankers, and to
award the full amount of such subscription. With
out action on the amendment, or either amendments
offered thereto, the senate adjourned, leaving the
funding bill to come up tomorrow as unfinished
business
mittee on foreign relations reported resolution de-
cang that the interests Of the people Of the United
States and the welfare and security Of their govern
ment involved in the subject of the construc
ton Of the ship canal and other ways for Transporter
ton Of seagong vessels across the Isthmus that the
government asserts that it will insist thatits consent
is necessary condition precedent to the execution
Of any such project, and also as to the rules and
regulations undel which other nations shall partici-
pate in the of such canal other ways, either
in peace Or war: Tabled Temporarily and ordered
improve tho civil service Of the United States
Placed on the calendar Mcdonald then addressed
the senate upon the subject of equality of taxation
ate took up the funding bill and debated it until ad-
journment : : = - T. r. '$s
= THURSDAY, February 17.-voorhees offered areso-
luton, which was agreed t., instructing the judi-
ciary committee to inquire into the best method Of
protecting purchasers from the impoaitions pracced
by fraudulent venders of patents and patent rights,
and report by bill or otherwise: The senate
sumed discussion of the funding bill i'll committee
of the whole. The following amendments were
agreed to: Making the bonds payable sem-annually;
creating $40 instead of a 80 loan; substituting
the terms treasury notes for Certificates" a ap-
Piled to short time; inserting the words SPOT ex
ceeding" before the amount of S3OO.O00COO Of such
notes; providing for their issue in denominations Of
$40 or some multiple of that sum, not exceeding
$1,000; fixing the expense Of preparing, advertising
and dsposing of the loans at one-half, Of one per
/ cent. allowing the secretary Of the treasury from
! time to time to assist the process of refunding by
the purchase or paying off maturing bonds from
funds in the treasury t provdds this shall be done
temporarily and that the resumption fund of gold
relating to the payment of the loan in amounts to
be deternlire ed by the secretary Of the treas
| ury; making the bonds receivable for circulation
e Une s e sn M a
for government deposits making it the duty of the
secretary of the treasury, under such rules and
subscriptions at not less than par to be received at
all repositories of the United States and all ma
tional banks for the bonds and for treasury notes
herein provided for thirty days before he shall
tract for award any portion of said bonds or treas
ury notes to any syndicate of individuals bank
ers, otherwise than under such public subscrp-
toll and provi ling if it shall happen that more than
the entire amount Of said bonds and treasury notes.
or of either of them, has been subscribed within
thirty days, he shall award the full amount SUBJ
sc1ibed to all persons who shall have made bona de
subscriptions for the sum Of - thousand dollars
less at the rates most advantageous to the United
states and the residue rataby among subscribers in
proportion to amount by them respectively sub
scrbed at the rates most advantageous to the United
States; fixing the time at when the new bonds shall
stated in the restored fifth section of the act Of LIST of
July, instead Of May LIST. The committee of the
whole then rose and reported the bill to the senate.
It was ordered printed and the senate adjourned.
FRIDAY, February 18.-Vest introduced bill to
incorporate the inter-oceanic railway company.
Consideration Of the funding bill was resumed and
all amendments made in committee were agreed to
as reported At the request of Plumb, question was
tanen on the first half of the section making the
new per cents the only bonds receivable secur-
ity for national bank circulation security for
government deposits etc. The senate voted not to
strike out the section-ayes 29, noes 80. The re-
mainder of the section was agreed to. The new sew
enth section, reported from the finance committee,
making the bonds receivable for circulation at the
option of banks was stricken out. Bayard asked
for vote upon the amendment of the finance conf
mttee for 81 rate instead of per cent on the
bonds. Not agreed to-ayes 26, nays 36. The bill
was then read third time and passed-ayes 43, nays
20. All the Democrats voted in the affirmative; also
Plumb and Saunders. The bill now goes to the
house for concurrence in the senate amendments,
namely: a $40 instead of $40 bond compensation
of 4 instead of d Of per cent. for placing the
loan; provision for popularizing the loan in the
Of having it taken by the people and ;1
was taken up and passed. It appropriates nearly
$500, ,0O0 The cattle disease bill was taken upand
the amendments Of the senate committee adopted.
Without further action the senate went into
ecutive session, and when the doors re-opened adj
journed until tomorrow.
SATURDAY, February ia number of amend
ments to the river and harbor bill were introduced
the improvement Of the Missouri river from its
mouth to Yankton to s1,13s,O0o was tabled. The
regular order was postponed and the cattle disease
bill, establishing bureau of animal industry, was
taken up-22 to al. Debate on the measure lasted
till adjournment.
MONDAY, February 14.-Bills introduced and
ferred: Resolutions of the Illinois legislature urging
the passage of such measures will relieve the
of the country from unjust discrimination by
railroad corporations and protect Interstate COM
erce by law fixing the first Monday of November
the time for the assembling of congress- admit free
articles intended for the international exhibition of
1883; declaring subject to state taxation certain
IN 1 52e on the
subjest of interstate commerce. Nearly all the
Indiana representatives presented resolutions Of the
state legislature on the subject of peeuropneuonia
Speaker Randall announced the death of Fernan-
do Wood, who had entered the house forty years ago,
stating that had he lived to fill the next term for
which he was chosen he would have served twenty
years. Tucker, of the ways and committee, of
which Wood was chairman, presented the customary
resolutions and moved an adjournment. After
short address by Cox the resolutions we're adopted
and the house adjourned as mark Of respect.
TUESDAY, February 15.-Calkins, from the COM
mittee on elections, submitted unanimous report
of that committee upon the contested election case
Of McCabe vs.. Orth. from the Ninth congressional
district Of Indiana, confirming the right Of osth TO
the seat which he now occupies. The report was
agreed to-. The morning hour having been dis
pensed with, the speaker proceeded to the call of
states in order to enable one member Of each state
to ask consent for the passage Of any BILL Requests
were made as follows: BY, Blake-To regulate the
collection of taxes weiss beer. The bill provides
that in lieu OF tax Of 81 per barrel Of thirty-one
gallons tax of three cents per gallon shall be paid.
Dibrell offered an amendment providing that from
and after the first of July the tax brandy distilled
from fruit shall be so cents per gallon. To this
Townshend Nl.) offered On amendment providing
that the duty salt shall be reduced to cent per
ton. Conger raised point Of order that the chair
must under the rule call for five objections to these
amendments. The speaker overruled the point of
order, and from this decision Conger appealed:
Townshend moved to lay the appeal on the table, but
Conger claimed the door and sharp colloquy, some
times bordering on acrimony, ensued between him
and the speaker as to his right to debate the appeal
Confusion and noise in the chamber was very great
nuonti0ns nrOnO1p0