Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-01-27
INTERESTING NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON.

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It'll Wisconsin District has presented
she following petitions from the citi-
zens of Wisconsin, viz: Tho petitions
of T. Clifford, Byron Brown, D. D.
Webster, W. Treadway and others
that the Commissioner of Agriculture
be made Cabinet officer Also the
petition Of G. D. Parker, T. Clifford
and others for an income tax. Also
the petition of D. D. Webster and
others for the passage Of an interstate
commerce BILL Also the petition Of
T. Clifford, T. d. Parker. A. j. Mat
terson, W. Treadway and others for
legislation to protect the innocent
purchasers of patented articles. Hon.
/. B. Caswell presented the petition
of I'll. G. Klenefelter and twelve
other citizens of Wisconsin, to pre-
vent the spread of contagious diseases
among cattle. Also the petition Of
E. j. Brooks and SO others, that the
Commissioner Of Agriculture be made
Cabinet officer Also the petition Of
Samuel Chadwick and 81 others, citi-
zens Of Wisconsin. for legislation on
the subject of interstate commerce.
Also the petition of E. A. Saunders
and sc citizens of Wisconsin for leg,
islation protecting innocent purchasers
of patented articles
Mr.. Caswell, from the Committee
on the payment Of pensions, submitted
resolution directing the Committee
on appropriations to add to the appro-
priation bill for payment Of counties
now due and payable to soldiers ser
wing in the war Of the rebellion $780,
900 for the payment of claims which
may be allowed and certified after
Dec. Goth 1880. which was adopted.
The object of this resolution was to
secure prompt payment of these claims
otherwise they could not have been
paid until an appropriation was made
by the next Congress. The bill for
the relief of the Winnebego Indians
in Wisconsin, introduced in the SEN
, ate in 1879 by Senator Cameron, and
sent to the House of Representatives
in the winter of 1880 where it lay on
the Speaker table until it was called
up by Hon, II. L. Humphry few
days since and passed 1t secures
homes for the Winnebago Indians and
over forty thousand dollars to be ex-
pended fer their benefit, and enables
them to become citizens Mr., Hum
phey few days since introduced a
bill for the relief of Timothy e. Chase
Of Durand, Wisconsin The nomina
ton of Hon. Philetus Sawyer for
United States Senator gives general
satisfaction. [ clip the following from
this mornings Republican:
SAWYER OF WISCONSIN.
Meeting the Hon. G. G. Williams,
of Wisconsin, last night, a rowing
representative of THE REPUBLICAN
said unto that brave Badger:
-, Al Il
of the recent senatorial election in
Wisconsin,"
Quite satisfied, said he. II got
as many votes as Senator Angus Cam
cron; SO | ought to be. =
Chow many was that?"
Zone each Neither of US were
candidates, 50 we are happy"
"What kind of man is your new
Senator, anyway" was the next ques-
ton.
"Well. you go right at the point,
and | can do no better than answer to
the point. Sawyer is not talker.
A man who goes into a new country a
poor man and makes 100000 or
more in Legitimate busin ess enterprises
has no time to talk, or to learn to talk
He is straightforward. wholesouled
man, who takes large views of large
things. He is never small As |
have said, he is very wealthy from
the Wisconsin point of view; but in
gaining that wealth | do not believe
he ever knowingly wronged any man
Indeed he is noted for helping men
when in business trouble Every poor
man in the city of Oshkosh swears by
Sawyer.
''Let me tell you an incident that
will show his character better than a
whole biography of common highfalu-
tin. Last summer, during the cam
paign, passed a Sunday at his house
In the course of our chat he spoke Of
his business and his success, not boast
ingly, bat frankly, as is his custom.
Yes be said, | made a good deal of
money last year-a good deal of money
/ was thinking it over, and the
thought came that was growing old,
and if | should die what the effect
would be on my business. Now, |
had a few little mortgages, given by
distant relations and others whom [
had helped. l thought that if
should die it might cause them trouble