Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-07-19
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.


loL, III Arizona, was passed. 80. The senate re-
Sumed consideration Of the river and harbOr
| bill, the question being uDou the amendment
| apprOp1atlng $4,000 for the Improvement of
the Potomac flats. The amendment Was
adopted-53 to 7. Harrison. from the COM
mlttee on transportation routes to the sea-
| poafd, oHered an amendment authorizing the
expenditure, under direction of the secretary of
war, OF $2O 200, or so much thereof rs NAV be
| necessary IN completing the SURVEYS II a ship
canal to connect Chesapeake and Delaware
Bays, and directing report to congress as to
which OF the various routes SURVEYED viii afford
the greatest protection in case OF war and most
efectlvely cheaper the cost of TRANSFORMATION
| from Baltimore to the Atlantic Ocean. together
with the cost of improvements and its ap-
proaches, and the annual cost of maintaining
| and operating the canal when COMPLETED
| ADOPTED on a UtUG UOce vote. Without dispOs-
ing OF the pending bill the senate. after voting
! to continue the session, reversed it's action
amid some confusion, and adjourned.
TUESDAY, July 1.-THE conference report on
the bank charter extension bill was presented
and agreed to-. Consideration of the river
| and harbor bill was resumed. and Harrison adj
| vocated the amendment striking out $500 0OO
appropriated for reservoirs at the head waters
| OF the mississippi River, and inserting $50. OOG
| for continuing observation and SURVEYS for
reservoirs. Mcmillan, Cameron CWis.) and
| WINDOW opposed and Messrs. Williams and
Salisbury favored the amendment. which
after long and tedious debate, was rejected
yeas "a, nays 80. After disposing Of various
! additional amendments, the bill was reported
| to the senate from the committee of the whole
and separate votes were requested upon some
of the amendments. :. Mcmillan stated the
present amount of the bill was 800, 2O7 575, and
the total items added by the committee of the
whole was $763,600 He insisted upon pro-
ceeding with the bill, but without further ac-
ton adjournment prevailed, % to g.
WEDNESDAY, July 12.-The river and harbor
I'LL was passed after debate-39 to % After
an executive session the senate adjourned.
| THURSDAY. July 13.-The house resolution
was passed appropriating $50 900 to enable the
United States to take part in the international
fishing exhibition in May, 1888. The balance
of the day was spent in discussion over an order
| of business.
| FRIDAY, July IA number of pension bills
were passed. among them one increasing the
pension of the widow of Gen. George A, Custer
to $50 per month, and one Ga house blD grant
ing pension OF $50 per month to the daughter
| OF President Taylor. The internal revenue
| bill was then discussed until adjournment
SATURDAY, July 15.-Anthony introduced
| bill, which was referred, repeating so much of
the army appropriation bill as provides for the
retirement of Gen. Sherman and Lieut.. Gen.
sheridan. .The pension appropriation bill vas
then passed. Adjourned.
| House.
MONDAY. July 10-Crapo submitted the con-
| ference report on the bill to enable national
banking associations to extend their corporate
existence. Adopted after discuss1on-108 to
| 49,. "A bill was passed authorizing the trans
fer of the property of the National Soldiers
and Sailors Orphans Home to the Garfield
Memorial Hospital. White introduced Joint
| resolution which was referred proposing a con-
stitutlonal amendment prohibiting the abridge-
ment of the rights of citizens of the United
States on account Of sex. The house went
into committee on the sundry civil BILL On
motion Of Schultz (Ohio) the provision was
struck from the bill, which provides that the
managers Of the National Home for disabled
volunteers shall apply the excess above SIS
monthly pensions Of all inmates of the home to
support said home. The provision admitting to
the home any person who served during the
war of the rebellion in the United States Navy,
and who is incapacitated from earning his own
support was also struck from the bill. After
completing tfty-nine of the eighty-fve pages of
the bill the committee rose DingIev of
Maine, introduced a bill for the appointment Of
commission to inquire into the condition of
the ship-building and ship-owning interests,
and to suggest methods to restore the foreign
carrying trade of the United States
TUESDAY, July 1.-THE house went into COM
mittee on the civil service bill. An amend
ment was adopted authorizing the establish
ment Of an industrial Indian school on the
Pawnee reservation, Nebraska. An amendment
offered by Atkins (Tenn. for the purpose of
continuing the preparation of a geological map
OI UQo United OUaU6S gave Use 10 an oXC60QoQ
discussion as to the prOprlety of extending the
geological survey into states, or of limiting it
to the survey of public lands, but it was finally
agreed to. On motion of Willets Mich it was
agreed to increase the appropriation for geo.
logical survey from $4,000 to $780, O0....
After completing consideration of sixty-eight of
the eghty-fve pages of the bill, the committee
rose and the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, July 12.-The house spent the
day in committee on the sundry civil apprO-
priation BILL completing all but one page Of it.
THURSDAY, July 13.-Tbe house went into
committee on the sundry civil appropriation
bill. Amendments were adopted as follows:
Appropriating $4,000 for the widow and chill
dren of Representative Hawk; appropriating
$4,000 to pay thirty-fye contestants and con-
testees for seats in the house; apprOpriating
1000 for salaries and expenses of the COM
mission to negotiate a commercial treaty with
Mexico; appropriating an amount necessary to
pay Cannon (Utah) the balance of salary and
mileage due him at the time when the contest
was decided limiting the expenses of any two
or more Indian agencies that have been or may
be consolidated into one to $4,000; appro-
priating $15, 900 to enable the President to
carry out the statute to promote civil service
reform and official accountab ility, and spoke in
favor of it. The committee then rose and the
bill and amendments were reported to the
house. All the amendments were concurred in.
A motion by Holman to strike out the items for
the families Of OConnor, Wood and Farr we're
rejected. The bill then passed-yeas 1873, nays
40. The senate amendments to the deficiency
appropriation bill were then concurred in.
Adjourned.
FRIDAY, July 1.-The house proceeded to
the consideration of the remaining senate
amendments to the general deficiency bill. The
appropriation of $33, 900 for mileage to
senators who attended the special session of
the senate convened on the 10th Of October,
1881, was non-concurred in. The amendment
creating board of audit to consider the Gar
field bills were concurred in-78 to 49,.
Taylor (Ohio) then asked and obtained unani-
nous consent to report a bill directing the
secretary of the treasury to pay to the widow Of
the late President Garfield $50, 900, less any
sum paid TO HIM on account of his salary
president. The bill was read and passed
unanimously. Bills were passed giving
seventy-ive condemned cannon for monumen-
tai purposes.
SATURDAY, July 15.-On motion of Burrows
(NIich.) a resolution was adopted referring to
the committee on civil service reform the
question o. inequalities of salaries between the
senate and house employees, provided that no
salaries shall be increased. The house went
into committee of the whole on the senate
amendments to the river and harbor appropria-
ton bill. The first seventeen amendments
were non-concurred in. The Hennepin Canal