Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10
46tIl Congress.

/ TUESDAY Feb. 1-Senne-Sen. Morgan. from
the committee Oh statute OF law, in regard to tn
electoral count reported Sen. Ingalls, resolution
on the subjtct with substitute amendment Tn
! pension appropriation bill was then taken ND
but without reaching vote the senate went int
executive session, after which it adjourned.
TUESDAY Jan. -House-The house met an,
! went into committee of tho whole on the Distric
of Columbia appropriation bill.
/ WEDNESDAY. Feb 2-Senate-In the senate
Morgan moved to take up his electoral coun
resolution of previous day, and at GOrdons sug
gestion they were amended in minor details, s
as to make them concurrent and to provide f0
two tellerS instead of one on the part Of tht
senate.
/ The resolutions reported by Morgan as {
substitute for the original resolution on the sub
/ ject, were adopted by uiUG rOce vote, and the
clerk was directed to inform the house accord
! ingly.
/ The pension bill was then taken up ana
/ voorhees, submitted some remarks in opposition
| to the pending amendment, it being what wa.
commonly known as the sixty surgeon amend
ment.
/ The senate went into executive session and soor
thereafter adjourned
! H0we-The house, after receiving and refer
ring the message to the president on the POnca
! Indian question, went into committee of the
whole on the District of Columbia bill After
making a few amendments, the committee rost
and reported the bill to the house when it passed
! yeas l49, nays "a.
! struggle then ensued as to the possession Of
| the floor.
Mr.. Reagan demanded the regular order and &
| further consideration Of the Interstate commerce
| bill.
Mr.. COnger On. " asserted his right to call III
| the appOrtionment bill as a privileged question
and Mr.. Sparks, antagOnizing both propositions
made a motion to proceed to business on the cal
endar for the purpose OF preventing the calling III
/ of the Fitz-J Ohm Porter bill.
! MIR. Reagan cOntended 1t was matter of great.
er interest to the American people that the ques
| tlon involved in state commerce should receive
consideration and attention, and he would ask the
| house to set apart two days for consideration o.
that measure, and order night sessions for debate
only on the same subject.
I Consideration being submitted, the house, by {
vote of yeas 9S, nays l50 refused to consider the
interstate commerce bill.
| THURSDAY, Feb. 3.-.Senate. -Morgan's elector
al count resolution coming up and discussion
following, Mr.. Edmunds moved to lay the resolu
ton on the table. Rejected-Ayes, %; noes, %
motion by Mr.. Blair to refer Morgan's resou
! tlOn to the Judiciary committee occupied the time
until l:3O, when further motions of a like char
acter developed the purpose of the republicans by
obstruction, to prevent the passage of the resolu.
ton, and the senate adjourned.
| THURSDAY, Feb. 7-H0tse-The Indian ap
| preparation bill was reported with the senat,
| amendments the committee recommending con
| currence IN some and nOnconcurrence in others
Among the amendments nOnconcurred in i
that striking out the clause abolshing the Indiar
| commission. The report agreed to. TIL,
| apportionment was then taken up
| FRIDAY. Feb. .-Sendte.-Sen. Bayard from
the committee on finance, reported the fundin2
| bill, with its amendments.
! Sen. Pendleton, from the select committee OF
the subject, reported fayorbly, with amendments
IN oil tbo 90
executive department to occupy seats on the floor
OF the senate or house.
The Morgan resolution counting the electOr
al vote, came up.
Sen. Morgan's resolution, as thus amended wa
then agreed tO-ayeS A. with one vote White il
the negative. The affirmative vote included witt
the democrats, Sens. Allison, Blair, Booth, Conk
ling, Davis (IH), HOar and Jones (Nev.J
The Indian land in seyeralty bill, the regula
order, was then informally laid aside and the sen
ate resumed consideration OF the pension appro
prlatiOn bill.
The question being ON Withee's amendment in
sertlng the provisions of the sixty surgeons bill
Logan occupied the intervening time until ad
Journment in opposition to the amendment.
Honse-Mr. Bragg, chairman of the COMMITTEES
on war claims reported the bill for the paymen
of certain claims.
Mr.. oung, chairman o. the committee on con
tagious diseases, reported back the bill authoriz
ing the president to appoint a commission to ex
anime and report upon the adulteration of food
Placed on the calendar.
Some opposition was made to the consideration
| OF the pension bill, and Atkins warned the house
that not much less than SO 900 900 would have
to be appropriated this year for pensions. HI
would sooner undertake to liquilate the entire
public debt, than to Gquidate the debt which haC
been imposed on the county by the pension law:
| arrearage act. :, .-.s-a
Mr.. Briggs made some remarks which called
for reply from Atkins tothe effect that the gen.
tleman was raking embars of war because ht
(Atkins) had spoken from business standpoint
After some further dsclSsion the bill was laiC
aside with favorable recommendation. Tht
committee rose and a number of private bills were
passed.
SATURDAY, Feb. 5.--,SeAdte.-A joint resolution
was passed, inviting the government and the peo
pie of France and the family of Lafayette to JON
the United States in the Yorktown centennial eel
ebration, and $50 600 was appropriated.
Sen. Davis Qll.) presented a resolution from tn
board of agriculture of Illinois, urging the passag
of a law on the subject of infectious disease
among the animals in the United States
The following bills were passed
For the erection of public building at Quincy
Illinois.
Authorizing a survey of parts of certain town
ships IN Crawford county, Wisconsin, and maxim!
an appropriation therefor.
To grant the corporate authorities of Counci
Bluffs Iowa, for public uses Carr Lake.
Relative to the erection of monumsnt at Wy
andotte Mission, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
To establish additional land districts in Kansas
Hou8e-Mr. Bicknell, as a privileged question
called up the senate concurrent resolution fo
counting the electoral votes After an interesting
debate of several hours the resolution passed by
vote of 100 yeas to II nays.
The apportionment bill was then taken up, an
Coerck took the floor in support of the bill of tn
majority, cOntending that there was nothing par
tisan in its provisions, and by it more peopl
would be represented than by the bill of tn
minority.
Mr. Hawley favored the bill of Cox, fixing tn
number of fmembers at 301.
Mr.. Hooker said to cut down representation
from the south would be to deprive the negro 0
the right to be represented in congress. The ne
gro was very good institution as long as h
would vote the republican ticket, but when h
became man and acted for himself, when
voted the democratic ticket, republicans sal
there was want of departure from the principI
by which he should be governed, and his repre-
SentatiOn ShOuld he cut down