Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-24
46th Congress.

/ bCl-SltNc lFdulc hcIetou. sen. baNar(
spoke TO an attentive audience on the floor anC
IN the galleries. in explanation of the amendment.
OF the senate finance committee to the funding bill
An interesting discussion followed upon the ques
tlon whether the bond be a long or short one il
the course of which Williams said the objection
TO long bond is that so long as it Is out we viii
never get rid of the national banks and am II
favor of under-sapping them by all means in
I my power. The question was taken on the
( amendment reported by the finance COM
mlttee, to make the clause read: The secretary
of the treasury is hereby authorized to issue
bonds to an amount not exceeding S400 600 000
Agreed to. Sen. kirkwood offered an amend
ment, makingit the duty of the secretary of the
treasury to authorize public subscriptions to be
received at all the repositories and national banks
for the bonds and the treasury notes authorized
IN the bill, for twenty days before giving any
amard to. or making contract with syndicate
or individuals or bankers, and to award the full
amount of such subscription. Without action on
the amendment of the finance committee or either
OF the amendments offered thereto, the senate
adjourned. leaving the funding bill to come up
tomorrow as unfinished business.
TUESDAY, Feb. 15-HouSe-Th desk recently
occupied by Fernando Wood was draped in
black and decorated with handsome basket of
flowers. Mr.. Calkins, from the committee
on elections, submitted The unanimous re-
port of that committee on the contested
election case of McCabe VS.. 0rth from the ninth
COLgFeSSlOUdI HISlflCI OI 1nuldUd. cOD0f1DlQp Ine
right of Orth to the seat which he now occupies.
The report was agreed to. The morning hour
having been dispensed with the speaker proceed
ed to call the states. in order to enable one men,
Der from each state to ask consent for the passage
of any bill. Requests were made as follows Mr..
Blake, to regulate the collection of taxes Weiss
beer; the bill provides that in lieu of tax of
one dollar per barrel of thirty-One gallons, tax
of three cents per barrel shall be paid, Mr.. Di-
brell offered an amendment, providing that from
and after the first day Of January the tax on
brandy distilled from fruit shall be fifty cents pei
gallon. To this Mr.. Townsend, of Illinois, offered
an amendment providing that the duty on salt
shall be reduced 20 one per cent After few
brief addresses had been presented to the house
on the acceptance of the statue of Jacob COlmar,
of Vermont. the house went into committee of
the whole on the river and harbor BILL Carlisle in
the chair.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 16.-Seaote-Sen. Eaton,
from the committee on foreign relations, reported
the following resolution:
Resolred by the Senate and House ot Repre-
setatiees of the United States Of America, an Con-
greSs assembled That the interests of the people
of the United States and the welfare and security
Of their government, are SO involved in the sub
ject OF the construction of ship canal and other
ways for the transportation of sea- going vessels
across the Isthmus, that the government of the
United States, with the frankness which is due to
all other peoples and governments, hereby asserts
its conditions precedent to the execution of any
such project and also, as to rules and regulations
under which other nations shall participate in the
United States canal or other ways either in peace
or in war.
Tabled temporarily and ordered printed
Senator Allison reported, with amendments, the
fortifcatiOn appropriation bill.
After briefly considering the calendar, the SEN
ate took up the funding bill, but adjourned with
out action.
House-The post-office appropriation bill, with
the pending amendments, was referred to the
into committee of the whole Carlisle in the chair
on the river and harbor bill. vote was not
reached, however, before adjournment.
THURSDAY, Feb. 1.-THE following bills were
favorably reported and placed on the calendar
For government building at Terre Haute, Ind,
and Tor a hre-proof government building at Co
lumbus, o. Mr.. Voorhees, offered a resolution
which agreed to- nstructing the Judiciary
committee to inquire into the best method of pro-
tecting innocent purchasers from impositions prac-
tlced by fraudulent yenders of patents and patent
rights, and report by bill or otherwise The SEN
ate resumed the discussion of the funding bill
with the generally understood purpose of dis
posing OF the bill to-day, even if Il night session
were necessary. After a prolonged discussion,
lasting till two o'clock in the morning, the bill
reported with the rate of per cent. main
tained. This leaves the funding bill substantially
THURSDAY, February H. House. re-
port submitted on the contested cleo
tiOn case from the second district of North Caro-
lima, declaring Kitchen, the sitting member, en-
titled to his seat. The speaker announced the
regular business to be the consideration of amend
ments to be the consideration of amendments to
the river and harbor bill, which were agreed to in
gross. Mr.. Robson moved to commit the bill to
the committee on judiciary, with instructions to
report 1t back with an amendment cOnfining the
expenditure therein appropriated, to the rivers,
harbors acd streams within the maritime and adj
miralty jurisdiction of the United States. The
motion was defeated. Yeas S5 nays, l55. The
bill was then passed. Yeas, 63 nays, "a.
FRIDAY Feb. 1S-SeHdte-The credentials of
Messrs. Van Wyk and Miller senators-elect, were
presented and filed.
Bills were introduced and referred: Senntor
Vest to incorporate the Inter-Oceanie company.
Sen. Hereford, a bill making an appropriation
to improve the Little Kanawaha and Elk rivers,
and to continue the improvement of the Great
kanawaha and New rivers, in West Virginia.
On motion of Sen. Thurman the senate passed
the bill to authorize the construction of a fire
proof building at Columbus O. for the accommo-
datiOn of the United States court, etc. The cost
of the building was reduced from $500, 600 to
100000.
Consideration of the funding bill was resumed
and the amendments made in the committee of
the whole were reported in their order.
The bill finally passed. The following is the
full vote.