Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-12-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
A Record of the Everyday Proceed
Ings OF Both Houses of Congress-.
MONDAY. Dec. 10.

~AoNbANs DEC. ~.
| Senate.-After fifteen minutes were snent in 20
celYhg petitions, the senate went INTO executive
session and unanimously confirmed the nomina-
| tions OF Brewster as attorney general. and Davis
| as assistant secretary OF state
Ihe house concurrent resolution for adjourn
ment over the holidays was referred to the COM
mlttee on appropriations.
| On the expiration of the morning hour the sub-
lect OF the presidential succession came up. and
Mn: Jones (Fla.) resumed his argument He
held, under the constitution, that there was no
Such thing as temporary inability. lie assumed
elnp1atlcally tnat when ence vice-president en-
tered the presidential office, the case is such a
grave inability as to justify that step which he
holds 1t Is rrevocably for the balance of the term
The debate was terminated by the pending res
olutlons OF instruction to the Judiciary committee
10 inquire into and report legislation on the sub
Ject with bill, and the matters were referred to
| that committee
House-On motion of Mex enney, the senate bill
granting franking privilege to Lueretia R. Gar
| held, was passed, and the call of the states re-
| sumed
| Bills We're introduced to provide for a drawback
OF lO per cent on all goods hereafter imported in
| American built ships owned exclusively by cti-
zens OF the United States; to regulate custom du-
Ties on summac; to regulate duties on sheep and
goat skins imported for purpose of making NOR
rocco; TO abolish the export tax on tobacco; for
the admission of Dakota and Washington terri
tories into the Union as states
MI. hawkins introduced a bill providing for
the protection of the person of the president of
the United states. 1t provides for the punish
ment by death of assault with intent to kill If
1t shall be shown that the assaiant was irrespon-
slble at the time he shall be confined in an asyum
for the insane for life. Referred
Mr.. Springer, amending the rules of the COM
mlttee on Mississippi leYees Mr. Springer's OBJ
Ject Is to place the commerce and improve ment
OF the Mississippi river in charge of a special
committee which will consider and report on all
measures, carry on werk under direction of the
Mississippi Improvement commission.
Messrs. King and Gibson presented similar
amendments to the rules and Gibson further
presented amendments of the act for the ap-
polntment OF the Mississippi river commission.
TUESDAY,, Dec. 90.
Senme-The chair announced his signature to
the enrolled bill giving franking privilege to Mrs
Garfield.
The following bills were introduced:
IO protect pension money from attachment and
levy on seizure by process of law and the amount
OF same money when invested in hOmesteads.
Hereafter, collectors of internal revenue shall
be appointed for term of two years.
All collectors of internal revenue who shall
have served four years or more on the Both of
June, 1882, shall; ON and with that date, expire,
provided they shall hold after that date until
their successors are qualified
After short executive session the senate ad-
journed
WEnNEaDAY, Dee. 81.
Sen0te-Ine committee on claIms reported fa-
yorably without amendment, the bill to ascertain
the amounts due the citizens of the United States
for supplies furnished the Sioux and Dakota In
dians of Minnesota prior to the massacre in
1862, and for the payment thereof.
Sen. Plumb introduced a bill to shorten the
period of hOmesteading public lands to two
years.
The senate went into executive session, and
when the doors were re-Opened the house Garfield
memorial resolutions recurred. and were con-
CURED in.
The resolution for a clerk of the senate docu-
ment room, was adopted.
Adjourned until January 9TH.
House-Speaker Kiefer announced the stand
ing committees and the house adjourned until
January 5th.