Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-03-29
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
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| MONDAY, March 20-The tariff commission
bill was considered and Beck aud Morrill, adj
] dressed the senate. PendletOn presented
memorial of the National Tobacco Association.
| protesting against the passage of any % free
leaf tobacco BILL" also petition of the same
ASSOCIATION for the abolition Of export stamps,
and for sundry changes of the law in regard to
the expectation of tobacco by rail and the fees
paid inspectors of export tobacco. Referred.
:. After short executive session the senate
adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 21.-Hale presented pro
test against the admission of Dakota as a state
until her record is purged of reputation with
which it is charged in the matter of Yankton
| County bonds issued IN aid Of railroad in that
county upon which interest payments ceased
1.-The bill to render more efficient the life
| saving service was passed. Bills passed.
House bill to establish railway bridge across
| the Mississippi between Minnesota and Wis
consin; house bill abolishing Fort Abercronbie
| military reservation embracing lands long
since abandoned) . .Pendeton introduced a
/ JOINT resolution for an amendment to the con-
st1tutlon making postmasters, marshals dis
trlct attorneys, United States clerks of cOurtg
interior to the supreme court, and all such
other civil officers of the United States exer-
clslng executive or ministerial power within the
several states or territories elective officers.
Adjourned
WEDNESDAY, March 22.--The diplomatic ap-
preparation bill was passed. No other business
of Importance was transacted.
THURSDAY, March 23.-Several senate bills in
relation to the Venezuela award were indefinite
ly postponed. "A bill was introduced for the
formation and admission into the union of the
state of Washington :. The Indian appropria-
tlon bill was then reported with sundry amend
ments, after which the senate went into execu-
tive session and when the doors were reopened
adjourned.
FRIDAY, March M.--Sawyer presented reso-
lutlOnS OF the Wisconsin legislature asking con-
gress to take control of the Sturgeon Bav shin
canal and open the same to free commerce -.
The life saving service bill was then passed 80
Williams introduced bill to incorporate the
Cherokee Central Railroad and Telegraph Com
pany The bill authorizes the construction of
a road and telegraph line from Fort Smith.
Ark, to Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, and
thence to point near where the Verdigris
River crosses the line between Kansas and the
indian Territory. Referred . The bill Great
ing two new land districts in Nebraska passed.
After an executive session the senate adj
journed.
MONDAY, March 20.-In reply TO an inquiry
by the house in regard to the use of troops at
Omaha during the strike the President in a
message stated that authority to employ troops
was given on application Of the governor in
order to protect the state against domestic VIC
IOuCO LII COulp W the .BlllS
introduced: Appropriating $4,000 for the
relief of Mississippi Valley sufferers: to prevent
the contraction of the volume of the currency:
to reduce the internal revenue; appropriatlng
900 for a monument over the grave of
Thomas Jefferson; appropriating $4,000 for
memorial shaft at Washington's headquarters
at NeWburg, N. Y; to declare forfeited all lands
granted railroad companies in 1856 and not
earned by them; resolution of the general
assembly of Maryland urging an appropriation
to erect in Mount Olivet Cemetery, of Frederick
City, Nd, suitable monument to the memory
OF Francis Scott Key, author of 'The Star
Spangled Banner: providing that when
Canada shall abolish the duties imposed upon
coal imported from the United States, iron ore
mined in Canada shall be admitted into the
United States free of duty.
TUESDAY, March 21.-The Chinese bill was
considered for time. .Leedom CO.., from the
committee on territories, submitted a minority
report signed by,Leedom, Mills and Richardson
Is. CO., upon the bill for the admission of Da--
Referred to the committee Of the whole Ad-
journed.
"WEDNESDAY, March 22.-The Chinese bill was
again discussed. Kasson offered an amend
ment limiting the time of suspension to ten
years.
THURSDAY, March 23.-The Chinese bill was
again debated. Kasson's amendment reducing
the period Of suspension to ten years was re-
jected-yeas 100, nays 131. Butterworth's
amendment limiting the term of suspension to
Is years was lost without the call of yeas and
nays A large number of amendments were
then voted upon, but all lost without division
being called. The bill was then passed-yeas
1877, nays 65. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 24.-The house spent the day
on the private calendar, ard adjourned till
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