River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-03-10
10th Congress.

MONDAY, Feb. sS.-Senate-Th credentials of
Malone, senator elect, were presented and filed.
Bills passed: For the survey of public lands in
Lucas and Ottowa counties, of Ohio. Giving any
retired medical pay or engineer officer of the navy
who has served or may hereafter serve term as
chief Of the bureau, and whose name has been ON
the navy register 30 years, relative rank and pay
of commodore on the retired list For the relief of
captain, owners officers and crew the late Unit
ed States private army, Brgadier General Arm
strong, their heirs and executors; passsd-ayes,
l42; noes, 92. Sens. Bansom' Farley and Nc
MILAN were appointed conferoes on the river and
harbor bill. Adjourned.
MONDAY, Feb. 2S-- House.--The house proceed
ed to vote upon the amendments to the sundry
civil appropriation bill The amendment striking
purchase of the Bragg and Polk papers was
agreed to. The amendment appropriating 1000
600 to enable the secretary of the navy to estab
fish eoasting stations on the Isthmus of Panama
was agreed to-yeas III, nays S..
The house then adjourned, and the session of
Monday commenced. Consideration of the civil
sundry bill was resumed The amendment in
strueting the commission on the part of the
United States to the international monetary con-
ference to agree to no adjustment which does not
recognize silver coin as part of the money sys-
TEN of the governments joining in such confer
ence, was rejected and stricken from the oil.
TUESDAY, March Senate--Sen. Eaton, from
the committee on foreign relations, reported back
the sundry bills and resolutions recommending
the construction of ship canals railroads
the isthmus, he said the committee asked to be
charged with the consideration of all these sub
jscts, thinking the time had not arrived
when congress should express an opin-
ion to any particular route. The
request of the committee was complied with. The
house bills commemorative Of the battles of Sara
toga and Grafton Heights, and others of no
special interest were passed.
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up to II o'clock, midnight, in the house was spent
on the funding bill, and without coming to a de-
cision or final vote the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, March 2.-Senate-The creden-
tias of Senator Maxey, of Texas (re-eected)
were presented and filed.
The senate took up the civil appropriation bill.
| Sem Beck said that the committee added 81
| 600 to the bill as it passed the house.
| The amendments having been agreed to with
but few exceptions, on which sparate votes were
reserved and the bill gone through with, Bayard,
| by the instruction of the finance committee
moved to amend by adding the following an
| additional section: That the secretary of the
treasury may, at any time, apply to the surplus
money IN the treasury, not otherwise aprroprla-
ted or so much thereof as he may consider proper
| to purchase for the redemption of United States
| bonds; provided the bonds purchased or re-
deemed, shall constitute no part of the sinking
| fund, but shall be cancelled"
| The amendment was adopted without debate
or objection.
| WEDNESDAY, March 2.-Holse, Mcmahon
reported back the deficiency appropriation bill and
moved to suspend the rules and put it upon its
passage
Mr.. Hiscock, member of the committee on
appropriations, criticised the bill, which as
| chiefly remarkable in that which it was deficient
| The estimates fer the internal revenue bureau
were $500 600 in excess of the amount appropri-
ated by the by the bill, and the appropriation for
| public printing 700 600 less than should have
| been allowed.
The attorney general had submitted an esti-
mate 800, GOO to the special deputy marshals
which had not been allowed by the committee
He had hoped the democratic party would have
settled its debts before it went out of power.
At | o'clock, McMahons motion was agreed to
The rules were suspended and the deficiency bill
the last of the appropriation bills, was passed.
Consideration of the funding bill was immediate
| ly resumed the question being ordering this
! previous question, motion concur III senate
amendment No. IL.
The following is the detailed vote on COngers
amendment to the funding bill fixing the time
after which 3 per cent. bonds shall be the only
bonds receivable as security for national bank cir
culation, ETC.. at September LIST, 1891, instead Of
July LIST, as in the amendment, and in senate
amendment, and striking out clause repeating
section of the act of June 90 1874: