Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, DEC. 12.

kasson exhibited much bad blood. The
occasion vas another appropriation bill to
provide ro millions of dollars to build a
congressional library. The bill was
finally passed and the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, DgC. 13.
Saaate-The entire day was consumed
in debating the Pendleton civil service
reform bill, and the senate adjourned
without reaching vote
Roatse-The house transacted no busi-
Ress whatever. being eng aged the entire
day in wrangling over the Virginia in
demnity bell, and adjourned without COM
ing to vote.
THURSDAY, DEC. IA.
Se1lGte-The senate consumed another
day on the Pendleton civil service reform
without coming to vote.
HOuSe-In the house, Mr.. Pound re-
ported resolution of inquiry as to wheth
er patents to unearned lands had been
issued to railroad companies. Mr.. Upson
offered a resolution calling for a report
of all failures to carry out mail con-
trass. Mr. Converse introduced a bill
giving the right of way through the
grounds of Cnlunbus barracks to the
eastern railroad company. The house
went into committee of the whole on the
postoffice appropriation bill. Consider
able discussion arose over the failure to
make provision for fast mails, Mr.. Robe
son explaining that the Chicago and
Omaha pool was a difficulty encountered.
Mr.. Regan entered protest againts a re-
ducLion in the rate of postage. The COM
mittee rose, and the house passed bill to
place Robert Smals on the retired list of
| the navy for running rebel gun-boat out
of Charleston during the war.
FRIDAY. DEC. Is.
Se1Gte-The senate worked all day on
| Pendleton's civil service reform bill and
adjourned without coming to a vote.
House-The house was in wrangIe all
and adjourned without coming to a vote
SATURDAY, Die. Is.
SslGte.-The senate worked steady on
Pendleton's civil service reform bill till
four o'clock I. NJ, when an attempt to
| secure an adjournment was made by the
democrats. The republicans resisted.
Work was resumed lid FIVE o'clock and
then the republicans still refused to ad-
journ.
Senator Cockrell manifested some ex-
citement, and proceeded to read the rec
ords of early adjournnenta last session,
and to comment with rather coarse sar-
casm on the republican senators who then
voted to adjourn at 2 or 3 o'clock, and
now we're SO Industrious that they could
| not adjourn at o'clock Saturday night.
Senator Hoar seemed annoy ed when Sen
ator Cockrell referred to him as the re-
former of reformers, but Senator Edmunds
laughe d heartily when the Missourian
characterized him as tn he pope of the SEN
ate, and produced from h is pocket
A BLACK CK-sKULL-cAP,
and exhibited it to his brother senators as
though to corroborate the allusion to his
ecclesiastical character. 'We adjourned
early" said Senator Logan, because we
were fixing up plan to get ysur man out
and put our man in" "I am reading the
sion," said Senator Cockrell. Senator
Hawley expressed the committees desire
to get some of the amendments voted on
if possible. Motions by Senator Cock
rell to 60 into executive session and by
Senator Pendleton to adjourn were voted
down. Another motion to 20 into execu-
| tive session shared the same fate Sena-
tor Cockrell got the floor to pursue his
| reading OF the record, and Senator Haw-
| leY's patience collapsed and he moved to
adjourn. Senator Edmunds attempted to
check republican stampede by saving
| that he believed that adjournment would
be disastrous to the bill, Nevertheless.
three or four republican senators went
with Gen. Hawley and the democrats and
| the senate adjourned.
HouSe-The continuance of the wrangle
in the house over the proposition to in
sert in the pOstofiice appropriation bill
sum sufficient to maintain fast mail SER
vice prevented the house from finishing
the appropriation bill. Mr.. Robson
opened the discussion by opposing any
! provision for paying the railroads on
special trains. He criticised Mr.. Hiscock
for having charged that those who resist
ed the attempt to provide special mail
| facilities were making war upon the rail-
roads and the newspapers. He denied the
| charge, and claimed that he carried On
war in behalf of the people against the
e1actions and greed of the railroad COM
panies. He remarked that he wss not SO
| sensitive to the criticism of newspapers az
| some other people, referring to Hiscock,
| and did not yield to the crack of the whip
of railroad companies. Mr.. Hiscock
with flush OF anger, and replied that
Robson himself had thrust this element to
prejudice against railroads and newspapers
into the discussion, and it had passed into
q common saying among members that he
was
| sMARTING UNDER THE LASH OF THE NIws-
PArkhs;
vet he had mounted himself upon a proud
pedestal as the friend of the people Mr..
Hiscock said. that he too had suffered
from newspaper criticism, but this was a
great business question that ought not to
be neglected for such considerations. Mr..
Robson wriggled pncomfortably in his
chair, and presently throwing back his
head turned his fat face toward the cell
ing and gazed in that direction during the
FIVE minutes that Mr.. Hiscock had devoted
to him. Much interest was manifested in
the word warfare between two republi-
can leaders OF such prominence. Mr.
Robson vas worsted in the talking, but
he afterward had his satisfaction when
the time CAM for voting upon pending
propositions which we're to appropriate
$500, 900 or 100000 for the fasi-m all SER
vice for the fiscal year. The house soon
adiou rned without coming to vote.
MONDAY, DEC. Is.
Sendte-Sen Beck said he had called for
information in regard to the discrepancy
between appropriations and the reported
expenditures. and thought in was not sat
isfactorily explained in the communica-
tion of the secretary of the iHterior.
In the discussion Sen. Beck said that
making appropriations to pay teachers in
blacksmithing upon reservations, in ac-
cordance with our absurd treaties, was a
mere waste of money. These appropria-
tions are made from year to year, while
among many of the tribes no school houses
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