River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-02-10
4eth Congress.

4eth Congress-
| SATURDAY, Jan. 29-Salate-Sen. Edmunis
| submitted a resolution, which was adopted with
| out dissent, instructing the judiciary committee
to inquire into and report its opinion to the con-
stitutional legality of the votes Of any electoral
college given for president and vice president of
| the United States on the day for the casting of
votes of electors in all the states.
Sen. Lamar presented the credentials of james
b. George, successor TO Sen. Bruce Of Mississippi
| The Indian land, in seyeralty bill, then came
up as IN regular order, but the senate adjourned
| without coming to a vote.
| House-The morning hour having been dis
pensed with, consideration was resumed of the
| North Carolina contested election case. After n
long debate Mr.. Yates republican,, the contest
ant for the seat Of the sitting member (Martln-
democrat,) was declared entitled to the seat
! Mr.. Yates then took the oath of office.
Mr. La Martyr, then presented petition signed
by p 600 persons for steps TO be taken TO prevent
the eneroachnent of white settlers on the Indian
reservation. Adjourned.
MONDAY Jan 3l-sSenate-The credential Of
| Conger senator-elect from Michigan. were pre-
sented. Senator Ingalls, in presenting n remon-
STRANGE against the sixty surgeons bill purporting
| to be signed by Kansas soldiers remarked that
| the paper emanated from the pension and claim
| agents Of Washington City. He was satisfied
that 1t did not in any sense represent the eonvie-
| tions of soldiers of that state Sem Mcpherson
introduced bill approprating Si00 900 to be APP
pliet under the secretary of the navy to the i'm
mediate preparation, equipment and supply of
vessels of to be used in search for the steam
| er Jeanette, of the Arctic exploring expedition
| Referred.
| MONDAY, Jan. House-In the house bills
were introduced and referred as follows:
Mr. Mally, to protect the transmission of in
telllgence by telegraph from the exactions of mo-
| nopohes- 1t provides that no telegraph com
pany shall charge more for the transmission and
| delivery of any message than was charged on the
LIST of January, 1881, by the American Union
Telegraph Company for the same distance. II
imposes fine of $500 for every violation Of this
provision and declares this act shall be in force
| from and after its passage
Mr.. Springer (by request introduced the bill
introduced some days ago in the senate by Sem
hirkwood, relative to postal telegraphy also
one to provide for the appraisement of the tele-
| graph lines, property und effects of the compa-
MES acting under the provision of the act of July
"a 1860, and to procure the qualification thereof
! concerning the postal telegraph of other coun-
/ tries
The sessions of the house will begin hereafter
/ at IL a. III.
TUESDAY Feb. l-Semae-Sen. Morgan from
the committee on statute of law in regard to the
| electoral count reported Sen. Ingalls, resolution
| on the subJtct with n substitute amendment. The
pension appropriation bill was then taken up
but without reaching vote the senate went into
| executive session, after which it adjourned.
! TUESDAY Jan. l-Ho,se-The house met and
went into committee of tho whole on the District
| OF Columbia appropriation bill.
| WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2.-Seaate-In the senate
| Morgan moved to take up his electoral count
resolution Of previous day, and at Gordons sug-
| gestlon they were amended in minor details so
as to make them concurrent and to provide for
two tellers instead of one on the part of the
senate.
The resolutions reported by Morgan. as a
substitute for the original resolution on the sub
Ject, were adopted by ricG coce vote and the
clerk was directed to inform the house accord
| ingly.
The pension bill was then taken up and
| VOORHEES, submitted some remarks in opposition
/ to the pending amendment, it being what was
| commonly known as the sixty surgeon amend
| ment.
! The senate went into executive session and soon
| thereafter adjourned.
| 1otse-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 few amendments, the committee rose
and reported the bill to the house when it passed
yeas l49, rays "a.
| A struggle then ensued as to the possession of
the floor
| Mr.. Reagan demanded the regular order and a
further consideration of the interstate commerce
bill.
! Mr.. Conger On. Y asserted his right to call up
the apportionment bill privileged question ;
and MIR. Sparks, antagonizing both propositions
made motion to proceed to business on the cal
endar Tor the purpose Of preventing the calling up
| OF the tltz-John Porter bill.
Mr.. Reagan commended il was matter of great
err interest to the American people that the ques-
| ton involved in state commerce should receive
| consideration and attention and he would ask the
| house to set apart two days for consideration of
/ that measure, and order night sessions for debate
| only on the same subject.
( Consideration being submitted the house by a
vote OF yeas 80, nays 100 refused TO consider the
Interstate commerce bill.
| THURSDAY, Feb. 3.-Scaate. -Morgans elector-
| al count resolution coming up, and discussion
following, Mr. Edmunds moved to lay the rcsolu-
| ton on the table. Rejected-Ayes % noes 81.
] motion by Mr.. Blair to refer Morgans resolu-
ton to the judiciary committee occupied the time
until l:3O when further motions of like char
acter developed the purpose of the republicans by
obstruction, to prevent the passage of the resou-
| ton, and the senate adjourned.
| THURSDAY, Feb T-H0,tse-The Indian APP
| preparation bill was reported with the SENATE
amendments, the committee recommending con-
| currenee in some and nonconcurrence in others.
Among the amendments nonconcurred in is
that striking out the clause abolshing the Indian
commission. The report was agreed to. The
apportionment was then taken up.
FRIDAY. Feb. .Senate.-Sen. Bayard. from
the committee on finance, reported the funding
| bill, with its amendments.
! Sen. Pendleton, from the select committee on
the subject, reported favorbly with amendments
the senate bill to allow the principal officers of the
executive department to occupy seats on the floors
| of the senate or house.
| The Morgan resolution on counting the eleetor-
| al vote, came up.
| Sen. Morgans resolution, as thus amended was
then agreed to-ayes ~, with one vote White in
the negative. The affirmative vote included with
the democrats, Sens. Allison, Blair, Booth, Conk-
ling, Davis (lll.), Hoar and Jones New
The Indian laDd N Nv hill ha Ia,
order, was then informally laid inside, and the SEN
ate resumed consideration of the pension appro-
pration bill.
The question being on Withee's amendment in
| serting the provisions of the sixty surgeons bill
Logan occupied the intervening time until ad-
journment in opposition to the amendment
HWse-Mr Bragg, chairman of the committee
on war claims, reported the bill for the payment
| Of certain claims.
Mr. Young, chairman of the committee on con-
tagous 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 $40 900 900 would have
to be appropriated this year for pensions He
would sooner undertake to liquilate the entire
public debt than to liquidate the debt which had
been imposed ON the country by the pension laws
arrearage act.
Mr. Briggs made some remarks which called
for a reply from Atkins to the effect that the gen
tleman was raking embers of war, because he
| (Atkins) had spoken from a business standpoint
After some further DISCUSSION the bill was laid
aside with favorable recommendation. The
committee rose and number of private bills were
passed.
Scientific.